Leaky Faucet by Astavie
Estimated playing time: 30 to 60 minutes.
This game is played inside a website made specifically for Ludum Dare. This page will explain the basic premise, but if you'd like to play it completely blind, you can skip the rest and play it at faucetnews.netlify.app.

Premise
Jane Doe, a senator from the Party of Production, has been murdered, and it seems like the murder is related to a small online forum. Head deeper and deeper within the website using links and references to uncover the truth: who is responsible for the murder of Jane Doe?
Hints & Endings
If you're having trouble at the start of the game, feel free to look at the hints. For the rest, Leaky Faucet has three endings (or technically four, if you count the ending where you fill in the wrong details.) Can you find them all?
Tools Used
- Inkscape
- Pug
- Tailwind CSS
Credits
- Astavie: Programming, Writing
- CappinKanga: Most of the writing
| Link | https://faucetnews.netlify.app |
| Faucet Source | https://github.com/Astavie/Faucet |
| Headshelf Source | https://github.com/Astavie/Headshelf |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/leaky-faucet |
Ratings
| Overall | 231th | 3.963⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 253th | 3.852⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 49th | 4.278⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 470th | 3.962⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 431th | 3.327⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 639th | 3.692⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 61🗳️ | 27🗨️ |
I didn't quite like the amount of red herrings along the way, but all in all this is one of my favorite Jam games of 48, very innovative and fun. And suits the theme perfectly.
Found 1 (or 2) endings.
Nice take on the theme! Really like it.
Thanks for submitting.

First of all some things to prove I did make it to the end:
Yes she was very orious, also I'm team #ColdDrinkBlue all the way.
Am I to infer from the "red herring" line there might be even more to the story? I found the peepee ending first, was this just ending 2 of 3... or more? (If so I have an idea of what the 3rd ending is, but I don't know if there is enough in the links I have to prove it.)
I loved how much faith you put in the player. My only other question is does order of the names in the url matter? it would be a bummer if putting in the right answer with the wrong url order wouldn't count.
So many LD games cater to the lowest common denominator and make things that are so "approachable" as to be somewhat unengaging. You are basically telling the player "if you can't handle this game, then this game is not for you." You aren't being tedious or frustrating, but you aren't hand holding at all and I loved/appreciated that soo much.
I'm going to spend like 10 more minutes chasing what I think the 3rd ending would be if it exits. But seriously bravo. You managed to really impress a really hard to impress reviewer. Well done.

ColdDrinkWhat?
As for the ending, with hindsight the 'red herring' pun could've worked better somehow on a different page, as that was the good ending :]
As for the URL order, it shouldn't matter except for one scenario (due to a little oversight at the time).
But I'm really glad you enjoyed the humour :smile: which felt very fun and natural to write with @astavie
I have to say it's quite an original and unique idea at a game jam. I really enjoyed investigating the case, uncovering details, filtering out 'jesters', and trying to piece together compelling evidence. Really well crafted story! Probably the most brain-cell-rotating experience I've had this LD.
Also, I live next to a kangaroo.
Oh and thanks for the hint n°3, I think I would have given up without it.