It is the harvest season, but a murder occurred in a peaceful small town. You play as a scarecrow detective, and your objective is to find out who the murderer is among the three suspects.
I love a good investigation game, and the artstyle reminded me of Professor layton a bit, really nice. I guessed the right murderer, but I'm not sure __*why__* they were the murderer or how I should have found out.
Great art though I think the scarecrow didn't quite fit with the environment and other characters. I ended up figuring out who the murderer was but it was an educated guess at best, there were only a couple of clues and none of them really required much thought or were a smoking gun. Great job for a game jam though.
A couple of concrete suggestions, I think the scarecrow moved a little slow so it was annoying to keep moving between houses. I also think it would have been beneficial to put something at the start that somewhat forces you to go to the right towards where the people are. I initially ignored the road and went down when I saw the house so ended up looping around to all of the houses before noticing that the suspects were in the center.
I like the idea of the game and it looks cute. The scarecrow is a fun main character. It does lack depth and more clues to figure out would be welcome addition.
Good work for a game jam. Guessed the right murderer but I don't know exactly the reason. I think the story would be much clear if more information or clues were given. The art and animations are cute! One suggestion about the game is the movement. I think it would be better to reduce the collision size of obstacles.
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A couple of concrete suggestions, I think the scarecrow moved a little slow so it was annoying to keep moving between houses. I also think it would have been beneficial to put something at the start that somewhat forces you to go to the right towards where the people are. I initially ignored the road and went down when I saw the house so ended up looping around to all of the houses before noticing that the suspects were in the center.
Guessed the right murderer but I don't know exactly the reason. I think the story would be much clear if more information or clues were given.
The art and animations are cute!
One suggestion about the game is the movement. I think it would be better to reduce the collision size of obstacles.
ONE QUICK NOTE: there is a HIDDEN TUNNEL some where in the house, it's the key for finding the murderer, don't miss it :)