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The 10-Second Murder

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1263.48
Mood1863.20
Fun1893.18
Graphics2223.53
Innovation3152.93
Humor3402.22
Audio5151.38
Theme5282.49
Coolness115648

Comments

megashroom 2013-08-27 03:48

Heh, that was pretty enjoyable.
The level of detail in endings was pretty crazy too.
Is it wrong that I accused everyone of the murder?
Btw, some of the light grey buttons were unpressable.

dancingflame 2013-08-27 04:30

The story is really detailed. It makes me think of Conan the detective.
The graphics are quite good now. Hope to see the whole game when you finish!

pitzik4 2013-08-27 04:36

This game seemed very complete. I completely forgot that it was a Ludum Dare game most of the time and just enjoyed the game, which, unfortunately, is not true of all of the games I've tried. The correct option ended up being one of the last ones I tried, though. I would say more, but I don't want to spoil it to others.

theholychicken 2013-08-27 07:55

"the professor has been shot and it must be by someone in this room!" I was like no shit? A nice tribute to the detective stories.
The writing was great and quite detailed, and kept the game entertaining to the end.
In the end it told me I caught the culprits but did I really?

shugor 2013-08-27 08:05

It seemed pretty tedious, but it's more likely because I'm a bad detective. There's also the known issues so yeah.

gsmproductions 2013-08-27 09:33

I love investigations, so I quite enjoyed the game! I'm not sure I found all the possible clews though since a spot was left empty at bottom right. So I'm a bit frustrated I had to try several options out of feelings to end the game instead of having found one last good clue...
It was still pretty enjoyable! :)

zephyr89 2013-08-27 14:46

I really suck at being a detective. Also after 3 or 4 good attempts I found that clicking every box in frustration at the beginning didn't work. So I have to ask, how did you decide who did it?

jaj 2013-08-27 14:56

I liked it, but I didn't like how after getting all the clues pointing out the killer was still just a wild guess. Still don't know who did it.

porglezomp 2013-08-27 15:05

Very fun!

capro 2013-08-27 15:17

Very interesting game, but not much related with the theme.

martymon 2013-08-27 15:18

I like the characters. They have unique personalities

lightmarestudio 2013-08-27 16:07

Wow, simply wow. Although the relationship to the theme is pretty loose, the game is really enjoyable, well structured and well written. Exploring the possibilities is very cool and reminiscent of the best investigation games!

It's really cool to see that you get to uncover dirty secrets through simple questions. Very nice, I tip my hat to you! The graphics are good too, but it could have used some sound.

By the way, I found the right answer on my first try! ^^

orni 2013-08-27 19:27

great use of the theme - loved the game
kind of reminded me of the 'Case Closed' anime/manga
Ludum Dare surely needs more games like this one

well done :)

catmoo 2013-08-27 21:50

I thought it was awesome, the questions were great and it was interesting being thrown towards believing others were the culprit. It could of done with a little audio but otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed it great job on the characters too!

lordjosephdeburg 2013-08-28 00:59

Dammit Wayne I know its you just fess up already! A great game a nice change of pace.

timbeaudet 2013-08-28 02:31

I played for a bit then started accusing people. I like that you need to dig up the proof before making accusations and the idea of telling a story that the player feels they dig into. If you find the time please comment / rate my game: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=1888

kevinzuhn 2013-08-28 03:29

Woo, I figured it out!
I had trouble clicking on the buttons, most often with Wayne. I either had to back out and talk to him again, or hunt around the corners of the buttons to get them to work.
Anyway, the story was fun to unravel and I liked the questioning system. Would have liked more opportunities to combine subjects, but I'm sure that would have taken far too much time for the jam!

diptoman 2013-08-28 10:20

Wow, I'm such a bad detective!
I found it difficult to remember their names. It'd be really helpful if you show their names alongside their portraits.

But overall, I enjoyed playing the game. The characters were really well drawn!

nickw 2013-08-28 12:41

Very enjoyable with a good amount of detail.

firezenk 2013-08-28 16:13

Nice characters, good game :)

ithildin 2013-08-28 16:44

I enjoyed a lot the questioning mechanic, and the story was very interesting, with clearly defined characters. I managed to guess it right the first time, but I think it was mostly out of luck, as even though I had enough evidence, it wasn't that strong compared to the others' possible reasons.

Great job!!

misfit 2013-08-28 16:52

Wow.. very polished one.

lesterpig 2013-08-28 19:27

Nice graphics but quickly boring and repetitive. Nice one, though :)

pinktreeleaf 2013-08-28 19:28

hard, but impressive that you did all this story pathing and writing in a short amount of time.

jupiter_hadley 2013-08-28 19:55

Loved the little clue like game! Very fun to play! I featured it in my compilation video of Ludum dare 27 games, if you'd like to check it out http://youtu.be/PSym67k7zBg

paperblurt 2013-08-28 19:57

Like a good Agatha Christie story and also that even though someone has died they have the same facial expressions all the time! Love it!

imef 2013-08-28 20:57

An amazingly detailed story. And the dialog system is pretty cool!

Clicking on buttons was buggy at times (maybe because my pc is terrible).

jimmydelaney19 2013-08-28 22:21

Pretty enjoyable game!

ariake81 2013-08-28 22:32

great graphics and design, lots of work involved in the detailed questionning, interesting take on the theme

nice work

christinaneofotistou 2013-08-29 20:42

Ha! Wow this is so well-written!

The characters are detailed (nice illustrations btw!) and the whole thing was just a lot of fun!

Bonus points for having 2 girls as well as 2 boys.

tobiasw 2013-08-30 23:29

That's the best story-based game I've found here so far. Great dialogues, and I like how you could take every option alone or in connection with somebody else. It was fun learning about the relationships between the characters. In the end I needed the walkthrough though - I guess it was too subtle for me. Now that I think about it afterwards though, [SPOILER OMITTED] the only with with motive AND a way to do it - I guess I should've thought more about the line of motives :)

drkrunk 2013-08-31 04:38

I really liked this, it was fun trying to figure out whodunit. Although I realized I'm not really cut out to be a detective! Great work.

dekart 2013-09-02 17:41

That's the amazing piece of work! I still didn't get the last clue so I don't know who's the murderer...