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A jam submission

Mr. Pumpkin's Murder CaseView game page

Interrogate veggie suspects. Unmask the shovel killer.
Submitted by Rivaan, Perblel, Dudu — 2 hours, 38 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Visuals#34.2224.222
Overall#43.6393.639
Audio#43.5563.556
Polish#53.7783.778
Special Object Implementation#83.5563.556
Gameplay#93.2783.278
Theme Implementation#173.4443.444

Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Theme Implementation
Integrated directly into mechanics and narrative: The entire victim and suspect cast are plants/veggies. Player interrogates suspects by exploiting their distinct botanical properties and biological traits to tear down alibis.

Special Object addition
A garden shovel serves as the central murder weapon found at the crime scene, driving the entire detective investigation and plot.

What tools and 3rd party assets did you use?
Engine: Godot 2D
Tools: Aseprite, Figma
Audio: Original soundtrack (OST) & SFX created by our composer

How did you use generative AI?
How did you use generative AI?
None. 100% handcrafted original assets, code, and audio without any generative AI tools

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Sour lady and her sour behavior! Very well done, the plot twist was unpredictable so well done on that part. The art is exceptionally well done.

(+1)

I mean, this game is great, especially the art and other styles

Developer(+2)

Yayyyy! Thank you for enjoying the game!

Submitted(+2)

Great team! You all made a great game. I solved the case! Really enjoyed it. Kudos

Developer(+2)

Glad that you did solve the case! Yayyyy!!!

Submitted(+2)

the game looks gorgeous, i really enjoyed it! the characters are so colorful and full of personality. looking forward to seeing where this project goes!

Developer(+2)

Thank you for enjoying the game! Our next update is coming really soon, stay tuned! 🚀

Submitted(+1)

The aesthetic of this is absolutely gorgeous. Very fun and original idea, and the gameplay experience is pretty polished!

Developer(+2)

Thank you !!!! Glad you enjoyed the game!

Submitted(+1)

After reading the comments I was quite intruiged and ddetermined to solve it hehe
It was quite a nice experience. I was careful of finishing the interogation, which seemed to be the right decision as you seem forced to accuse if you finish talking to all of them.
Lucky for me I had gone through all, maybe not, of the permutations of the dialogue when I finally accidentally pressed Finish Questioning on the last character.

The only small things I found that seemed to have gotten past the polishing was:
1. Diamond ring in notebook seems to have the wrong image (Champagne glass)
2. The thing I mentioned above


All in all, a really nice game with REALLY nice art and fitting sound. Loved the vibe!
Well done!

Developer(+2)

Probably you posted it twice but Congrats on solving the case!!!! wooooo!!!

Submitted(+3)

After reading the comments I was quite intruiged and ddetermined to solve it hehe
It was quite a nice experience. I was careful of finishing the interogation, which seemed to be the right decision as you seem forced to accuse if you finish talking to all of them.
Lucky for me I had gone through all, maybe not, of the permutations of the dialogue when I finally accidentally pressed Finish Questioning on the last character.

The only small things I found that seemed to have gotten past the polishing was:
1. Diamond ring in notebook seems to have the wrong image (Champagne glass)
2. The thing I mentioned above


All in all, a really nice game with REALLY nice art and fitting sound. Loved the vibe!
Well done!

Developer(+2)

Congrats on solving the case!!!! wooooo!!!

Submitted(+3)

I didn't immediately get the right culprit at first as I felt the info was pointing at the others but overall I really enjoyed the game and it's visuals. 

Developer(+2)

Thanks for playing and for the kind words about the game and visuals! 💛

You're totally right, we intentionally threw in a few red herrings to keep players guessing! But honestly, win or lose, every playthrough shapes a new story.  Once you figure out the right interrogation approach for each character's personality, all the evidence will piece together nicely. Glad you had fun with it!

Submitted(+3)

I messed up my first choice but honestly I have no clue how I could've figured out the true culprit, maybe I'm not good with these types of games, still I enjoyed it quite a lot and the art style is really good. 

Developer(+2)

Thanks for playing and for the kind words about the game and visuals! 💛

You're not bad at it at all! We made the mystery pretty tricky on purpose. Finding the true culprit comes down to tailored interrogations: exploiting each plant's traits to match their personality is how you break their alibis and get the decisive evidence! Thanks a lot for playing!