{"author_link":"\/author\/metkis\/","author_name":"metkis","author_uid":"27592","comments":[{"author_name":"Orni","author_uid":"10771","time":"Dec 15, 2013 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1387143240,"text":"love it - don't forget to upload the source code as well (it's required for the compo category)"},{"author_name":"metkis","author_uid":"27592","time":"Dec 15, 2013 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1387144140,"text":"Thanks, I missed it at first, hope it being in a .rar is okay."},{"author_name":"Donutttt","author_uid":"30043","time":"Dec 15, 2013 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1387147740,"text":"Really like the art style"},{"author_name":"burgerdare","author_uid":"29805","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:35am","epoch":1387164600,"text":"neat idea, kind of unfriendly to the user. There's a lot of redundant cross-referencing involved that could be made easier by highlighting certain characters\/rooms at appropriate times"},{"author_name":"turnA","author_uid":"19248","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 6:54am","epoch":1387176540,"text":"Agree with people above, there are often cross-referencing of the same fact by different people. This could be better if it has a good in-game introduction\/tutorial and music to set the mood. Overall, I like the gameplay and art style. Good job!"},{"author_name":"metkis","author_uid":"27592","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 1:53pm","epoch":1387201680,"text":"As I mentioned in the game post, the repeated dialogue is the one thing I didn't get a chance to fix before submitting. A tutorial with back-story is also something that is really needed if I were to take it further. As my first Ludum Dare game, I learned a lot here, and I'm glad you like the game-play and art style. I appreciate that you took the time to play it."},{"author_name":"nicotuason","author_uid":"21669","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1387202220,"text":"Very inspiring art style! I love the color palette and the little animations, as well as the ui."},{"author_name":"rezoner","author_uid":"21594","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1387205700,"text":"Very well executed in forms of aesthetics. A bit confusing - but patient people will like it."},{"author_name":"Spit Tex","author_uid":"11277","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:07pm","epoch":1387206120,"text":"Interesting game play mixed with cutesy aesthetics and great audio design, good job"},{"author_name":"McFunkypants","author_uid":"2297","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:08pm","epoch":1387220580,"text":"Wonderful artwork! Good job!"},{"author_name":"Coblynau","author_uid":"29114","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:15pm","epoch":1387221000,"text":"Beautiful art; cluedo in space. :)"},{"author_name":"Ted Brown","author_uid":"12485","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:14pm","epoch":1387235340,"text":"Incredible art and a good game concept. Sorry you couldn't work out the game logic of identifying the killer in time. Maybe you could have set a rule stating that the killer is always one room away from the scene of the crime, and thus limit the choices that a player could make?"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:29pm","epoch":1387236240,"text":"Really great entry. I love the art, and I've never really played Clue, but it was intuitive enough to figure out. Great work!"},{"author_name":"kunzbe","author_uid":"20508","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 1:37am","epoch":1387243920,"text":"great art!"},{"author_name":"atombrot","author_uid":"7738","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:53am","epoch":1387248480,"text":"I like the art style very much. Nice pixel graphics. But I never managed to catch the killer ;)"},{"author_name":"Nick Weihs","author_uid":"21927","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:24am","epoch":1387257540,"text":"There were a lot of counter-intuitive things about the game and I had to rely on the description to figure out most of it. Once I read through, it seemed pretty easy though. The art and the mood were really good!"},{"author_name":"metkis","author_uid":"27592","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:33am","epoch":1387258080,"text":"Thanks Nick! Until a tutorial is added it's a game that takes some effort to learn. That's not the most optimal for a game-jam game, I've learned, and I will try to make a simpler to play game next time around. I'm really glad you liked the art and mood!"},{"author_name":"Jakub Koziol","author_uid":"28738","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:07am","epoch":1387260120,"text":"Great visuals and mood. It would definitely benefit from highlighting the people and rooms mentioned by crew members. Also the score is very random so it would be better if there were none."},{"author_name":"Broxxar","author_uid":"22132","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:21am","epoch":1387260960,"text":"This is a damn solid entry. Awesome looking sprite art and audio\/ambience. Only negative thing I think to say is that it could be a bit deeper. If was more meaningful than just straight up "here's a fact", and you could maybe derive more information if you really thought about what people were saying.\r\rAwesome job overall, really one of the best I've played."},{"author_name":"metkis","author_uid":"27592","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:06am","epoch":1387267260,"text":"Thank you for trying it, Jakub and Broxxar. Lots of great advice!"},{"author_name":"Lacutis","author_uid":"11378","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:27am","epoch":1387268520,"text":"Great atmosphere, the graphics were good too as was the music.\r\rNice game!"