Good Children Say Grace is a first-person psychological horror adventure set on a remote Soviet island in the 1980s.
Dear Diary,
Day 1: The ship arrived with Amelia. My new sister. Sacrificed in the church shortly after.
Night 1: Amelia kneeled before a crucified chicken in my home. No memory of being killed.
Day 2: Naval blockade... No more supplies for the island.
Day 730: The food ran out :(
The red egg watches.
IT REQUIRES SUSTENANCE.
First-person exploration with branching narratives
Story-rich nonlinear gameplay
Dialogue and movement-based decision systems
Psychological horror focused on family, love, boredom, hunger, and loneliness
Multiple routes and endings based on your choices
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Author Introduction
I\'m Denis, making this game alone in my apartment.
I\'ve played most interactive fiction games. Now I\'m making my own.
That\'s all you need to know about me, really.
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About the Game
Good Children Say Grace is a psychological horror game set in fictional Soviet Russia during the 1980s.
Think Stanley Parable if everyone was starving.
Or Mouthwashing if it was about family dysfunction instead of space capitalism.
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First-person exploration mixed with 2.5D sections and cinematics. It flows together somehow.
Probably.
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Inspired by: The Summer Hikaru Died, The Coffin of Andy and Leyley, Oyasumi Punpun, Mindhunter.
The Setup
You play as Martin. Poor childhood. Abusive mother.
He sees himself as a lemur. Literally.
Martin\'s about to snap and kill someone. But his parents drop a bomb on him and adopt a war orphan named Amelia.
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The plan:
1. Sacrifice her to the island deity instead of Martin
2. Collect the life insurance money (forbidden by the priest)
3. Keep Martin alive to work and pay them back
However, the island gets blockaded. Someone wants the entire population to starve to death.
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How Choices Work
Where you go, what you say, what you touch - it all meaningfully changes the story.
The game is expected to be played multiple times by accessing different paths, and seeing how they impact the common route.
Most systems are already done! At this point, I\'m just creating content...
Development Timeline
Alpha build: August 2025
[/*]Steam Demo: September 2025
[/*]Episode 1 (Early Access): October 2025
[/*]Episodes 2-5: Throughout 2026-2027
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Community feedback will determine what needs fixing. Or what needs to be burned down and rebuilt.
I\'m making this with occasional help from people much more successful than me. They know who they are.
Wishlist and follow if you want to see where this goes.
Minimum Setup
- OS: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / SteamOS 3.0 or newer
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (Quad-core. 2.5 GHz)Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX 580 8GB with Vulkan support
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Recommended Setup
- OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / SteamOS 3.5 or newer
- Processor: Intel Core i7-9700K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700XMemory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 3060 / AMD RX 6600 XT with Vulkan support
- Storage: 6 GB available space
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