Ludum Dare #28compo

Time Detective

by mruno

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.36

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★61%

It is 17th July 2000. Last night, a person found a dead body in his bin. The police were completely gobwaffled about how this happened, so they called you. John Mageeker. AKA: The Time Detective! Use your curiosity coin to help you solve the crime: but remember, you only get one!

Will YOU be able to solve the murder?

Text based game on the console - With a reaction-based boss fight!

LINUX/MAC: Run java -jar timedetective.jar

If the .exe doesn't work for your version of windows, try the Java

Comments29

Gravity Games16 Dec 2013, 15:42

I wasn't able to try it, due to the .exe saying it's not for my version of Windows, and the zip saying its corrupt. It looks interesting though.

mrunoauthor16 Dec 2013, 15:46

What version of windows do you have?

Coblynau16 Dec 2013, 15:52

Not working for me either :( Windows 8.1

sknoslo16 Dec 2013, 16:00

Fun little text game. I messed up and got caught.

alexc16 Dec 2013, 16:01

It was funny and entertaining, but it was also pretty short. I played it twice and beat the game on my second try. The exe ran just fine for me on Windows 8 64 bit. The fight at the end was really well done for a text-adventure game.

lucasncv16 Dec 2013, 16:02

I just destroyed a time destroyer with a TARDIS. Awesome.

mrunoauthor16 Dec 2013, 16:04

Glad you people like it :) I'll try and sort out why it isn't working for some people

okmmjyygv16 Dec 2013, 16:20

ı really like text based games. And that one is creative :)

tomc16 Dec 2013, 16:23

Interesting, a kind of acting game? You're told how to react to certain kinds of events and are then tested on your ability to remember those rules.

Sim16 Dec 2013, 16:35

What a strange game, but I like it! A few typos but interesting gameplay and a funny story.

moop16 Dec 2013, 16:52

Cool game and an interesting text adventure variant.

andrewkennedy16 Dec 2013, 17:18

When I try to run the exe, it just gives me an error saying it can't be found.

mrunoauthor16 Dec 2013, 17:30

Weird... I'll try and fix that

whiteknife16 Dec 2013, 17:39

Avast! is detecting this as Malware and refusing to run it, sorry man!

Crabman16 Dec 2013, 19:11

Hooray for text adventures!

pusheax16 Dec 2013, 19:32

Sorry to be negative but choices seem very binary. ASP-like dialog systems were created for AAA in order to distill conversations and make them faster. So I was pleasantly surprised to see them in a text game.

ocarina of lime17 Dec 2013, 17:48

Really enjoyed this game! Not normally a fan of text adventures but this one was simple enough not to confuse me xD. Story was interesting all the way through, the interaction was good as well. Overall a really good game I thought!

mrunoauthor17 Dec 2013, 22:11

Thank you very much :D

viinnyk17 Dec 2013, 22:35

very nice!

jdpalmer17 Dec 2013, 22:53

Cool game. I wonder if it could have been done in something like Twine to make it more accessible and add some typography?

Ongaku17 Dec 2013, 22:54

I loved this, me a command line and a dark background :D

JellyMan6418 Dec 2013, 22:06

I enjoyed the game even though it had no Graphics or Audio. It's a good storyline.

miwuc18 Dec 2013, 22:36

Fun little game. Started out really serious, then got all kind of weird but in an entertaining way.

f7f518 Dec 2013, 22:39

Ah, that was nice, although it could have been a bit longer. I beat it at the second try (died in the boss fight on the first).

What was the bandage for?

mrunoauthor18 Dec 2013, 22:46

(spoilers)
if you didn't pick the potato up then you would need the bandage to survive having your arm cut off :D

chiguireitor19 Dec 2013, 00:12

Nice text adventure. Ripped the picture of my son and got owned :-)

Will Edwards19 Dec 2013, 22:25

Fun story, the typos and the weird choice of keys actually add to the mood. I kept expecting to come to a yes-no question and dumbly blindly type n.

kirbytails722 Dec 2013, 18:21

Interesting idea, but it feels like it should be less linear. Also, typos and misspellings seem pretty bad when there's only text.

SoundGuy31 Dec 2013, 09:59

5/5 graphics!