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Omori Lead Programmer Cachi Córdova Launches Moonlight Pale Kickstarter

The project brings a veteran of OMORI's development into the survival horror space with a hand-drawn aesthetic and a Silent Hill-inspired dual-state mechanic.

Key Facts

  • Blue Lily, the two-person indie studio founded by OMORI lead programmer Cachi Córdova, launched a Kickstarter campaign for Moonlight Pale.
  • Moonlight Pale is a hand-drawn survival horror game set in St. Birgitta's Female Seminary in the late 1800s.
  • Players control Juliet, who follows the ghost of her deceased cat into a ruin beneath the school garden to rescue trapped girls.
  • The game alternates between a Search state for exploration and puzzle-solving and a Caution state for evasion, defense, and melee combat, inspired by Silent Hill.
  • The Kickstarter campaign has raised roughly $15,000 of its $16,000 goal as of press time.

Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Game Spark.

Omori Lead Programmer Cachi Córdova Launches Moonlight Pale Kickstarter

Blue Lily, the two-person indie studio founded by OMORI lead programmer Cachi Córdova, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Moonlight Pale, a hand-drawn survival horror game set in a late-1800s female seminary. The campaign has raised roughly $15,000 of its $16,000 goal as of press time.

Blue Lily, the two-person indie studio founded by Cachi Córdova-lead programmer on the acclaimed RPG OMORI-has opened a Kickstarter campaign for its new title Moonlight Pale. The game is a hand-drawn survival horror experience set in St. Birgitta's Female Seminary in the late 1800s. Players control Juliet, who follows the ghost of her deceased cat into a ruin beneath the school garden, rescuing trapped girls while navigating monsters. The game alternates between a Search state for exploration and puzzle-solving and a Caution state for evasion, defense, and melee combat, a mechanic the developers cite as inspired by Silent Hill. Basic systems and script writing are complete; the $16,000 goal funds continued development and potential console ports. As of press time, the campaign sits at roughly $15,000.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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