The Gray Garden is a pseudo-RPG with a heavy story focus, made by Deep-Sea Prisoner in RPG Maker 2000.

The Gray Garden: a world where angels and demons live in harmony.
Yosafire, a demon who likes flowers, enjoys a carefree life with her friends.
Then one day, a mysterious bat appears in the garden...

Warning: There are a number of depictions of violence and gore throughout the game. However, none of it is presented in a "startling" way, and nothing too detailed is shown graphics-wise.

(Content Severity: Discretion Advised)

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Violence and gore. Some characters are beaten bloody, one loses an arm, etc.
Implied torture and cannibalism in one ending.
Implied attempt at sexual assault/harrassment.


Download The Gray Garden 1.08 | (Mirror)

(Chrome may falsely flag the download as malicious, but it's safe to ignore.)

Supported Platforms

The game's engine is made for Windows only, with no native support for other platforms.

The multi-platform EasyRPG Player mimics the behavior of RM2K and RM2K3, but may not always be exact. (Make sure to treat the Data folder as the game folder, not the containing folder.) Also, for Macs, you can try a general-purpose tool like WineBottler.


Usage Notes

Playthrough videos of Deep-Sea Prisoner's works are now allowed. However, they ask to refrain from monetization of any form, due to the terms of the free resources used.

[1] Japanese version readme


Troubleshooting

Make sure to extract the game to its own folder instead of running directly from the ZIP file. If you don't do so, any saves made will be lost the next time you run the game.

If you get a DirectDraw error, right-click the EXE, go to Properties, Compatibility, and try other compatibility modes.

If the font doesn't seem correct, download and install the MS Gothic font.

RPG Maker 2000 has some inherent, unfixable control bugs ("automatically moving in a direction" or "no buttons work"). The issues often seem to involve gamepads, or getting "stuck" on an input if Shift and a Numpad key are pressed simultaneously. Thus, try fiddling with gamepads and your keyboard until it fixes. (Reinstalling the game likely won't help.)

If you get "not implemented" errors on or near startup, make sure you have a working sound device (speakers/headphones). It can also occur mid-game if your system doesn't like a particular MP3, in which case, try to delete or replace the file in Music.

You may get "RPG Maker 2000/2003 RTP is not installed" or missing file errors on startup. This can happen if the path contains special symbols, causing files (including RPG_RT.ini) to not be found. Try moving the game folder somewhere without any special symbols in the path.


Screenshots

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Extras

The game is very straightfoward, but there are some things you might miss. (Spoiler warning!)

Extras

Bad End 1

During the part in Flame Town where Emalf chases you, one of the wrong turns will lead to a dead end where he catches you.

Bad End 2

Lose the first fight against Poemi in the Wastelands.

Bad End 3

When Macarona finds Rawberry in the village, choose "Yaaaaaaaaaah!!!"

Normal End

Lose to the final boss (the actual fight).

Radio Wave

After beating the final boss, go to the coast to get this. It unlocks a thing in the bonus room.


Second Playthrough

There are a few minor bonuses on your second playthrough. Whether they're worth actually playing again for is... up to you, I suppose.

Apples

You don't need to collect any apples in Apple Park to proceed. Uh, thanks? ...How does that work?

666 Ticket

Froze's house will contain a 666 Ticket, which summons the Passing Demon to help in battle.

Prosciutto Equipment

A side area in Evening Forest formerly blocked by plants will be open. A Mogeko there will make Yosafire max level and give her the overpowered Prosciutto equipment.

???

The ??? video is different depending on if you view it right after beating the game the first time, or if you view it after returning the bonus room on a second playthrough. (Just starting a second loop and going to the door in Yosafire's house ASAP will work.)


Garden Gray The

Deep-Sea Prisoner released "Garden Gray The" for April Fools' Day 2014. It's about ten minutes long and quite silly. And it shouldn't really spoil the main game at all.

Download Garden Gray The 0.00


Music

Below is a list of all the songs used in the game. I don't have individual source links, but all songs can be found in the Music folder. There are definite spoilers for their usage, so don't look until you've beaten the game!

