Game Overview

A point-and-click visual novel demo, created in Ren'Py in just over one month for Mystery Game Jam 2024.

Story

Human "Reese Urchin" wakes up in an unknown room, unable to contact his partner.

How did Reese get there?

What happened to his robot partner, iBeaux?

And will he seek a way out...?

Credits

Writing — Ghost Clown, CyberSe7en, ZetaKen
Narrative Design — Ghost Clown
Point n' Click 3D Backgrounds — Nayru
Character Concept Art — Nils
GUI — Kick14Renpy Sci-fi Gui Asset #2
GUI Programming — CyberSe7en
Puzzle Design — Ghost ClownCyberSe7en
Puzzle Programming — CyberSe7en
Point n' Click Implementation — CyberSe7en
Itch Page Design, Banner & Cover Images — CyberSe7en
CRT Monitor Shader Plugin — Devil Spiδεr

Additional Credits

Music from Pixabay — tobylane, tomhUK, FreeGroove
Sound Effects from Pixabay — Pixabay, UNIVERSFIELD, Dunimaci, Muzaproduction, LiteSaturation, moodmode
Brain CG, Cursor Icons from Pixabay — Placidplace, SuperMerrily, raphaelsilva
Title Screen BG & Itch Cover BG from Pixabay — Placidplace
Itch Banner BG from Pixabay — TheDigitalArtist
Google Fonts — Oxanium, Archivo

3D Models and Textures

From Unreal Engine Marketplace:

From SketchFab:

Updated 12 days ago
Published 14 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, HTML5
Rating
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorCyberSe7en
GenreVisual Novel
TagsMystery, Point & Click, Ren'Py, Sci-fi

Download

Download
RobotsAndMurderDemo-1.00-pc.zip 101 MB
Download
RobotsAndMurderDemo-1.00-mac.zip 96 MB

Development log

Comments

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(+1)

I appreciate the additional dialogues if you interact with items using your partner's vision, that's a nice touch.
Good work on the demo! The 3D environment renders look really good. 
Sadly it's hard to say anything about the story, as it seems it has not really begun yet in the scope of this demo.
Would like to learn more about the story soon, love the [REDACTED] Escape vibes!

(1 edit)

Thanks!  As you can tell, we're big Zilch Escape fans. ;)

Yeah, re: the story, we really over-scoped during the jam, so we didn't have time to develop the plot to the degree that we wanted to.

Hopefully we'll get a chance to revisit the game and flesh that out in the future. 🙏

(+1)

The names… I’m going to hit whoever came up with them with a (very soft and bendy) baseball bat😂

Anyway, great work on finishing the demo! I didn’t notice any bugs during my playthrough, so nice job on a smooth experience! (or maybe I’m just unobservant lol)

also… first :P

LOL, I'll pass that along to the main writer. 😂

Thanks for playing!

(+1)

That would be me. I deserve (but do not regret) it.