The Squeaky Affair by bmacintosh
The detective agency Deeper & Deeper have solved many convoluted cases in their time, but this may be the twistiest one yet. The clues just don't seem to fit together, and there's only one thing to be done. They'll just have to— well, you know.
Controls
The mouse.
Team
- Christian Camargo (Audio)
- Luke Frisbee
- Brian MacIntosh
Unreal Prerequisites
If you have not played an Unreal 4 game before, you may need to download and install the Unreal Prerequisites.


| Windows (x64) | https://www.brianmacintosh.com/projects/ld48/TheSqueakyAffair.zip |
| Unreal Prerequisites | https://www.brianmacintosh.com/projects/ld48/UE4PrereqSetup_x64.exe |
| Itch.io Mirror | https://bmaczero.itch.io/the-squeaky-affair |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/the-squeaky-affair |
Ratings
| Overall | 53th | 4.254⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 42th | 4.238⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 93th | 4.115⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 873th | 3.672⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 171th | 4.361⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 229th | 3.943⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 194th | 3.771⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 150th | 4.189⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 146🗳️ | 152🗨️ |
If anyone else has an unreal game installed they won't have to either.
I caught my self saying "Hmm, interesting" with the audio haha!
there wasn't that much to it, but it felt very polished and the graphics were great :D
Absolutely loved the creativity of the design of the puzzles, as soon as I saw the thumbtack on the light-bulb I was like "They didn't!" but you did, you mad geniuses did.
The visuals, art, and sound were great as well, I cracked up at the newspaper articles and the "Hmm Interesting..." line every time.
Well Done!
The mecanic is not that original, but the twists with the 3D, the translucid pin, and the white pin spice things up.
The graphics are really nice, especailly the light effect.
The audio is decent and creates a nice athmosphere.
It's a very solid entry :)
My only real complaint would be that the grey pins are a bit hard to see.
Awesome game, good job guys.
Would love to see this expanded with more of these outside the box thinking moments!
Simple - yet challenging mechanics. Combined with all in the game - art, music and atmosphere - made this an outstanding experience! Great work!
This is super cool, nothing to criticize really. I wonder if you could potentially pull off a real(ish) detective story with these mechanics if you put more details in each clue/pin, and then get several twists each time you go deeper.
Some remark: on the first level with white pin threads can go through cassette.
Great entry!