Instacrime by Jammin
Have you always dreamed of being an investigator?
It's time to play! The game is on !
Emma Crohn was murdered, you only have your Instacrim account at your disposal to solve the murder.
So which of Rebecca, Katlyn, Jean-Max, Maelle or Emil killed the victim? how and why ?
It's up to you to find out in our new game: Instacrim!
Thanks to the team: Tibseydon: team management Merliin: developer Bandithony : developer Lucieinthesky: graphic designer Meinewn : graphic designer (Insta: @welshosaure) Eclair_dArgent : graphic designer Fammy : Sound designer
Tools used: Godot Procreate Pro tools
POST JAM FIX : Change poster of the rabbit slide from JMax to Turtlemil

| Itchio page | https://jammin.itch.io/instacrime |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/instacrime |
Ratings
| Overall | 574th | 3.525⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 881th | 3.05⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 164th | 3.85⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 888th | 3.325⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 220th | 4.15⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 140th | 3.925⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 862th | 2.3⭐ | 17🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 119th | 4.05⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 29🗳️ | 10🗨️ |
Each clue / instacrim post has a duration of 10 seconds ;)
It took a few tries but I figured it out! It was satisfying to see the art reflect the actual conclusion, too. I had no questions or moments of "how was I supposed to know that?!". It was great! Fantastic art, music and super interesting gameplay.
Mr. Jingle is really cute
But I didn't found out on how I was supposed to make notes( There was no notebook in the game for it)
Unfortunately I couldn't find out who was a murderer in three tries, because I saw only one or two connections between posts)
-Great music
-Lovely art
-Great vibe
I honestly really struggled to get a sense of the murder and motive I'm afraid though. SPOILER: Did Katyln kill her because she stole her Pokemon cards?
Honestly, I couldn't even remember the name of the victim as soon as it wasn't on screen ha ha! Would be great if you could find a way of establishing who is who earlier on in your story (match names to accounts to profile pictures). Or have an onscreen note pad to make notes. Really gorgeous work tho.
There are still some things that aren't so obvious to me, but the game was very well made and I really enjoyed it.
SPOILER : Yeah, Katlyn did kill Emma because she stole here pokemon card collection. For that, she used the walker of her boyfriend's grandmother.
Plus, as others have noted, the lack of information about the case's dramatis personae as well as the inability to scroll freely back and forth through the posts seriously hinders the player's ability to investigate.
I think there's some Godot-related issue where it loads the pictures when you advance and the music stutters for a while, it doesn't happen on further replays, not sure if there's some way to preload these. Also with the theme it seems like many are struggling with the same thing where it hinders some aspect of the gameplay, for me I didn't mind it as it felt something like a "stories" type feature which are naturally timed.
Oh yea and the scenario writing was really good as well, all the posts felt natural and the mystery didn't feel ham-fisted in there, great work all :D