Graveyard Girls

Awesome work. I have experienced loss before, with the loss of my grandfather. He had a brain hemorrhage, so his death wasn't as immediate and we had time to accept it, but he still suffered fighting it, and that always stung my heart. My mother was experiencing the heavier phases of grief and witnessing them did hurt. She is better now, she's able to live with the pain of loss. I loved the discussion about grief, they felt raw but hopeful, at first I thought Elle would be more negative, but that showed what kind of person she is. Sometimes we are our own self worst enemies, especially when our mental health is in a severe state and we don't have the support system we need. I related with Lucia's feelings for her sister, I have a complicated relationship with my sister, but besides everything I want to keep trying with a few necessary boundaries. I used to see the whole setting boundaries as giving up like Elle, but when I started applying them, it felt like for once I was putting myself above others and was actually taking care of myself. I wished there were some bad endings, in order to rip my heart to pieces lmao!! Either way, I loved the message and the fact they both found what they were looking for, someone who could understand their pain and be willing to wait as well.

This game is amazing! I wish there is more to it though. I feel unsatisfied because the ending is too short. The ending is perfect but I feel like I want more.

This game. This game triggered something? I was out looking for some random wlw story I could escape from reality with. Instead It triggered some emotional response nothing else has before? I don't believe I've ever cried at a story, nor a game, but this one caused that. I know just about nobody is going to see this but I need to get the feelings of this game out.

I applaud whoever made this for being so ready to speak about the topics this handles. They don't shy away from the harder topics. Just about five minutes into the game it already caught me and took my emotions with it.

My only issue with the game is I wish it'd be a bit longer, so we could see Elle and Lucia fully accept their family members passing, while exploring their new relationship with each other.

Thanks to whoever might've read through my dumb little ramblings about the game or something?

I've made Indonesian language fan translation for Graveyard Girls. It's a good VN tbh, focusing on the grief, and a good learning material too on knowing how people feel and how to face them.

I want more people know this Visual Novel tho I have no social media followers to promote. So, I made the fan-TL. I hope more people, especially my fellow Indonesians who can't read English text, to understand.

I saw you gave permission to fan-TL on the another comment below, so I made the TL myself.

I've posted the patch on VNDB.org or my new blog.

This game hit close to home for me. I won't go into too much detail, but I know the specific kind of grief felt when it feels like you are the reason that someone passed. My grandpa died driving home after dropping me off somewhere, and although it has been over a decade since then, I still feel the pain when I think about it too much. I relate to Elle, I can hardly remember his smile, his laugh, even his voice. All I really remember is his mustache, as silly as it sounds. He had this big cookie duster mustache, like, if you imagine a Texan grandpa you probably have an idea of what his mustache looked like, and that seems to be the one feature I can remember with certainty. Sorry for the text-dump, this game just brought all of those memories out of me.

This was awesome I didn't expect it to be so short. I wish it was longer but it was great with how short it was!

Thank you for this beautiful game.

Just played the Steam version yesterday and recorded a playthrough. This was reeaally good! I'm leaving some spoiler-ish stuff after the video "break":

Sorry if this sounds weird, but I barely believe you pulled off this concept as well as you did. It really tells a lot about the quality of your writing. From the title I expected something a bit more strange and metaphorical, but the depiction of grief and the dialogue that was actually there was way beyond what I was hoping for. Hope you'll find many more readers on Steam & with your future projects. :)

My dad is older (turning 70 this year) and recently told me that after this recent set of treatments he would not choose to continue if his cancer came back. Now his cancer is a "better" cancer to have usually only comes back every 5-10 years and would take that same amount of time to kill him. And he jokingly said he would probably die of something else by then. I respect his choice his treatments are painful and invasive. But having a limit on the amount of time you have with someone. It's...I don't have the right words for it. My dad might not live until my 30th birthday he most likely won't live to see me turn 40. It feels far away but so close knowing exactly how limited I am with my time with him. Which is why I cried so hard playing this game. It made me think about the people in my life to who I can talk. I'm scared sometimes for the future, but I'm really thankful to this game for reminding me that I don't have to face it alone. It made me cry, laugh, smile, and cry a bit more but I don't regret playing it. Thank you Delphinium Interactive for making this. The art is beautiful, and the characters feel like real people. I can't believe it's free. I'm definitely going to play this again and cry. I'm going to go tell my dad I love him.

A short (1-2 hour) visual novel which captures grief using raw, hard-hitting prose, with gentle emotional touches filling the moments in between. Highly recommend.

Please, play Graveyard Girls. It is a realistic yet hopeful depiction of grief both fresh and old. The way it explores even the small parts of losing a loved one that normally go unnoticed was incredibly refreshing. In addition to its solid storytelling are beautiful CGs that only add to the experience. This visual novel is a hidden gem that deserves at least an afternoon's worth of attention.

I was anticipating playing this game because the art looks so fantastic. The CGs are amazingly polished! I was absolutely not disappointed and the story has a lot to offer. It's very gentle in guiding you through Elle and Lucia's grief, in a really realistic way. Really well done!

Wonderful game, filled with realism, tough topics brought to life in a careful way, and ultimately heart warming.

This is a beautifully-written game. I think it was really good at describing loss and the many ways people respond to it. It was an experience that was very emotional, told in a way that felt comforting. Thank you for creating this.

Wow, that was raw and beautiful. You can tell the story means a lot to the developers, they knew exactly what they wanted to say with this game. I have a feeling I'm going to keep thinking about this story for a very long time. Thank you for making this game!

A lovely and touching visual novel. <3