L.D. Noire: Down the Rabbit Hole by testuser

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made by testuser for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

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The front page news seems suspicious! You think you can connect the dots and figure out who is behind the biggest scandal of the day. Take on the role of a conspiracy theorist, tying all the headlines together in today's newspaper to figure out who could have done such a despicable act!!

Ratings

Overall 1481th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1207th 3.15⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 423th 3.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1138th 3.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1749th 2.289⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 381th 3.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1028th 3.417⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

makkurataichou
27. Apr 2021 · 05:29 UTC
Haha, what a fun concept! I really enjoyed piecing the corkboard together, and though it took me a while to figure out what I needed to do, that was definitely part of the fun. My only complaints would be that some of the popups showed up off-screen even in full screen mode, the credits were obscured by the game win popup, and Daffy Duck's sticky was hidden behind the "It all makes sense now" button so it wasn't immediately clear where it was, but even writing this comment is making me crack up because of how ridiculous this feedback sounds LOL. Awesome job!!
MikeW
27. Apr 2021 · 05:39 UTC
Really good take on the theme and really fun and different gameplay. The UI and some graphics were cut at the edges of my screen though, and the text is maybe a bit too small for comfort. Great sense of humour and the musical cues were great. Would love to see this idea expanded!
Ambeurk
27. Apr 2021 · 21:54 UTC
I'm glad I have uncover such a terrible conspiracy...shoes tied up together ? It's criminal.

That was fun ! Nice theme interpretation and use of memes x)
KeyLime
27. Apr 2021 · 21:54 UTC
I could only see half the screen from my chrome browser
breadstix
27. Apr 2021 · 22:02 UTC
What a great take on the theme! The music fit so well with the game and the mood. I wish there were more levels to play! I think you all did a great job!
🎤 testuser
27. Apr 2021 · 22:13 UTC
@keylime Sorry you only saw half the screen. There is a fullscreen mode available that may help.
@breadstix We were short on time so didn't have a reset button, but the scenarios are auto-generated, so feel free to solve a second mystery!
Dom De Re
29. Apr 2021 · 04:30 UTC
This is the deepest ld48 game I've tried so far!
AdonisDevs
29. Apr 2021 · 20:11 UTC
This is infact deep haha. Unfortunately, I could not go deep enough, but I had fun trying!
Kszaku
29. Apr 2021 · 20:18 UTC
That was pretty fun and deep, now I am ready to start my own youtube channel, and put Alex Jones out from his business
loveapplegames
03. May 2021 · 14:40 UTC
Great idea, well implemented! I never managed to complete the level though. It's not clear whether you're going in the right direction or what the win condition is exactly. It would be easier if you could move around the postits on the cork board, so that you can visually partition friends and enemies. As it is now, the graph becomes visually overwhelming at some point.
astronautmikedexter
03. May 2021 · 14:56 UTC
Oh wow! my briad hurts! i would have liked the board to be layed out a bit nicer to help me but that is part of the charm. The lines also could obfuscate some of the names but overall this is great!
LDJam user 233201
13. May 2021 · 02:16 UTC
What an interesting game! The concept was really innovative and fun, and those headlines were so cheesy!

The art style is a bit rough, and I had some difficulty to see eveything (let's that after some time, my board was just a giant red and green spaghetti plate). Also some images were out of the screen for me (the one that says "you're not quite there yet, keep looking" or something like that), so I was not sure what I did wrong.

Now I'm really curious to know who did that awful thing to Tony Hawk... I hope I will find the culprit one day! Good job :)
yobiscus
15. May 2021 · 19:24 UTC
So this is how conspiracy theories work! Thanks for the education, I look forward to creating my own conspiracies while reading the morning newspaper tomorrow!

Simple rules, fun puzzle. Well done!

Nitpicks: Walt Disney was positioned under too many green lines. I could only see 1/4 of the "Keep (going?)" picture on the top right.