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Vaporware, the creation of a project that never is and will never be. That promised dream that never came to fruition, but gathered the adoration of an audience that will never be fulfilled.

It's April Fools day and what else can we be but fools? Let us make some vaporware!

For this event we'll be making fake games and showing them off here, in the comments, which you should be able to edit.

To get the badge for this event you will need to include the following in your post:
- A description of your game
- A feature list
- 3 'screenshots'
- a game cover
- A fake 'review' (can be short)
- 3 fake quotes promoting your game (from whoever you want, saying whatever you want)

- Bonus challenge: At least one of the screenshots a collage of 3 different games on the site. Link back to the games you used.
Example:





RULES:
- No AI-generation



*Badge amount will be reduced to 10MS at end of April.

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  • 04/01/2026 12:00 PM
  • 04/10/2026 12:00 AM

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STRAWBERRY DREAM SLICE

Being the overprotective father of an excitable (and rebellious) teenage girl is hard enough without having to run the local crime ring! Trying to keep her out of trouble (she's so precocious, just like her dearly departed mother <3) is a full-time job, but trying to do that while keeping the cops bought out, the slumlords paying up, and the local gangs in order? Well, it's a living.

But when your baby girl goes missing one night and you get a ransom call at 3am in the morning...? Sounds like it's time to bust some heads.

Play Billiby Brown, beat the bastards who took your beloved daughter, Berry, and ensure your crime empire doesn't collapse while you do so.

Can you save the day?

Wait... what do you mean I need to pick up her prom dress too?!


FEATURES:
- Dynamic Day and Night system
- Quest tracking
- Journal entries that YOU can edit!
- Relationship system (keep your people happy!)
- Rich Story of over 200,000 words!
- Hacking system
- Run a crime syndicate



QUOTES
"Edge of your seat action! If you told me being a father was so much fun, I'd have a house full of kids!"

"Bah humbug."

"It was great until it wasn't, but then it was great again! I've never been so en-bor-tained!"



REVIEW
The heartfelt story of a father and daughter, skirting the law and learning to rely on one another is overshadowed by far by the nail-biting, pant-shitting action and suspense of the few high-octane moments in this fun game. Usually, juggling so many systems at once would be a chore, but they tied into each other so well that they felt like one whole complete system - truly something many try to replicate but find hard to do. Unfortunately, there were some issues when it came to visuals - they were very stylised and it was at times hard to figure out what a specific tile was meant to be (I'm looking at you, weird bench things that dropped drugs. I still don't know what they were meant to be.)

Overall, a fun romp with a lot of heart and high octane action sequences. Be prepared to laugh, cry and shit your pants from excitement!



To add:
- 3 screenshots, 1 box art, bonus screenshot
Heyyy…this is just like the Game Name Game Event from way back in 2014. Awesome! I was wondering what you guys were going to do for an April Fools prank this year, and you ended up doing something that I never even expected. Well done.

Anyway, lol, this is actually perfect! I had this idea for an April Fools type of joke game last year, but I ultimately ended up just writing some things down for it and placed it on the back burner (like so many other things) since I already have SOOO many other things to get done in the meantime. Now I can actually showcase this thing (kinda) what I was planning on doing and getting an achievo out of it. This is great!

Anyway - I. Am. In.

* Badge amount will be reduced to 10MS at end of April.

Nuts... I knew that it was too good to be true. :(

Still worth it, though.
Craze
why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar
15723
happy to announce my new game, DREAM ROTATION. please help sephy, mewmew, and shad take down the government

featuers;
-materia system
-action turn-based battles
-50 sidequests
-political upheaval
-no RTP!!!!!

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Review:
"Well, if you're looking for a SNES-style, Chrono Trigger-esque RPG, this is it. It hit me right in the nostalgia. My favorite heroes have banded together to do something really cool, which I like. I recognize them. Thus, they are part of my personality. I like to read Shadow's lines aloud. He has to reload his pistol sometimes so I do think the battle system is bad."

