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A carta no móvel da estação — free browser demo of a short investigation game (European Portuguese)

A topic by josemartins-jogos created 17 hours ago Views: 31 Replies: 2

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Hello,

I have just published a free browser demo of A carta no móvel da estação, a short investigation game set during a night shift at a small railway station.

You play as the night clerk at Vale da Fonte station. The stationmaster has gone home. A cupboard has not been left as it should have been: there is a drawer with a three-digit lock, people who ought not to be on the platform, and a letter waiting to be read. The demo lets you explore the start of the night and solve the first puzzle. The full game continues from there.

The game is written and played in European Portuguese. The itch.io page also has an English description, but there is no playable English translation. It runs in the browser, with no installation or account. There is no sound, and progress is not saved. It is meant to be played on a computer.

The itch.io page is the free demo only. The complete game is sold separately on Payhip for €10.

https://josemartins-jogos.itch.io/a-carta-no-movel-da-estacao

José Martins

haoyiming80097545-web12 hours ago

A night-shift station, a cupboard that’s been disturbed, and someone who shouldn't be there—that kind of tight setting is great for slowly building suspicion. Are the clues for the three-digit code hidden in what the characters say? Really curious how the dialogue connects to that first puzzle.

josemartins-jogos5 hours ago

Thanks for the question! For that first lock, the answer comes from what you read around the station rather than from conversation: the paperwork and signs matter more than the train times. The later puzzles in the full game lean much more on what the people at the station tell you. If you get stuck, the in-game hints help step by step, with no penalty.