Murder Mystery theater cold case

[Hailren]

This game is still a work in progress

I do not have any game play available yet It's still in early development.

Synopsis

Synopsis: Murder Mystery theater cold case is a game based off the board game Clue. The premises of the game is. You play as Charles Worthington, A successful business owner millionaire. You have invited guests, Friends and acquaintances to a party for a night of wine and dine to celebrate your successful Newspaper company opening. But as the night falls and many of your guest leave something tragic happens unexpectedly. Who done it? Who would do such a thing on a night like this and you invited this insane person but then again most of your guests are a bit off there rocker aren’t they? So who done it? Can you be the one to find out who the killer is Find clues to solve the case before you become a case yourself.

The game is a Murder Mystery Game where the player must solve a crime. To solve the crime the player must find all the evidence pieces scattered around the Mansion. If evidence pieces are not found within allotted time frame the murderer will kill again and thus the player is that much closer to danger.

The setting is in the 1920's the roaring 20's era. At Charles Worthington's Mansion nestled in the woods is a old Mansion surrounded by acres and acres of land.  

Characters 



Player. Charles Worthington - A American successful business tycoon. Owns Wathington Mansion in the Forest Lawn woods. Owns a newspaper business.



Guest. Claud Jupree - A Cajun card shark and successful swindler from Louisiana New Orleans. Has a bit of a gambling problem met Charles Worthington in a poker game.



Guest. Col. Walter Winthorp - A English Colonel in the English military. Long time friend of Charles. Has a bit of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Met Charles when they were in school.



Guest. Willard Doyle - A Irish Speakeasy club owner. Has a major drinking problem. Met Charles at his speakeasy club.



Guest. Dr. Icabot Prune - A German Psychiatric Dr in charge of the Rose Hill mental institution. Has a drug problem. Met Charles when Charles was a newspaper reporter.



Guest. Marvin Moore – A African American Mechanic at the local town. Has a anger problem. Met Charles at the shop fixing Charles car.



Guest. Violet Lowit - A French Actress Movie films. Has jealousy problem. Met Charles at a movie premiere.



Guest. Miss Nuri Tshilaba - A Romani Fortune teller gypsy. Has a money problem. Met Charles at cony island in Ny.



Guest. Ester Jupree - A Cajun Musician and sister to Claud Jupree, From Louisiana New Orleans. Has a bipolar disorder met Charles along with her brother.

Game Features.

1. Uses Murder Engine- A game mechanic that randomizes who the killer will be and who the victims will be. If the player does not find a clue to the murders in allotted time the Murder engine will then pick a new victim one by one till there are none left except you and the killer and if that happens to you well lets just say it won't be pretty.
   
2. Murder Engine- Has 3 unique elements - 1. Murderer picker randomly picks who the murder will be. 2. Crime Randomizer selects from the list of actors who will be the first to die. If player is chosen it will be skipped to next actor. 3. Timer a hidden counter that checks if a clue item is found in a certain time frame, if said item is not found a new crime will happen.
   
3. Uses- Mythos Horror pack for the look and feel of the game.
   
4. Will include custom icons. Window skin. And eventually menu system.
   
5. May include custom music from the time period for setting and atmosphere. (As for now I have fillers.)
   
6. Game will not include a battle system (Well because its a murder mystery game I cant have you going around killing everyone now can I?)
   
7. Includes Parallax mapping. (Its my favorite type of mapping makes your game look its best.)
   
8. Character Busts. (Mythos Horror Pack characters subject to change.)
   
9. Quick time events and puzzle solving.
   
10. Game will Have controller support.
    
11. 8 Directional character movement.
    

Critique of this game:

The game will be short over all it will most likely only last an hour for new players.

Not enough resources compiled to fit PV games style I have all his packs but still I don't Have a toilet or any bathroom resources

Story may be shallow and not much after intro.

Screenshots *Wip*

Spoiler

These Are all subject to change through the development course of the game.

What inspired me:

Well to be honest I got this idea from Clue the game. I wanted to attempt a system kinda like it. I know my idea isn't totally original but I just thought it would be fun to do. I hope whom so ever chooses to play the game will appreciate the hard work and effort I have put into the game.

Sincerely Producer. Hailren - GothicGamesStudio.

Co. Producer. boldpaste2 - Siren Games.

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[Evan Finkel]

This is sublime so far, I am really looking forward to it!

 

[Bonkers]

Most successful business man among his friends, and cannot afford basic security at parties.  

What is a quick time event?  

Since it is your own mansion do you have a gun somewhere, or an emergency phone line/escape route?  It's after 1915 and he is rather rich, I'd assume he has service.  I could see this being a problem being invited to an unfamiliar setting, but this Charles's home turf.  

I'm glad you went with a game concept without a battle system, it will be interesting to see how the puzzles work out while exploring the mansion.  Will there be different endings based on whether you're able to stop the killer at victim 1 as opposed to victim 6 where it becomes painfully obvious who the killer was?    

