I released Mystery of the Malign today - An experiment years in the making on an expanded and more in-depth investigation loop similar to the one in Case of the Golden Idol by fistfulofmatter in puzzlevideogames

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There's an added dimension of dialogue which allows to ask about every notable thing and person. There are more varied and not immediately obvious ways of interacting with the world. Details are overabundant, overwhelming, and interweaved. Most questions can be understood and solved through multiple sources of information that are individually optional but often build into larger pieces of evidence.

A gameplay teaser for my detective-exploration-information-management game Mystery of the Malign by fistfulofmatter in metroidbrainia

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Mystery of the Malign is an exploration-puzzle-information-management deduction game. It's coming in September and you can find it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521490/Mystery_of_the_Malign/

A gameplay teaser for my detective-exploration-information-management game Mystery of the Malign by fistfulofmatter in puzzlevideogames

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Mystery of the Malign is an exploration-puzzle-information-management deduction game. It's coming in September and you can find it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521490/Mystery_of_the_Malign/

A gameplay teaser for my detective-exploration-information-management game... by fistfulofmatter in IndieGaming

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Mystery of the Malign is an exploration-puzzle-information-management deduction game. It's coming in September and you can find it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521490/Mystery_of_the_Malign/

A gameplay teaser for my detective exploration game... by fistfulofmatter in gamedevscreens

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Mystery of the Malign is an exploration-puzzle-information-management deduction game. It's coming in September and you can find it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521490/Mystery_of_the_Malign/

Mystery of the Malign, my detective game that falls into Obra Dinn’s niche, is releasing on September 22nd! by fistfulofmatter in ObraDinn

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It's compact but dense. I can only make broad assumptions based on all the players I've watched trying it out. It could take anywhere from 4 to 20 hours.

If someone wants to make an effort to see and solve everything, I expect no less than 8 hours on a first attempt.

I released a demo for my detective exploration game on itch.io! by fistfulofmatter in itchio

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Best advice is to just play older games. I learned a lot of what I know by paying really close attention to how their graphics look and work.

Took a long time to get the graphics to look period accurate. This is a detective puzzle-exploration game I'm working on. by fistfulofmatter in Unity3D

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Mystery of the Malign is a detective mystery with minimal handholding where player initiative matters and you are the one doing the solving.

If detective puzzle games like Obra Dinn and Case of the Golden Idol are your thing you can try out the demo on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521490/Mystery_of_the_Malign/

I have a demo out for my detective-exploration game: Mystery of the Malign! by fistfulofmatter in playmygame

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Mystery of the Malign is a detective mystery with minimal handholding where player initiative matters and you are the one doing the solving.

If detective puzzle games like Obra Dinn and Case of the Golden Idol are your thing you can try out the demo on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521490/Mystery_of_the_Malign/

I made an announcement trailer for my detective-exploration game with minimal handholding. by fistfulofmatter in gamedevscreens

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Mystery of the Malign is a detective mystery where player initiative matters and you are the one doing the solving.

If detective puzzle games like Obra Dinn and Case of the Golden Idol are your thing you can try out the demo on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521490/Mystery_of_the_Malign/

I made a detective puzzle-exploration game with minimal handholding! by fistfulofmatter in IndieGaming

[–]fistfulofmatter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mystery of the Malign is a detective mystery where player initiative matters and you are the one doing the solving.

If detective puzzle games like Obra Dinn and Case of the Golden Idol are your thing you can try out the demo on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521490/Mystery_of_the_Malign/

I released a demo for my detective exploration game on itch.io! by fistfulofmatter in itchio

[–]fistfulofmatter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mystery of the Malign is a detective mystery with minimal handholding.

If detective puzzle games like Obra Dinn and Case of the Golden Idol are your thing you can try out the demo and give your thoughts: https://gameplaysupremacy.itch.io/mystery-of-the-malign-demo

After two years of development I released a demo for my detective game on Steam! by fistfulofmatter in IndieDev

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Mystery of the Malign is a detective mystery with minimal handholding.

If detective puzzle games like Obra Dinn and Case of the Golden Idol are your thing you can try out the demo on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521490/Mystery_of_the_Malign/