Square Enix Collective to publish fairytale horror RPG Little Goody Two Shoes from Pocket Mirror developer AstralShift

Square Enix Collective will publish Little Goody Two Shoes, a new narrative-focused horror RPG from AstralShift, the Portugal-based studio behind Pocket Mirror. It will launch in 2023. Platforms were not announced.

Here is an overview of the game, via Square Enix Collective:

Set in the mysterious Kieferberg Village, Little Goody Two Shoes is a homage to the original PlayStation and early PlayStation 2 RPGs and is centered around Elise, an ambitious girl determined to become rich and escape her humble life.

Players will step into Elise’s shoes and soon find themselves immersed in a 90s inspired horror role-playing adventure game. Gameplay elements such as “Sustenance,” “Reputation & Suspicion,” and “Exploration & Narrative” will guide players to complete their daily tasks by day and uncover the woodland’s darkest secrets by night.

Players will also have the ability to set their own paths to navigate through the wicked woods, solve puzzles and build meaningful relationships in this nostalgic gaming experience.

“We couldn’t be more excited to be working alongside Square Enix Collective for this project,” said AstralShift CEO Patricia Silva in a press release. “Square Enix is a company that we greatly respect and titles such as Legend of Mana have been a big source of inspiration for us along the development process. It’s a true honor to have them at our side.”

Square Enix Collective studio head Phil Elliott added, “We’re delighted to be working with AstralShift—we were blown away by the early work the team had put into the project, and we can’t wait to show more as we head towards release next year.”

Elise, the protagonist of Little Goody Two Shoes, ‘took over’ the official Square Enix Twitter account today, where she shared a few more looks at the game:

Hello folks, my name is Elise, from the village of Kieferberg (for now).

I’m new to this #socialmedia affair, so please bear with me while I make sense of it. We do not have Twitter in Kieferberg (thank goodness), but I get #hashtags! Now, can somebody explain this character lim pic.twitter.com/HXV0d9uuiO

— Square Enix (@SquareEnix) August 17, 2022

Now that I’m a Twitter expert, it’s time to talk about my new game from @AstralShiftPro (creators of #PocketMirror), Little Goody Two Shoes!

*reads notes* It’s a lovely story about the town of Keiferberg and the nosy old hags in it, and nothing happens at all, not even #witchery pic.twitter.com/ARQlRqpPJ3

— Square Enix (@SquareEnix) August 17, 2022

Hello Twitter, how am I doing so far? I’m giving this whole #influencer thing my best, so I’ll wager everyone is… uh… influenced?

Anyhow, I’m starving! Let’s go see if Lebkuchen has some of those #pretzels! BBS (that means “be back soon,” did you know?) pic.twitter.com/q5UVSCcftl

— Square Enix (@SquareEnix) August 17, 2022

Wondering what Little Goody Two Shoes is about? It’s about me, Elise, and the town I would do #ANYTHING to leave.

But Keiferberg is tight-knit – nobody minds their own business, and they're SO superstitious! As if they'd know anything about #witchcraft! …I certainly wouldn’t! pic.twitter.com/1XTuwO8sdK

— Square Enix (@SquareEnix) August 17, 2022

Right, when I say I would do “ANYTHING,” it sounds bad.

What I mean is, I’ll have to make difficult choices as I try to find a way out of here while keeping up appearances with these increasingly suspicious #townsfolk.

It’s possible that the path may require some… sacrifices. pic.twitter.com/WOwwEEax43

— Square Enix (@SquareEnix) August 17, 2022