Taro Kudo and Kazuyuki Kurashima's Vanpool was the first of the companies formed in Lovedelic's wake to release a new game (to generally positive reviews in Japan) and anyone familiar with their previous work would pretty much have felt right at home. Endonesia (or Endnesia, no "o", depending on who you ask) takes the Moon template - day/night & days of the week cycle, character advancement through helping others and completing tasks which unlock abilities that allow the protagonist to explore further and for longer periods of time - and runs with it.

The game begins with a child playing on a swing in a park (in the shadow of the Enix building.... they published the game). And then, he swings a little more and appears suddenly in the magical land of Endonesia. That's pretty much the story right there.

The object of the game is to reveal the 50 Gods of Endonesia, and each will be revealed when you complete a specific objective. To aid you in this, you have the ability to learn and project "emo" (emotions).

Let's take an early example: at the very beginning, your character arrives in an area that's bordered on all sides by statues (these are statues of the aforementioned Gods, which break and clear the path once the corresponding God is revealed), except for one side which is also impassable due to thorny vines. There's nothing that can be done at this stage, and after a few minutes of standing around, your character becomes "hungry". Now you've learned your first emo, you can project it onto a nearby dog, who then becomes "hungry" and eats the vines, clearing a path for you. Got it? You can see this in the gameplay video embedded below, I believe.

There were a few things about this game I didn't enjoy (we'll get to that), but I kept coming back for clever and interesting puzzles like these. Another one early in the game sees you learning the emo for "fun" by blowing up balloons, then using the emo on a fish, who jumps for joy out of the water, only to be eaten by a bird, who is then eaten by a crocodile, thus revealing the "God Of The Food Chain". Pretty cool.
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Endonesia's instruction booklet is really cool – I don't have a camera worth a damn or I'd show you. The booklet comes in a paper slip with “Endonesia Airlines” written on it, like you'd get with plane tickets, and the booklet itself contains a map, pictures of plasticine airline food and local wildlife, and your official letter of welcome from the Endonesia Director of Tourism (the guy on the right in the lil' pic below), in both Japanese and “English” - which is actually Indonesian.

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One thing that sets Endonesia apart from previous Lovedelic titles is the difficulty level, which is positively masochistic at times. Due to the relative obscurity of some of the puzzles and the narrow window in which you often have to complete certain tasks, it's quite easy to miss out and have to wait out the entire 10-day cycle before you can try the same one again. The game is split up into 7 areas, and each of them is MASSIVE, usually with only one central save point, and you'll often find yourself wandering off on a particular quest, only to become tired before you get there and have to try and turn back toward the save point to recharge.... and often infuriatingly fall just short, and die. So it's entirely possible to play the game for HOURS on end and achieve absolutely nothing.

I got about halfway through the game, even writing an FAQ up to that point, before these idiosyncrasies (combined with the language barrier, which is just HUGE with absolutely no resources on the game available in English) got to me and I quit. So it's not one of my favorites, but still worthwhile. It looks and sounds great (another happening score by Hirofumi Taniguchi, who worked with all 3 of the main Lovedelic spin-off companies), and as I mentioned, some of the puzzles are genius. If you ever stumble across a copy (unlikely) and decide to give it a try, I'll send you my unfinished FAQ.

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God of Names God of Food Chain God of Time
Links:
https://love-de-licious.livejournal.com/
http://archive.rpgamer.com/games/oth.../endnesia.html
Official site (Japanese):
http://www.vanpool.co.jp/endonesia/guide.html

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