{"author_link":"\/users\/meownsk","author_name":"meownsk","author_uid":1002093,"comments":[{"id":650605,"author_name":"Mayzhy","author_uid":"mayzhy","epoch":1619550105,"text":"Nice game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":678775,"author_name":"michaelyount","author_uid":"michaelyount","epoch":1619782311,"text":"Nice moody,drippy game. Feels cold. great work.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":678943,"author_name":"the_body","author_uid":"the-body","epoch":1619785541,"text":"Nice! I really appreciate the visual design, the sound effect makes the gameplay really scary, you did a great job! Atmosphere gives me chills. GJ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":679041,"author_name":"Jes Draws","author_uid":"jes-draws","epoch":1619787274,"text":"A good little game. I think the mood of the game is very on point and the dubbing made me smile. 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I'm very glad that you enjoyed it!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":686305,"author_name":"mlkvr","author_uid":"mlkvr","epoch":1619923843,"text":"Interesting one never seen a previously made jam game being submitted, I watched the whole walktrough deep n' dark atmosphere successfully reflects noir style,I would definitely try if I had a VR set.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":689304,"author_name":"junojop","author_uid":"junojop","epoch":1620013220,"text":"well done graphics","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":696068,"author_name":"agrdev","author_uid":"agrdev","epoch":1620332556,"text":"So tense mood! Great art style and sound design also, especially had a lot of fun from the Russian voiceover, well done :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":700024,"author_name":"VixenMink","author_uid":"vixenmink","epoch":1620698779,"text":"You really hit the mood for this game","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld48\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/15wh0Ui-iLyZ4d-XWMnj-df-Gx3olzkUr\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"78282","g_author":"1002093","g_event":"LD48","g_eventkey":"109","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"375881","g_title":"Explanation Department","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"1743","g_commentcount":"10","g_site2_node_id":"252447","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"252447","n_urlkey":"375881","n_parent":"233335","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/explanation-department","n_slug":"explanation-department","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"2093","n_created":"1619483933","n_modified":"1778354360","n_version":"778562","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":3,"author":2093,"body":"I'd be honest. This game wasn't made in 3 days. It actually was made in 3 weeks on another jam that ended up 22 of April. So we spend additional ludum days to polishing and the game become more playable. So we decided to show our game to LD community, maybe someone just will be interested.\n\n**Citizen, prepare yourself for an explanation!**\n\nAnother dark night in the city. Another strange business. More explanations for which there is no time... of course, you can contact the Department for explanations. But will you stay who you were? And who are you really?..\n\n![\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0438\u043d_3.png](\/\/\/raw\/d28\/z\/3f9f2.png)\n\n**The essence of the game:**\n\nThis is a small noir VR stealth game for the Oculus Rift. You have to almost literally get into the shoes of a private detective - as literally as the format of a VR game allows. You need to investigate a strange case, avoiding the Department staff and security cameras. 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