Really awesome game, congrats! Could potentially be a winner here of the game jam! Just some minor feedback would be to minimize the risk of having to restart the game from the beginning if you accidentally move the square to the right opening before actually having jumped to the next section from the first room of the game. The puzzles and mechanics are really well made, I hope I will manage to complete the game later!
I did include both achievements as well as time trial for my game to make it more fun and replayable. Getting the first achievement is very easy, anyone who has managed to get any more than the first one?
It is a murder mystery Conquian battle game where you play as a beetle who is determined to figure out who killed his friend and to fight anyone who stands in his way. Conquian is the predecessor of Gin rummy so if you have played that before you already know what to do, but I have included an info icon as well so that you easily can learn how to play it.
Congrats on everyone who has participated in the game jam! It has been a really fun experience! Please share your game and I will play and rate it as soon as I am able to! Please feel free to play and rate my game as well, in short it is a murder mystery card playing battle game where you play as a beetle who is out for revenge and needs to figure out who killed his friend.
I am well aware that the UI and some design elements are not functioning properly yet but I have at fixed most of the issues so the achievements etc should be working now.
My game is not a pure puzzle game but it is rather a mix of murder mystery, conquian and battle game where you have to figure out who the real killer is by solving the clues. Please feel free to check it out and rate it if it resonates with you. I will check out your game as well! https://itch.io/jam/gamedevtv-jam-2025/rate/3589886
If you would like to play a murder mystery card playing battle game then feel free to try out my game! I have just fixed most of the bugs and issues, there is still some ui issues and the achievements are not working properly but the gameplay should work properly now. https://itch.io/jam/gamedevtv-jam-2025/rate/3589886
Great to hear that you enjoyed the game and thanks for the feedback. The bugs and issues took longer than expected to fix. Most of the things should have been fixed now, there are still some ui issues and the achievements are not logging properly and also have to try to fix the mobile responsiveness but the core gameplay should be working properly for sure, there were some critical stalemate issues before as the ai logic was not functioning properly and the melded cards did not add to the discard pile. I did notice that during gameplay the questionmark icon did not work but I have fixed that now. Later on I will most likely add a better visual indicator that the indicator is attacking, probably will show the cards which the enemy melds. Hopefully the achievements will be fixed later today. Later on I plan to add some easter eggs and even a secret boss.
Thanks for your feedback, I am well aware that the size is still an issue, I did have more of a vertical alignment of all the cards and icons but had to rewrite that, at least everything is much more compact now but will for sure need to center and increase the size of it all so it is easy to see everything without having to zoom in.
Great to hear that you like the idea. I am well aware of the balancing issue, I am working on creating a fix for it so that there is a minimal risk of a stalemate from happening. The gameplay is based on Conquian but rather than getting rid of all the cards being the name of the game it is rather a battle functionality, I did not really have time enough to properly play test the gameplay before the deadline but will fix the issue today so that it will be working properly! Please tune in tomorrow so you can play through the entire game, solve the mystery and maybe even accomplish all the achievements!
Thanks! I know that there is a balance issue and I will fix it later today so that the game will be properly balanced in order to minimize the risk of a stalemate, so please tune in tomorrow again if you want to play through the game and solve the murder mystery!