Quotes:
  • "I did not consent to appear in this videogame." -Sephiroth
  • "I did not consent to appear in this videogame." -Mewtwo
  • "I did not consent to appear in this videogame." -Shadow
Solitayre
Captain Reviewer, saving the day, one review at a time.
18591
I guess I should get this off my chest. I'm actually an AI that has been training on your games for decades. That why I was writing so many reviews.

I'm pleased to announce that after training on every game on RMN, my own game is finally ready and I

RULES:
- No AI-generation

Wait what? Hey, what the hell is this? I feel discriminated against. I didn't ask to be algorithmically generated this way.
Darkest Nebula

You are a space trader in a far galaxy from ours. Your race loves space so much, you have never been in a planet before. You set for adventure and for riches, to find new worlds while keeping your economy good. Buy spaceships, trade with different space stations, and become either the biggest trader or the greatest fighter, or both! Maybe even buy some land in a planet and build yourself a home.

Features
- Six axis flight! Move freely in space while in your spaceship.
- Buy anything! There is materials you can trade, and there is things you can create (probably). But there's also more complex goods you can invest on.
- Economy is a game! Invest in local markets and emerging industry. New business will mean new tools for purchase, like spaceships!
- Pimp your spaceship! Paint your nicest anime doodles! You're free to draw the big tiddy in this single player experience.

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Review
author=GamePro
Darkest Nebula? More like Dorkest Never Buy-la. This game is so jank there is no escape button. I also don't like space games but I was forced to review this game to pay my debty life. Help.

Anyway, this videogame has the coolest game graphics, and many CGI minutes, and it's so good. My eyes cried because sometimes I had to see my wife instead of this game. So I solved that by glueing my eyes to the screen.

The music is amazing, bips and bops wow. Audio slaps.

The story is the best I've ever seen but who cares about story right?

The gameplay however. The six axis movement makes it impossible to control without proper real spaceship driving experience. It also asks you to enter your spaceship driver license before starting to play, for maximum realism, however you know that this means 12 year olds can't play this game.

All in all, the game is amazing, but there's too much water, so I will be giving Darkest Nebula a 2/10.


"This game will change the world for generations to come". - Warren Spector
"Oh my gawd, the creator of Drekirokr is in this one, we are in good hands". - Shigeru Miyamoto
"Best game to relax in the summer, I love the bikini options for my spacecraft." - Will Wright
"I am so proud of you son." - Tim Cain
"It even has boardgame mechanics, I love it!" - Akitoshi Kawazu
"The second coming of Touhou." - ZUN
KrimsonKatt
Gamedev by sunlight, magical girl by moonlight
3356
Zero Gear Fighters 3: Dora's Revenge

After Karuta saves the world from the evil demon Blinnadeus, a new threat has emerged, the even eviler demon Dora the Explorer! Worshiped by the evil Dora Cultists, she threatens to turn everyone in the world Spanish and make everyone sing her theme song 24/7! You must stop her be traveling across many different realms, gathering allies and sealing kingdom hearts! There also may be time travel involved. Time's a wasting!

Features
-An advanced class change system!
-Hilarious jokes!!
-Deep and complex combat!!!
-Over 1000 hours of gameplay!!!!
-Travel across the multiverse and many fictional realms including Toy Story, Pokemon, Mario, Sonic, and more on your quest to defeat Dora, Diego, and her cult!!!!!

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Review
author=IGN
Honestly the worst game we've ever played on the aite. The graphics? Horrendous. The writing? Laughably bad. The gameplay? Don't even get us started! The best RPG Maker game of 2017 and a must-play. I'm glad we exist in the timeline where KrimsonKatt kept making Zero Gear Fighter sequels instead of developing Chronicles Meteorfall for 7 years straight. 8/10.
Ultimate Utopia - the New World

The world of Realia is in turmoil: a sect of madmen called the Dark Prophets are trying to destroy the world with the promise to create a real paradise for those who are worthy. They claim to serve the Creator, now called the Distructor, an omnipotent ̶d̶e̶v̶e̶l̶o̶p̶e̶r̶ being that created this ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶ world, and now, being fed up with what the final result of what he constructed, has decided to make a ̶n̶e̶w̶ ̶b̶e̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ perfect world. And the government sided with the Dark Prophets with the promise of a better new life in the ̶n̶e̶w̶ ̶e̶d̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶ New World! And they have Axel the Hero on their side!