},{"author_name":"WhoaConstrictor","author_uid":"31841","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:08am","epoch":1387270980,"text":"I really like it, though I feel like the information provided isn't enough to 100% verify the killer each time, though that may be the point. Very fun, lots of replayability, and great pixel art!"},{"author_name":"metkis","author_uid":"27592","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:44am","epoch":1387276740,"text":"Thanks Whoa! I need to work on the dialogue system more, but I'm glad you liked it and found it really re-playable!"},{"author_name":"phi6","author_uid":"29305","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:09am","epoch":1387278240,"text":"Once I actually read the description, the game made a lot more sense and I figured out who the killer was! Yes, it does need work so that it becomes possible to logically and surely identify the killer based on all the clues, but that is not the point - the concept is great! Logic aside, graphics and sound were wonderful. Love this entry, well done!"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:46am","epoch":1387280460,"text":"I always enjoyed playing Clue so this was a really nice experience. :) And such awesome pixel art! Great job :)"},{"author_name":"RhysD","author_uid":"30493","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:46pm","epoch":1387284060,"text":"I forgot to leave a comment when I rated it yesterday! Enjoyed the game a bunch, we always used to play Cluedo on summer holidays, so it was fun to see a sweet pixelly version set in space!"},{"author_name":"ExtreLime","author_uid":"27375","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 1:14pm","epoch":1387285740,"text":"Design of the game is really adorable! \rThis game is obviously not easy-to-start (because player need to read before start playing). However, it's replayable. \rSo I loved it!"},{"author_name":"ResonantCraft","author_uid":"18394","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:05pm","epoch":1387296000,"text":"Amazing ! Without a tutorial you have to rely on your description but overall it is a very solid and innovative concept you got there. I would love to play an extended version of this game if you think about updating it in the future."},{"author_name":"AdventureIslands","author_uid":"11391","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1387298460,"text":"Really liked the visuals and mood in this game! managed to find the killer after some tries, I must suck at Clue.."},{"author_name":"ninjacharlie","author_uid":"24096","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:13pm","epoch":1387310880,"text":"Nice job, I really enjoyed this one :)"},{"author_name":"Keith Evans","author_uid":"25189","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1387313760,"text":"Love the art!"},{"author_name":"Lorenzo Maier\u00fa","author_uid":"29253","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:30am","epoch":1387326300,"text":"A nice little twist to an old concept. \ralso the mood of this game is so relaxing!"},{"author_name":"Team-KwaKwa","author_uid":"32076","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 11:19am","epoch":1387365240,"text":"There are more hints than just a random "One Killer" game, but not so user-friendly."},{"author_name":"d__adee","author_uid":"24414","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1387389300,"text":"Took me awhile to understand how it's played. Also I'm not aware with CLUE so I have no idea. :P\r\rBut it was nice once I got the chance to really understood it. :)"},{"author_name":"JoeManaco","author_uid":"6837","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 7:15pm","epoch":1387393800,"text":"*thumbs up*"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 10:02pm","epoch":1387403820,"text":"Great entry, very enjoyable."},{"author_name":"metkis","author_uid":"27592","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1387407480,"text":"Thank you all so far, been enjoying the comments! This is officially one of the most worthwhile things I've done this year. I am so glad I did Ludum Dare, and a big part of that is your feedback!"},{"author_name":"Lipedal","author_uid":"29565","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 4:38am","epoch":1387427580,"text":"Great game, five stars! Love the art style, and the sound design ^^ Flesh out the information system and you have an excellent product in hands :D"},{"author_name":"Snuti","author_uid":"31813","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:58pm","epoch":1387461180,"text":"Beautiful art and interesting concept. Really nice game, well done :)"},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1387465200,"text":"Struggled with it until I came back to read the instructions (RTFM!). Lovely graphics and atmosphere!"},{"author_name":"javifugitivo","author_uid":"25708","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1387473060,"text":"Very interesting game, I love clue games and this has a lot of personality, good job! My advice is, maybe to care more for an intro, how to play and start menu ;-)"},{"author_name":"Threef","author_uid":"15219","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 5:34pm","epoch":1387474140,"text":"Good looking and finished! I don't know is there anything that I would change to make it better."},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1387477800,"text":"Lovely visual style. The background music fits very well. Was fun to play, but I needed always so many rooms to uncover the items, which somehow makes the score worse :D\rIt would be nice, if you could see the murderer, the item and the room after accusing someone wrongly."},{"author_name":"michail","author_uid":"20486","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1387480560,"text":"Very well done for the 48 hours, especially the graphics."},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 10:23pm","epoch":1387491480,"text":"The theme was well used and the graphics are great!