diff --git a/addons/escoria-core/game/core-scripts/esc/commands/say.gd b/addons/escoria-core/game/core-scripts/esc/commands/say.gd
index ecabd253..7bdc4857 100644
--- a/addons/escoria-core/game/core-scripts/esc/commands/say.gd
+++ b/addons/escoria-core/game/core-scripts/esc/commands/say.gd
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 # blocks further event execution until the dialog has finished being 'said'
 # (either as displayed text or as audible speech from a file).
 #
+# Global variables can be substituted into the text by wrapping the global
+# name in braces.
+# e.g. say player "I have {coin_count} coins remaining".
+#
 # **Parameters**
 #
 # - *player*: Global ID of the `ESCPlayer` or `ESCItem` object that is active
@@ -21,6 +25,16 @@ extends ESCBaseCommand
 class_name SayCommand
 
 
+var globals_regex : RegEx		# Regex to match global variables in strings
+
+
+# Constructor
+func _init() -> void:
+	globals_regex = RegEx.new()
+	# Use look-ahead/behind to capture the term (i.e. global) in braces
+	globals_regex.compile("(?<=\\{)(.*)(?=\\})")
+
+
 # Return the descriptor of the arguments of this command
 func configure() -> ESCCommandArgumentDescriptor:
 	return ESCCommandArgumentDescriptor.new(
@@ -78,6 +92,8 @@ func run(command_params: Array) -> int:
 		)
 		return ESCExecution.RC_ERROR
 
+	command_params[1] = _replace_globals(command_params[1])
+
 	escoria.dialog_player.say(
 		command_params[0],
 		command_params[2],
@@ -86,3 +102,16 @@ func run(command_params: Array) -> int:
 	yield(escoria.dialog_player, "say_finished")
 	escoria.current_state = escoria.GAME_STATE.DEFAULT
 	return ESCExecution.RC_OK
+
+
+# Replaces terms in braces with the value of the matching global (or Null
+# if none exists)
+func _replace_globals(string: String):
+	for result in globals_regex.search_all(string):
+		var globresult = escoria.globals_manager.get_global(
+			str(result.get_string())
+		)
+		string = string.replace(
+			"{" + result.get_string() + "}", str(globresult)
+		)
+	return string
diff --git a/game/rooms/room04/esc/left_exit.esc b/game/rooms/room04/esc/left_exit.esc
index 0f38d1c7..13ed511b 100755
--- a/game/rooms/room04/esc/left_exit.esc
+++ b/game/rooms/room04/esc/left_exit.esc
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 :exit_scene
 change_scene "res://game/rooms/room03/room03.tscn"
+
+:look
+# Test globals in say command
+inc_global r4_door_look_count 1
+say player "You have looked at the doorway {r4_door_look_count} times"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/game/rooms/room04/esc/room04.esc b/game/rooms/room04/esc/room04.esc
index 03a51529..3ebca5dc 100644
--- a/game/rooms/room04/esc/room04.esc
+++ b/game/rooms/room04/esc/room04.esc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 :setup
+set_global r4_door_look_count 0
 
 > [eq ESC_LAST_SCENE room3]
 	teleport player l_exit
diff --git a/game/rooms/room04/room04.tscn b/game/rooms/room04/room04.tscn
index dbbfafc5..cb998244 100644
--- a/game/rooms/room04/room04.tscn
+++ b/game/rooms/room04/room04.tscn
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ animations = null
 polygon = PoolVector2Array( 22, 633, 21, 328, 143, 276, 143, 565 )
 
 [node name="Position2D" type="Position2D" parent="Hotspots/l_door"]
-position = Vector2( 80, 589 )
+position = Vector2( 92, 603 )
 script = ExtResource( 9 )
 
 [node name="r_door" type="Area2D" parent="Hotspots"]