Spoiler
6-something years ago, I was running a Homestuck fan adventure called Homestesque. It was going strong for about a year, but then I decided to kick off the 2nd Act with a little... project. This project was called [REDACTED], which was obviously going to be a walk-around game in the style of a top-down RPG.

It was also one of the biggest mistakes I'd ever made in my entire life.

School, work and real life took precedent to the point that [REDACTED] was no longer being worked on. Production dragged and dragged. What happened eventually was that [REDACTED] managed to outlive my friendship with two of my best friends, the people that had inspired the main characters of Homestesque. I also had a falling out with baronAngle, the primary sprite artist for [REDACTED]. Combine all of this with a poor choice in development software (RPGMAKER XP, ANYBODY?) and it resulted in me ultimately cancelling the adventure and abandoning [REDACTED] entirely. There it would sit, 3/4ths finished on a thumb drive, forever.

... Until one day, I found it in a bin somewhere, and decided to put an end to it once and for all. Fast-forward to today, after working on it bit by bit at the pace of human molasses, [REDACTED], or rather, "[RPG] Explore TOTAL." is finally finished, at least to the point that I'm willing to finish it. What I mean by that is, it is 100% complete-able from start to finish, however the game's major easter-egg is missing a couple features.

I need to get this thing off my chest forever so I can move on creatively. It's been up on MSPFA for a day or two now, but I need to put it somewhere where it can be received in context, ideally by people who may be familiar with Homestesque. So if you're reading this and you remember, or even if you're someone who's got no reason to care whatsoever, I hope you'll enjoy toying around with something I promised to finish many years ago (if you can get it to run, anyway). Technically... VERY technically, I've fulfilled that promise.

And yes, I did sort of keep you waiting all this time for an RPGMaker game. My ticket to Hell is in the mail.

Spoiler
1. Extract the "Homestesque[RPG]ExploreTOTAL" folder from the compressed RAR file using WinRAR or WinZip.
2. Open "Game.exe" and enjoy.
(Ignore the "Setup" folder. You don't actually need to install anything to start the game.)

4?. You may encounter an error message that reads: "RGSS player has stopped working." The solution to this may be different depending on your operating system, but for Windows 7 users, follow these steps:
1. Open Start Menu
2. Search for "Advanced System Settings"
3. Click "Settings..." under Performance
4. Go to the "Data Execution Prevention" Tab
5. Tick the second bubble
6. Click "Add..."
7. Select "Game.exe"

Controls:
Arrow Keys = Move/Navigate Menus
C/Space = Talk/Examine/Confirm
X/ESC = Back/Cancel/Pause Menu

Some experimentation with item and Shenanigan effects may be required.