Let's keep it short. We successfully reached the Kickstarters goal. Thank you all who supported GRUNND and gave it a start. A start of the road past the Demo, which was so lovingly created. And by "lovingly" I mean "with love and dedication, despite so many hurdles and mountain of new grey hair". The fast was, that the Kickstarter funding was not enough to deliver the game in it's fullest. Yes - our inner goal was a bit different. Now I can surely point to couple mistakes and/or mishaps, and/or failed hopes which influenced this. AnYhOo - it was a question whether to make a shortened version of GRUNND, refund the money or get help. And we got help! I did a cloudy announcement about it via Kickstarter a while ago, but without mentioning names. Now, today - I can do that fully! We, SEKTAHOUSE [the name "Neoteric Rites" was dropped due to copyright issues during registration] have partnered up with great new outfit called Bright Gambit. They are small private investment initiative with diverse and complementary experience in many aspects of the industry. They helped us in more than one way and will continue to do so till GRUNND's world domination. Good guys, yey! By the way - they do an announcement today as well. CLICK HERE to see who they are and what projects they support already! GRUNND is coming out this year. Late this year. But we figured out, this summer's SteamNextFest is the right place to start off. Thus you are all very invited to our first ever LIVE broadcast soon, during SteamNextFest, on Thursday, June 16th. As always - everyone is welcomed to play the Demo and reach out! All the best, - Olafs @ GRUNND Slava Ukraini!

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In this beautifully crafted, fully voice-acted mystery story, you find yourself fighting to stay awake on your evening train ride home from work until sleep finally takes you… Uh oh! You’ve missed your stop.

In a panic, you jump off at the next station and attempt to get your bearings. Unfortunately, getting a grasp on exactly where you’ve ended up turns out to be more difficult than you’d thought.

The people you encounter in the nearby town are strange, and while they fancy themselves helpful in their own ways, they aren’t always helpful in the ways that would see you quickly on your journey back home. The air here is thick and strange, and just beyond the reach of your senses something ethereal and omnipotent observes your every move from the sky…



GRUNND is a unique take on interactive mystery adventures with platformer-inspired locales, fast travel, and branching multiple-choice events that the player will begin to unfold from the very beginning of their journey.

GRUNND is more interested in making you think through the complex story beats it presents than through overly convoluted puzzles. You’ll encounter challenges to solve and overcome, of course, but these will be tied into the interactions you have with the various characters you meet along the way. The rich story of GRUNND concerns itself with you as a protagonist, but equally it shines a spotlight on the world around you and the stories of its sometimes-bizarre inhabitants.

The gameworld of GRUNND is inspired by the works of Franz Kafka and David Lynch, with its unique style sprinkling in droplets of Southern Gothic and Black Metal as well.

Keep your wits about you, and unravel the secrets of GRUNND today!

As one reviewer over at Voxel Smash not so long ago said..

"...
...It shows an understanding of how to construct a cryptic narrative while also giving vague hints to the actual background of the main character, without judgements or moral constructs. It feels free of other games’ need to respect the “classic” adventure design, and it tries to aim for a different experience. In that, it earns my respect.
If you’ve played your fair share of contemporary adventure games, GRUNND is a breath of fresh air in a genre often crowded by stories that don’t seem to have much to say or are content to just imitate past attempts. The audio design in the game is also well done. With some sparse atmospheric gloomy music and sound effects, this is definitely one you might want to play with your headphones on at night for the full experience..."