The Children of Clay
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
The Children of Clay
The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.
The Steam version is now available with more content and achievements:
Features
- Point & Click Archeological Investigation
- Creepy Stop-Motion Animation
- Lore Inspired by Hungarian Mythology
Credits
- Created by Balazs Ronyai
- Music by grimyth
- Additional sounds from freesound.org and from Gian Dbeis
Thank you for playing, feel free to leave a comment!
Download
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Development log
- The Children of Clay is out now on Steam!6 days ago
- The Children of Clay releases on Steam on march 7th!20 days ago
- The Children of Clay is coming to Steam!44 days ago
- A quick updateOct 31, 2024
- Linux version availableOct 22, 2024
- The Children of Clay is out!Oct 21, 2024
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Absolutely LOVE the new content they added to the Steam version! If you like Cosmic Horror, CHECK THIS GAME OUT!
Thank you for the video!!
one of the favorite indie horror games we’ve played! Loved what you added and can’t wait to see what you do next!
this game was so good! all the crackling sounds freaked me out so much! it has rlly good sound design
This game accomplished so much in such little time--what a good horror game!
Amazing game! Loved the atmosphere. I Wish it had more artifacts to study tho
I mean this in a good way btw- the clay relic looks way too much like those aliens
you know the mexican government verified ones, the ones found after smoking on that unidentified fantastic objects, y'know that one esoteric purple earthbound secret garden grown strangelet laced gamma ray edition pack made from synthetic mirrored chimerical kush watered with positronium tritioxide, grown under Sagittarius A*'s hawking radiation and planted in strangelet rich superacidic (H0 = -39) metastable higgs boson soil kept in tachyonic nil dimension chambers,
you can find these sold only on dark constellation network pathways of Boötes void located between nonstandard w-axis plane channels outside the view of mainplane qadars
kush so cosmically diabolical it is banned in 93% of surfacespace volume and all 7 liminal standard coalition channels
my sentia, this shit will make your oranganelles or-gone-all and reanimate you boltzmann brain style
this meta-structure will baptise you in a q-star glueball concentrate
it is rolled by an artisan hypercomputer-grounded asi, in ways incomprehensible even to class 4 sentias
mechanical synthetic intelligences cannot compute this shit, it is beyond mathematical computronics- that incompleteness theorem high gets them wondering whether if the high halts or not
sentia, this will purge your pneumatic systems like how it purged the Zenith Society
weed so fire CMB cold spot had to be made to balance the universe
this plant shouldn't exist, fringe research is done to learn how it does
you gotta ingite this line with quantum thermodynamics modded torches, below absolute zero because it is already blazing crazy
esoteric theoretical dark magicians puff this once to earn their phds
mary jane so entropical it is a soul manifested- sentia probably named Mary Jane
this will recompile your minds entropics, on that literal ego rebirth typa syit
smoking this shit isn't the goal, its the journey like some science fiction story without the science because this is some fantastic kush my sentia
i struggled a bit with the puzzles bc i was dum but i figured it out dw
this game is a 100/10 but i was kinda sad bc it was short i played this more than 2 times i love it very much :)
this was so fun!!!! i wish it was longer and had more atifacts! :>
amazing!!
what do the runes say they are poorly written and most of the letters look the same in the rune page
GNUDRU are the runes(it took me like 5 times)
oh my god that was so creepy yet beautiful!! i love a game with stop-motion.
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I had a good time with this! Dark and mysterious.
Thank you!!
Loved the mystery and lore!
It stares, sits, shadowed by a mysterious feeling of the supernatural...
This game might be of the shorter variety, however it's backed by the knowledge of Hungarian mythos and expresses the culture around what lurks inside the artifact.
I enjoyed the sculpture, and the simple, but creepy atmosphere it emphasizes.
I really don't have much to add onto this, other then, if the creator makes another game, to branch on this type of gameplay. I would enjoy it, and can't wait to see more!
