The Graveyard Trial

The Graveyard Trial Free Game

Rated 3.07/5 (451) —  Free Android application by Tale of Tales

About The Graveyard Trial

Mobile version of the classic 2008 art game.

“a pretentious, ineffective waste of the interactive medium” -Destructoid

“a beautiful and moving aesthetic experience” -The Business Times

“striking and thought-provoking” -Eurogamer

“incredibly short and simple, but gorgeously rendered” -Joystiq

“like stepping into an interactive film” -Mac|Life

“Interactivity is a powerful thing. The Graveyard could have been a short film on YouTube and lost none of its presentational qualities, or its message. But the very limited interaction you have with the character -you can walk her forward and backward, or turn- instantly makes the connection deeper and more powerful than it would have been if you were simply watching.” -Wired

Selected for the Independent Games Festival and Indiecade. Nominated for European Innovative Games Award.

The Graveyard is a very short computer game designed by Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. You walk around, sit on a bench and listen to a song. It’s more like an explorable painting than an actual game. An experiment with realtime poetry, with storytelling without words.

Buying the full version of The Graveyard adds only one feature, the possibility of death. The full version of the game is exactly the same as the trial, except, every time you play she may die.

With music (sung in Flemish with English subtitles) by Gerry De Mol, animations by Laura Raines Smith and sound effects by Kris Force.
By Tale of Tales, the independent studio that created Vanitas for smartphones, Luxuria Superbia for tablets and The Endless Forest, The Path, Fatale, Bientôt l'été and Sunset for desktops.

http://Tale-of-Tales.com/TheGraveyard

How to Download / Install

Download and install The Graveyard Trial version 1.04 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.taleoftales.TheGraveyardTrial, download The Graveyard Trial.apk

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Game History & Updates

What's Changed
New build for Android 5+.
Version update The Graveyard Trial was updated to version 1.04
More downloads  The Graveyard Trial reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads

What are users saying about The Graveyard Trial

C70%
by C####:

If you don't get the point of this app, why you search "tale of tales" ? To: Please do the [the path] app!!

C70%
by C####:

One word SUCKED

J70%
by J####:

It's interactive mobile art. If you were looking for a haunting game, this isn't it. I like the song. :)

D70%
by D####:

Puts you in a first person perspective near the end of a life. A stone garden of once loved souls. If you like Spanish music you will appreciate it even more. Not a game, it's a different medium to focus on.

D70%
by D####:

I've played many "artistic" and "thought provoking" indie games, and for this to be tagged with those words is ridiculous. If you are looking for a truly beautiful experience in a short game look up Flower or Journey, not this heap of rubbish!

D70%
by D####:

Okay, it's different. Would have been much better if the song wasn't terrible though. And if the woman could walk straight

M70%
by M####:

This is one of the most stupidest app on the app market I would rate it lower if I could do not download it

B70%
by B####:

If this is what it takes to make 2 bucks, everyone would be millionaires.

D70%
by D####:

I didnt really like it... The part of the song is long and boring

K70%
by K####:

The lady can't even walk STRAIGHT

D70%
by D####:

Its so funny when she walks backwards she will walk so I turn her around Lol but it would be better if she would walk forwards.

V70%
by V####:

U wud cry to death if u'd buy d full version......sum pepl dnt undrstnd d feelings nd d lyrics of d songO:-)

D70%
by D####:

Msot terrible!!! Waste of fukin time

I70%
by I####:

This is something special. Sort of an anti game. You don't collect points, you slowly walk up to a bench in a graveyard and then you leave. And if you pay, you'll have a chance to die. If you can't see the point, you probably never will, but if you can, this is a "game" you will remember. The end song is very beautiful and atmospheric, both the lyrics and the sound of it. It reminds me a little of Tom Waits. I'm not saying that it sounds like him, it only reminds me of him. One minus: the touch controls.

T70%
by T####:

It's interactive mobile art. If you were looking for a haunting game, this isn't it. I like the song. :)

T70%
by T####:

Its so funny when she walks backwards she will walk so I turn her around Lol but it would be better if she would walk forwards.

R70%
by R####:

Puts you in a first person perspective near the end of a life. A stone garden of once loved souls. If you like Spanish music you will appreciate it even more. Not a game, it's a different medium to focus on.

G70%
by G####:

Eh I guess it was nice. I mean is it the graphics or the song thats suppose to make it? I don't get it

N70%
by N####:

Okay, it's different. Would have been much better if the song wasn't terrible though. And if the woman could walk straight

V70%
by V####:

Controls are horrible and character walks so slow I got bored waiting

N70%
by N####:

Works well on my xperia play, shame it doesnt use the ps controls.

N70%
by N####:

... a very intriguing demonstration of video game as art. More an experience than a game, it is beautiful. I look forward to more from this dev.

I70%
by I####:

I've long to be to this place every single day just like her

N70%
by N####:

Puts you in a first person perspective near the end of a life. A stone garden of once loved souls. If you like Spanish music you will appreciate it even more. Not a game, it's a different medium to focus on.

I70%
by I####:

One star for grafics. Poor controll and bad taste "story wise" . Very unoriginal too. Old lady in a garveyard, talk about death and fepresing music...and in the paid vertion she dies...wow.

N70%
by N####:

The game worked fine on my tablet. It was very short, but had a strong meaning.

N70%
by N####:

Got to be an easier way to play that game!

I70%
by I####:

Artistic and thought provoking.This the types of apps missing in android.

J70%
by J####:

The ending is too hard: I can't kill the second form of the final boss, no matter how many shots I make. Even the rocket launcher seems useless!

K70%
by K####:

It's a cool tech demo but I can't see anyone paying money for it.

N70%
by N####:

I really don't know what to make of this since you didn't really do anything,looked nice though...

N70%
by N####:

Love it. Kept looking for more.. And that's what is so thought privoking.....there is no more. Just sitting on the bench singing.

L70%
by L####:

perteng dugaya madownload uipx! sigeg loading! kalagot! xD jejeje

N70%
by N####:

What the hell do you do? What's it for, how do you do it ? An it would be a lot better if the crazy old lady could WALK STRAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is RUBBISH!!!!!!!!!!!

H70%
by H####:

You walk around a boring graveyard. I'd rather be buried in that graveyard than play this "game" again.

N70%
by N####:

I liked it. Would be nicer with better controls however.

N70%
by N####:

Works well on my phone :) Really awakening.

L70%
by L####:

This "thing" was horrible.

U70%
by U####:

Other than what I perceive to be a misinterpretation,("a German with consumption "??? Perhaps they meant " compassion"...) This art did its job well, stopping me in my tracks, giving me instant pause, evoking very strong reaction and emotion, thereby ending with my mouth agape, next breath held akimbo, eagerly awaiting the next moment's passing... Definitely odd, but definitely beautiful and deliciously macabre!

B70%
by B####:

I get the artsy take on this. What bothers me is the bad conversion of this game to Android. The first instruction to get help/controls didn't work. Luckily, Android has a help button. Also, the help and quit button font size is tiny and nearly impossible to read. It's like the developer didnt even care about Android.


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