#Kelven (Desert Nightmare)

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Desert Nightmare (RPG)

Created by: Kelven

Genre: Horror/Puzzle

Desert Nightmare was a game that I saw on @yandere-dictionary a long time ago, but I didn't actually have time to play it at least until I wrote this recommendation ask list. The premise of it is surprisingly good, but it is pretty spotty with the story itself. Jake is the yandere in this one, but it's not something that I would play exclusively for the yandere since he sort of comes in and out of it.

The story starts out with Sandra and her family going on a trip in California, only for Sandra to be abandoned in a rest stop. She ends up hitch hiking until she hits a town called Desert Rose. There she rents out a room and finds out there's something wrong with the town, having seen random monsters throughout and dealing with the unfriendly townsfolk there. At the bar, she meets another person stranded there named Jake, as well as another person named Allan. She tries to leave the next day but finds the town surrounded by giant scorpion. As each day goes by, she gets nightmares of Jake attempting to imprison her, and even gets arrested and almost killed by the police officers there, at least until Jake is able to save her. She also meets a Native American who gives her a dream catcher, making it so that she doesn't have these nightmares again. The town captures her and Alan in some sort of cult fashion, but luckily she is able to escape with him before they perform experiments on her. With the help of him and Alan, the three of them manage to fix Alan's car. However, the car breaks down, forcing the three to meet the Native American that gave Sandra her dream catcher. They end up at an abandoned Native American ground where they learn about the curse that befell Desert Rose. It seems that the place used to be a place where Natives lived, with some sort of abnormality that would cause the animals and children there to grow deformities. The people of Desert Rose would eventually be trapped in the town, growing more agitated over any new people that came before them. As Sandra goes deeper into the town, Jake becomes more agitated and obsessed with her, to the point of even killing Alan. Jake chases Sandra into the mines, but is eventually killed by the spirits of the natives that the town was built on. Sandra is able to make piece at the alter, where afterwards she escapes, leading to the destruction of Desert Rose as a result. She sees the remains of the charred up bodies of Alan and Jake and goes home after fixing Alan's car. She's successfully able to go home but is scarred forever by the events of which she's witnessed.

For an old game, it is actually is very well made, it has a lot of unique assets to it and was originally made in German. Apparently, there was a remake called Desert Nightmare R, but it was never translated, so I will simply have to go off of the older version. I will say that while the story in concept is good in the beginning, it sort of feels like it loses steam at the end and that the story sort of gets off the rails and loses track of where it was. A lot of the characters sort of exist in and out and turn insane with no real reason. It makes sense for the citizens that live in the town (like the shopkeeper or the police), but for characters like Alan and Jake especially, who haven't really been in town much longer than Sandra, the sudden change doesn't really make a lot of sense. The town really seems to hate outsiders, even going so far as to capturing them and torturing them if they get trapped in the town for too long. The Native American that comes in seems a bit like a Deus Ex Machina, even with the foreshadowing of the different symbols that are found in the game before meeting him, especially since the first time we meet him, he's somehow able to find us in a cave. The way Alan and Jake die seem really last minute too. Alan especially, considering for the most part he seemed to generally like Sandra before (even if he never really believed her about the monsters she saw) the end insulting her for no real reason. It makes for great meme material, but not so great story telling. Then there's Jake, who while is the first outsider we meet is also someone we barely see. The yandere moment seems to really come out of nowhere especially since his reasoning was simply that he saw her and fell in love. It's not especially clear if he was influenced by the curse (though I believe it's heavily implied to be), though we never see the process of how it happens. He does attempt to kiss Sandra, gets jealous when she spends too much time with Alan (and even starts to argue with him) and of course in one of the bad endings, he captures and chains her if Sandra doesn't use the dream catcher. His death is pretty anticlimactic too because after he kills Alan, he chases Sandra, only to be killed by the haunted monster. He has some nice moments of being a yandere, from chase sequences to jealousy to protecting Sandra from the towns people when they try to kill her but with how in and out he is from the game, we barely get to know him at all.

Sandra as a protagonist is pretty good for the situation she’s been thrusted onto. She is pretty unlucky though having only gone to Desert Nightmares town because she was left behind during her road trip and had to encounter monsters that appeared during the trip. She does her best to survive it, and she does, being the only survivor. It’s something that traumatizes her for the rest of her life.

Overall Desert Nightmare is a pretty decent game, at least in concept. While I think the game sort of loses steam near the end, it was still enjoyable to play and not bad for someone’s first game. Like I said, this isn’t really the game to play for a yandere character but more of yandere moments, as the moments separately is fairly good. If you are interested, give it a try!

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Desert Nightmare (RPG Maker Horror) - Part 4 | Flare Let’s Play:

Welcome to Desert Nightmare, an rpg maker horror game made in RPG Tsukuru 2000 by Kelven in German and translated into English by AznChipmunk.