\r\rBut, though I really liked the concept, I didn't like the gameplay that much... :(\rI couldn't help but compare it to the based game, and I missed being better able to track down who the killer is. Perhaps if each one had a unique line (like, being able to know about almost every one and every room). As of now, it's possible to know about only two people, at times..."},{"author_name":"DanielSnd","author_uid":"27274","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 4:04am","epoch":1387511940,"text":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hiJUwAghnUU\rRecorded my first impressions of the game :)"},{"author_name":"AlanZucconi","author_uid":"21108","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1387545120,"text":"So this is the game everyone is talking about! :)\rFinally I managed to have a go with it! :p"},{"author_name":"metkis","author_uid":"27592","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 1:57pm","epoch":1387547520,"text":"Thank you Dan for making a video. I appreciate you taking the time. I know it's not the easiest to understand and the dialogue system isn't perfect. I'm glad you liked the idea, though.\r\r@Alan, no way is everyone talking about my game Haha, it's got a lot of problems, but I'm glad you tried it.\r\rHere's the link to the post-mortem which explains some of why things don't quite work right, and what I felt about the experience of doing my first game-jam:\r\rhttp:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/12\/20\/crew-a-futuristic-detective-game-post-mortem\/"},{"author_name":"Will Edwards","author_uid":"10313","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 2:03pm","epoch":1387547880,"text":"Gorgeous pixel art.\r\rI had trouble working out who was who and which room was which; labels at all times rather than just when highlighted could have made it clearer."},{"author_name":"TeamFlare","author_uid":"25793","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 2:16pm","epoch":1387548660,"text":"Wow, really outstanding pixel art and mood. Very clever pick for the theme too. I found it abit difficult to play at first, but it kept my interest :) awesome!"},{"author_name":"Pixlexia","author_uid":"25961","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 3:35pm","epoch":1387553400,"text":"Definitely one of the top Ludum Dare 28 games! I was excited about this entry since you posted those screenshots during the compo. ;)\r\rI wasn't able to catch the killer, but I find the gameplay really interesting. Beautiful pixel art! Love the ambient music and the space-y sounds. And there even is a Star Wars reference :P\r\rAmazing work overall!"},{"author_name":"Madball","author_uid":"8370","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1387553640,"text":"The game looks nice and complete, but it felt unbalanced.\rDo you need to guess everything to win? Or is guessing the killer enough? It doesn't seem like that, and it's kinda illogical.\rSo, I suppose you need to guess the weapon and the room. There is a quite high chance that you'll have to investigate almost all rooms. And there is a quite high chance that you won't be able to find the killer for sure. It's a matter of luck if you'll find a killer or not. I would like it to be more logic-related.\rAlso, I'd like a hint when you hover over portraits in the lower-left corner or rooms after you investigated them.\r\rI got "Brandy was definitely in the eatery" and "Brandy was in the study at the time..." during the same play."},{"author_name":"Giovanni Cappellotto","author_uid":"20065","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1387554720,"text":"Nice concept."},{"author_name":"Techblogogy","author_uid":"25556","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 4:45pm","epoch":1387557600,"text":"F-ing amazing!!!"},{"author_name":"metkis","author_uid":"27592","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1387557900,"text":"@Madball Uh oh, some dialogue is wack then. I was going to have a seperate type of investigation that led to clues that helped you solve the murder weapon and room in a more logical instead of random way. Just ran out of time for the competition. Next time, I think I'll just shoot for the jam, as you just get more polish, which means better feedback, and better coverage. Seems like a no brainer."},{"author_name":"steamgirl","author_uid":"12097","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 5:26pm","epoch":1387560060,"text":"Love the idea I hope you'll work on it more. The graphics are great!\r\rI would have liked to be able to ask each crew member some questions - so if Ryan says Toko was in the nursery, I'd like to be able to ask Toko where she was to cross check the evidence. :)"},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1387565580,"text":"I liked the game much, but either the score you get is highly random (and depends mostly on random order in which you click people and places) or I didn't get how to play this game efficiently, and not by clicking on every thing available."},{"author_name":"soy_yuma","author_uid":"7620","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 8:13pm","epoch":1387570080,"text":"Really nice graphics! Well done!"},{"author_name":"moop","author_uid":"2573","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 11:07am","epoch":1387623720,"text":"Nice idea and cute graphics. I did unfortunately get one situation where I could only narrow it down to one of two crew members."},{"author_name":"fluffypillow","author_uid":"26652","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 2:38pm","epoch":1387636380,"text":"Nice art and good gameplay! Would like to see more levels :)"},{"author_name":"AMSmirnov","author_uid":"11028","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1387664880,"text":"Great graphics. Nice game."