Fallen Angel: A Larry Chin Mystery

by tobius

co-authored: @gowie, @jb-rock, @manatee-webster, @megl, @vary

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.39

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.16

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.25

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.78

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.04

The Game

Larry Chin is a tired Private Investigator ready to close up his office for the day when in walks a dame with a job. Someone in Angel City has died and Grace coming to you instead of the police is concerning in of itself. The dust bath before bed will have to wait, there are some suspects to question and mysteries to untangle.

How to Play

This is a visual novel, so much of the game is reading and thinking through what you learn as the player.

Click on items and characters to prompt conversations.

Click on your journal in the bottom right corner (or press J) to check your notes.

Once you've gathered all the information and think you're ready to solve the mystery, return to your office and accuse the correct character.

Play Game

Play in your browser or download for Windows or OSX.

Art

Socials

@tobius - overthink.games (Instagram)

@vary - Varyana_draws (Twitter) | https://twitter.com/Varyana_draws

Tags: #2d, #detective, #funny, #mystery, #noir, #short, #storygame

Genres: puzzle, visual novel

Tools: Godot

Comments27

DubiousDuck8 Oct 2024, 02:46

Love the character designs! I can tell that a lot of effort is poured into making them. I also love the music they're great additions to the atmospohere. Though the playable screen only takes up less than half of the available space, but that's prob some technical things that you guys can fix p quickly.

Chartle8 Oct 2024, 02:52

Great art, moody music and funny writing. I do think having the person who is talking always on the left is a little confusing, it made it seem like people (animals?) were switching places constantly. I don't think it would have been as confusing if there was another way of showing who is talking. What I saw of the story was great! Good job.

imberny8 Oct 2024, 02:56

Solid work! I loved the artstyle. Also the fact that the swedish fish was also a red herring. It's rare for a character to be a double pun!

Kyoryucomic8 Oct 2024, 03:03

Very good game, I love the art for the sprites!! Sometimes I had trouble finding what I was missing to continue but I really like the Ace Attorney like gameplay

khaotom8 Oct 2024, 03:11

Nice mystery. I drowned in the details like a fish outta water.

poboy8 Oct 2024, 03:14

Love the graphics, also lmao the red herring + the fatboys. Really nicely done and pretty complex noir in such a short amount of time (I was too dumb to figure it out)

Blue Pin Studio8 Oct 2024, 05:28

Woah! This is a very in-depth game!

Cisco8 Oct 2024, 15:33

Great music and graphics that made the perfect mood! Good Job!

hidden61ade9 Oct 2024, 02:59

It’s hard to believe that someone did a Lovecraft VN in a game jam that is somehow indeed suitable for the theme of tiny creatures. Love it!

Pious9 Oct 2024, 03:02

Interesting story! I did get stuck though. No idea how to proceed after collecting the brace and can of sardines and stuff. It's not the clearest how to navigate around. Appears pretty ambitious for a jam!

davidsheadgames9 Oct 2024, 03:06

Very solid and the art and character design is amazing!!

Also, very creative use of tiny items as props throughout!

Great job!

Cat Lab9 Oct 2024, 05:36

Ooo you KNOW a mystery is gonna suck me in. Love using 'tiny creatures' as the characters! The animal puns in the dialogue really add to the vibe. Great music and sounds, too, really completes the whole package! I loved it!

Pimping9 Oct 2024, 05:40

Insane fact that you draw this everything in 3 days, WOW. Like this game

LDJam user 3875489 Oct 2024, 07:12

Keep up the good work!

Manatee Webster9 Oct 2024, 15:32

@pious Try checking out the murder scene again now that the cops have come back to the station!

Thanks for the feedback!

LDJam user 3880789 Oct 2024, 15:42

Always love to see Godot 🚀

FrozenDude11 Oct 2024, 11:03

Awesome Game. The artworks are amazing

bacontree11 Oct 2024, 11:23

Wow, great game! Love the film noir vibes. Really good music and nice graphics. Surprisingly long and well made for a game jam game.

Tobiusauthor11 Oct 2024, 19:10

@dubiousduck Yup! I missed a couple settings in the project to make it scale correctly, should be fixed now! Thanks for the feedback!

daria-toni12 Oct 2024, 11:38

Why does this game have so few ratings? I love it! So many locations and characters, lots of lines of text, humor (dust baths made me smile). Yes, this game is not action, but that's not the genre. I respect your attempt at creating a real full-fledged plot and the end twist. The only thing I would add is some extra scene at the end, but it's too much as it is!

Manatee Webster12 Oct 2024, 16:08

@daria-toni Thank you so much! I wrote most of the game, but unfortunately had to work on Monday, so I couldn't quite get in everything I wanted. It was a race against time to just try and make sure I got all of the clues and mystery pieces in there! I would have loved to have a more robust ending in there for the different outcomes, but there's always next time.

Manatee Webster12 Oct 2024, 16:11

@davidsheadgames One of our artists immediately started to think of tiny props as soon as we came up with the game idea, glad to see people appreciating them!

Manatee Webster12 Oct 2024, 16:13

@poboy Our character artist fell in love with the Fatsboys after creating them, I wish I could've fit them into the story more, maybe they'll have to come back for a future jam somehow...

Pimeko13 Oct 2024, 18:28

It's amazing the amount of story you had the time to write, in addition to the nice "point and click" gameplay. Loved the vibes and aesthetics, good job!

Dimoseek13 Oct 2024, 19:22

NICE!

Urfoex14 Oct 2024, 18:40

Nice entry.

Cute concept art

Ecaterina15 Oct 2024, 14:42

I’m really impressed by the game's visuals. Every character is unique and creative. The music fits perfectly. It’s clear a lot of work went into it—the game feels refined and well-crafted. Great job!

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