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Muz
I got the confession the first try! ;)
Thanks for making this simple yet pretty polished game Muz! Interpreted the music tempo to be an indicator of the suspect about to call his lawyer, so I always switched to Good Cop when the tempo started going faster, then back to Bad Cop when it was slow again and it made sense.
I can't wait to see what else you do with the mechanics in the future!
Interesting gameplay, but would love to have more clue.
This was nice! Here are my points:
- Original and interesting concept;
- Would have beneficiated from getting the info about the case ahead of time, like that Wario was in county and such, would have helped make better decisions about which mode to switch into;
- Noticed the different pace in the music but couldn't tell what it was linked to, either fast when being bad cop or fast when suspect was lying;
- Game conclusion says Try Again even after the case was solved;
- Assumed I had to assess if the suspect if guilty or innocent, until I realized I needed to break him into confession;
- Was impressed with how well the dialogue worked between roles and suspect's answers, felt pretty flawless;
- Noticed than switching roles during suspect's answer seems to interrupt the answer, would probably be best to only switch role after the answer has concluded.
Thanks for the detailed feedback! Some of these are just bugs that resulted from fixing other bugs or removing other levels. I wish it was more complete, but it was overdue already lol.
Pace was related to emotion. They talk a bit faster and the music speeds up when the conversation hits a more critical point. Times where suspect is about to snap, and the wrong decision ends the level, so it's there to put pressure on the player. I didn't think people would associate it to lying, that's a good insight.
Haha, I actually spent a good deal of time working on proper interrupting. Like I felt the player should have the agency to interrupt the suspect even though there's no game purpose.
Congratulations on finishing your game Smuz. I really like the concept here, and your dialogue is well written and engaging.
Whilst the audio and dialogue are enough feedback to gauge the suspect's composure, I quite liked the emoji you had in the alpha representing it previously.
Really interested to see if you do anything else with this idea as it's really
Thanks. It's useful to know you preferred the emoji. I was making it a bit more subtle but also planned to add a little more, like lighting effects based around the composure. Sadly didn't have the time to set them.
I'll probably drop the cop idea, but I like the genre. Probably going to make it more like the runner genre it's inspired from, where if you say the wrong thing, it's game over. Maybe next time, play the one getting interrogated instead.
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