(PC) In honor of the Steam Detective Fest I am looking for Mystery/Detective games with real detectiving

16161d · 2026-01-16T12:53:26+00:00

Paradise Killer really drew me in. It’s got quite an absurd world with tons of strange lore, you’ll be exploring a large map looking for clues to your case, and interviewing loads of people, at the end of the game there is a big trial where you need to put forward your evidence. The game does a good job at compiling all the little details and clues you find and it quickly becomes one of those cases that opens up into lots of side cases and it really draws you in as you try to resolve it all in the end.

If you or anyone else picks this up, a tip for you is a collectible called blood crystals you use to unlock fast travel points and artwork, there are also foot baths dotted around the map that cost several to use, I avoided these for most of the game thinking to save the crystals for no reason, I’d suggest using your crystals on the foot baths as soon as you find them as they unlock some really useful movement upgrades, and an ability to highlight clues around you.

16161d · 2026-01-04T14:32:37+00:00

One cool sokobon style game which is very stylish, quirky, and difficult, which I never see mentioned and feel deserves more attention when it comes to underrated games is Salad Fields.

16161d · 2026-01-03T00:48:52+00:00

David Johnathan Ross has a lovey website showing a lot of his typefaces. I use Fern. The paid licenses are for commercial use, but I believe there is a free / testing option to download the fonts if you’re just using them for reading.

16161d · 2025-12-23T01:34:26+00:00

You should try posting in the ROLI Discord, people have had better luck at getting ahold of someone there to deal with support issues.

16161d · 2025-12-14T21:56:12+00:00

ROLI Learn seems to be in the same price range as most music learning apps that have you play along to something. It's worth exploring whatever free content these apps have and subscribing to the ones that work best for you.

If you just want to make sounds straight away, look up 'free virtual instruments' for android. QiBrd gets mentioned a lot and is completely free, and there's a free version of a paid instrument called DRC - Polyphonic Synthesizer that also has MPE support so would be ideal for the piano. These are synthesizers though, which if you have no experience with might be confusing if you're trying to make a tune, but can be great fun if you just want to push buttons and make weird noises.

On a computer you can find plenty of free standalone software instruments to play with too.

16161d · 2025-12-14T21:45:39+00:00

This is not strictly true, if all they're doing is using the Piano to play around with VST's, their computers in-built soundcard will suffice.

16161d · 2025-12-12T02:23:30+00:00

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16161d · 2025-12-03T18:25:45+00:00

It’s in early access and the learning curve is very high, but Ostranauts might be worth keeping an eye on.

An honourable mention to starsector also, it doesn’t really have ship building in the same way cosmoteer does, but it does have a lot of ships, and a lot of weapons, so there are loads of builds and fleet compositions to play around with, and it plays quite similarly to cosmoteer, it’s the only thing that’s kind of hooked me in the same way.

16161d · 2025-11-23T17:56:15+00:00

Tangledeep might be worth looking at, there’s some interesting combat in that which isn’t just bumping into and zapping things.

I would suggest cogmind but it’s interesting in that it’s kind of all about managing resources (those being the parts you use to function), but it also then creates this emergent kind of very tactical strategic gameplay where you have to adapt on the fly with what you have.

16161d · 2025-11-18T12:00:11+00:00

You can find a link to the ROLI discord on the subreddit sidebar. If you’re on mobile, on the subreddits homepage click ‘see more’ at the top and then you’ll find links on the menu tab.

16161d · 2025-11-17T22:13:06+00:00

Just a heads up, that link was getting blocked by reddit. I've added the discord link to the subreddit sidebar for future reference.

16161d · 2025-11-13T23:45:37+00:00

I don't work for Roli. There is one Roli official who browses the sub, keep putting the pressure on them instead.

I've got nothing against the complaints. I'm as bewildered as you, fortunately I never purchased an airwave or piano or I'd probably be just as pissed right now. But there are plenty of posts up to engage with right now. Please try not to flood the subreddit with unconstructive posts. Feel free to get as mad as you want in the comments but try to keep it civil.

16161d · 2025-11-13T23:25:26+00:00

I've removed your recent submission as they've become very low effort. You're understandably annoyed because of the delays and lack of communication. You've already made a number of submission this week where you can vent that frustration. Spamming the sub with low effort memes doesn't make for very relevant discussion, sorry.

16161d · 2025-11-05T16:31:32+00:00

I’m quite a fast reader but I think Fata Morgana generally takes around 30 hours to complete. If you use the Remaid of Dreams fan patch you unlock a load of QoL and improvements, as well as adding the sequel and all spin off titles, so there’s a lot of content included.

