Wow very awesome game! I really liked the idea! The whole detective searching thing really works well here. Also being able to interact with objects in the environment to uncover things is awesome and adds a lot of room for hiding things.
The art is also great! Reminds me a lot of those picture books where you find hidden things. It's silly and has a lot of charm. And overall the polish on this game is great! Feels very polished for the amount of time given.
I do wish the reveal was done a bit differently cause it did take me out of it a bit. I do really like how the verdict will always be wrong and there is a set story but it would've been cool if the reveal was from Mr. Shnook instead of some text. Although it could also be done differently cause that might ruin the narrative you had setup but I think having the game be super interactive then suddenly explain everything through text does take the player out of it. But understandably this is probably due to the time constraint of the Jam anyways so it's not too big of a problem.
I do think the music could be a bit better. More specifically the music in the main big level. It does start to get very monotonous very quickly with little variation. I think it definitely suffers from this very 'choppy' stagnant feel. For the melody, all the notes are the same length and all have the same timing. Thankfully there is a bit of a pause between measures so its not too overwhelming but it does feel choppy. And when the music picks up I do feel like some of the notes clash. I do also feel like the bass doesn't deviate enough and also feels very monotonous. Overall the music isn't terrible here but it does start to get repetitive which can be rough since this is a very time consuming section of the game.
Overall the game has very few flaws and is very good and impressive for the time given. The art and polish of the game is really good and the concept of the game is great too! Amazing job!