In the shadowy corners of indie game preservation forums and encrypted Discord servers, a legend stirs. It is not a AAA blockbuster, nor a viral sensation. It is something far stranger and more coveted: Grace of the Labyrinth Town v115 “Lovely Pre Exclusive.”
For the uninitiated, Grace of the Labyrinth Town is a 2021 cult classic—a melancholic fusion of Etrian Odyssey’s grid-based mapping and Stardew Valley’s social rituals. But version 115? That’s the ghost in the machine. This build, dubbed the “Lovely Pre Exclusive,” was never meant to see daylight. It was an internal fork, shared accidentally to a now-defunct Patreon tier for exactly 47 minutes in March 2022. grace of the labyrinth town v115 lovely pre exclusive
Unlike the sanitized v120 (where you can only romance three main characters), v115 contains twelve romance routes, including two that the developers later called “ethically questionable.” Most famously, the “Maze Itself” route. Yes, you can flirt with the labyrinth. Dialogue files show the labyrinth responding in old French with flirtatious line breaks. One tester reportedly married the labyrinth, and their save file now outputs a constant 404 error when loaded—even offline. In the shadowy corners of indie game preservation
The “Lovely” moniker comes from a haunting, unused voice track. When the player rests at the town’s central fountain between 2:00 and 2:15 AM (in-game time), a chorus of three female voices hums a lullaby backwards. Reversed, it’s a recipe for a nonexistent dish: “Labyrinth Sweet Bun.” Attempting to cook it crashes v115 but unlocks a hidden room in the maze where all monsters are replaced with dancing rabbits in wedding attire. But version 115
Before we dive into the specifics of the v115 build, let’s establish the baseline. Developed by the enigmatic studio Corridor M, Grace of the Labyrinth Town is a hybrid title: half classic grid-based dungeon crawler (think Wizardry or Etrian Odyssey) and half life-simulation visual novel.
The premise is deceptively simple: You play as an exiled cartographer who stumbles into Thornmouth, a town built inside the corpse of a forgotten Minotaur Labyrinth. The town lives in symbiosis with the maze; the labyrinth provides resources, mana, and "Grace"—a supernatural energy that prevents the town from sinking into the void.
The "Grace" in the title is a double entendre. It refers to both the divine protection over the town and the name of the protagonist’s adopted daughter, Grace, whose mysterious lineage holds the key to the labyrinth’s heart.