December 13th-16th 2013 :: Theme: You Only Get One
[ Real World Gatherings | Ludum Deals | Warmup Weekend ]
It is 17th July 2000. Last night, a person found a dead body in his bin. The police were completely gobwaffled about how this happened, so they called you. John Mageeker. AKA: The Time Detective! Use your curiosity coin to help you solve the crime: but remember, you only get one!
Will YOU be able to solve the murder?
Text based game on the console - With a reaction-based boss fight!
LINUX/MAC: Run java -jar timedetective.jar
If the .exe doesn't work for your version of windows, try the Java
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 61% |
| #114 | Fun | 3.52 |
| #115 | Humor | 3.36 |
| #242 | Innovation | 3.29 |
| #270 | Mood | 3.12 |
| #319 | Overall | 3.23 |
| #498 | Theme | 2.86 |
Comments
It was funny and entertaining, but it was also pretty short. I played it twice and beat the game on my second try. The exe ran just fine for me on Windows 8 64 bit. The fight at the end was really well done for a text-adventure game.
Glad you people like it :) I'll try and sort out why it isn't working for some people
Interesting, a kind of acting game? You're told how to react to certain kinds of events and are then tested on your ability to remember those rules.
What a strange game, but I like it! A few typos but interesting gameplay and a funny story.
When I try to run the exe, it just gives me an error saying it can't be found.
Avast! is detecting this as Malware and refusing to run it, sorry man!
Sorry to be negative but choices seem very binary. ASP-like dialog systems were created for AAA in order to distill conversations and make them faster. So I was pleasantly surprised to see them in a text game.
Really enjoyed this game! Not normally a fan of text adventures but this one was simple enough not to confuse me xD. Story was interesting all the way through, the interaction was good as well. Overall a really good game I thought!
Cool game. I wonder if it could have been done in something like Twine to make it more accessible and add some typography?
I enjoyed the game even though it had no Graphics or Audio. It's a good storyline.
Fun little game. Started out really serious, then got all kind of weird but in an entertaining way.
Ah, that was nice, although it could have been a bit longer. I beat it at the second try (died in the boss fight on the first).
What was the bandage for?
(spoilers)
if you didn't pick the potato up then you would need the bandage to survive having your arm cut off :D
Nice text adventure. Ripped the picture of my son and got owned :-)
Fun story, the typos and the weird choice of keys actually add to the mood. I kept expecting to come to a yes-no question and dumbly blindly type n.
Interesting idea, but it feels like it should be less linear. Also, typos and misspellings seem pretty bad when there's only text.
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I wasn't able to try it, due to the .exe saying it's not for my version of Windows, and the zip saying its corrupt. It looks interesting though.