Greenwood P.I.

by joshua_burr

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.39

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.53

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.06

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★65%

A noir mystery, on the rocks, with a twist.

Don the battered hat of a hard-boiled, chain-smoking, tough-as-nails private eye - as he grills the local inhabitants regarding a recent murder, along with their secrets and vices.

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Created by:

Joshua Burr & Tom Jepson

Code by:

Joshua Burr

Script by:

Tom Jepson

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Many thanks, and apologies it's not exactly as complete as we'd hoped.

-EDIT Added a 'The End' screen to let the user know that the game has finished.

-EDIT It seems that the HTML5 version of the game isn't appearing for some people. I'm currently investigating.

Genres: role playing

Tools: Unity

Comments25

blob19 Apr 2016, 06:35

Great mood and love the writing style. Is there no ending ? I got stuck at a constantly repeating message on black screen.

strong9919 Apr 2016, 06:36

I think it's very neat you used real looking pictures and made an animal forest. It has a good atmosphere and nice dialogs.

varuns19 Apr 2016, 15:38

The most photorealistic game of LD35!

btw,
I didn't see the HTML5 version of the game. Why don't you embed it here?

JoshDBBauthor19 Apr 2016, 15:58

@varuns Thanks for playing! The HTML5 version should be at the top of the itch page in the link, it can take a little while to appear. I would embed it here but the ludum dare site only allows games that are max 900x600 so this game wouldn't fit (1024x640).

joemid19 Apr 2016, 16:05

A lot of lol's playing through this. Great writing. I got to the end. Can't wait to see the next episode!

pavel_insight19 Apr 2016, 18:02

Rare visual approach, pretty funny. Music is nice. Moody game.

matt beckett19 Apr 2016, 19:51

Excellent!!

maartene20 Apr 2016, 14:59

Well done in getting so much content in so little time. The usage of photo's of real scenery gives the game a real unique look. Very cool! Would work well as a mobile game too. Perhaps try and release it?

Ithildin20 Apr 2016, 15:13

I really liked this one, story was engaging and the graphic style made me laugh a couple of times. Good job!

Ayawaska20 Apr 2016, 15:26

You've set a great mood. :)

eemmbbeerr20 Apr 2016, 16:42

Quite fancy-looking amusement program you have there my good sir. It is my utmost pleasure to have played it!

Decentsauce20 Apr 2016, 19:36

Awesome! Too bad it wasn't so long. Would have liked to play more. :)

Jun & Pate20 Apr 2016, 22:23

great dialogue, see?

LandoSystems21 Apr 2016, 01:36

What a goofy game! Super entertaining, great work!

josefnpat21 Apr 2016, 09:24

Oh this was very fun! Reminds me of classic point and click adventures, but adult noir style. Nice job!

ployer21 Apr 2016, 12:26

nicely done. always enjoy a point and click adventure

luquio21 Apr 2016, 18:02

hey really great idea, loved dialogues!

Arskiainen21 Apr 2016, 18:06

This was really cool. On the whole it works very well.

arzi21 Apr 2016, 19:05

This was fun! Using the photos is a good idea and works well with the story. I always respect making a point and click adventure for LD :) The ending was a bit abrupt though.

randomhuman22 Apr 2016, 08:23

It's a shame the story ends so abruptly, but what is there is fun and really well written. The visual style is great as well.

axoona22 Apr 2016, 22:00

Very fun game with good and funny dialogs, I really enjoyed it! it's a pity it stops so abruptely though just when the link to the theme is mentionned

GrooveMan22 Apr 2016, 22:35

You had me at the decision to call the frog Freddo. Christ.

I am amused that another entry is also a comedy detective noir leaning on the 20s slang; though your use is much broader and consistent than my own.

There might be an issue with event flagging? I talked to everyone before I spoke to Sailor Jerry (I didn't realise I could click on the sewer pipe) and so his dialogue made a lot less sense in places.