Gerda
For best playing experience, we strongly recommend downloading Gerda. The web build doesn’t support animated sequences (intro, endings, etc.) and you might experience display issues like asset pixelation or sound delay.
Step into the role of the titular Gerda, as you set on a quest to unravel the sudden disappearance of your childhood friend, Kay. Carry out your impromptu investigation, as you engage with a tapestry of characters in conversations, piece together scattered clues, and slowly unravel a web of secrets and lies.
Gerda is a visual novel with point-and-click gameplay elements – with nine possible variations of the ending, player's choices and actions will dictate the progression of the story at every step.
Gerda: Chapter 1 features:
- 20+ unique characters to chat with
- 30+ items to inspect
- 20+ hand-drawn backgrounds
- animated intro and ending sequences
- original soundtrack
- 1-2h of gameplay
- mature language
- violence
- death
- substance abuse
- mentions of sex and sex work
Writing&directing – Martyna Bogdal
Development – Grzegorz Dwojak, Anna Plonka
Graphics – Julia Gacek, Claudia Ostrowska
Music – Kamil ‘’KaCey’’ Wrona
Hello! We hope you enjoy Gerda! It was a first time creating a game for all of us, and we are super excited to finally send our baby out into the world. We’d love to continue working on the game in the future and tell the full story of Kay and Gerda...and resolve that massive cliffhanger at the end of Chapter 1, of course!
If you'd like to support us, please consider donating, leaving a comment and rating the game. Thank you for playing!
Status | Released |
Platforms | HTML5, Windows, macOS |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (9 total ratings) |
Authors | Martyna Bogdal, Grzegorz Dwojak |
Genre | Visual Novel, Puzzle |
Made with | Ren'Py |
Tags | 2D, Detective, Fairy Tale, Multiple Endings, Narrative, Point & Click, Singleplayer |
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love this game so much!! i absolutely adore all the variations, especially in the club. snow queen retellings with criminal undertones really do hit different!
the writing, art and atmosphere are all top notch as well
i look forward to the next chapters very very much <3
Really intriguing start! I can’t wait to unravel this entire mystery. Crossing my fingers for a walkthrough when the rest of the game releases - a game I would be happy to pay for! :)
I am so INVESTED. I really liked the point-and-click aspect of it, and I found myself replaying it 700 times to see all the clues (on that note, I was confused as to whether you can avoid getting arrested or not because I seemed to keep getting the same outcome). The art was very nice and the dialogue was very natural and funny. I got a laugh out of shining the UV light on Crow.
It’s pretty easy to have your side characters end up flat, but I felt like every character in Gerda had some dimension. I can’t wait to try the future chapters and find out what happened to Kay. I hope he’s not dead :’(
thank you for the feedback, i’m glad you enjoyed the game! it was our first time creating a VN and it’s super motivating to hear that you liked the art and writing <3 there is no way to avoid the arrest at the end, but we’re definitely looking into adding more player agency for following chapters – so more elements of the story (including Kay’s fate) will be dependent on your choices!
I am delighted with this game. I love fairy tales, so it was great to imagine a "continuation" of this fairy tale heading down a dark path. The game kept me in suspense. Very interesting dialogues, thanks to which I felt like I was Gerda. The game is wonderful, well made, and well thought out. In my opinion, everything works as it should. I had a lot of fun playing it, I'll definitely try other scenarios. If there's a sequel, I wanna be first to try! <3
thank you! super happy to hear you enjoyed the dialogue and atmosphere! chapter two is currently in the plans and without the time constraints of a game jam, we’re planning to add quite a lot of new mechanics and improvements. no ETA yet, but stay tuned!
The graphics are AMAZING. It's not my type of game that I usually play but it really got my interest and now I am waiting for more chapters! Truly great job guys and girls :)
thank you! haha, it’s not a game genre we play either (it was our debut in VN,) but it’s amazing to hear that you enjoyed it! in the future we’re looking into adding animation to the graphics, so keep an eye out! thank you again for playing :)
Wonderful art style! Love ur work <3
thank you!