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by kippp

co-authored: @anirbas

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.60

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.99

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.32

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.07

Play as a detective, but you forgot your notebook so you only have one page to take notes on!
Explore the crime scene then interrogate the suspect *using your own words*~*

*terms and conditions apply.

Explore the beautifully hand-drawn crime scene in a escape-room like environment!
Interrogate the suspect with humorous/serious dialog!
Fail miserably!

A game by

Kip: Code, Modeling, UI

Sabrina: Art, Story

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Credits

Ambience: Extract of "Sweetness dark" Piano track by Frankumjay, licensed under CC 4.0.
Paper: modified from "Wrinkled Paper Texture Free" by Wikimedia Foundation, licensed under CC 2.0.

Tags: #black and white, #comedy, #crime, #hand-drawn, #point & click

Genres: puzzle

Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Blender, Unity

Comments29

Congeesetador3 Oct 2023, 04:41

Absolutely loved this game! Even though I have a terrible memory I had a great time playing this, I only ended up getting 1 answer correct but the game is very well made, and the art is stunning to look at, it makes the game seem way more alive in a way. The audio was also very relaxing yet dramatic at the same time, this game was very well made good job!

Kipppauthor3 Oct 2023, 04:45

Thank you!

He Li3 Oct 2023, 04:49

Amazing artwork! Definitely a five on graphics. The coherence between components was outstanding among the works. Hard to believe that it was created within only few days. Nice job!!

Foursay3 Oct 2023, 08:36

nice artwork and story! I like how the detective vibe goes, though I quickly found that its more like a remember-all-names games lol. I was paying over attendtion to clues like dates, empty tank, etc. As this turns out I just need to keep records of names. Its still great works for a ludum dare entry, and nice job!

o_sim3 Oct 2023, 09:23

Really good idea! I finished in 4 days, I think. I thought that once I get the answer wrong I won't be able to answer it again, so I filled the paper with notes to other stuff and then answered the same questions wrong on the next day :D

Kipppauthor3 Oct 2023, 15:39

Thank you! We made it so you could have a second chance because of A. To make it less annoying and most importantly B. We don't have enough dialogue written for that! XD

alexis83 Oct 2023, 18:45

Amazing, the feeling is so cool, and there is so much to remember, and the look of the game is really creapy.
Really nice game

Digol4 Oct 2023, 07:08

So good, I like the art very much and the concept is intereting
I think I will play this game more

LDJam user 2805094 Oct 2023, 07:31

Nice idea on the limited space of notes! Enjoyed the scenes!

Not being able to investigate the body (which was the first thing I notice) felt a little weird. I was too lazy to type (my fault). I wonder if it is a good idea to take notes by clicking the items, and the detective can only select what he took notes instead of typing what the player took notes when questioning.

Kipppauthor4 Oct 2023, 07:53

@xlores-liang Yeah, there's still a lot that we could improve on! The amount of items in the game is definitely a bit limited.
We made the input typing so that if a player somehow remembered the words without writing on the paper, they could also win. But this obviously has a lot of flaws, such as accessibility, game flow and cheesing, something we should've considered. Thanks for the suggestion!

Evil Satanson4 Oct 2023, 20:30

It feels like the game needs more work :) Good start, tho. I'd like to see improved interrogation graphics and more objects to interact with.

Skel3ton4 Oct 2023, 22:21

really interesting and original. the main mechanic of the game, where you only have to write a few things to the man, frustrated me, but I persevered and didn't write anything down on the paper. it was then satisfying to catch the killer. great entry

DurkaGames5 Oct 2023, 23:27

We loved the artstyle of this game. The core mechanic seems really innovative for us, that was so interesting to write things we noticed around the living space as hints. Music was lovely, but the dialogue sounds was much worse, you should probably make it more softer.

Overall, great entry, well done!

Ethan G6 Oct 2023, 03:26

I really enjoyed the note taking aspect! really cool take on the theme, the art style of the main rooms was awesome, overall really nice!

shaner4216 Oct 2023, 03:44

Really loved the art, and the limited note taking was a really innovative mechanic! Only thing I could say is that the sound that played during dialogue was not exactly appealing, but it wasn't the end of the world. All in all, great job, One of the better games I have played!

fatEmperor6 Oct 2023, 14:46

An unusual style and an interesting approach to the detective. You ask not to use a pen, but the names in the game are not so memorable.

Kipppauthor7 Oct 2023, 06:21

Thanks for the feedback!

Zee Yuen8 Oct 2023, 06:50

WHERE WAS THE FISH'S NAME. AND HOW DO U FIND THE COMPLETE NAME OF THE SHELL THING, THE NAME IS CUT OFF??

Kipppauthor8 Oct 2023, 08:16

@zee-yuen
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hint: check the calendar and around the bookshelf ;)

Natano8 Oct 2023, 19:04

Wow! Such a great game! The way it used the theme in so many different ways is impressive! I had a harsh time trying to remember the names that i couldn't fit in the paper. But after some days i could find everything i needed :)

I really loved the detective thing. Congrats!

real_flamingicecubegames8 Oct 2023, 20:27

This was awesome. It feels like a more serious take on the Ace Attorney games. I really liked piecing together the tragic story that was set up here. And the conclusion was really interesting as well.
The actual game design was awesome too. I like the fact that you have limited space in the "notebook" so you have to shorten things, possibly at the risk of not remembering entire names.

The sound design was quite great too, and the dialogue was pretty well written.

This is a stand out title for me in ld54 so far. Good work.

LDJam user 3771169 Oct 2023, 07:57

The art reminds me a lot of little Nightmares. Well done!

Paulsams9 Oct 2023, 21:14

Great atmosphere and graphics. Because of the piece of paper, you really felt the lack of space and this was a great solution. In principle, it was nice to play such a game).

Sunset13 Oct 2023, 21:42

Man I'm impressed. Everything about it is just great. The story. The idea. The art style. It's just a masterpiece of ludum dare.

Vargpin13 Oct 2023, 21:42

DAAAM, awesome! Such an involving story, nice ambient music, style and heartbreaking ending... Earned my respect.

Ganiester19 Oct 2023, 20:29

This was on point. Really great from the art, mood and design. I really got to learn how bad my memory is and I really had to get creative fitting my notes on the paper. Great work!

Kipppauthor19 Oct 2023, 23:56

Thank you all so much for the really kind reviews!

BinayaS20 Oct 2023, 13:25

Nice take on the detective genre, only thing was that finding things to investigate didn't feel great. A little bit of feed back such as highlighting the interactable when hovering over it would have helped.

Kipppauthor20 Oct 2023, 14:25

@binayas the cursor should change to an eye when hovering over an interactable object, but yes, we should've made it clearer!