OH MY GOD THE SCOPE OF THIS GAMEEEE-

It's absolutely amazing what y'all managed to accomplish in so little time! I haven't completed the game yet, gonna attempt to do a full run with with my buddies soon enough, but yeah honestly that's a really cool game :)

Amazing visuals, wonderful UI and great prose !
The ending feels a bit more rushed though, but I had a nice time playing the game

me and my friend have been trying to solve the last riddle (the caesar cipher one) for like an hour and still couldn't figure it out :< At this point I'm just curious what could it possibly be, could you give us a hint?

as for the game itself, the setting is kiiinda cliche, but visuals and prose are executed well, there were a few very well written expressions, and overall the aristocratic tone and vocabulary is well-portrayed. What made us much less immersed though, is just how unlikeable the majority of the cast is. I understand that they're all rich entitled people and whatever, but it's just so blunt to the point of comedy - every time they're given the slightest chance of becoming not 100% negative characters with no depth, they are denied it, and *even the narrator themself* comments on how abhorrent they are! It feels as if the writer intended the characters to be purely comically evil punching bags and enjoys ridiculing them, which IMO makes the writing considerably less interesting. Thankfully, there's also a saving grace - Grace, who I found to be a fairly intriguing character, though we personally couldn't experience the conclusion of the story just yet

Though even considering this criticism, the work is obviously incredibly commendable, especially for a 7-day project! Hopefully our criticism didn't come off too strong, it's just that when the style of the prose (and art!!!) is quite good, these aspects are more noticeable by contrast

You did a great job with visuals. And the music is on the spot! While playing though I got some bugs with the game...

SPOILERS BTW:

•  Millicent not showing up in the characters page nor the conclude page

• When I examined the fire, it charred instantly and the description for it was broken:

• After the murder scene, examining the feather says "Eustace is writing something with it"
• Again after the murder scene, the family tree on the wall was gone

Despite all that, I was very excited to play and get immersed. And oh I did get immersed! You got a great game here!

First of all, considering you all only had a week to tackle such a massive scope, what you've put together is honestly pretty amazing! I had a great time playing, though I did want to share a few gentle thoughts that came up during my playthrough:

• The sounds used for voiceover parts during character dialogues felt a little bit unseriousfor a detective mystery, but that might just be my personal preference!
• It might be super handy to have a skip or back button for when you accidentally interact with the same object or character and get locked into the same conversation again.
• I noticed my eyes naturally wanted to rest in the middle of the screen, so it was occasionally a bit tricky to keep looking up at the bottom right corner for the longer conversations. I don't have a perfect layout solution in mind, but just thought I'd mention how it felt!
•  When searching Orlando's suitcase, it could flow a bit smoother if we could look through all the items in one go, rather than having to click back into it for each individual thing.

I'm currently a bit stuck trying to figure out the name you would have bestowed upon you (iykyk) but I’m going to keep at it 😎  Seriously great job on this. Also, I'd be so thrilled if you had a chance to check out our game as well when you have a moment!

Damn, the quality of this game is astounding..

Really impressive work and fits the theme nicely. The art and presentation was fantastic. I ran into a few errors here and there but given the scope of the game that's entirely forgivable. I failed on my first attempt but will come back and try to solve it.

Really enjoyable to play through, the music and art was great, and I loved hearing the character's voices. Keep up the great work!

A SUPER impressive effort for a week! I really enjoyed myself. I do find the voice SFX a bit mismatched with the atmosphere and art, but otherwise I have few complaints.

Really loved the art and the storytelling!! I ended up playing for way longer than I expected haha. Can’t believe you made this in just one week, that’s actually crazy 😭