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A jam submission

Not your Usual SuspectView game page

Inspect suspects, follow Party directives, and make the right arrests before the countdown ends.
Submitted by Balgrime, Kounine (@kouninecompo) — 2 hours, 41 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#6583.6563.656
Artwork#7254.1564.156
Audio#8413.6253.625
Creativity#22253.7503.750
Enjoyment#43902.9692.969

Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The game features both a countdown timer and a descending sequence of numbered suspects, making "Count Down" the core of the gameplay.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
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Comments

Submitted

Such a cool am unique angle to see the theme! Super good polished and altogether well made, congrats!

Big fan of the artstyle!!! :D

Submitted

I am the party's workhorse! lets gooo!

Great presentation, good polish, good concept, an all around good game! Congrats!

Submitted

I really like the art style! Does remind me of Papers Please haha. 

Submitted

Very well made. Sometimes I was confused with the combined thing, but I think im just stupid. Great artstyle.

Submitted

That eye at the beginning let me know this was gonna be good. Very clean work!

Submitted

The art and animations looks nice. The suspects might be a little too far away to see some small details but I can still mostly deduct them. Pretty short and fun! By the way are there any hints to get other endings? I only got the one where you fail and the one where you correctly guessed all of the suspects

Developer

Thanks for playing! The other endings depend on your actions during the final round.

Submitted

Beautiful artwork, I had a great time with it!

Submitted

Funny to see another "identify the suspect" game in this game jam! It's interesting to see the different directions our teams went in. Awesome art and atmosphere. I also enjoyed the writing. I did find the characters in the lineup a bit too small to see all their accessories well. 

Submitted

it's a very cool game, and the atmosphere reminded me of papers please.

Submitted (1 edit)

Really great vibe! I could absolutely see this getting expanded into a Papers Please type game. There's lots of room to build from here. I will say, it's a bit of a shame that all that wonderful art has to clash with the basic font everywhere :D, but I get that that's the last thing you think of during a game jam. I also agree with the other reviewers that its confusing that the post-its from previous search requirements are left visible. I thought I was supposed to find someone who fits all the requirements at the same time because of it. But overall really enjoyed this. Thanks for the experience!

Submitted

Like the other commenters said it took me a bit to figure out the microphone and post-its, but besides that it's a fun concept. And the art and sound design are super polished!

Submitted

Took me a little while to understand that I could click the microphone whenever I wanted, that sometimes there wouldn't be a guilty suspect, and that different post-it notes were not cumulative, but overall this is a great experience with nice art, congratulations!

Submitted

Very cool concept and artwork, the vibes were immaculate

Submitted

Gorgeous! Love the way you managed to randomise the different layers but keep them looking well put together :)

Excellent jam entry!

Submitted

One of the most beautiful games I've seen this jam. Great drawing skills :)

Submitted

Love the artwork, feels very Papers Please Noir! I only saw the evidence note in the bottom left and kept my eyes on that without realising there were others, maybe it would be nice for them to ping/show up in red when you make a mistake violating that criteria.

Developer

Thanks for playing! I need to try this game (papers please)! I also wish I had more time to make some rules more clear/add some visuals feedbacks for the players

Submitted

Turns out i suck at identifying suspects.. Nice music!

Submitted

Very creative use of the theme, I enjoyed playing it. Good job!

Submitted

Creative take on the theme - the art was really nice!

Submitted

Art and music are excellent. Really creative game too. My only criticism is that some of the directives were difficult to judge e.g. "pale skin". Still, I had 3 runs and enjoyed the game overall. Good job!