"Taking place somewhere in California, the game follows Sandra Richmont, who was traveling with her parents to visit their uncle. After an argument and a bathroom stop, her parents appear to have driven off without her. Thinking that her parents plan to stay overnight in the nearest city, Dusty Creek, Sandra heads towards there. However, after meeting two others who are stranded, she realizes that they are trapped and the city has some dark secrets..."

The dreamcatcher, does that give us a divergence in the ending we get? Regardless, we go through of what is the most puzzling video yet on Desert Nightmare.

What new mysteries await on the next time of Desert Nightmare?

Desert Nightmare Developer: http://www.rpg-atelier.de/index.php?site=showgamegid=474 Desert Nightmare Translator: https://rpgmaker.net/users/AznChipmunk/ Desert Nightmare Page: https://rpgmaker.net/games/917/

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Desert Nightmare (RPG Maker Horror) - Part 1 | Flare Let’s Play:

Welcome to Desert Nightmare, an rpg maker horror game made in RPG Tsukuru 2000 by Kelven in German and translated into English by AznChipmunk.

"Taking place somewhere in California, the game follows Sandra Richmont, who was traveling with her parents to visit their uncle. After an argument and a bathroom stop, her parents appear to have driven off without her. Thinking that her parents plan to stay overnight in the nearest city, Dusty Creek, Sandra heads towards there. However, after meeting two others who are stranded, she realizes that they are trapped and the city has some dark secrets..."

Desert Nightmare Developer: http://www.rpg-atelier.de/index.php?site=showgamegid=474 Desert Nightmare Translator: https://rpgmaker.net/users/AznChipmunk/ Desert Nightmare Page: https://rpgmaker.net/games/917/

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Desert Nightmare (Ending - RPG Horror) - Part 5 [Finale] | Flare Let’s Play:

Welcome to Desert Nightmare, an rpg maker horror game made in RPG Tsukuru 2000 by Kelven in German and translated into English by AznChipmunk.

"Taking place somewhere in California, the game follows Sandra Richmont, who was traveling with her parents to visit their uncle. After an argument and a bathroom stop, her parents appear to have driven off without her. Thinking that her parents plan to stay overnight in the nearest city, Dusty Creek, Sandra heads towards there. However, after meeting two others who are stranded, she realizes that they are trapped and the city has some dark secrets..."

The last video on Desert Nightmare that has some pretty dark conclusions, including the intentions behind both Jake and Alan along with how they feel about Sandra. Find out the rest by watching.

What new mysteries await on this video of Desert Nightmare?

Desert Nightmare Developer: http://www.rpg-atelier.de/index.php?site=showgamegid=474 Desert Nightmare Translator: https://rpgmaker.net/users/AznChipmunk/ Desert Nightmare Page: https://rpgmaker.net/games/917/

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Desert Nightmare (RPG Maker Horror) - Part 3 | Flare Let’s Play:

Welcome to Desert Nightmare, an rpg maker horror game made in RPG Tsukuru 2000 by Kelven in German and translated into English by AznChipmunk.

"Taking place somewhere in California, the game follows Sandra Richmont, who was traveling with her parents to visit their uncle. After an argument and a bathroom stop, her parents appear to have driven off without her. Thinking that her parents plan to stay overnight in the nearest city, Dusty Creek, Sandra heads towards there. However, after meeting two others who are stranded, she realizes that they are trapped and the city has some dark secrets..."

In Sandra's dreams, Jake is more than willing to commit murder to be with Sandra. While it is only a dream traits can be found between the dreams Sandra is witnessing and real life scenario in the game. We may or may not have taken some things out of the shop, not like Dusty Creek is special or anything or has any laws in place.

What new mysteries await on the next time of Desert Nightmare?

Desert Nightmare Developer: http://www.rpg-atelier.de/index.php?site=showgamegid=474 Desert Nightmare Translator: https://rpgmaker.net/users/AznChipmunk/ Desert Nightmare Page: https://rpgmaker.net/games/917/

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Desert Nightmare (RPG Maker Horror) - Part 2 | Flare Let’s Play:

Welcome to Desert Nightmare, an rpg maker horror game made in RPG Tsukuru 2000 by Kelven in German and translated into English by AznChipmunk.

"Taking place somewhere in California, the game follows Sandra Richmont, who was traveling with her parents to visit their uncle. After an argument and a bathroom stop, her parents appear to have driven off without her. Thinking that her parents plan to stay overnight in the nearest city, Dusty Creek, Sandra heads towards there. However, after meeting two others who are stranded, she realizes that they are trapped and the city has some dark secrets..."

Escaping the monster in this video, we learn more about Dusty Creek and the lifelessness the whole place has. Would Sandra be so keen to trust Jake as much as she does, I wouldn't!

What new mysteries await on the next time of Desert Nightmare?

Desert Nightmare Developer: http://www.rpg-atelier.de/index.php?site=showgamegid=474 Desert Nightmare Translator: https://rpgmaker.net/users/AznChipmunk/ Desert Nightmare Page: https://rpgmaker.net/games/917/