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Detective Dan and the Mini-MysteryView game page

A Detective's Day Off
Submitted by Fiddlebog — 22 hours, 2 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Visuals#64.7594.759
Overall#74.5004.500
Audio#114.2414.241
Gameplay#114.3104.310
Authenticity (use of resolution restriction)#514.6904.690

Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Did you work in a team?
Just me!

Was the resolution a challenge?
Not really! It helped me to focus on making smaller scale pixel art and to represent more game elements with images and symbols than text.

What did you learn?
This was my first point-and-click adventure game, as well as my first time trying to make some sort of inventory! I also *finally* figured out how to make a camera that sizes itself properly when changed to fullscreen - that's been a real struggle in the past.

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Submitted

What a fun little point and click game! And it looks so good too

All the puzzles were well clued so I was never left stumbling.. except for the end. I pieced all the clues together and got the final combination, but I never found out where I had to actually plug in the combination? Then I accidentally got soft locked after walking into the traffic cones on the far right and being unable to get out.

Very fun and well designed game though, with some great visuals and snarky dialogue I loved! My only complaints are quality of life: Movement sucked since you couldn't hold down to keep moving, and the puzzle pieces were a pain since you couldn't grab the one you wanted. 

Great entry :)!

Submitted

Very nice little point and click adventure! One of my fave entry for this jam! Love the ending! The puzzles are decent; there are some clever one, but overall are rather easy (perhaps because I played too many point and click 😛). I just wish the movement is a little easier; I have to keep spamming mouse click to move around the map, especially during the candy puzzle. 

Overall, it is incredible that this level of completeness and polish is done within 2 weeks! Respect!

Submitted

Wow that was absolutely amazing! I got almost stumped at the very end (I had pieced together all the clue pieces but I couldn't figure out the right combination of clue if you catch my drift) but wow when I finally figured it out it felt really good. The clues are all really well placed, and the dialogue is so cute and funny! I also loved the ending!

I love how almost every item you pick up has multiple uses in the environment (I think the fishing rod was my favorite). 

Awesome job!

Submitted

Lovely little game. Beautiful artwork and audio. The use of the low rez constraint is spot on.

I wandered around the world for a bit, tried to solve the mystery, and ended up getting stuck near the manhole cover. 

Submitted

Very chilled and wonderful game! Amazed you managed to fit so much life and personality into such a small resolution! My only gripe was rearranging the clues, kept on picking the scrap of paper behind the one I was clicking on!

Submitted

What a cute little point and click adventure!!!  And also a perfect way to squeeze out the most bang for your buck with such a small resolution.  Thank you very much I really enjoyed playing that :)

Submitted

Absolutely loved this game! Very cool concepts and very clear what to do (but still not too simple). The amount of humor is just right, and the ending is great. You managed to put so many different mechanics and ideas into such a small game and it turned out fantastic! Really great job!

Submitted

The visuals are very charming and there's quite a bit to explore, the puzzles were pretty straightforward but satisfying, great work.

Submitted

This is such a cute game! I was hooked in and played until the lock combination because I am stuck haha. The characters and designs were so cute and felt satisfying to play!

Submitted

Best game around in all categories. Had a great time!

Submitted

This game was fun and charming all the way through! Wish I could wipe my brain memory clean so I could reexperience it. Also I got all the trophies!

Submitted

Wow... Just wow. Enjoyed every second of this gem!

Submitted

Easily one of the best games I've tried so far. Excellent design, brilliant graphics and great sense of humor. Amazed and envious that you could produce this level of detail and polish in just two weeks.

Submitted

This was really fun! The visuals and humor were especially excellent! I really enjoyed the ending :)

Submitted

Nice game with great pixel art, music and funny dialogues. I really liked the mini-games that appear when you interact with the objects, they add a lot of life to the game.

Submitted

Fun and tricky, quite a relaxed experience! So much work in just 2 weeks, art is superb! Great job

Submitted

Super fun little exploring game. Reminds me of Carmen Sandiego. Great work on the artwork. loved the vibe of the game!

Submitted

The amount of content and polish just mind blowing! Fantastic pixel art and sound design. Definitely one of the best for this jam.

Submitted

this is amazing! that you got all this done in about 2 weeks is crazy! Well done!

Submitted

Great pixel art and very well written dialogues, I really like that kind of humour and the plot was awesome too, I would have never expected the end but it absolutely made me smile :) You did a great job and I had a lot of fun playing your game, thank you so much for sharing it!

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