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Time Detective by mruno

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made by mruno for LD28 (COMPO)
It is 17th July 2000. Last night, a person found a dead body in his bin. The police were completely gobwaffled about how this happened, so they called you. John Mageeker. AKA: The Time Detective! Use your curiosity coin to help you solve the crime: but remember, you only get one!
Will YOU be able to solve the murder?

Text based game on the console - With a reaction-based boss fight!


LINUX/MAC: Run java -jar timedetective.jar
If the .exe doesn't work for your version of windows, try the Java
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/rbux1ghbao370z8/timedetective.exe
Java https://www.dropbox.com/s/1nryvxebzxsolq3/timedetective.zip
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxt493jr1ow53zl/time%20detectvie%20source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=8794

Ratings

Coolness 61% 3
Overall 3.23 319
Fun 3.52 114
Humor 3.36 115
Innovation 3.29 242
Mood 3.12 270
Theme 2.86 498

Feedback

Gravity Games
16. Dec 2013 路 15:37 UTC
I wasn't able to try it, due to the .exe saying it's not for my version of Windows, and the zip saying its corrupt. It looks interesting though.
馃帳 mruno
16. Dec 2013 路 15:41 UTC
What version of windows do you have?
Coblynau
16. Dec 2013 路 15:47 UTC
Not working for me either :( Windows 8.1
sknoslo
16. Dec 2013 路 15:55 UTC
Fun little text game. I messed up and got caught.
alexc
16. Dec 2013 路 15:56 UTC
It was funny and entertaining, but it was also pretty short. I played it twice and beat the game on my second try. The exe ran just fine for me on Windows 8 64 bit. The fight at the end was really well done for a text-adventure game.
lucasncv
16. Dec 2013 路 15:57 UTC
I just destroyed a time destroyer with a TARDIS. Awesome.
馃帳 mruno
16. Dec 2013 路 15:59 UTC
Glad you people like it :) I'll try and sort out why it isn't working for some people
okmmjyygv
16. Dec 2013 路 16:15 UTC
谋 really like text based games. And that one is creative :)
tomc
16. Dec 2013 路 16:18 UTC
Interesting, a kind of acting game? You're told how to react to certain kinds of events and are then tested on your ability to remember those rules.
Sim
16. Dec 2013 路 16:30 UTC
What a strange game, but I like it! A few typos but interesting gameplay and a funny story.
moop
16. Dec 2013 路 16:47 UTC
Cool game and an interesting text adventure variant.
andrewkennedy
16. Dec 2013 路 17:13 UTC
When I try to run the exe, it just gives me an error saying it can't be found.
馃帳 mruno
16. Dec 2013 路 17:25 UTC
Weird... I'll try and fix that
whiteknife
16. Dec 2013 路 17:34 UTC
Avast! is detecting this as Malware and refusing to run it, sorry man!
Crabman
16. Dec 2013 路 19:06 UTC
Hooray for text adventures!
pusheax
16. Dec 2013 路 19:27 UTC
Sorry to be negative but choices seem very binary. ASP-like dialog systems were created for AAA in order to distill conversations and make them faster. So I was pleasantly surprised to see them in a text game.
ocarina of lime
17. Dec 2013 路 17:43 UTC
Really enjoyed this game! Not normally a fan of text adventures but this one was simple enough not to confuse me xD. Story was interesting all the way through, the interaction was good as well. Overall a really good game I thought!
馃帳 mruno
17. Dec 2013 路 22:06 UTC
Thank you very much :D
viinnyk
17. Dec 2013 路 22:30 UTC
very nice!
jdpalmer
17. Dec 2013 路 22:48 UTC
Cool game. I wonder if it could have been done in something like Twine to make it more accessible and add some typography?
Ongaku
17. Dec 2013 路 22:49 UTC
I loved this, me a command line and a dark background :D
JellyMan64
18. Dec 2013 路 22:01 UTC
I enjoyed the game even though it had no Graphics or Audio. It's a good storyline.
miwuc
18. Dec 2013 路 22:31 UTC
Fun little game. Started out really serious, then got all kind of weird but in an entertaining way.
f7f5
18. Dec 2013 路 22:34 UTC
Ah, that was nice, although it could have been a bit longer. I beat it at the second try (died in the boss fight on the first).

What was the bandage for?
馃帳 mruno
18. Dec 2013 路 22:41 UTC
(spoilers)
if you didn't pick the potato up then you would need the bandage to survive having your arm cut off :D
chiguireitor
19. Dec 2013 路 00:07 UTC
Nice text adventure. Ripped the picture of my son and got owned :-)
Will Edwards
19. Dec 2013 路 22:20 UTC
Fun story, the typos and the weird choice of keys actually add to the mood. I kept expecting to come to a yes-no question and dumbly blindly type n.
kirbytails7
22. Dec 2013 路 18:16 UTC
Interesting idea, but it feels like it should be less linear. Also, typos and misspellings seem pretty bad when there's only text.
SoundGuy
31. Dec 2013 路 09:54 UTC
5/5 graphics!