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A jam submission

ConnivanceView game page

Procedural Whodunit
Submitted by evigouroux — 9 hours, 3 minutes before the deadline
Rated by 17 people so far
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How does the game fit the theme?
The game is an investigation where most witnesses are omitting details or downright lying to the player. Any of them can be the culprit.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
The entire game was made from scratch except for the music and SFX (credits in description)

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Submitted

Cool idea! But a very tough one to execute on in such a small time limit. Constructing a compelling mystery procedurally would be an immense challenge to even a full team with no time constraints. I think the variance introduced by the generation makes it too difficult to guarantee that the mystery is a fun one to solve. I appreciate how much of a swing you took though. I also like the construction animation and the other small touches you included. Nice job!

Developer(+1)

Absolutely right. My end goal was to make a bit sized Shadows of doubt so I can understand that I have all the same problem as that game.

Still, thanks for the kind word and for sticking around. I hope you had a few good cases.

Submitted

The beginning of the game is a bit confusing, a dialog or show the room of the victim would be great i think. But the artstyle and the audio are nice, and the game is fun to play, congrats !

Developer

Absolutely, good idea. I'll make sure to add a zoom into the crime scene and a small dialog if I ever make an extended version.

Thanks for playing !

Submitted

I really liked the visuals and the idea of how to navigate between the rooms. Felt really nice and coherent! Good job :)

Developer

Thanks for playing ! I was really proud of the whole drawer UI thing.

Submitted

very cool and intuitive gameplay, a bit easy in my oppinion but its fun nonetheless. 
Nice job.

Developer

It's pretty trivial once the  get the hang of it eh ?

Thanks for playing

Submitted

Nice game! Very chill and relaxing. The replayability is awesome

Good job!

Developer

Thanks for the kind word ! Really liked your entry

Submitted

I loved this game! The investigation mechanics were really well done, so I voted with maximum stars!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing and for the kind word.

Have a good one.

Submitted

cool idea and I like that it's procedural.  interested to see if you continue building on it to add more dynamic content.

Developer

Thanks for the kind word. This was a joy to work on so It's likely that I'll at least make a full, more fleshed out version.

Submitted

I managed to guess correctly on my very first attempt for the first two manors I played. This made me think: maybe I can just accuse everyone (even the investigatoris not to be trusted)! It's a great game that really forces you to draw your own conclusions. One suggestion for improvement: I noticed the suspects' names were missing from the selection screen. I had to rely entirely on remembering what my chosen suspect looked like to make the right choice.

Developer

Thanks for playing and good point. I'll be sure to add the names if I ever get back to this game.

Have a good one.

Submitted

Nice game! I really liked the visuals and atmosphere. Cool idea to do it procedurally. It was a bit hard to connect the clues sometimes.

Developer

The game can be pretty tricky when the generation gets in the way, I agree.

Have a good one though, thanks for playing.

Submitted

Loved the idea a lot, I got a lot of murderers. Maybe less attempts would be better, felt a bit too easy.

Developer

I realised that 3 was way too much right after the jam ended unfortunately. I completely agree.

Thanks for stopping by, have a good one.

Submitted

Quite repetitive, Its cool that everything is procedurally generated, but i think if all of the chapters were hand made, i would have enjoyed it alot more, just like hitman woa

Developer (1 edit)

That's both the challenge and the problem with procedural generation eh ? Infinite variation of the very same murder.

Still, thanks for stopping by. Have a good one.

Submitted

I find the idea of a procedural investigation game really interesting, even dough it gets a little repetitive after a while. Still, great work!
I also dig with the artstyle, it's  simple but quite stilish, I think it works very well for the game.

Developer

I think repetition could be alleviated with more ways to find the culprit but I ran short on time.

Thanks for stopping by and for the kind word. Have a good one