Mother Dread

Mother Dread is a fixed-camera, JRPG survival horror game, with turn-based combat. It is inspired by PS1 horror and RPG games, as well as the cosmic horror works of H.P. Lovecraft. In it, the player takes on the role of swordswoman Beatrix Lyndon, a member of the Lyndon clan, who has fought the grotesque Ignotum for ages. The game sees her taking part in her final exam to become a fully-fledged Killer for the Mors Ignoti organization, as she’s tasked with stopping the resurrection of an ancient evil under the supervision of her brother, gunslinger Locke Lyndon. Due to the pressures and expectations that come with her name and upbringing, she has a strained relationship with her family. Through the process of breaking that cycle of resurrection, she learns she is not tied down by her family’s past and burden of expectations and breaks her own cycle of generational trauma. The game features painted environments and 2D animated cutscenes.