The songs are from free resource sites, so they have no "official names" as far as this game goes. The filenames are the titles given by the original sites, which don't necessarily relate to their usage in the game. The "Usage" names are descriptions I made up based on where they're used - DSP had no part in deciding those.

Do not reupload these songs elsewhere without permission from their respective creators.

Song List
Filename Usage Source
Amor Kana_SoaringYonder(MusicBox) Title / A Nice Old Man Amor Kana
CAMeLIA_TwilightGrass Introduction *CAMeLIA*
Senses Circuit_Beginning Flower Garden Senses Circuit
MaouDamashii_Event30 Normal Battle Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event31 Game Over Maou Damashii
Senses Circuit_Promenade Beginning Forest Senses Circuit
MaouDamashii_Event17 Oh, You Maou Damashii
Senses Circuit_Reflection Gray Village Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_Let's Apple Park Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_SunbeamSpot-MusicBoxver- Apple Pie Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_BudInThawingSnow Path to Castle Senses Circuit
MaouDamashii_Theme11 Blancblack Castle Maou Damashii
Senses Circuit_SunbeamSpot-Piano Ver- Etihw and Kcalb Senses Circuit
MaouDamashii_Village04 School and Library Maou Damashii
Amor Kana_HourglassInOblivion Our World's Past Amor Kana
MaouDamashii_Dungeon16 Mysterious Discussion Maou Damashii
Senses Circuit_InSadness Garden at Night Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_Paradise Cave Forest Senses Circuit
MaouDamashii_Dungeon01 Forest Cave Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event15 Goof Maou Damashii
Hagall_SpringWaltz Lowrie's Lesson Hagall
Amor Kana_IllusionTown Rendezvous on the Coast Amor Kana
Senses Circuit_LittleAdventureInAFreeForest Lost Woods Senses Circuit
CAMeLIA_DarkWoodsMansion Haunted Forest *CAMeLIA*
MaouDamashii_Event19 Flame Bats at the School! Maou Damashii
On-Jin_BGM-LoopSuspenseR02 Suspense On-Jin
Amor Kana_PreciousMystery Etihw on the Coast Amor Kana
Senses Circuit_PROLOGUE Daybreak Forest Senses Circuit
Hagall_BellOfAStrangeLand Midday Forest Hagall
Senses Circuit_RainbowLadenBridge Evening Forest Senses Circuit
MaouDamashii_Event2 Flame Demons Maou Damashii
CAMeLIA_jeu d'os A Passing Demon *CAMeLIA*
DarkLordRTP Politely Asking Directions RPG2000 RTP
Amor Kana_LikeAPetal Yosafire's Memories Amor Kana
MaouDamashii_Town11 Flame Underworld Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Dungeon17 Flame Town Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event48 Now It's On Maou Damashii
PinchRTP Run Away! RPG2000 RTP
On-Jin_BGM-LoopVarietyR01 Off-Kilter On-Jin
MaouDamashii_Dungeon22 Path to Flame Castle Maou Damashii
Dungeon5RTP Enter Ivlis RPG2000 RTP
MaouDamashii_Event20 Flame Castle Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event35 Time for Action Maou Damashii
Hagall_OhMyMysterious Ater & Arbus Hagall
MaouDamashii_Event18 At Odds Maou Damashii
Senses Circuit_DenizenOfDarkness Graveyard Senses Circuit
MaouDamashii_Event33 Boss Maou Damashii
Hagall_BeyondOblivion Wasteland Hagall
MaouDamashii_Rock44 Versus Poemi Maou Damashii
Amor Kana_WhatLiesYonder River Forest Amor Kana
Hagall_TreeOfMemory Path to the Sea of Tears Hagall
MaouDamashii_Rock48 Versus Emalf Maou Damashii
Amor Kana_IllusionTown(MusicBox) Friends Laughing Amor Kana
MaouDamashii_Rock47 Versus Emalf & Poemi Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_BattleSong37 Versus Flame Monster Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Boss07 Versus Rieta Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_LastBoss03 Versus Ivlis Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_LastBoss04 Versus Ivlis 2 Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Theme11b Return of Etihw Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event14 God and Devil at Peace Maou Damashii
Amor Kana_SoaringYonder Froze's Gratitude Amor Kana
Senses Circuit_SunbeamSpot-Guitarver- Ending Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_loop_86 Bonus Room Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_QuietCurrent Moonlit Night Senses Circuit
Amor Kana_ColorfulDestination Sleepover with Raspbel Amor Kana
MaouDamashii_Dungeon11 Night at the Preserves' Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Village02c Album Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Town12b Bloody Radio Maou Damashii
CAMeLIA_DinnerParty Wadanohara Teaser *CAMeLIA*
Senses Circuit_SunbeamSpot Unused Senses Circuit
Filename Usage Source
Amor Kana_ColorfulDestination Sleepover with Raspbel Amor Kana
Amor Kana_HourglassInOblivion Our World's Past Amor Kana