},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1387737420,"text":"Really good game, I like it very much. Dialogues could be longer and with some choices. Sadly it's a bit easy at the moment, with a few clicks is the murder solved, but maybe it was pure luck. I think it's definitely worth to work further on your game."},{"author_name":"DallOner","author_uid":"27487","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 2:34am","epoch":1387765740,"text":"Great Game man! iloveit!"},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Dec 25, 2013 @ 12:51pm","epoch":1387975560,"text":"Very well executed, though many things depended on luck alone for the score. I really dig the art and aesthetics."},{"author_name":"dznemotion","author_uid":"31586","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 2:37am","epoch":1388111520,"text":"innovative game, wonderful design, but very difficult to understand in the beginning ... I almost discouraged ... but then super exciting, congratulation!"},{"author_name":"Husky","author_uid":"17464","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 10:29am","epoch":1388139840,"text":"I love it :D\rA very interesting logic game!"},{"author_name":"angelk","author_uid":"12262","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 6:21am","epoch":1388297760,"text":"The art is great, definitely pulled me through a few extra playthroughs. I think many of the pieces were executed well, but the game logic was a little confusing where it seemed there was no way to totally get the correct answer without guess, which makes a pass\/fail style of rating frustrating. The scoring confused me, because it would be nice to get a better score for guessing correctly after checking fewer clues, but the score didn't seem to work that way; so there was no incentive not to check every room, and hence no point to the score. A little more consistency to the main objective of the game would make it a lot more fun for repeat plays, but still a very nice job!"},{"author_name":"stvr","author_uid":"26473","time":"Dec 30, 2013 @ 4:02am","epoch":1388375820,"text":"Really a neat take on a classic gameplay concept. As others have said the interplay of the dialogue could be refined, but this is a great base for a more intricate game! It would work well on a phone or tablet too."},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"Jan 1, 2014 @ 11:22am","epoch":1388575020,"text":"Excellent puzzle game ! Extremely well polished, with beautiful graphics, and very challenging. Amazing work :)"},{"author_name":"dudsen","author_uid":"27029","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1388773920,"text":"What a lousy detective I am... As everyone else said, solid entry!\rSometimes the Crew members refer to themselves with their name which is a bit weird. Like the smooth BG music, fits very good to the investigation feeling"},{"author_name":"nyrrrr","author_uid":"24704","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1388852100,"text":"I love the graphics and the idea. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find the murder just once."}],"images":["ld28\/27592-36b56604fc5decf6a854d42b5948adf4.jpg","ld28\/27592-311270bd48d59d60b9cd2634136a891e.jpg","ld28\/27592-b92c4f4af652e80851b6b451078a8390.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.metkis.com\/binaries\/Crewfinal.zip","text":"Windows\/Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.metkis.com\/sources\/Crewsource.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"22614","g_author":"27592","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"22644","g_title":"Crew: A Futuristic Detective Game","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"117","g_commentcount":"71","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/27592-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/27592-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/27592-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Crew is a futuristic re-imagining of CLUE, where you try to discover who killed the captain of your spaceship, where, and with what. The game-play includes narrowing down suspects with information and writing down info on loose pieces of paper. Not only can you solve who killed the captain of your ship, but you also get judged and graded on how well you've done and how few clues you took.\r\n\r\nTutorial:\r\nClicking on people will give you a hint about the crew or that crew member. Here are some tips that will help you narrow down suspects:\r\n\r\n- Crew members never lie. You can take anything they say at face value.\r\n\r\n- If a Crew member tells you someone was in a certain room during the captain's death. That room is not the murder room, nor is the person referred to the murderer.\r\n\r\n-If a person suggests another crewmate was angry, or upset. They likely killed the Captain.\r\n\r\n-The murderer won't tell you what room they were in when the murder occurred.\r\n\r\nInvestigating rooms will tell you the murder room and the murder weapon. There are only 4 possible murder weapons. If you find three of the weapons, the missing one is the murder weapon. Try not to investigate too many rooms. You can narrow down the room that the Captain is murdered in through dialogue, but currently the only way to find murder weapons is to guess at rooms. Don't investigate more rooms than you need to. The room with the blood drop in it, found while investigating, is the murder room.\r\n\r\nSelect your suspect, weapon, and murder room, then press the accuse button.\r\n\r\nIf you were right, you will be treated to a win-screen and your score\/rating. If you were wrong, you can play again.\r\n\r\nCurrently there is a problem in that the dialogue inter-laps making it difficult or impossible to narrow it down to one killer. As of right now, your best mode option is to guess based on the clues you are given. I am working on this, but am afraid I won't finish it by the time the compo is over as it includes spreadsheets and cross-matching dialogue, which is a pain and time-consuming.\r\n\r\n\r\n","title":"Crew: A Futuristic Detective Game"}