The Good People (Na Daoine Maithe) (tuxdb.com)

INTRODUCTION

The Good People (Na Daoine Maithe) is a lore-rich and choice-driven romantic visual novel inspired by Irish mythology. Play as an Irish tenant farmer from the mid-19th century, whose path becomes inexplicably entwined with fairy affairs after getting robbed by the roadside and lured into the mythic and war-torn world of Tír na nÓg: A once unified land, now divided into the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Will you escape with your stolen belongings? Or does fate have something else in mind?

MEET THE LOVE INTERESTS

While trapped in this strange and storied world, you meet six members of the Tuatha Dé Danann ("People of the Goddess Danu"), all of whom are split evenly between the rivalling Seelie and Unseelie Courts...

SHAE FÉARGLAS... an honourable Seelie soldier questing to find a lost princess.

KEAGAN MÁISTIRÚIN... the Seelie Court spymaster with a plethora of enemies.

AÍFE EALABHÀN... Queen of the Seelie, a rumoured usurper falsely ordained by the gods.

MAEVE TROIDUAIR... an Unseelie folk hero endowed with the power of the Morrígan.

FLANNÁN MAC LUGH... the newly crowned Unseelie King, and son of the Unseelie’s infamous rebel leader, Lugaid.

ROBIN GOODFELLOW... a shapeshifting trickster of unknowable origins, whose primary goal is making mischief for the Unseelie.

Choose who you trust wisely. Fairies are known to be a capricious sort, after all.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The main character's name and pronouns (she/her, he/him, or they/them) are determined by the player.

All six love interests are viable romance options, regardless of the main character's gender.

Shae and Robin are non-binary characters, and respectively use they/them and any/all pronouns. Shae is also asexual.

This free demo consists of the introductory "preface" of The Good People (Na Daoine Maithe). It is 2.5 to 3 hours of total gameplay, and ends at the point in which the player would select a route.

Prepare yourself for horse related shenanigans.

Free Side Story: The Handmaiden

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Good morning, fateful friends!

To thank you for your patience as we work to get Shae and Maeve's 2nd halves ready to play, we decided to give you all a free side story starring Brigid Farglas (Shae's sister)! Here are the details:

It follows Brigid on her first day as a handmaiden to Queen Afe, picking up almost immediately after chapter three of Shae's route. (If you haven't played that yet, you may want to!)
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It's about 11k words long, and shows off several new locations in the Seelie palace!
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Along with Brigid, you'll see a few more familiar faces: Afe, Keagan, and... Robin?! On the Seelie side?! Oh no.
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All you have to do to access the side story is select the "side stories" book in the main menu and click on the first preview you see, called The Handmaiden! We really hope you enjoy it!

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Before we go, we have one last update: We plan to release Part II of Shae and Maeve routes on December 21, 2025! While we were hoping the second release would be way sooner, unfortunately this year has been rather tumultuous for our team between the current political climate and more than one health scare. Nonetheless, we're working very hard to get these routes completed before the end of the year, and appreciate all the support/grace we've been given in the meanwhile.

Until next time! Sln go foill!

- Clotho

[ 2025-06-21 03:24:31 CET ] [Original Post]