Game Link
https://fakethird.itch.io/the-third-degree

Game Description
You are an interrogator with a stack of case files and a daily quota. Over five days you question suspects, read their temperament, press on the evidence, and decide how far you're willing to go to get a confession. Confess too few and the day repeats. Push too hard and the confessions stop meaning what they should. As the days pass, the files get thinner, the charges get flimsier, and the evidence stops mattering. The game is a short, text-driven psychological story about moral injury and how a person slowly stops asking whether the people across the table are guilty.

Game Controls
The game is played entirely with the mouse (or touch).

Talk: get the suspect speaking and reveal statements and their nature
Review: open the statements you've gathered, then choose Question or Lie
Threaten / Coerce: push the suspect's Guard down or up
Arrow on the right edge: open the suspect's profile
Click anywhere: advance dialogue and monologues

Each action costs time from the day's clock. Fill a suspect's Resolve bar to get a confession.

Game Engine
Godot Engine

Filipino Elements
Even if the setting is not in the Philippines, the justice system and the corruption hidden within is the main inspiration of the game.

Assets/Credits
Fonts:
Dogica by Roberto Mocci
Yeseva One by Jovanny Lemonad

AI Usage Disclosure
AI was used in assisting in the coding and development, but not in the Assets.