Detective: Again!
In Detective: Again! you play as a detective who is tasked with finding a missing scientist. It quickly becomes evident, that this task might have more importance than expected. Before he went missing, he was working on a time machine, that now is rewinding time every day and you are the only person keeping your memory.
That means it's on you to use your deductive skills to find and deactivate the time machine to save the universe.
Known Issues
- Fullscreen breaks the UI in some browsers!
- Fix: Use Firefox or reload the page and don't use fullscreen.
- Long load time with blurred screen.
- Fix: Please just give it a minute or so.
If the web-version does not work, please try using Firefox, since this is what I used for testing. Alternatively, you can download the windows version.
Made for Brackeys Jam 2020.2
All assets were made in a timeframe of 7 days, including code, art, music, and more. The only exception is the "Minimal5x7"-Font by kheftel under CC0.
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Development log
- V1.0 - ReleaseAug 08, 2020
Comments
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game is a bit buggy, but a very interesting concept. i feel like it definitely could've been longer, but it was still good. also, it was kind of annoying switching from the inventory to interact to investigate, might just be me though.
The game is unfortunately very buggy, it could've been a much better experience if those were fixed because I had to restart twice. The concept's nice though
Fun game, but I wish there were more puzzles that used the time travel. I beat it on the first loop, first time playing.
When I try to use the lockpick, the guy says "It worked!" but I can't go through the door whatever i do
This was a lot of fun, I do wish it were longer, and I'm guessing a sequel was never gotten around to. (I went into your games and didn't see one anyways)
Tha'ts a little saddening, but it was still fun for what it was <3
Made the unthinkable (at least for now), I stopped the time machine before the guy even explains to me about the situation.
Edit: Doing by this, the guy won’t say a thing, like, there’s no speak box.
R.I.P. detective and client
I killed them by proceeding through the end dialog
Look forward to a sequel!
A genius concept with a very clever "I ran out of time" scene
Thanks! I appreciate it ^^
Awesome game!!! Really hope you make a sequel.
it is possible to disable the time machine on the with out the day repeating. also i am looking forward to the next part where you actually try to find the scientist
I just played the game (and realize that this is 3 years late haha) but it is possible! I did it (i thought it would be game over if time ran out, so I got it done by 2340 lmao)
very good.
I cant play
Why not? Could you describe the issue, so I can figure out what's wrong?
i mean that when i click run game the progress bar won't appear and when i downloaded it it was laggy maybe because this laptop is quite old
Warning: DO NOT CLICK THE TIME MACHINE TWICE. THE GAME STOPS WORKING, AND YOU CAN ONLY CLICK ON THE UI BUTTONS, I REPEAT DO NOT PRESS THE TIME MACHINE TWICE.
Ohh, sorry about that. I did not know about this bug. If I ever get around to finish the update I have started working on after the jam (development on it slowed down, to put it mildly), I'll fix it.
Ok, thanks. I also would love it if you might make a sequel. Just a thought.
yea it happened to me too.
I did it before I looked at the comments.
ohhhh so that is what happened to me. I wondered why the game broke. I was so confused.
Thanks, I appreciate it! ^^
It was nice, but so short and easy that I did it all on the first loop without even trying to be fast. When you need to find something, it's always on the same screen as the location you need it for. If you spread them out more, you would actually need multiple loops to get everything.
Glad you like it. I agree that it is quite short. I would have loved to add more cases and more puzzles/riddles to solve, but I ran out of time due because of the jam deadline.
I might add more once the rating is over. Thanks for the feedback.