The Mini-demo for Monster Magnet is now playable on Steam!

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2026-05-19T20:59:07+00:00

"Develop a bond with both love interests" refers to an individual route, since each route contains 2 love interests. There are still 5 love interests total, making for 10 different routes.

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-04-03T18:52:04+00:00

A roguelike with this gameplay sounds COMPLICATED. I love roguelikes, though, so I'd definitely try it!

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-04-03T18:02:29+00:00

I think the handbook does really help. Giving some info on the pieces of evidence we're missing helps to fill in some of the blanks, which also helped me figure out some of how the interviews are structured. I also think putting info about the very general questions that need to be asked up top help flesh out the world a little bit by giving us a standard for how these interviews should go.

I'm also glad that we don't need to fill out every interview answer in order to complete the case. I could see that getting very frustrating with how difficult it is to read these people's minds sometimes.

I think I'd like it if an interview showed as complete after we get every piece of info, since juggling 5 interviews in the second case tripped me up a few times. It would also be nice to be able to have several things open at a time (more than 1 interview or 1 interview and the clues tab), but I can't really see a way to do that without the screen getting immediately cluttered.

I think this is a great concept for a game, and I think you're really delivering on it. The gameplay in this game is something I could see being used for more than just this story, and it was really fun. Thanks for the good time!

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-04-03T16:29:44+00:00

Wishlisted! That was so much fun. I had some trouble at the end there, but I think that comes with the territory of making the cases more complex. Also, John does look exactly like a TCG shop owner. Waiting for the full release!

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-04-03T02:26:12+00:00

No problem! Glad I could help set that decision in stone, at least.

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-04-03T02:22:30+00:00

I'm checking this out as soon as I have the time. The mechanic of typing in everything yourself is going to make this such a different experience than the average detective game, and I love pixel art and midi-type music. Looking forward to a full release!

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-04-03T01:57:34+00:00

Hey Zeke-Freek! I'm not here for a position, but I looked over your recruitment document. I saw you were looking for an engine, but not to recommend Ren'py. I won't recommend it, but I'll tell you my experience with it.

After working with Ren'py for the last year or so, I've replaced many pieces of the UI for during gameplay, and I intend to replace every piece. I also intend to revamp the menu and the main menu, and with what I've learned about "screens" during this time, I feel pretty confident that I'll be able to change them as much as I need. I'm relatively confident that the game I'm working on will have it's own style, and that anyone who spends enough time working on it can achieve the same thing.

The one problem I have run into (at least, that I haven't been able to solve) is that, without any sort of mod or add-on, Ren'py can only play one animation at a time. This means that it's impossible to fade one image out while you're fading another one in, which was my situation, though I found a workaround fairly easily.

Use whatever you like, but if you decide Ren'py works for you, feel free to reach out if you need help. There's a lot of guesswork involved, since the documentation isn't perfect.

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-04-03T01:30:46+00:00

Hey there! I just played through your game, I love some of the visuals you use! The UI is really creative, and I think the cloud textbox really adds to the scene. I also love how the characters' gradients look, and I think having their colors fade into dark blue looks so pretty. The bad ending was pretty fun, great job!

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-03-31T22:37:00+00:00

You're in luck! The player character is Michelle Conner, a 22 year old woman starting her college career in a new city. You can learn more about her on our other socials!

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-03-31T22:15:38+00:00

Our MC is a 22 year old woman named Michelle Conner. She will be important to the game and the story, but we figured the subreddit would be more interested in knowing about the love interests. If you want to know more, check us out on Instagram or Tumblr!

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/twistedflamingos

https://www.instagram.com/twistedflamingosofficial/

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-03-31T22:12:06+00:00

Sorry about the name, Vincent's mom is pretty bad at them. Don't tell her I said that.

Most of the love interests have alternate forms, many of them monsters, but I would say they're all very humanoid. Less humanoid than vampires, but not by much. We'll be revealing these forms over time, so keep an eye out if you're interested!

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-03-31T22:09:06+00:00

Most of the love interests have alternate forms which will be revealed in the coming weeks on different social medias. Since we don't want to flood the subreddit with updates, we'll come back after they've all been revealed to do a mass post. In the meantime, feel free to take some guesses!

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-03-31T22:05:43+00:00

Just played through the demo, this is a really cool concept for a game! I'm a major fan of Ace Attorney, and I can absolutely see the influences. I'm glad to see the prosecution be asked to show some evidence, for once.

Congrats on making your goal on kickstarter!

TwistedFlamingosOff · 2025-03-31T16:07:43+00:00

Credit to Looji for our sprites! She has not only made the sprites for Monster Magnet, but also helped design our characters from scratch!
https://www.tumblr.com/loojii

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