Amor Kana_IllusionTown(MusicBox) Friends Laughing Amor Kana
Amor Kana_IllusionTown Rendezvous on the Coast Amor Kana
Amor Kana_LikeAPetal Yosafire's Memories Amor Kana
Amor Kana_PreciousMystery Etihw on the Coast Amor Kana
Amor Kana_SoaringYonder(MusicBox) Title / A Nice Old Man Amor Kana
Amor Kana_SoaringYonder Froze's Gratitude Amor Kana
Amor Kana_WhatLiesYonder River Forest Amor Kana
CAMeLIA_DarkWoodsMansion Haunted Forest *CAMeLIA*
CAMeLIA_DinnerParty Wadanohara Teaser *CAMeLIA*
CAMeLIA_jeu d'os A Passing Demon *CAMeLIA*
CAMeLIA_TwilightGrass Introduction *CAMeLIA*
Hagall_BellOfAStrangeLand Midday Forest Hagall
Hagall_BeyondOblivion Wasteland Hagall
Hagall_OhMyMysterious Ater & Arbus Hagall
Hagall_SpringWaltz Lowrie's Lesson Hagall
Hagall_TreeOfMemory Path to the Sea of Tears Hagall
MaouDamashii_BattleSong37 Versus Flame Monster Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Boss07 Versus Rieta Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Dungeon01 Forest Cave Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Dungeon11 Night at the Preserves' Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Dungeon16 Mysterious Discussion Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Dungeon17 Flame Town Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Dungeon22 Path to Flame Castle Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event2 Flame Demons Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event14 God and Devil at Peace Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event15 Goof Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event17 Oh, You Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event18 At Odds Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event19 Flame Bats at the School! Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event20 Flame Castle Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event30 Normal Battle Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event31 Game Over Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event33 Boss Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event35 Time for Action Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Event48 Now It's On Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_LastBoss03 Versus Ivlis Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_LastBoss04 Versus Ivlis 2 Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Rock44 Versus Poemi Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Rock48 Versus Emalf Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Rock47 Versus Emalf & Poemi Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Theme11 Blancblack Castle Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Theme11b Return of Etihw Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Town11 Flame Underworld Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Town12b Bloody Radio Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Village02c Album Maou Damashii
MaouDamashii_Village04 School and Library Maou Damashii
On-Jin_BGM-LoopSuspenseR02 Suspense On-Jin
On-Jin_BGM-LoopVarietyR01 Off-Kilter On-Jin
DarkLordRTP Politely Asking Directions RPG2000 RTP
Dungeon5RTP Enter Ivlis RPG2000 RTP
PinchRTP Run Away! RPG2000 RTP
Senses Circuit_Beginning Flower Garden Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_BudInThawingSnow Path to Castle Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_DenizenOfDarkness Graveyard Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_InSadness Garden at Night Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_Let's Apple Park Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_LittleAdventureInAFreeForest Lost Woods Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_loop_86 Bonus Room Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_Paradise Cave Forest Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_PROLOGUE Daybreak Forest Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_Promenade Beginning Forest Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_QuietCurrent Moonlit Night Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_RainbowLadenBridge Evening Forest Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_Reflection Gray Village Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_SunbeamSpot Unused Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_SunbeamSpot-Guitarver- Ending Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_SunbeamSpot-MusicBoxver- Apple Pie Senses Circuit
Senses Circuit_SunbeamSpot-Piano Ver- Etihw and Kcalb Senses Circuit

Translation Notes
(These contain spoilers for all aspects of the game. Only read after you've beaten it fully.)


Fuh-roooze!