Aaah damn I just wanted to talk to everyone, I didn’t expect it to finish the game! I’ll come back later.
Great game, I appreciate the little mystery thingy. A bit railroaded but it’s a game jam right? Thanks for the fun.
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Murder Mystery Express's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #189 | 3.654 | 3.654 |
| Innovation | #304 | 3.231 | 3.231 |
| Fun | #320 | 3.346 | 3.346 |
| Overall | #334 | 3.314 | 3.314 |
| Graphics | #363 | 3.538 | 3.538 |
| Game Design | #491 | 3.115 | 3.115 |
| Audio | #515 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The game is a murder mystery that plays on the theme of CALM before the STORM. The CALM part is the initial ticket collection and admiring of art that is placed along the carridges. The STORM is triggered after you collect the tickets and notice that something sinister is going on. Become a detective and solve the case!
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
The art and code for the project is created by myself using Godot documentation and tutorials. The music is licensed from Youtube Audio Library
Comments
Cool idea. Unfortunately as others have said, it's hard to tell when the accusation happens. It should have been a different button or a separate window for choosing. Also hard to tell who was who, the game requires a label for every character
Nice submission, it stands out for its genre
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In The DepthsInteresting story, but I do not understand why it randomly ended after trying to speak to the last person (who would have been the first person at the start of the game). I had been questioning the various people in the train car when I tried to speak to the last person and was told I failed to find the murderer :(
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Semester AheadThanks for giving it a go till the end! Sorry about the abrupt ending, I had to rush the endgame so once the objective turns to "apprehend the murderer", it just instantly chooses whoever you speak to next to accuse :( Its not ideal, would have loved to let the player actually press a button or interact with a different prompt. Hope you enjoyed the experience for what it is though!
Very interesting murder mystery, and a cool take on the theme! I like how the characters are introduced, and later serve a different role in the game. I failed to apprehend the culprit though. It would be nice if the "names" of each character showed up with the talk prompt, had some challenge remembering who was who. I also would have appreciated a way to speed up the text, particularly if I had seen it before. Loved the Sin City -esque music choice.
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Bittermiff Family DinnerVery cool pixel art style, the space button maybe can be little faster, but the game is very nice
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Farm vs stormInteresting game! I enjoyed the mystery. Cool pixel art too. My favorite thing about the whole game is the pixel version of famous paintings. great job on those! well done.
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To Sail Upon a Sea of StarsI LOVE story in a game jam game, and murder mysteries are like catnip to me. Lots of fun :)
I echo what others have said about some sort of indicator when you need to "accuse", but c'est la vie for a game jam game. Cute graphics too!
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The Clam Before The StormReally solid game! The clues were really well laid out and the characters being identified by roles instead of names was a good decision!
Would suggest adding some sort of retry after finding the Monarch dead though. replaying the whole thing just to get it wrong is quite frustrating
Also the option to talk to the characters again after getting all the clues would've been great instead of immediately accusing them (wanted to try to interact with the monarch body again but instead accused him?)
Overall had a really great time!
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TardyI am super glad you enjoyed the experience! Definitely agree with the retry button / not having such an abrupt end. Wish I had spent some more time on it so I could make the ending more interesting!
That is hilarious! Thanks for finding the monarch bug. I never actually thought of interacting with the monarch and in turn accuse him of the murder XD, 10 points to you for trying that! Happy jamming!
I was not expecting to fall into a game that much. I tried four times to find the "person" and found s/he! It was a great experience for a game jam! However, after struggling for nearly an hour, I would want to have a conversation with the culprit about what happened.
Overall, exceptional game, and I had a lot of fun! Well Done!
Notes: For Godot, I needed to use privacy mode to run the game. You should set up the web build correctly to reach everyone without errors.
Other than that, you've done everything that can be done in the scope of this game.
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Captura: King's OrderThanks so much for the kind words, I am super glad you enjoyed the premise of the game and gave it a go multiple times! Made my day! :D I really like the idea you mentioned of a Scooby-Doo esque reveal at the end, I should have spent some time on that to wrap up the experience better.
Will definitely take your advice with Godot, it was my first time making a game in it and I have had some people reach out saying that the new Godot version is better suited for web builds so hopefully I can use that next time! Happy jammin!
This was a very interesting take on a murder mystery, I don't completely get how it works but I think you made it so that it's a limited thing? or maybe you can only have a limited amount of conversations before the game ends? I just wish there was an indicator, maybe something simple as the train's arrival to the destination as a timer? Having to go through everything again just to unknowingly lose is kinda frustrating but I get what you're trying to do.
Great job on this game regardless!
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War Before HarvestThanks so much for playing! Yeah the main loop of the game is to collect the clues and apprehend the culprit though I wish I had some more time to flesh out the objectives and, as you mention, indicators to guide the player thru the experience. I get the frustration at the end, maybe I could have had a continue btn that lets you rewind and try to find the real culprit! Cheers! :)
I really enjoyed this take, a really nice vibe and overall interesting game!
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Weather WarningHey good job on the game! Great interpretation of the theme, love a good murder mystery.
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Purrfect Storma more unique and striking take on the theme, i really liked this entry! super interesting :)
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MARS MANIAVery nice murder mystery game! The only thing that caught me off guard the first time is that you need to talk to the culprit (with the prompt talk) when you finish to collect clues, but after learning about it the second time it was cool. Good job!
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The daily life of Indy's stuntmanVery good game, I played it and liked it!)
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