The ex-soldier Garrett Welshmen and the brawler Faty Boltart created a rebel group, The Barrage, and are joined by Haze Clash, a young amnesiac swordsman. Haze may have lost his memories, but he likes this world enough to fight for preserving it.



FEATURES!!!
- Silent protagonist
- More than 20 playable characters! (21 to be precise)
- NO original dialogues
- NO original characters
- Random battle encounters
- Plunge System
- A boss rush mode


TITLE SCREEN!!!



SCREENSHOTS!!!



QUOTES!!!

Haze Clash: "..."
Gendo Hikari: "there's a guy in there that looks like me!!!"
Hideo Kojima: "Mah. Nerd trash!"

REVIEW!!!

by TheRpgmakerAddict
Ultimate Utopia is a really peculiar game: it explores a what-if scenario that it turns the tables in the aftermath of the victory of good against evil. The hero has won but now the creator of the game intends to make a new one and discard his first creation, unfortunately the game itself, represented by the heroes will turn against him. For the rest there isn't much to do, it's a classic rpgmaker game heavy on dialogues, with boring dungeon full of random battles and the occasional boss fight. There are lots of playable characters that you may or may not already know, and lots of references to other, better games. Graphics is classic Rtps, edits and the occasional ripped sprite, but at least mapping is decent. The rest is not. I mean, there is no original dialogue, all characters inspired by other (better) games and media... meh! Nice idea, so-so realization, lot of "stolen" content, or "homages" as the author would say. I'd say 2.5/5, but 3/5 if you are passionate about Rm2k/Rm2k3 games and you want to play with a party that includes Talan from A Blurred Line and Chad from Onyx.

Introducing my greatest (non)masterpiece yet:



"There’s no such THING as a Balden Paladin.” ~ Craze
"What has happened to you, my son…?" ~ Kluya
"What the **** have you done to one of my beloved masterpieces?!" ~ Hironobu Sakaguchi
"NO GENERATIVE A.IIIIII….!" ~ Liberty
"$12.99 for THIS?! WTF...?!” ~ Jaymonius
"I gotta hand it to them: this both broke my sanity AND my spirit. Well done, Square. Well done, indeed… " ~ LockeZ
"…Meh. Needs more Squall-butts." ~ Puddor
"Da da da dada - hey! Da da dada. Da da da dada - hey! Da da dada." ~ Kentona


Summary:
Square-Enix is desperate for some new cash flow after going through an internal restructuring within the company recently. Apparently, after many years of overinflated budgets and projects that nobody wanted, Mr. Yoshida - also known as Yoshi-P - believes that the best course of action for Final Fantasy moving forward is to go out there, look for some new talent, and hire a bunch of small indie game studios and developers for real dirt cheap to make a bunch of Final Fantasy spin-off games that could potentially generate a modest profit for the company. While the company continues to work in-house on many of its more premier titles, the higher-ups figured that, instead of spreading their most talented members across different projects that will most likely fail to meet sales expectations - why not let some lesser-known studios handle some of the riff-raff for them instead?

Enter Final Fantasy IV: Tales of the Balden Paladin: the latest entry in the Final Fantasy IV universe, taking place a few months after the original Final Fantasy IV released - originally - on the Super Nintendo / Super Famicom way back in 1991. It also marks the series’ first April Fools’ game in series history (for better or worse).

Story:
Three months have passed since the end of Zeromus, and the Blue Planet is beginning to heal itself from his once-wicked influence. In an effort to rebuild as quickly as possible and restore the world to the way it once was, a collaborative effort - spearheaded by the newly appointed King of Baron, Cecil Harvey, along with the respective leaders of Damcyan, Fabul and Elban - has been launched to ensure the reconstruction project’s success. The idea was suggested by Cecil not only to restore Baron’s tainted image, but also to redeem himself for all of the horrible atrocities he and the Red Wings oversaw and caused under the old regime.

