Deathtective by 5apper

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made by 5apper for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

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A terrible tragedy struck a peaceful building at 666 Styx Avenue, Purgatory - an incredibly brutal murder has been committed!

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Step into the shoes of Death itself, become the flawless detective, conduct an in-depth investigation and solve the intriguing case.

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Ratings

Overall 358th 3.654⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 289th 3.596⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 452th 3.22⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 747th 2.923⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 481th 3.556⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 288th 3.208⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 344th 3.712⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 65🗳️ 34🗨️

Feedback

Ricesteam
07. Apr 2025 · 22:04 UTC
Cool beats. Love the art style and graphics. Nice little adventure type game. It was fun tho I picked the wrong suspect lol.
Tozi
07. Apr 2025 · 22:31 UTC
This game looks really great, especially pixel arts. U dont have to agree with me, but the mushroom poster is the best one.
levi kingma
08. Apr 2025 · 09:28 UTC
Very interesting setting!
gifarre
08. Apr 2025 · 12:31 UTC
fun brain teaser, tip:don't be hasty made me be too careful though, maybe the tip is too much? or it can be used to make people paranoid?
I_POTS
08. Apr 2025 · 14:59 UTC
A beautiful decryption game! Pixel style combined with strong rhythmic music, very stylish! Pressing the space can still beat the rhythm haha
Edvard
08. Apr 2025 · 16:02 UTC
The game is awesome, super characters, looks awesome
Velis69
08. Apr 2025 · 16:29 UTC
Good old Sherlock Holmes, but in the form of DEATH! Very philosophical. I like it. Check out our shooter game, comrade - MindDive!
frywarrior
08. Apr 2025 · 18:22 UTC
nice game, although i don really get how it matches the theme tho. But the game itself was fun, got the right suspect first try. The art was nice, but some black lines were seen between some sprites an the background. Overall pretty good!
Myezko
08. Apr 2025 · 19:20 UTC
@franco-kikkas Thanks for the comment, about the theme - we came up with "conducting an in-depth investigation".
It might not match the theme exactly, but we wanted to make something unique.
Senkoso
08. Apr 2025 · 19:42 UTC
graphics are amazing, I love it
Roitchie
08. Apr 2025 · 21:31 UTC
Really enjoyed playing this. It's a nice twist on the regular murder mystery genre. And taking the murderer down to the depths of hell at the end fits the theme well. There were so many things to interact with to finally piece it together. Well done!
TROGDOR 20X6
09. Apr 2025 · 01:06 UTC
Loved the look and feel of this game. The music worked really well as well.

I kept getting worried the criminal was going to run out on me.

Initially I started writing down clues but admittedly at a certain point I started just asking folks I hadn't talked to in a bit.

I definitely noticed the safe opened at some point. I don't know how they were so fast though!
5huNo.3
09. Apr 2025 · 11:26 UTC
I loved the mystery solving aspect of the game, and trying to piece together all the information! Was able to find the true culprit in the end. Great work!
5huNo.3
09. Apr 2025 · 11:26 UTC
I loved the mystery solving aspect of the game, and trying to piece together all the information! Was able to find the true culprit in the end. Great work!
5huNo.3
09. Apr 2025 · 11:26 UTC
I loved the mystery solving aspect of the game, and trying to piece together all the information! Was able to find the true culprit in the end. Great work!
5huNo.3
09. Apr 2025 · 11:26 UTC
I loved the mystery solving aspect of the game, and trying to piece together all the information! Was able to find the true culprit in the end. Great work!
5huNo.3
09. Apr 2025 · 11:29 UTC
...I'm so sorry for duplicate comments... There was a glitch when I tried to post...
BatTheCat
09. Apr 2025 · 19:11 UTC
as you told, toogle the lamp its cool lol very nice use of the lights, the environments its really good and very immersive... also, the mistery aspect its really nice, well done job, nice game.... and by the way, i loved the music!!!
3sSTheJammer
09. Apr 2025 · 20:19 UTC
Wow, great job! Not too much into theme, yet had a lot of fun investigating. Graphics and atmosphere are fire. Gladly would buy something like that for a few bucks on steam!
Yatsu
09. Apr 2025 · 21:21 UTC
cool quest is a bit in the spirit of cluedo. I really liked it.
Margo
09. Apr 2025 · 22:26 UTC
Great sounds and lamp effect ^^
LDJam user 387005
10. Apr 2025 · 11:11 UTC
Nice!
Cure
12. Apr 2025 · 09:00 UTC
This was such a polished experience, I am glad I got the chance to play it.

`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFk44q7aTqE`
silkworm_sweatshop
14. Apr 2025 · 18:19 UTC
I like little mysteries like these and it's always fun to bring out a notebook (although it wasn't too hard to deduce the killer :sweat_smile:.