I rather like the feeling of this so far. I’ll be following it to see how it turns out, because I’m now fairly curious to discover what’s happening.
The choice of powers was nice, too. It gave just enough detail that I could sort of figure out what power I was choosing, but left enough detail untold that it still remained a surprise to see how it worked. I haven’t tried all of the powers yet, but so far they make sense. (I especially loved the one where my character reached into Bert’s mind to see who/what was controlling him.)
Just one thing I noticed, though. On the second screen, it has the sentence: “The poor woman looks frantic, brows burrowed and covered in a thin layer of sweat from running around the manor desperately trying to find you.” Shouldn’t the word ‘burrowed’ actually be ‘furrowed’? Or am I just unaware of the phrase you were going for?
By the way, I love the name choices you offered for girls in particular (I haven’t yet played through as a boy). They fit nicely with the siblings’ names.
@Koschei, thanks for the feedback, I’m glad the powers are working out for you! Great catch, I’ve fixed that in my files and they’ll be reflected in the next update.
Dx sorry for the lack of updates (and activity OTL) so far, guys. Real Life, that feisty poltergeist, is getting in the way. Job hunting for an undergrad with almost no work experience is the source of many headaches.
That said, I do want to get ahead of myself for a bit and start planning further down the road. There are certain cases that have to go in a certain order, but slot for the first case is actually pretty flexible. Which of these would you guys be the most interested in?
1- There are freak shows, and things are stolen.
2- A little girl obsessed with dolls has been kidnapped. Who better a suspect than a toymaker?
3- The professor has been working unusually late, and his wife speculates a distraction in the form of a talented young student. She speculated wrongly.
4- She’s looking for her long-lost father. Things happen in an orchestra.
5- Murders in an art gallery, framed and painted and neatly labeled.
6- They thought he was dead, and he thought he saw something on the other end of the tunnel.
Sorry about the vague descriptions, I don’t want to give too much away.
Thanks, guys! Opinions seem pretty divided, but I’ll plan for 3, 5, and 6. (Sorry @vampierkid222. I’m pretty sure either 1 or 2 will be the second case though, so it’s not too bad.)
If anyone else is lurking around the thread, feel free to speak up as well! I’m open to suggestions about anything and everything so far, nothing’s set in stone. If anyone has a power they’d like to see appear in the game, now’s the time to throw it at me.
I don’t like serial murderer mysteries because they always tend to involve lots of people dying and your main character being powerless to save them. It doesn’t help (in my care at least) that the victims are usually attractive women.
I guess I’d vote for 4. That one sounds interesting and mysterious without giving that feeling of helplessness as people die around you.
Oops-- sorry, I’m very bad at checking my own thread and replying on time. The thread lives!
Thanks for the votes!
@RockBou, thanks, I’m glad you are. The next part of the intro should be out soon, hope it doesn’t disappoint. It’s a bit longer than the other parts but I’m 6/6 on myself as the deadline.
I love this game’s concept and setting! I love detective stories, and the inclusion of supernatural and light steampunk elements (assuming you’re still planning on having it that way) sounds wonderfully unique. Will there be any updates soon?
Well, I certainly missed my 6/6 deadline there, orz.
I can’t guarantee anything at this point, unfortunately. Some unexpected stuff has come up, and I don’t have as much time as I’d like to work on this. That, and recently I’ve been plagued with an obsession with wuxia stories, and have indulged myself with working on a ChoiceScript wuxia story as well.
I don’t want to put anything on a hiatus, but updates will come very, very slowly.