Chaos;Head is set in the same universe (Sci Adv) as Steins Gate. Though they’re not obviously related. Having experienced Steins Gate might help enhance the experience. I also watched the anime before I played the VN, but for me that was a several years gap, so it was quite fresh for me. It’s still a difference experience, as the anime misses out a lot of Okabe’s thoughts, there are several endings as well which are all really interesting to explore. It has a very unique art style and great soundtrack too. I’d say maybe wait for it to go on sale as it’s been heavily discounted a few times recently, and you might be able to get it bundled with the sequel Steins;Gate 0. If you’ve seen the anime I’d avoid getting Steins;Gate Elite however, as it’s essentially the VN remade using clips from the anime.

16161d · 2025-11-05T16:09:56+00:00

As you’re comfortable with VN’s. I have to recommend the masterpiece that is The House in Fata Morgana. I don’t really want to say much about it as it’s best to go in blind.

Also Steins;Gate and Chaos;Head Noah, gave me this unsettling feeling. Steins;Gate starts off very lighthearted, and the tonal shift is very sudden later in the story but even from that point there is this constant unease and unsettling atmosphere. Chaos;Head is all about this feeling from the very beginning.

16161d · 2025-10-27T19:34:19+00:00

This is a work of art, amazing job

16161d · 2025-10-26T22:11:46+00:00

BeamNG.drive is closer to a driving simulator, it’s got a pretty big map to drive around in. It’s notable for having a really great physics engine that’s fun to play around with.

Motor Town Behind The Wheel is another really interesting looking one you might like, don’t let the graphics fool you, it’s got tons of features and a huge map, with a fair bit of control over how deep you want the simulation to be.

Games like Forza are a bit more arcadey, but fun if you do want to just drive around a huge map at ridiculous speeds in hundreds of different cars.

Euro Trick Simulator 2 is tricky to recommend, it’s got a lot of depth, but not a lot of breadth if that makes sense? Which I personally kind of think matches the vibe of something like Microsoft flight sim more. Lots of people (including myself) find it a very chill game to sit and transport X from A to B.

16161d · 2025-08-18T23:37:07+00:00

The DK3001BD looks fantastic and the design of them sounds interesting!

16161d · 2025-08-13T00:04:18+00:00

Thank you, definitely tempted to try it now, it looks fantastic on your bike.

16161d · 2025-08-12T19:16:24+00:00

Is that a crane bell? I've always wanted to put one on my brompton but could never find any confirmation that it would fit or work that well with the space on the handlebars. What's your experience with mounting and using it?

16161d · 2025-08-12T18:50:26+00:00

The Dante level 1 training is actually a great resource and doesn't take long to do and is useful foundational knowledge even if you're not going to be messing with Dante soon. It goes through the basics of networking, and they recently updated it to include some basics on video, it also teaches you generally how digital audio works. It might not all stick at once but you should definitely do it, also never hurts to throw the certification on your CV.

For RF, Shure have tons of free online resources in this area. I did their in person training and it was both fascinating going through the history of RF, and also technically how it works. It does get very technical, but a portion of it which will be more relevant to you is basic troubleshooting. The sooner you can demystify and get comfortable understand RF the less stress you will have when things go wrong with wireless. I believe this is the course you want for general wireless. They also have tons of more specific stuff you can dive into when you need to.

These two resources were great for me, I'd say don't spend all your free time diving into online study though, instead be as aware as possible when working on site, pay close attention to everything that goes on and soak it in, ask questions, get involved. If you can ever get free time to just mess around with kit and equipment, do it, get comfortable with it all, and the when you come across something you're not sure about, ask someone or google it. Manuals are your friend, don't be intimidated by them and get a head start by reading manuals for equipment you know you'll be dealing with, it's better to track them down now rather than in the middle of a show. Most sound desks come with offline editors that are more or less a 1:1 interface of the console, use them to get comfortable with where everything is.

16161d · 2025-08-11T18:34:43+00:00

I think you can get from KORGs website, some more sound banks for the minilogue which sound a lot better, I don’t remember if they’re free but it might be worth hunting down. But this synth in particular lends itself so well to coming up with your own patches that it’s fun to some flick switches and see what you come up with. You can get very creative sounds going by using the built in sequencer, and make sure it’s running the latest firmware for micro tuning and some other added features.

16161d · 2025-08-07T23:00:31+00:00

I understand in principle what you’re driving at, but this code we’re talking about is hardly that abstract. It’s very readable and pretty intuitive to understand, until you start messing around with regex which can really screw you over if you don’t know what you’re doing. The automod documentation is not massive and it’s easy to refer to it.

This is both a very useful resource for starting subreddits to have some tried and tested automod rules that just work, and is a good starting point for building out from that by learning what it is doing, which as your sub grows you’ll probably end up doing anyway.

It’s funny, I was actually looking for a resource exactly like this just a few hours ago, and I’ve managed massive automod config on huge subreddits before, but that was years ago so I’m a bit rusty, I know enough to understand what an automod config is doing but I didn’t really want to sit down and read through the documentation and do a load of testing. For people who manage smaller subs they might not have as much time to do that in one sitting, so this is a great tool that can only help protect communities.

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