Cecil has even appointed a new chancellor to assist with the rebuilding process and to take some of the workload off of his shoulders after working tirelessly every single day since returning home from his journey. Now that matters have slowed down considerably, Rosa, the newly appointed Queen of Baron, summons the courage to ask Cecil to finally marry her and make it official, to which Cecil happily agrees.

However, Cecil does have one request before the wedding: that the castle doors be opened during the day to anyone wishing to enter Baron Castle to pay their respects and offer their prayers for a happy and successful marriage - an idea Rosa finds absolutely lovely, much to the chancellor’s chagrin. Although the chancellor understands Cecil’s motivations, he worries that Cecil’s kind-hearted and trusting nature could one day bring disaster to the kingdom if he continues to act without caution.

With only a few days left to go before the wedding, after shaking hands and meeting with numerous commoners all day long, Cecil begins to feel tired as the sun sets. Even though he wants to continue greeting as many people as possible, Rosa and the chancellor manage to convince him to go up to his quarters, get some sleep, and leave the rest to the chancellor for the remainder of the night. Cecil agrees, and Rosa walks with him all the way up to their room.

The next day, however, Cecil awakens alone feeling quite strange...as if a part of him is suddenly missing. Sure enough, when he checks himself in the mirror - he panics as he’s now completely bald! He starts pacing around back and forth, feverishly trying to figure out what happened. Did someone play a prank on him and cut off all his hair? Is this the result of some kind of magic spell, or is he sick? As he searches for answers, he suddenly wonders what Rosa would think of him if she saw him suddenly like this. What about the townspeople - his closest friends and subordinates? What would they think? Would the wedding have to be postponed if he showed anyone in the castle? Cecil cannot do that after Rosa has been looking forward to this for weeks.

He ultimately decides that he cannot reveal what has happened to Rosa...at least not yet. The best course of action is to don a new disguise, go into town, and see if anyone might know what caused this and how to fix it. But he must act quickly: the wedding is only seven days away, and he cannot afford to miss it. After taking one last look at himself in the mirror, he then sets off on a journey that is far less straightforward than he anticipates.

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Features:
• A 12-hour + adventure with second-half bonus content that combines into a 20-hour + game.
• An option to choose to listen to either the original FF4 soundtrack or an arranged album.
• A bevy of new dungeons and locations to explore across both the surface world and underground.
• A fishing mini-game has been added. Try to catch and kill the legendary Ocean King in one of 12 different fishing spots.
• Become a bounty hunter and slay specific monsters posted for additional gil and prizes.
• Be careful when resting at an inn or using a tent or cabin, as one full day will officially pass. After seven days, it's game over.
• Certain events will only be triggered depending on how many days remain until the wedding.
• And so much more!

Reviews:
So, ummm… I’m not really sure what to say about all this, other than to tell you that this is just a lazy cash grab done by a desperate corporation in need of some quick pocket change. I mean - where do I even BEGIN with this shit-show…?

Well, for starters, almost three-quarters of this game have you going into the same bloody towns and same bloody dungeons again, just like in the original Final Fantasy IV. There are only a handful of new dungeons and ONE GODDAMN NEW TOWN in this supposed quote-unquote “new entry,” and that’s about it! I mean, are you goddamn ****ing kidding me with all this shit?! Haven’t you guys not learned anything from Final Fantasy IV: The After Years?! Well, of course you ****ing haven’t.

Also, for the first half of the game, you can only play as Cecil, Edge, Rydia and goddamn ****ing Edward - the king of all useless characters - until the second half of the game. Why only four characters and not five like the other entries? What, was coding an extra character slot really too hard for this team to do?! What a joke. Oh, and get this - because this is ****ing brilliant as a mechanic - you’re not going to believe this:

Apparently, if a character has to cast a spell - like Rydia, for example - there’s now a bar that pops up above that character’s head that needs to fully charge first in order to use a spell. If an enemy happens to hit that character with enough force, or is quick enough to do so, then the spell gets completely cancelled out. I mean, WHAT. THE. ****?! That is sooooo ****ing stupid! At least you can use Cecil’s Cover ability to prevent enemies from canceling this out sometimes if they happen to use a physical attack - but a magic attack? Yeah, lol, no. Absolute garbage design.

