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is this game in any way playable if you don't know chinese?

Do I have to fill all the squares?

Looks really interesting! I guess you could think of a plot ploint in which the murderer and detective have some powerplay between eachother, so they 'take control' of the situation (so to speak).

This shows a lot of promise, and i adore a good deduction game!

I might be missing something, but i cannot seem to find a way to exit screens. Like when you look at the computer, i can't go back to the full view.

My Laptop (chromebook) doesn't seem to be able to handle this game? The Itch.io version I mean. It can handle the tutorial just fine, but it crashes at the first level (before it loads) does anyone know a way to fix this? I'd love to play the demo it looks awesome!

Ha lol, thought PW was their initials

I'm not sure if I'm overthinking things or that the game might be broken, but i can not pass the password screen. Can I get some help?

I love random knickknacks. lovely game. I'd love to see you explore the concept further!

I really enjoyed the ending. I've never seen the inventory used like that in one of these types of games. It was really cool!

That's so smart! Thanks for the help. 

If you ever make another game like this it might be a cool idea to put these hints inside the game? I'm not sure if that's possible, but it could maybe check where you are in the story and give you hints based of that. Although I have no idea how you would implement that.

I'm stuck at a puzzle, could you help?

Don't click to avoid spoilers!

I'm at the part where the 02 Living room recording is split up. I know I need to put the word 'Shochu' somewhere. But everything I try doesn't seem to work.

I would like to get some help? I have seen a good chunk of the dialogue but I just can't seem to put it together.

I know roughly where she went and where, when she was alone, when she wasn't. But I can't seem to pin point when she offed that guy.

Also great game! love the artstyle and concept. I am a big fan of info collecting games like this

A tiny thing about the hangman thing, that youtube video leads to a piece of piano music, and at the beginning you can see the title. On that piece of cardboard it says FOXTROT. that is 7 letters, which is the amount of blanks, and fits with the "thinking of an animal" theme. BUT IT DOESNT WORK. so dissapointing, I thought i was so smart :"(

No worries, Tinynanami's comment was really helpful!

To be honest the most confusing part for me was finding that last scene, because i thought it was something relating to the past (It comes up pretty often in the story actually)

I would've not guessed K because she's a really small character. It didn't even cross my mind honestly (especially because she's not given a number but a letter, so that removes her even more)

Either way, I'd love to see your next game! If it's anything like this Sign. Me. Up!

Ps: just one more thing about that hangman thing, is that even something we could/should try to solve?

Thanks for the help Tinynanami, I would've never guessed!

Although I did think it might've something to do with Wintercot, I'd never linked it up with Katherine.
You explained really well why it wasn't Amelia West, although that whole clue did sent me of the wrong path of trying to find a death in the far past (also because of the convo in the kitchen about that death.)

If you're curious, my opinion about the suicide of Annie is that it actually made sense to me. Not that I'm the writer or anything, but my interpretation was that she was trying to find a loophole. If the curse dictates that there's a thunderclap before the death of the chosen person, her reasoning might've been that breaking that rule (dying before the thunderclap) could maybe break the curse. So that would be my explanation.

Also I think the story wroks better without an explanation. It's the same with the original Groundhog Day film. It works better unexplained, makes it much eerier I think. Although I do get your frustration. The story has a bit of an Agatha Christie vibe, so the absense of a reveal does annoy me a little bit to, although the death of Katherine fills that roll a bit.

Either way, that's my two cents. My compliments for figuring out the last death, top noth detectivework!

Ps: what were your theories on that hangman game? It's a 7 letter word but it says 12, so i thought there might've been a mention of an animal at timestamp 12?

Hope you enjoyed my ramblings <3

Got the tinniest bit further!

I have found the missing grey number scene i mentioned, it was #6 searching #4's room before #4 enters (As an aside, I do think I have every scene, except the hidden one)

If I am not mistaken #13's name is Amelia West and dies during timeframe 01 during the thunderclap before the second thunderclap? It is unclear if there is 1 (so just Rupert) or 2 (which would mean Amelia and then Rupert)

If I had to choose a suspicous death, I guess it would be the last one. In scene 26 a loud thud is heard, but no thunder (possibly meaning annie's loophole worked?)

Also, is the hangman game like a bonus thing, if so, what commands do you use? 

This last one is a real headscratcher! But to summarise, in my mind the hidden scenen is the death of #13 (Amelia West) in a location (?) during 01

Also I forgot to mention, but I also loved figuring the whole curse out, the way you've written that was so good. First you think someone sent a fake invitation, then you think eddie might have been the culprit.

OMG and sorry for ranting but I jumped in glee when I noticed the deaths happen in order of the numbers, LOVE!

PS:  Maybe you can take this whole convo as inspiration for your next game, our back and forth looks like deranged to an outsider.

Hihi!

I am stuck on a few parts, those being (SPOILERS!):

- Finding number thirteen death scene, i know her name, just not the location.
- The relevance of scene 10-MA-5-6, there's still a gray number next to it.
- Finding the suspicous death and the hidden scene mentioned at 26.
- That weird hangman game.

Can you help?

Also, lovely game! I really enjoyed figuring all of this out, you really undersell it in the description. 

Especially figuring out who was where when was really fun, and the twist was fun to discover to of course.