Good Mourning

Good Mourning is a run-based visual novel about the joys and regrets, redemption and letting go found in ordinary life, viewed through a fantasy lens. Its story explores good and bad, self-reflection, choices and chances. You piece together its larger picture from the parts revealed across multiple playthroughs.

Story and structure

The main storyline combines hand-crafted elements with portions selected at random for each playthrough. The story adapts to your choices and can develop in unexpected directions. Different outcomes present it from different perspectives, changing how you interpret it; its ultimate ending remains a mystery to uncover.

The game aims to create an emergent narrative through play, with the story evolving alongside the gameplay. You see only segments of the storyline, and use your imagination to form a broader picture. Your choices, and how other people perceive you, shape both the story and its interpretation.

Gameplay

Good Mourning combines visual novels with a collection of mini-games. Its emphasis is on the story, and replaying it lets you make different choices, encounter different story portions and see how the narrative changes. The game uses choices, interactivity and randomly selected content to vary its structure across playthroughs.