This was a really great entry which clearly had a lot of work go in to it to make the objective work, clearly a very big brain on the developer! I thought the pieces to solve the mystery being hidden around gave a good interactive element to what could of been solely a thinking experience! I think that the theme could have been implemented better (perhaps you're locked into the playback of the tapes and rewinding at the right moments stores part of the perps alibi to an easier to reference notepad or something?) but I was completely immersed by the way that this was done and think the dev should be very proud of their work! I hope you had a lot of fun making this as it definitely feels like you put everything you could into it! If you get a moment, I would love some feedback on my submission to the jam, we have gone for different ends of the spectrum on our games and I think I could learn a lot from the way you introduced the controls of the game, and the general user interface as a whole!
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The Murder of Elisabeth Brown's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Game Design | #58 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #99 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Innovation | #101 | 3.818 | 3.818 |
| Fun | #127 | 3.782 | 3.782 |
| Graphics | #192 | 3.927 | 3.927 |
| Theme | #210 | 3.873 | 3.873 |
| Audio | #299 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
Ranked from 55 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
In what way does your game fit the theme?
Video tape surveillance that requires the player to rewind it to catch all of the details
Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes and yes (apart from an icon and sounds/music for which I used copyright free assets credited in the game's description)
Comments
Loved it! Cant say anything bad about it considering it was done in a week!
The game is great, I really enjoyed the question of putting the tape on the vhs and trying to solve the crime. Congratulations, I really liked it!
Nice work, actually same kind of genre my team did!
Good game design, and having to hunt your own office for the clues was a pretty funny touch.
Some quality of life features would be nice, like opening and closing the drawers to not just be the tiny knob handle, but clicking anywhere on the drawer.
Also, the TV screen seemed to be overly dark, it should be a little brighter and maybe cast some light when it is on.
And instead of filling the whole screen when picked up, make the objects be picked up at its regular orientation, with a toggle to "take a closer look", so placing stuff isn't so aggravating.
I did appreciate that the clues respawned when I accidentally yeeted them across the room or into another dimension.
Great work overall, had fun playing!
i really like detective mysteries.
i have a goal of making one and your game really make me enjoy. and as i say the name really makes me play your game
and thanks for rating my game
Overall this is a nice game. It has a good immersive atmosphere and you are quickly getting into the vibe. The initial 'tutorial' wasn't entirely clear, but it fell into place eventually.
Wow, overall great detective game. The implementation of rewind was really nice and the story itself was pretty good. I was hooked for a while, so great job on the design. Great job on this one!
Loved your take on the game! Really great story and overall game environment! I really enjoyed it!
I really like the game you have created, I'am a huge fan of detective stories, I wish I could wander around the room somehow, but it was allright the way you created it, nice idea with the options button :-)
Awesome game! Really made me play for a while and was fun all along! Really well done!
The game looked amazing! However, my laptop probably was unable to handle the game 😅It was lagging like crazy and the graphics for blurry. And it was close to exploding. The little parts of the game o could see looked great though. I have a feeling that it would have been a great game. Nice job! (I really wanted to play the game 😥)
Just, pure amazement.
This game is Steam quality made in 7 days. If it was expanded a little bit I would buy it for 5$ EASILY on Steam. The radio is a cool touch, the settings drawer fits perfectly and the story is engaging.
Great job man, this is one of my favorite games!
This was really fun, I enjoyed my time as the master Roblox detective.
Some notes:
- No detective game is ever finished without a giant board that you put pictures up and put lines between suspects and locations
- The tutorial VHS Tape being counted as one of the tape confused me for a while
- The main "puzzle" of the murder is actually quite simple, really all you need is to watch around 3 tapes for it
- The tape sounds stop for a while after the tape started playing, and there's no indicator for when the tape actually stops (especially in suspects statements)
Really fun for a mystery game, would definitely recommend
hey thanks for feedback.
true about the lines connecting suspects I wanted to make an ending cutscene but there was no time unfortunately.
hmm I wanted to show that "hey this is how you increase that number" without saying it
wanted to keep it simple for the jam but with a lot of missdirections
I'll look into the sound thing
thanks a lot for the feedback good luck in the jam :D
Nice murder mystery! Things are a little blur in security footage (i guess it emulates the blurriness of real life sec. footages :D, but if you pay attention you can find out that someone did something fishy) Some feedbacks:
- Using mouse to control the playback of tapes makes the control feel slightly frustrating. would be great if there are hotkeys
- My table can get pretty messy piling up all my items. would love to have the ability to easily organize them and easily re-view them when necessary
Saw that you posted on my game, so I returned the favor. Really nice concept! Made me feel like a detective.
SOOOOOOOOOO good! I loved this one. Got it wrong, but I will find the murderer of Elizabeth Brown!
Cool concept. I enjoyed looking for the clues part since it's not always obvious. The space is well used to fit the game design. Good job! Rated!
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