Selena and the Strange Tower
A downloadable game for Windows
~A Prototype N Side Adventure~
Content Warning: In-game depiction of gender dysphoria.
This game was made for the Trans Joy Jam 2025 and is therefore a free game!
NOTE: The game is not in its complete state. Such as the final dungeon being rather a small room leading to the end game than an actual full blown dungeon. An update in the future may feature a complete version of it. You are however, still able to go through the story as normal.
Story
One day, a tower in the middle of Turquoise Island suddenly showed up. Nadine, the island's robot hero, rushes to investigate it herself but never returned. A week later, Selena Rivera, who is a human friend of Nadine, decides to find her by exploring the tower. What awaits Selena? And will she find Nadine?
Gameplay
Unlike the other Prototype N games, this one is a turn-based RPG. You explore each floor of the tower, uncovering secrets and finding your way to the next floor. Every 5 floors will have you face a fearsome boss! So watch your step!
Characters

Age: 22
She/Her
Our local trans girl and mechanic. She is very skilled at repairing machines and building her own. She enters the tower with her trusty laser gun. She is your starter character and has a bit of a near well rounded stats.

Age: 26
She/Her
Selena's protective older sister. Noticing Selena had left to find Nadine, she rushes over there herself and aides her younger sis. She focuses on healing and defensive support but can have some decent offensive spells. She has weaker defense and agility makes up for better HP, SP and Special Attack stats.
Jen Bethel
Age: 23
They/Them
A magician who is also looking for someone dear to them. Jen has an emphasis on magic power and offensive support. They have the best SP, Special Attack and Agility stats. Also has the weakest defense as a trade off.

Age: 24
She/Her
The local robotic hero of the island. Although she has fought off a mechanical invasion a year ago, she disguises herself as a human in public to avoid trouble. Only Nadine's close friends knows she is a robot. She only shows up in her robot form in this game. She is now missing ever since this mysterious tower has showed up.
Credits
Arrietty (Main Developer, Programmer, Artist, Map Designer, Writer)
DoricDream (BGM Composer, SFX Composer, Writer, Character Designer, Artist)
Molly (Battle Artist)
SuperSonicNK (Battle Artist)
SuperFreaksDev (Level Designer)
RummySM (Logo)
Legacy Character & Enemy Designs from: Arrietty, Lina Ciari, Shaw and Kapus
Used RPG Maker VX Ace Scripts from: Victor Sant, Vanfly, Kyonides Arkanthes, Zerbu, Nio Kasgami, Melkino, Galv, Zhek, Modern Algebra, Roninator2, Zero0018, Tomy, Mr. Bubble, Bigbadke12, Hime, TheoAllen and LoneWolfDon.
Updated | 2 hours ago |
Published | 9 days ago |
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows |
Release date | 9 days ago |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (4 total ratings) |
Author | Arrietty |
Genre | Role Playing |
Made with | RPG Maker |
Tags | 8-Bit, Female Protagonist, LGBT, Pixel Art, Retro, RPG Maker, Transgender |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Xbox controller, Gamepad (any) |
Comments
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This was super fun! The characters and setting of Prototype-N work so well in an RPG. It was great having a Selena-focused game, since we don't get to see much of her in what's been released in Prototype-N so far. I loved seeing how she connected with the other characters, and it really warmed my heart seeing how her experience as a trans woman was able to help someone during the story. <3
I also gotta shout-out the great spritework and soundtrack. The boss themes were absolute bangers!
Great work on this! I'd love to see another RPG from you sometime! ^^
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS EXISTED OH MY GOD THANK YOU
BIG UPDATE COMING TODAY...!!
lol its out now. v0.9c
Hey-hey! I played your game and liked it very much! Pretty nice dungeon crawler. Just get to floor 6 and get Clara to my party (btw her Butt Slam skill avaliable not only in batlle but in the field too - just eating out mp if you try to use it).
Will continue to play more.
Thanks! <3 The bug has been thankfully already fixed for an upcoming update. I should probably upload it soon.
Update is out!!