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Detective Roach by Cizec

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made by Cizec for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

A narrative detective game about mystery in roach city. controls on wasd. Press E to advance dialogue. Press left mouse button to zoom in with your magnifying glass. изображение<em>2024-10-08</em>013018534.png изображение<em>2024-10-08</em>013125404.png Made by a small team of beginners. ~~We didn't fit in time so some mechanics are done but not implemented. Our team has encountered a couple deadly bugs (hehe) right at the finish line.~~

All fixed, play the fully fleshed out game here https://cizec.itch.io/detective-roach

Good jam. Good luck have fun.
!!PRESS E TO CLOSE FIRST DIALOGUE WINDOW!!

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/detective-roach

Ratings

Overall 515th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 655th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 578th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 94th 4.237⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 679th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 516th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 263th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 436th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Kolp
07. Oct 2024 · 23:46 UTC
such a cool concept!
Stalemeat
07. Oct 2024 · 23:46 UTC
This is very ambitious! There was a lot involved in this. I like how the game looks, although, it did give me motion sickness while moving around but that is a personal problem. The roaches are well crafted and animated. It started out with a "test text" and that was confusing but pressing E fixed that issue. Great entry fits the theme well.
Pacelin
08. Oct 2024 · 21:51 UTC
A good game idea for a gamejam! It's a pity that the volume control sliders don't work and there are no mouse sensitivity settings, because of the rather high initial sensitivity, I couldn't fully enjoy the gameplay! I hope to see this game as a small indie project.
rickyokita
08. Oct 2024 · 22:03 UTC
What an amazing RPG featuring roaches! The objectives and the plot are so detailed within a limited development time, but somehow the roaches give no responses when I pressed E if I didn't follow the quest, should make some default dialogue assigned with each roach but I do think the workload is a bit more.

Overall it is fun to explore the roach village
radiorat
08. Oct 2024 · 22:40 UTC
### Game-breaking bugs have been fixed, check out the second "fix" file to get the full experience!
Master-YEET
08. Oct 2024 · 23:52 UTC
I liked exploring the village and following our fellow roaches story. I wished I could press E again to show faster the dialogues instead of having to wait though.
driftingaway
08. Oct 2024 · 23:52 UTC
This is cute! I like the art, could definitely see this expanded into a full game
emozdemir
09. Oct 2024 · 16:23 UTC
this has a lot of potential! a long story would turn this game into a decent indie game. i wish dialogues were not to be skipped when i press E but get the full sentence and then continue to the dialogue. solid entry!
Pachino55
10. Oct 2024 · 18:19 UTC
Sick art!
Sutt00
12. Oct 2024 · 08:54 UTC
Loveley concept. We were considering doing something similar.
The theme is wonderfully realized. I love that you're carrying the magnifying glass with your antenna and that you move faster when you crawl.
I did get stuck at the bar tho. I could talk to one of the patrons but not the rest.
I would also recommend having E skip to the end of the current dialog and then have one more input to move onto the next one.
BuianovaValeria
13. Oct 2024 · 09:20 UTC
offers a fun, i like it
WouterK12
13. Oct 2024 · 10:09 UTC
Haha such a cool idea of having roaches living in a little society under a floor :D
Maybe look a bit into scaling UI for different screen sizes because I play on a wide aspect ratio and I couldn't read the objective and some dialog, but that's okay, it was fun to dance with the roaches in the bar anyways! 😆
Lofipop
13. Oct 2024 · 15:00 UTC
Nice to see another cuckroach-related game ! Really enjoyed this one. Fun, original setting, nice humour and you managed to set a nice mood even with simple graphics.
I had no real issues with this one, maybe could've used a running input ?
Anyway, well done, impressive for a first project !
kanity
17. Oct 2024 · 19:29 UTC
I've downloaded "fixed" version, but can't seem to be able to do anything. Pressed all the buttons, I am just stuck on this screen.

![broken.jpg](///raw/c93/65/z/68ecd.jpg)"

I liked the music, the drawn map on pause menu and your game cover. Would love to explore the game more but doesn't seem to work for me ;_;
radiorat
18. Oct 2024 · 21:41 UTC
@kanity Hi, thanks for the feedback!! To progress through the dialogue windows you need to press E!
Empyreans
23. Oct 2024 · 20:01 UTC
Had some fun with your game on stream :) Interaction zones were a bit inconsistent, but I had a good time with the game regardless. I ain't no Sherlock so I did what I know best - I went out of bounds to find the villain :)

https://youtu.be/xnGuRZF8CH0

~XpMonster