Detective

Just played this, as I did not do it earlier. It was fun and I liked how you incorporated loop theme here. There are some silly things here and there, but overall it was good and wellmade. No wonder you got third place :) But I liked the Tower Guy more ^^ Let's hope you get good placement yet again ;)

(And now I have played all your games :P )

"Oh, I got the combination now. Ok let me write it down... mhm..." interacting with the door automatically inputs the code "Oh." xD

• When doing a typewriter effect for the text, I recommend avoiding making the text centered. It may look better when it's finished, but you can't read along because it keeps moving, making the point of the typewriting animation a bit weird. Fortunately, text is voiced too!
• Speaking of which, getting all those voices is great AND the voice acting is good, which isn't that easy.
• I think a recurring issue is that the animations feel a bit clumsy sometimes. They have some sort of "unnatural" feel to them, mostly because they're spine-animated. Like, when he runs, he doesn't run very fast yet he raises his hand at head level. People don't really run like this.
• The game feels rather slow. I'm not sure if it's the base speed or lag, considering how the lighting effect. (My computer is around average)
• Why space for running? It feels like an odd choice to me, sometimes I was hitting tab out of reflex. It could have been at least a secondary key for running
• The chase at the end felt a bit too long, we're kinda stuck looking at the characters running without much exciting stuff going on

In terms of plot:

• (re-doing the game) * You need to check the door before triggering the cutscene with the guy sitting (awkward lol) even though you have "door combinations" on your notes confirming your character knows you need a combination
• You ask why to the looper guy but not how, which is... kind of what I wanted to know, considering the game seems to be set in our world
• Why did the detective get targeted by the loop as well? (the how could explain this, like, he had no choice, but since the how is not explained, it feels like a plot hole)
• With all that being said, I'm really happy on the result. The game is not too long, not too short, there is a conclusion and I run out of space so i'm sending the rest by twitter message

It's a shame it's so short! Voice acting is very good, and the overall idea and execution are awesome! Very fun to figure out, even tho it feels like just the intro to a much greater mystery. But yeah, 48 hours is just so little time, incedible what you made in this short amount!

I had a lot of fun with this. I can always recognise your style, not only because computer can't handle it, but it's also rather unique. It looks a lot better from the last game. The voice acting sets the game apart from a lot of the games here, because it's there, but it's also pretty good, in terms of audio quality and voice acting. I have to say, it did have some kind of The Room vibe (in a good way), with how serious a lot of it was. It's hard to avoid when making a detective game, but you guys seemed to poke fun at it as well. Nice with some jokes thrown in there. The story was kind of incoherent, it seemed like some of the pieces weren't really there, or the image they portrayed was unfinished. I'll give you the benefit of a doubt, and assume it was intentional to some extent.

I had fun playing it.

Wow, just wow :|

The quality across the whole game was top notch from start to finish, I didn't find it confusing, I loved the loop idea and the game made me feel like I was smart by solving the clues to eventually make sure (I won't spoil it) never sees the day of light again ;)

I normally find constructive criticism to help improve games but I don't think I can find anything here I could have improved upon!

A serious congratulation to your team and I'll be looking forward to seeing what you make next, well done.

Well that was a pleasant surprise! Not 100% sure that the story made sense (you're a detective trying to solve something but everyone is looping and there are light puzzles and things?! aaaahh) but it's a jam so not really a complaint, I enjoyed it anyway!

I thought I'd got stuck at one point - until I noticed the lights were opening the case.

Was the thing with the antenna at the end causing the loop? I assume it was. Could have been nice to see us break it!

Very well done :)

I loved every aspect of this game and I'm blown away by the quality of graphics and sound. What a mood!

I accidentally pressed escape and closed the game, I lost some progress that way - I think some kind of quick menu or a different button to exit the game would have done wonders to prevent this :D

Also, I encountered a lot of depth sorting issues, often in regard to lamps or the guy in the room in the top left corner.

Oh, and if you hold space, run up to some speed and then alternate between A and D quickly, the animation messes up a lot

Very atmospheric - very surreal.

Was that satellite-dish-on-the-accordion-thing causing the loop?

Great voice work - very cool art style. Interesting storytelling. And a dramatic finish!

Gosh darn it Peter xDm super good game even though i was confused the majority of the time, i still had a lot of fun with it, awesome job

This is seriously impressive for a 48 hour jam. Full voice acting and everything! The overall presentation is very slick and immersive.

That said, the story didn't make an awful lot of sense to me; I never felt like I was playing a detective solving a mystery. Puzzles like the thing with the lights didn't really feed into the detective theme or the timeloop theme. But that's a fault with most games like this -- story/gameplay integration is really hard!