MEWSA is a game I developed by myself in RPG Maker MV back in late 2017. I was taking a Web Design class at the time at GMU in the fall semester, and the final project was to create our own portfolio site. During the summer I bought RPG Maker MV since it’s a game engine that doesn’t require coding knowledge to make games, plus I wanted to mainly make role-playing games. I decided to develop a demo for my portfolio site since at the time I didn’t have any games I could call my own.

I developed the general idea for MEWSA, a game to teach awareness on social anxiety, a couple of years prior. I have had social anxiety for many years, and it has always been a struggle for me to get people to understand it. I wanted to make a game that showed what it was like living with it. I had a couple initial ideas of a silent game and a visual novel, but decided to take advantage of the opportunity to make a Role-Playing Game in RPG Maker MV.

I worked on the game when I could in my spare time outside my classes and homework, and managed to get the demo done for my Web Design class’ final. I plan to make this a full game someday with original art and sounds/music with a team. But for now, it will stay as a proof of concept to show my game design and writing capabilities.