"I know a secret", rasped the crow, and he laughed with a "ha" and a "caw," and then he spoke of a forest no one else had ever been to, and in the forest was a tree taller than any other tree, and at the tippy-top of this tree was a power unlike any other: the Source of All Things...
The Heart Pumps Clay
is an RPG by Housekeeping. The game uses RPG Maker VX Ace as its engine, but has an entirely original soundtrack.
In The Heart Pumps Clay, you play as the swamp witch, Mara, her golem, Bud, and a talking Crow, named Crow. They are trying to climb the Tree of Life to get to the Source of All Things.
This game provides examples of:
- A Dog Named "Dog": One of the three characters you play as, is a crow named Crow.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Bud, the golem, moves to take a lightning strike in place of Mara, that was sent from Crow.
- Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors: Fire beats earth, earth beats water, water beats fire.
- Equipment-Based Progression: Character progression happens by wearing the variety of equipment found while climbing up the Tree of Life.
- Golem: Bud, the golem.
- Hit Points: It's called HP and is displayed both numerically and with a Life Meter in the combat screen◊.
- Life Meter: The green bar labeled HP below each character portrait in the combat screen◊.
- Mana: It's called MP and is displayed both numerically and with a Mana Meter in the combat screen◊.
- Mana Meter: The blue bar labeled MP below each character portrait in the combat screen◊.
- Plant Person: Implied. The Dryad◊, which are mythological Greek tree spirits, and she has a leaf for hair.
- Talking Animal: Crow, a talking crow.
- Video Game Stealing: Crow. He can steal things like a Marrionette's strings, which kill them instantly. Or potions, which can be used.
