Thread: A Tale of Identity, Monsters, and College

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TL;DR: Thread is a transgender transformation RPG Maker game that is VERY text heavy and uses an SRPG combat system. 

Cover image by Riley.

Full body sprite, as seen in the screenshots, by SeiKo093.

Lucas  never thought of himself as special, and, frankly, he isn't. He just moved into the dorms of his local community college after busting his ass to save money for the privilege.

After a strange incident in his senior year of high school, he and his friends have grown apart. Unbeknownst to him, this incident has changed something inside of him that is about to change his outside, as well. This change is permanent unless he is able to solve that same incident from almost 2 years ago, find a missing high school classmate, and learn how to fight against the dark supernatural elements threatening to cause more issues.

Also, he has his first day of classes on Monday and nothing to wear.

The plot largely centers on the, originally male, protagonist being MtF'ed.

As far as my current plans go, I don’t foresee writing any TFs beyond the one in the inciting incident.

Adult content currently consists of two text-only scenes. Art for these scenes will be added in a future update.

• Implemented:

• A lot of writing. I think of this as a visual novel/RPG hybrid.
  • Characters react to your choices! Thread has lots of Dialogue variation hinging on the inner gender identity of the MC (Set by player choices in the prologue), social stats, and outfit choice.
• Tactics RPG/SRPG combat.
  • Thread uses a combat system similar to fire emblem or final fantasy tactics.
  • There are no random battles, experience points or levels. Instead, engage in a few handcrafted battles that tie into the story.
• Free-Roaming! Decide what to do with your free time.
  • Day of week and time of day system!
  • Learn new combat skills for use in battle!
  • Spend time with contacts and learn their stories!
  • Study Academics, work on your Charm, or build your Courage!
  • Study the enemy to gain an edge in combat!
  • Brew potions to help with difficult fights!
  • Work at the Video Zone to earn money and boost your social stats!
  • Buy a new outfit!

• Music and sound effects to compliment both dialogue and combat, and are more than an afterthought.
• A good variety of character expressions created with RPG Maker’s character generator.

• Planned:

• More art!
  • Full body pixel art for Sarah is coming soon and art for each Luca outfit is also on the horizon!
  • CGs for important (and adult) scenes.

Also find Thread on Tentacles Games and TF Games Site.