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A jam submission

Murder without a WIT:NESView game page

We'll have to solve this the old fashioned way.
Submitted by wackomedia, Nick Wright (@nickthewright), variablylucid (@variablylucid) — 1 hour, 31 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#33.4693.800
Quality of writing#43.2863.600
Presentation#53.1043.400
Theme incorporation#53.2863.600
Overall#73.0313.320
Mechanics#82.0082.200

Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Jam Host (1 edit)

Nice murder mystery! I also got stuck after talking to Irina about dating. Loved the intricate characters and their motives and how you interview each one to get to the bottom of the case. 

(+1)

I really liked the background music and the art! There are various typos in the story (I think I counted at least ten), but they do not diminish the experience. 
In the end I could not manage to solve the case, I somehow was missing some information.

Submitted(+1)

Hey, just wanted to let you know that I got stuck when talking to Irisa about dating. I guess there is no exit path from that node. 

But I've really enjoyed your game so far! Interested to see what comes next and figure out the murderer. :D

Developer(+1)

Thanks for letting us know and thanks so much for playing our game! We've got it corrected now.

Submitted (5 edits) (+1)

Thanks!

I now played it again. Unfortunately, for some reason, I seem to be stuck. I think I have an idea who the murderer is, but I don't have the option to decide in the game. I only have the option "Do I have enough information to solve the case?" and it results in:

But I've clicked through every option that is presented to me. I don't think I can do anything else that I haven't done already.

Btw, a couple of small typos that caught my eye:

  • When talking to Arcturus about "Arcturus and Eron Relationship," the return link is missing a label and is just called "Arcturus Hub".
  • When talking to Irisa, there is a space before the punctuation mark in one of the options: "Offer condolences to Irisa ."
  • When talking to Arcturus, one option is missing the punctuation mark altogether: "Ask Arcturus about being with Nova"

Also, so you know, the background music is not set to loop, so it just stops after a while.

Developer(+1)

There are 6 options you specifically have to click on before it will let you move on to the ending. I checked the code, so you must have missed at least one. 

I really do appreciate you playing the game, and giving us such detailed feedback.

Submitted

This is the game state I end up at: