Welcome to Ritualistic Games
we make spooky retro games
We're releasing The Lunar Effect, a Playstation 2 inspired horror / mystery game. It's going to be based tbh.
Wishlist it on Steam, please!Who the heck are we?
'We' are the following people:
Louie Woodhouse
Louie is a senior technical artist by day and general everything artist for this game. He also moonlights as programmer, animator, general idea guy and game designer. His favourite colour is purple and he is six feet tall.
He is a Capricorn but does not believe instar signs and will discuss his opinion on this at length. He's inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, Hideo Kojima, Yoko Taro, and many others. Louie is head of the studio (well, it had to be one of us) and also part of the Haunted PS1 community.
Fran Kitson-Woodhouse
Fran focuses on background and interact/dialogue writing for The Lunar Effect. She's also the social media and website person. Their favourite colour is also purple, but they are not six feet tall. She's inspired by a lot of things but in video game terms would list the Resident Evil series, Alan Wake II and Final Fantasy XIV.
Contributors
The original demo was part of the 2021 Haunted PS1 Demo Disc and was created by Louie Woodhouse, Jake Woodhouse and Harry Woodhouse.
For the 2026 demo and final release we're featuring a brand new soundtrack and original artists :) look out for announcements on our Instagram and Bluesky accounts, and join the Discord to get the latest news and hear about opportunities to get involved.
Studio Cat
Ichiban (Ichi)
Ichiban is a British Shorthair and the official mascot of Ritualistic Games. She is five years old and enjoys yelling and salmon. She may decide to contribute to social media content but only if she gets some sort of freeze dried treat as payment. Quite reasonable, really.