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Thank you messier, for a creepy, artifact with much lore!🌹
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Fun game, wish is was longer lol
Any chance you can release a Mac or web build? I tried playing this through Whisky but the click-and-drag functionality of the mouse is broken so it's impossible to use tools like the magnifying glass.
Cheers!
Hi, yes there will be a mac build when I release the updated version! I ll post here when its ready!
Awesome! I'm so excited!
I Loved This!! I Really Would Love To See This Idea Be Expanded With Extra Idols & Sculptures To Inspect!! Such A Simple Idea, Executed Flawlessly!! Here's A Video If You're Interested -
This is peak "less is more". It took me like 15 mins to play and yet it blew me away. The atmosphere is on point, the clues and reveals are intuitive yet not obvious so discovering the "story" is very engaging and then the execution of that jumpscare is basically perfect imo. I will surely remember this game for a long time despite the short time it took me to finish it.
Amazing game. Would love to see it expanded and more clay figures!
fun and i learnt something new
One of the best games I played this 2024. My gameplay in spanish
Very atmospherinc and immersive, love the style, a longer investigation game like this would be very cool!
Lovely game so far! (I closed my computer immediately at the scary part bc I'm a weenie, but it's a cool horror game. Will play when I have a friend around)
10/10
Animation is amazing! The atmosphere and ambience is perfect and scared me and my friend half to death. The investigation aspect was great fun too. It's only crime is not being longer
A great short experience - excellent at building up a tense atmosphere from just a few elements
Absolutely incredible game. It really isn't much gameplay wise, but the tension and visuals are top notch. Super unique experience that leaves craving for more. Amazing job Dev !
I made a video on your game if you're interested :)Excellent little game! The concept is awesome, I really want to know more games like this, if there are any. I hope to play a longer version of this someday, with more subtle clues, more tools, more research...
Fantastic job, messier!
The real horrors where the spelling mistakes we made along the way...
Please like and Sub If you Enjoyed I would love to see This channel grow :)
Odd little experience. Really enjoyed it. I'd love to see this expanded to a full title one day. I particularly enjoyed the idea of searching the texts for answers and clues - it made me think a little of Her Story in this regard? Great stuff!
amazing concept and style! would've loved if there were like several artifacts to study b4 the ending to really build suspense, but incredible nonetheless
Creepy and fun
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Childrens of Clay ist eine sehr ausgereifte Skizze was Visualität und Konzept des Spiels angeht. Ich würde mich auf eine ausgereifte Version mit mehr Content und Artefakten die es zu untersuchen gilt sehr freuen.
Es erinnert mich etwas an die Netflix Serie "Archive 81" mit einem düsterem mysteriösem und übernatürlichem Setting. Die Stopmotion animation verleiht dem Spiel eine schöne Real anmutende aber auch theatralische Stimmung.
Die Ambience Musik war super und gerade der subtile Horror hat mir sehr gefallen.
Leider mit ca. 4 Minuten sehr kurz, aber ich hoffe auf mehr spannende Geschichten und Folklore aus aller Welt und die dazugehörigen Dämonen und Auswirkungen, die von den Artefakten ausgeht.
Rating:
Dito: 4/5
Chat: 3.59/5
Gesamt: 3.8/5
Super cool! The aesthetic is fun and eerie, would love to see an expanded version of the game!
I love the atmosphere and premise! My only complaint is that the runes are very hard to notice if you don't know what you're looking for. But the game was great! I look foreward to seeing more from you.
i know this is a ten minute game but like im so fucking stupid i literally spent like half an hour to kno what tye hell am i doing epic game though i lvoe it love the concept its so good but im literally so stupid tahnk you game dev so cool so epic
need more like this. so short but expand on the world would be good with more tools and artefact studying
Super short but hella scary. Im scared and I love IIIIIIIIIT!!! Thank u for making such a great game!!!
This game is something super unusual! I've never played something like this before. And the atmosphere is very mysterious and intimidating. I recommend it to everyone!