Mushroom Musume [Life Simulation][Fairytale][Free]

[Autumnotopia]

"Once upon a time, a lonesome recluse had their wish for a child granted by a witch... But, as is typical of witches, there was a catch. She was only capable of mycology magic, so she gave the recluse a pot of dirt seeded with a mushroom spore. With proper care, that spore would grow into a child."

In Mushroom Musume, you initially assume the role of the recluse. The choices you make help shape the type of person (well, mushroom) that your daughter becomes. Will she be a morel girl, rare and deliciously flavored? Or will she be a lowly mold girl? Each girl has unique traits, and many have unique growth requirements. How many different kinds of girl can you raise?



Over the course of the game, you eventually get to play as the daughter you so lovingly cared for. Have you properly equipped her to live in a world full of danger? Or maybe she IS the monster hiding in the woods.




Mushroom Musume was inspired by classic DOS games like 'Princess Maker 2' and 'Alter Ego'. We wanted to design a game that was very quick to prototype, but easy to expand on. We're still in a fairly early state, but we're planning on actively developing the game over the summer as part of PIGSquad's 2022 Summer Slow Jams. It's also just a fun concept, so hopefully we'll still be working on it after that too! We're planning on adding various 'content packs' to go with the themes of the jams.



We just got done with the beginnings of our first 'collectable' system - color palettes! Replay the story with any palette that you've collected previously, or allow the game to automatically color itself based on your mushroom's current coloration. The choice is yours! The next things we're planning on implementing are a Stealth themed content update for the July Summer Slow Jam, as well as more robust persistent collectables (such as a MushroomPedia to keep track of the different girls you've discovered)



Play our newest build on itch.io now~

[Autumnotopia]

Dreams & Nightmares Update!

We've been working away on Mushroom Musume over the last couple of months! It was originally created for the first in a series of three game jams, and we just recently completed the last of those three jams! (Check out other entries for the PIGSquad August Summer Slow Jam here, btw)

A lot has been added and improved in the last couple of months, here's some highlights~

New Music! (And new girls, too!)

Initially we released the game audio-free. Since then, composer and friend of the dev team Zaozoruzhna has now become part of the dev team! He's created more than 20 beautiful custom tracks for the game since then; some common tracks, and some tracks that are associated with rare species of mushroom girl. We posted the theme song for the rare Rosy Veincap girl over on our Twitter, if you want to hear some of those good, good, tracks~

The Rosy Veincap is one of 15 new mushroom girls added since the initial update - each one having her own unique appearance and set of traits. Perhaps you'll get a girl that's Unidentifiable, which will leave you without the ability to see your current stats... Or maybe you'll raise a particularly potent Poison girl that's Visceral, causing her to get stronger each time she kills. Your daughter's outcome is in your hands!

A Mushroom Almanac

As you raise your daughter throughout various playthroughs, you'll start to find more and more different types of mushroom girl. Conveniently, if you ever want to see your current collection, we have added a Mushipedia to help you keep track! This represents another persistent collection system that will track your progress throughout the game. It divides the types of mushrooms into four groups, and you can see how many you have collected in each.

Final Challenges to Suit All Sorts!

We've also polished and refined the core structure of the game - now your daughter can face a 'Final Boss' style challenge at the end of each run. But every daughter is different - so we aimed to provide a variety of things she can aspire to. Perhaps she wants to slay a great beast, or maybe she just wants to attend the end-of-year Gala being hosted in the nearby village with a special someone (or even just by herself!)... Now that the structure of the game is complete, we're focusing on adding new quests and endings for you to unlock! There's currently five diverse final quests and a smattering of endings, can you find them all?

All of this (and More™) is available in our newest update, which you can conveniently get from our itch.io page!

(We're still working on the game, btw! We have a couple of themed updates coming up in the next few months, so stay tuned and look forward to new strange mushroom girl adventures...)