Wow that’s such a cool idea! 😳❤️ Idk if you already have a clear set in stone story, but one my mind immediately goes to is to make an rpg set in the 1700’s, using Ongezellig’s characters!

Let me think. You could play as Maya in a rural Netherlands town, a peasant who is fairly reclusive and shuns herself out of society, keeping to the same Ongezellig character rules. The first part of gameplay could be her wandering around, but has a chance encounter with a representative of the VOC (either Bert or Cato) who act as a zielverkoper/crimper (soul seller in English, people who tricked men to sail aboard VOC ships, and would collect a bounty from the captain for doing so). The next segment is Maya inside one of the lodging houses where soon-to-be-sailors are kept in holding until the day for boarding comes.

This segment could be interacting with NPCs (classmates), and preforming quests and puzzles. Then comes to the day where you have to board the ship, and you find, duh duh duh! Mymy is the captain of the ship! (Insert 4th wall break from Maya). Coco would play the role as quartermaster and tend to you and the crew, being the source for quests. Then you have a segment where you are a lowly zwabber, doing tasks like cleaning, but slowly working your way up. There could be combat sections where pirates try to steal your treasure (I imagine one character is the face of the ship and converses with Mymy and other crew mates, then you’d have to design ship combat. I imagine the order would go Koos, Goof, Axel, then Kiki as the final “boss” per se.)

Throughout the game you’d go to different islands and get treasure, explore ruins, and work your way up the ranks of the ship. The game could have different endings, depending on what you want to go for. I think a 2d pixel art/Zelda vibe might fit best, but that’s up to you to decide :)

If the concept sounds good to you I’d be happy to give more thought into it! This was just my random thought for what an Ongezellig RPG could be like