UNDEAD HEIR

You’re driving, maybe a little faster than you should be. Maybe a little faster than is actually safe, point is, you’re trying to get home. When out of nowhere, something’s run out in front of your truck and then you're swerving and panicking and very suddenly, you’re spinning out. You’ve lost control of your vehicle and you can’t quite remember what you were taught to do in a situation like this. 

So you’re gripping at the wheel, turning into the spins and applying the breaks and oh, oh shit, you’re off the road. Even worse, you’ve gone sideways and as if God hasn’t decided to clown you enough tonight, there’s a thud and a smash and something like a scream that you can’t decide whether it’s coming from your mouth or whatever the hell you’ve just hit. 

Maybe it’s bad that you're praying it’s a deer or a cow at the very least. Please let it be a fucking cow. Your truck is currently sitting diagonally, inside the roadside gully separating the now mud slicked road ahead of you from the rows and rows of corn behind you. 

From here, you can see that whatever it is you’ve hit is wearing jeans and oh no, a singular boot. The realization dawns upon you that what you've hit is not just a thing, but a person. 

You rush out of your car and into the rain, letting it poor sideways around you. 

You know what you have to do. 

Undead Heir

WELCOME TO FLORENCE HOLLOW, MISSOURI. In 1979, Florence Hollow is a town kept alive by its singular industry of cattle slaughter.

YOU play as the local bartender, one third of the staff at Florence Hollow’s one and only bar. Headed home from work one night, you find yourself caught in a storm and very suddenly, you hit something--no, not something--but someone.

That someone is Lucky Harding, heir to the Harding Family Fortune and their slaughterhouse empire.

Sole provider for both your ill mother and kid sibling, you can’t be put away for murder. You can’t.

You won’t.

So instead, you do what you’ve always done. Make the hard decision.

You hide the body.

Only, upon returning to the spot you’ve hidden the corpse a few days later, you find that Lucky is very much alive and very much pissed.

Risen from the dead like Christ and Lazarus before them, is one Lucky Harding, on the run from their demon-worshiping cult-family of cannibals.

And like it or not, you owe them.

Big time.

  • UNDEAD HEIR is a twine-based text-adventure focused on horror, complex family dynamics and romance. This game and blog are currently rated 16+

    • Customize your character to your liking

    • Develop your character’s personality and skill set through choices and in-game experiences

    • Customize your mother and siblings names and appearances

    • Romance one of five different characters (one male, one female, one non-binary and two gender selectable characters)

    • Navigate through a world of cults, demons, small town woes, oh! and of course,t̶̤̪̗̮̽̽̋h̸̨̛̬̜͓̚͜e̵͖̽̏ͅ ̷̯̖̓u̷̪̇̊̎͘n̷̢̥̱̊̌͊î̶̛̗̤͚͖͐̇m̵̺̫͉̃̊̄͘ạ̵͌̕͠g̴̝̠͎̖̿i̵̟̲͆̂͆̔ń̸̮̺̙̣͗́͜a̴̛͖͔̋͊͐b̸̛̦l̵̮̻̈̾̽͆ȩ̷̙̣̠́͝ͅ ̴̧̛̮͙͉̼̌̎h̸̠̉̒̾͐͜ọ̴̥̌̕r̴̘̰̀͋ṙ̵̳̬̃ͅò̶̪̤̺̭͖̈͗̀r̵̭͖̅͛͜s̸͍͈̰͇̈́͋

  • THE BARTENDER - Why, that’s you of course! Local bartender extraordinaire and parentified eldest child. You’ve just accidentally committed what would be classified at least as vehicular manslaughter. (Or did you?)

    YOUR SIBLING - Your kid sibling, the one you’ve practically raised your whole life. They’re smart as a whip and you know they’ll actually get somewhere in life. Or at least, somewhere that isn’t Florence Hollow. [M/F/NB]

    YOUR MOTHER - Your Mother. She’d never win any awards for the way she’s raised you, but hey, she’s your mother. Better than that, she’s your sibling’s mother, and she’s sick. Complicated your relationship may be, you’ve always felt at least a little in debt to her. [F]

    THE UNDEAD HEIR - ♥ Lucky Harding. Youngest child of the infamous Harding family that owns the slaughterhouse and that’s right, you guessed it! Practically the whole town. Also! They’re cultists. You’ve just hit Lucky with your truck. [F/M]

    THE HAS BEEN - ♥ Jason Reyes. Washed up would-be football star, he’s the veterinarian’s kid. Stuck in Florence Hollow after a ruined football career, forever known as the kid that could’ve actually made it out of this place. [M]

    THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER - ♥ Amara Bridgers. A local kindergarten teacher, she finds herself wanting more out of life, but hey, in Florence Hollow, who doesn’t? All that and she also happens to be your best friend. [F]

    THE NEWCOMER - ♥ Jesse Marks. The town book-keeper and Florence Hollow’s most recent transplant. Why the hell anyone would move to Florence Hollow, you don’t know. But hey, you could always work up the courage to ask them. [NB[

    THE SHERIFF’s DEPUTY - Cooper Graves. Government funded scum-bag who just so happens to hate your guts. (And that was before the murder.) Bought off by the Harding Family, Cooper Graves is practically their lapdog. But hey now, really, what can you expect? The man’s a cop. [M]

    Ṱ̷̡̛̲̏̓̾͐͠Ḫ̴̡̭̳͔̖̌͋̅̏̇̾̎̕É̸͇̪̈́̃͑̆͗̍̋̾͗͐̎͘ ̶̡̜̣̣͇̭͈̜̳̋͌͌͌̅͆̈́̀͑͝ͅD̶̢̛̟̠͂̽̐͛̀͜E̶̛̞̜̜̳̭̭̣͊͂̚M̴̱̼̝͖̮͍͛͊ͅO̷̘͒̏́͌͝͝͝N̶̦̱̪̯̭̫͓͇͂̆͒̉̾͆͋͂̈̅̈́̈́͐́ͅ ̸̻̲͔̞̹̘̜̤̲̞̽͆̅̓̈̈́͑͒̅͑̃͘͘͠L̶̲͎͗̒̌̚ͅŐ̷͉̪͎̭͌̂R̷̢̨̡̢̧̛̜͙͙̗̬͉̯̤̣͓̾̽̓̐̽̒͗̒͆̾̃̃̃̕D̴̠̘̳͉̮͛̄͗̅̈̍̒̆̌̓̆̍͠͠ - ♥ Called Lazarus by their followers, a member of Hell’s court and the object of the Harding’s affections.

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