 

[Hailren]

Most successful business man among his friends, and cannot afford basic security at parties.  

What is a quick time event?  

Since it is your own mansion do you have a gun somewhere, or an emergency phone line/escape route?  It's after 1915 and he is rather rich, I'd assume he has service.  I could see this being a problem being invited to an unfamiliar setting, but this Charles's home turf.  

I'm glad you went with a game concept without a battle system, it will be interesting to see how the puzzles work out while exploring the mansion.  Will there be different endings based on whether you're able to stop the killer at victim 1 as opposed to victim 6 where it becomes painfully obvious who the killer was?    

 Its funny you mentioned that about him having a weapon for security we will get to that part   muhahaha but yeah I don't want a battle system in this game its strictly all puzzles and clue finding. Cant have the player shooting all his guests just to be safe can we? Thanks for pointing out the stuff I think I should address. As for the different endings yeah I am going to have different endings for the amount of survivors that are still alive. And this game generates a random killer so one of the guest is the killer so you will never know who the killer is till its you and them xD at that point its going to be too late.

 

[captainproton]

This looks pretty interesting!

 

[Hailren]

This looks pretty interesting!

Thanks I am trying to make it cool I hope it will be received well, I am working pretty hard on it so far.

 

[VoxPopuli]

Looks like a fascinating project as really enjoyed playing Clue in the past. The only thing I might address is that the millionaire is having a party, yet the ration of males to females is unbalanced (even in the context of a normal game the ratio of male and female should be more equal in numbers, i.e. currently too few women). One of the trademarks of Clue was that sexes were balanced.


Anyway, that is the only suggestion I have atm, looks like an intriguing game and hoping for a demo soon.

 

[Hailren]

Looks like a fascinating project as really enjoyed playing Clue in the past. The only thing I might address is that the millionaire is having a party, yet the ration of males to females is unbalanced (even in the context of a normal game the ratio of male and female should be more equal in numbers, i.e. currently too few women). One of the trademarks of Clue was that sexes were balanced.

Anyway, that is the only suggestion I have atm, looks like an intriguing game and hoping for a demo soon.

I understand that but I don't have many pioneervalleygames characters in the 1920's style so I had to deal with what I had but I get what your saying. Thanks for the feedback I appreciate it and will take that into account..

 

[captainproton]

It also was (and technically still is, I suppose) the proper etiquette for the sexes to be equally represented at a dinner party. (Except for children, but they don't count and aren't meant to be seen, anyway). Not really having seen the available character pool, do you think there'd be any which could be edited?

Are the puzzles going to be all seek-and-find style, or will they be more like Professor Layton or Hotel Dusk?

 

[Hailren]

It also was (and technically still is, I suppose) the proper etiquette for the sexes to be equally represented at a dinner party. (Except for children, but they don't count and aren't meant to be seen, anyway). Not really having seen the available character pool, do you think there'd be any which could be edited?

Are the puzzles going to be all seek-and-find style, or will they be more like Professor Layton or Hotel Dusk?

Well the puzzles are going to be search and find, puzzle lock systems, push pull puzzles. I will try and look at some videos of what those games puzzles are like as I have never played those, but I will do my best to make the puzzles in this game vary and try not to be the same every time. Thank you for suggestions and as for characters I may try to get into contact with PV Games if they ever open the request portion again if not I may try my hand at edits (No promises though).

 

[captainproton]

The puzzles in Hotel Dusk were pretty good, but a lot of them relied on the Nintendo DS's touchscreen. One in particular had you using the stylus and touchscreen to manipulate a paperclip in an attempt to pick a lock. I know Moghunter has a script (in Portuguese, but still) that lets you set up locks and things requiring a sequence of keys (A, Up, S, Left, Left, etc) to open, if you wanted to do something similar.

Professor Layton used a lot of riddles and logic puzzles as well as sliding panel puzzles, math riddles, etc. (Freaking LOVE those games!)

 

[boldpaste2]

Wanted to leak this little screenshot of the mock-up UI.

according to the UI on the top right, 4 party guests are dead and you are that much closer to your doom.

Other systems I will be adding (not mentioned above) is the clue notification and a danger system.

(you can now potentially be a victim but you can get away based on Charles Worthington awareness of his surroundings).

 

[Alkorri]

@Hailren - It's weird that you mention there are no bathroom resources, because I could have sworn there was one in the game It Lurks! But you're right, I don't see a tub and the creator somehow managed to get hold of a toilet.

That aside, just wanted to say I am looking forward to this game

 

[Hailren]

@Hailren - It's weird that you mention there are no bathroom resources, because I could have sworn there was one in the game It Lurks! But you're right, I don't see a tub and the creator somehow managed to get hold of a toilet.

That aside, just wanted to say I am looking forward to this game

Thanks that means alot thanks