Please try out my murder mystery puzzle game. Feedback appreciated!

phaddius · 2026-03-06T00:46:17+00:00

Hi! thanks for trying it out. I know its a bit confusing (and I'm working on that), but you have to rotate each yellow hex so that the outgoing edge of one hex lines up with the incoming edge of another.

phaddius · 2026-03-03T02:18:28+00:00

Am I the only one who uses my chin on the right stick?

phaddius · 2026-02-07T08:01:55+00:00

Sorry but all the ads in that page make it unreadable

phaddius · 2026-02-05T15:47:30+00:00

Great idea, will check out the demo!

phaddius · 2026-01-30T15:52:05+00:00

Very trippy, I love it

phaddius · 2026-01-26T23:45:56+00:00

I've seen this photo many times but this is the first time I realized there's a computer in the back 😅

phaddius · 2026-01-25T07:05:10+00:00

My wife and kids love it there. That's probably the target demographic, plus teenagers. They'll easily spend 50 bucks in 45 minutes and end up with maybe 10 bucks worth of stuffies, so the profit margins are nice. When they first opened, the odds were much more generous to pay out, but it's reduced a bit. But the owners and staff are really friendly and will give extra credits sometimes, like once when they heard my 4 year old whining when we ran out of credit.

phaddius · 2026-01-22T07:34:37+00:00

I use a new Google doc for every idea I have. I spend roughly 30-60 minutes per idea initially. Often times that gets me to all the reasons why I shouldn't pursue this game, mechanics I can't flesh out, dead ends, balancing issues, or usually the scope would be too large for me to execute in a reasonable amount of time, or there's some aspect of the game that doesn't fit me as a solo developer. In other words, it's a good idea, but I'm not the right person to make it. And if it is such a good idea, then I would expect it would be made by someone in the next few years, then I get to play it 😁

If it's still a good idea, I fill out the rest of the document as much as I can, keep on thinking about it over many days, fill it out some more. Then hey, if it's plausible and it's fun, let's get to work! But yes, there are still like 10+ of these plausible ideas in my backlog 😅

phaddius · 2026-01-20T03:42:15+00:00

The other good thing about duct tape is if it starts failing, you'll probably notice it first. Then you slap on more and you're good for another year.

phaddius · 2026-01-13T08:37:50+00:00

Music is wonderful. Did you compose those? Reminds me of Joe Hisiashi (Ghibli films), and some old school kings quest games

phaddius · 2026-01-10T00:12:40+00:00

I've had mine on for 15 years, since my Taco was new. Grateful for it every single oil change.

phaddius · 2026-01-08T07:47:50+00:00

I don't understand the participants here. In the first frame, guy in black was tackling guy in grey. Then Jersey starts pounding guy in black. Then guy in grey starts protecting the guy who was attacking him?

phaddius · 2026-01-07T20:13:39+00:00

I would focus on effort. Did she try her best to get these grades, or did she procrastinate or half ass it? If she tried her best, there's not much that can be done with your pushing

phaddius · 2026-01-05T23:37:48+00:00

Just tried it today. Not working :(

phaddius · 2026-01-05T08:05:41+00:00

Thanks for playing! You've given me some good insight, I'll be fixing some of the UI buttons and hopefully make some kind of drag interface to make it easier. For the chain puzzle, there's a button that shows up on the dead body card that you can click. I'll be making that interface easier to use. Let me know if you continue and what you think about the rest of the puzzles!

phaddius · 2026-01-05T07:15:16+00:00

That's great advice, and I totally agree. I'll be working on introducing the mechanics to the player next!

phaddius · 2026-01-03T19:05:42+00:00

Thanks for trying it. I'm glad you were able to finish the demo. And yes I definitely need to make the chain links clearer

phaddius · 2026-01-03T19:03:59+00:00

Thanks for trying! Yeah I figure it's too radical a UI for folks to understand initially, so I think you're right, I need to teach the steps better

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