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About Strange Qwarq

Strange Qwarq is a 1-person game development studio making unusual and original video games, as well as providing technical support to other indie devs.

I've had a life-long love for video games and have been involved with game development in some capacity since 2008. While I've done a bit of professional development, most of my work is focused on the independent scene. I've been making small games by myself for many years, but with Project RyME, I wanted to present my work in a more professional capacity, so Strange Qwarq was founded.

You can find my personal feeds and activities elsewhere on the internet:

The Mondara Incident
The Mondara Incident is the next game from Strange Qwarq. It's an exploration and knowledge-based puzzle game inspired by La-Mulana, Outer Wilds and Void Stranger among others. A mysterious explosion has wiped out much of the small town of Mondara and Emma, a young woman living there, must explore and examine the clues to figure out what happened.
Project RyME

Project RyME is Strange Qwarq's first public game. Explore the interface of a strange, old computer to solve puzzles, chat with quirky allies and figure out a mysterious disappearance.

It's currently available on both Steam and itch.io

Older Games
A number of older, smaller games are available at https://qwarq.itch.io/, such as:
  • Acid Spinner - A short horror game about cleaning dishes in a restaurant using an odd device called an "Acid Spinner" which can cause psychological harm to its users.
  • Swab - A slow, meditative game where you clean dirty and grimy paintings. Has a slight horror element as well.
  • Watmos Technologies Inc. - A simple browser puzzle game in the same vein as Project RyME. In fact, Watmos was the starting point for Project RyME.
BELOW HEAVEN

BELOW HEAVEN is an upcoming RPG by Lunar Capital Studios. Strange Qwarq is providing technical support by implementing custom functionality to the RPG Maker MZ game engine.

Some of the custom functionality includes:

  • Player-remappable controls
  • Arbitrarily long character animations with more granular control
  • Custom UI for equipment, bestiary and more
  • A fully custom real-time grid-based battle system

Strange Qwarq Input for RPG Maker MZ
Strange Qwarq Input is a set of plugins for RPG Maker MZ that overhaul's the engine's default input system. It includes a wide array of functionality for input-related needs:
  • A new menu screen for remapping controls
  • Icons for most common gamepad and keyboard inputs
  • Multiple gamepad button sets to match various gamepad layouts
  • New escape sequences for text boxes to allow displaying appropriate button icons based on the control mapping
  • Support for multiple gamepads, with an option to choose the primary gamepad
  • Automatic saving of control mappings

These plugins are an adaptation of the custom input functionality for BELOW HEAVEN and is available for free on itch.io:

Quest 64 Crowd Control

The custom-made Crowd Control module for the game Quest 64 analyzes and manipulates values in memory to allow livestream viewers to trigger effects like growing/shrinking the main character, changing character stats and flipping the camera upside-down.

The download, as well as installation instructions, is available on github.

Contact

For business, support or media inquiries, please e-mail: strange.qwarq@gmail.com