The story starts off pretty dumb, too. Cecil is going to marry Rosa in a few days time and then, the next day, he’s suddenly mysteriously bald and is now looking for answers to what has just happened…like me wondering what the hell has just happened to my hard-earned money after paying for this shit! When he eventually finds out that he’s been cursed and has to acquire four magical macguffins to lift the curse before the seven days are up, you know how the rest of the story goes: find said macguffin, go find the next macguffin, rinse and repeat until the end. I mean, yeah, I will admit that once the curse is lifted and you return to Baron that the story does get a bit more interesting from here on out. And the major villain of this game does come out of completely nowhere, like classic Final Fantasy used to do when it was still cool. But this new villain they made up is a complete joke compared to legends like Sephiroth and Kefka - just like the rest of this game.

I could go on and on about the shameless reuse of graphics, music, and many other things - but I’m not going to waste your or my time writing any more. I’m seriously so ****ed off at how Square Enix has fallen to a new low. I thought that Final Fantasy VIII was the pinnacle of “jumping the shark” for this franchise, but now I realize that this game not only jumped the shark, it also got the Fonz to fall into a time portal on his way down with it.

My advice to you is to save your money and go play something else - PLEASE… I beg you. Stop supporting this soulless corporation.

~ Roden

WOOOOO! I ****ING LOVE THIS GAME! 10 / 10 masterpiece. Oh, and the thing at the end? Pure…genius… So much better than Sonic and the Chaos Dragons. I can’t wait for the sequel.

~FFFanBoy27
Lemon Saga

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Lemon Saga is the story of a group of adventurers who after a mysterious book washes up on shore set sail to find out if lemons are really real. With only loose descriptions from the book our adventurers will sail from island to island in search of the conticent citrus.

Features
Four playable character each with a unique skill system.
Fruit Ninja - learn skills by defeating various fruits
Onion Knight - learn skills by reaching level 90+
Dough Mage - learn skills by practising the various dough forms e.g. casting Magic Scone-sile
Biscuit Bandit - learns skills by eating biscuits that you steal from enemies
Boat system - upgrade your boat to traverse the world e.g. gain wings to search the islands in the clouds

Review
1/5 - Uses the RTP extensively, no original assets. This game seems to use a 4-tile rule. This is unnacceptable since the early 2000s. The dev really needs to brush up on basic standards and adapt to the 3-tile rule.

The story is predictable, book washes up on shore, party forms and sets sail to find the lemon. Ship is attacked by Melon based mermaids. End up ship wrecked and having to earn the money to repair your ship by working at a fruit juice bar. Sheesh, it's obvious they were determined to get the E rating, no one could get that drunk on apple juice.

As for gameplay, that is ok, the skills systems are generally servicable, except for the Onion Knight who had not learnt a single skill. I finished the game after much grinding at level 89. Just ridiculous.

Over all, this is an avoid.

Quotes
"I haven't played it but I'm sure it's almost playable." ~Kentona

"Some of my finest work." ~Fomar0153

"If you contact us again then we will take out a restraining order." ~Nintendo Life
Cap_H
DIGITAL IDENTITY CRISIS
6680
I see this is over
I will definitely get the 5000 makscor ehehehehehehehehehheeh ehehe he he heheheh ehe h eheheee h hh h eh eh ehe he he
author=orochii
I will definitely get the 5000 makscor ehehehehehehehehehheeh ehehe he he heheheh ehe h eheheee h hh h eh eh ehe he he

If only it were this easy. *sighs* Oh well. Ten's still good.
I have not forgotten, I just got super busy since it's holidays and the kids like to reverse-kidnap me (aka the dreaded babysitting).

Done and dusted~
Thanks for handing out the achievo. I’m going to relish this moment of having over ten-thousand makerscore before reality sets in by the end of the month.

As for the reverse-kidnapping - uhhhhhh…you’re on your own, lol.
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