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You are Miles Dauntless, the one and only detective on board the Goddard, a massive colony ship half way through a 300 year mission to a distant star.  You have spent your entire career solving petty crimes, breaking up domestic disputes and arguing with your co-workers over coffee, until one day everything changed.  A body was discovered.

Unravel a web of conspiracy, organized crime and love affairs as you attempt to track down the murderer.

World

The entire game place on board the massive slow ship The Goddard.  The ship is split into a series of rotating rings, for gravity, around a central shaft containing the engines.  Ring 2 (admin) is your base of operations, including your own office, and ring 4 (science) is where the murder took place and the majority of the suspects are.

Admin ring, lower level.



Characters

Miles Dauntless, the one in the trilby, is the only playable character.  You have spent your entire life reading and watching classic detective mysteries and have based your entire career around a stereotype.

There are a whopping 15 potential suspects over 2 cases.  I really don't want to post any more info here as it defeats the idea of it being a murder mystery if i list them all.

Detective System

There is no combat in this game, and the entire menu has been replaced by your detectives notebook (actually a tablet computer) that contains all the info collected so far on suspects and evidence.  It updates as you play, by speaking to witnesses and finding clues.

Credits

All core and me so far, but i'm sure this will change.

Game Jam

This game is being made for a game jam link here and at the time im writing this there is just 4 days remaining.  I plan on expanding this game long after the Jam is over, posibly adding more cases or even using the system in an entirely new game.

Screenshots