You are Prince Harold, and you are coming of age alongside your twin sister, Princess Heather. Both of you need to prove your worth to the royal bloodline by proving that you are capable of being The Destined Hero to defeat The Great Evil.

To do this, you must climb The Tower, a remnant of a war past brimming with energy from beyond the Void. Will you make it to the top?

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Royal Training Protocol is a JRPG/Roguelike hybrid made for 7DRL 2026. This first build is complete... technically. You will be able to go from the beginning to the end (for all 4 of the endings, in fact!) but I am planning on polishing and updating.

FAQ:

Is that...?

Yep, that's the RPG Maker MV RTP. And it's plot-relevant and not (just) laziness! Also, I promise there's more going on with the graphics and music than just the RTP assets.

But weren't you supposed to make a roguelike?

You mean, a video game that:

• is turn based
• has permadeath
• focuses on a single character
• has procedurally generated maps/content
• is designed to be played multiple times for a different experience each time
• focuses on stats, buffs, mechanical conflict like combat, and equipment

*does best Diogenes impression" BEHOLD! A ROGUELIKE!

Fair. But there had to have been an easier way, right?

Oh, I'm pretty sure there were several easier ways to make a roguelike. But I wanted to make this one. It's a bit of a love letter to my first experiments in game design as a child.

I also discovered that I cannot learn Lua in a week, so T-Engine was out.

Wait... you made this in a week?

7 DAY ROGUELIKE, BAY-BEEEEE! There's a bunch of other cool games from the jam here, too!

Where's the screenshots and such?

I'm coming in waaaaaaaaaaaay under the wire with submitting this for the jam. Close your eyes and imagine an RPG Maker game. Now imagine it is good. You got Royal Training Protocol! (Seriously, though, hoping to have a trailer and some screenshots soon!)