Gingerdead is a short first-person 3D survival horror game. It was the developed by Goose Studios and was released through itch.io for Windows on December 11, 2024. The game is free to download, though has a suggested donation price of $2 USD. The game can be completed in as little as ten minutes if the player knows what needs to be done and can get around Gingerdead well enough.
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Story[]
Follow the path home... Watch your back at all times! And uncover clues to escape! Because he will try his best to stop you...
Controls[]
- WASD: Movement
- E: Interact/Pickup
- F: Toggle phone flashlight
- Left Click: Press buttons (security keypad)
Gameplay[]
The game starts out with the player on a darkened park pathway near a river in the snow. They are told to follow the streetlights and stick to the path, although this is just to disguise the fact that the other areas are blocked with invisible walls, thus railroading the player down one specific path no matter their intentions. After a few minutes the player will reach a parking lot with a van parked under a street lamp; if they approach the van they will be warned that approaching it is not advised and they can choose to return to the set path. If they ignore the warning, Gingerdead will rush out of the van and knock the player out. If they instead follow the path, then Gingerdead will instead attack them regardless.
The player will wake up confused in an upstairs side room of a two-story Japanese-style home. Now their goal is to escape the house that is boarded up while Gingerdead shambles through the halls like a zombie. To open the door and escape (thus ending the game), the player must collect three brightly colored keys, pry off two wooden planks, and unlock the security keypad to let them through. This will require finding the crowbar for the boards, the wrench to fix the satellite on the roof to access the TV for the door lock code, two presents to unlock a secret room with a key inside, a water bucket to douse the fire out in the fireplace for another key, and a final key that hangs on a painting. Once all items are collected and utilized, the player automatically escapes through the front door. Please note that if you get caught at all, you don't have a day limit like many Granny Clones, but instead must start over from waking back up in the room.
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