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Murder Meowstery - The Killer is You!'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #30 | 4.553 | 4.553 |
| Enjoyment | #101 | 3.868 | 3.868 |
| Overall | #105 | 3.759 | 3.759 |
| Audio | #107 | 3.737 | 3.737 |
| Innovation | #343 | 3.342 | 3.342 |
| Theme | #367 | 3.711 | 3.711 |
| Gameplay | #368 | 3.342 | 3.342 |
Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
The game is a randomized murder mystery where you have to question the suspects and gather evidence to solve the crime. Who knows what you can trust?
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Snippets of code have been repurposed from past projects. A few music tracks and sound effects were gathered from external sources, sourced in the description.
How many people worked on the game?3
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Such a cute game!!! The art style is so adorable that it feels like the crime everyone is investigating is just some little animal secretly stealing cookies XD
It's simple and fun, and I even noticed that the characters change positions every time you play XD
I originally thought some of them would be lying (Trust No One, after all!), so I ended up putting every single cute little animal on my suspect list and spent way too long investigating them... only to get absolutely nowhere XDDD
But overall, such a super cute little game!!
very adorable style! Even if the game is fairly simple I appreciate the fact that every run is random. I only wish there was an element of deception in the gameplay to make the mysteries a little more complex. maybe you can't trust what everyone eyes or they tell you conflicting info so you have some red herrings. Maybe in a more complete version of the game
I really like the Cluedo-inspired gameplay but in this case it falls a bit short. It would have been great that some characters actually couldn't be trusted and needing to compare with more reliable clues. For a jam though, amazing work! I loved the vibes, the funny approach... The dialogue sound was a bit annoying for my taste, but everything else on the artistic side was great. I loved the concept and I'd play more if there's some more challenge :)
I love the cute artwork and fun characters alongside the simple gameplay loop that requires attention, memory and time management. Of course, the randomisation makes every playthrough feel fresh (though it is kinda funny that suspects sometimes talk about themselves in third person when denying they did it). Maybe there could have been a mini map, but the map itself is still simple enough to go through without one.
Overall, this is a charming, polished taster of what I could see being made into a full game with more unique cases, maybe have some suspects lie to mislead the player.
(My game is a murder mystery, too. Be sure to play it and leave honest feedback).
such an adorable game, the art is so cute and the randomized element of the gameplay is very nice!!!
This was a very fun little game to play! I didn't pick up on the gameplay at first, but I did manage to strategize in time and solve the mystery before the end! Very cute game with Clue-like elements. One small thing that I found a little weird is that a NPC can clear themselves. On my run Lady Sage cleared herself so I had to deliberate for a moment if she was lying or if it was an element of randomization. Otherwise, this was a pretty polished game! The visuals and UI really made for the vibes of a cozy mystery.
Really polished game! The art, music and overall presentation are fantastic, and I really liked the randomized murder mystery setup.
One thing I would have loved is for some of the witnesses to lie or give misleading information, just to make the deduction a little trickier.
Also, I was mildly disappointed that the whoopee cushion didn’t end up being the murder weapon in my case. I have a morbid curiosity about how that one would work. :-D
Nice one:)
I love the style! Cool take on a solo cluedo game, do wish the clues weren't just clear cut information and there was something to deduce but I understand the time constraints. Very good jam game all in all!
I was really lucky—I figured it out on the first try! :D
Overall, I had a good time playing this game. Still, I wondered if we were on track with the theme (since I trusted everyone to fill out my deduction notebook :D) Finally, even though I thought the graphics were cute, the camera angle felt too close to me. To explore the manor, I think i would have been more comfortable with a more distant viewpoint. Well done, team!
Yoo, the art is fire, and music well complements it
And really glad to see someone managed to make procedural generated murder mystery (i tried to do this too, but decided to compress this to a single linear story due to sheer complexity)
Glad you liked the music. That was meeeee
ahhhh so cute I adore it, 5/5 for visuals!!!
Everything is so darn beautiful?
I love that each run is random. The art style is so cute and well drawn, it really brings the game together. The only thing bothering me is the text sound effect, but overall it's so good.
There was so much polish in this game. The randomness was awesome when I tried to do a 2nd clear. The sound effects in the ambiance are awesome. Jazz also makes this feel really cozy. The time estimate was done really well. I never felt rushed even though I had talk with people or clues couple times at some points. Really good design on that part. The art and UI were amazing. Y’all did great!
Glad the music did it's magic 😋
you did a fantastic job in brining in Clue and cats together with that randomness . good job.
Oh this was a cute one! This was like cluedo without the tension, lol. Randomized murder mystery, its has a similar randomization in my game! I think the one thing I wished this has is the suspects lying or at least give out red herrings. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunate, is that I completely forgot to cross out one of the locations which really brought out a challenge, which I was looking for here. Nonetheless, everything was flawless. Nice job!! ^^
this is sooooooo cute!! qwq i adore all the little characters and the UI is beautiful. managed to solve the case too!! :DD
Really nice game! The art style is super cute, and I absolutely loved the cat detective! I also thought using randomized crimes was a really clever idea and adds a lot to the game. Great job!
bro u did way better than what we tried to make