Chook & Sosig: A Case of Murder [Nano 2017] [DEMO UP]

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Chook & Sosig: A Case of Murder [Nano 2017] [DEMO UP]

#1 Post by Tookipalooki »

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Supernatural murder mystery/Comedy

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A dead body is discovered in the remote island of The Neighbourhood, it will take about 3 hours for the police to arrive on the scene, so it that time Sosig can live out their dream of becoming a detective.
Can Chook and Sosig find the culprit in time? or will their amateur sleuthing just make things much much worse?
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(I'm keen to hit the deadline with time to spare in order to insert bizarre and unexpected features)

* about 5k words
* choices with consequences and odd knock-on effects
* 3 endings
* 2 crime-scenes to investigate
* 1 computer to explore
* Extra things I'm not telling
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Chook & Sosig
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Chook
Chook is a ghost and cannot physically interact with anything, she just remarks on everything and tries to keep an eye on Sosig. She came with the house when Sosig bought it. Her past is somewhat hazy. As a ghost she is more sensitive to the paranormal and is somewhat aware the world of the Neighbourhood is controlled by outside forces.
Sosig
Sosig is a former child star (they used to advertise cat food). Sosig's gender is never referenced as it never cropped up in the last game so I'm rolling with it. You influence Sosig's runaway train of thought at points through the game.
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Bo, Exley, Min, Quiz, Tex and Hebble
Status:
Writing: 75%
Character Art: 90%
Backgrounds: 90%
Programming: 80%
Audio:15%
GUI: 95%
NON-VITAL BONUS GARBAGE LAND: 15% (omg stop doing this! you don't NEED ANYTHING in this section!)
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GETTING THERE
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#2 Post by Alcor »

I really love the art for Chook & Sosig (though I haven't had the chance to play it yet, since I didn't know it existed until a few minutes ago)! I assume this will be in the same sort of style, and I'm really excited to see what it'll be like! Both characters sound (and look) amazing.

Also, YES for bizarre features. I love bizarre features, and I hope you have the time to implement them in this game.

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#3 Post by YuukiCrossPudding »

The art is soooooo cuteee ;;; I really love the art style, characters for the game are funny and unique!
I wonder what/whose dead body they found?

Can't wait to play this game and will be looking forward for the updates!

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#4 Post by Tookipalooki »

Ah man thank-you both so much for the kind words <3

I'm spending today getting the story writing well underway, I've got my cast of characters pretty much set in stone and I have a loose idea of where the story goes and wraps up, time to try tie it all together.

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#5 Post by M0ti »

Tookipalooki wrote:I'm spending today getting the story writing well underway, I've got my cast of characters pretty much set in stone and I have a loose idea of where the story goes and wraps up, time to try tie it all together.
I feel like I'm in exact same spot ... almost.
I know my characters (at last some of them. From time to time someone new comes to say Hi and then leave again)
I know where they are heading but that's all. Spend two days figuring out art style and forgot about the story. :D

So I wish you to make some satisfying progress today. :)

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#6 Post by GhostCracker »

This looks so cute, I can't wait until it's finished! Keep up the good work

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#7 Post by Sunlit-Dreamer »

*prays to the shrine you've created for you to finish it*

Looking forward to giving this a whirl! What consequences shall I suffer? Can't wait~

(Good luck on the writing portion! *throws writing vibes your way*)
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#8 Post by PB&Jelly »

To echo everyone else, I love the art style you're using for this project. Mysteries are great, and I especially enjoy ones that include a bit of quirky humor. I'm looking forward to playing this!

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#9 Post by Tookipalooki »

Ah my gosh thankyou so much for the kind words
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I'm going to try knock out the GUI today and have that dead and buried.
Miss Marple is helping me

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#10 Post by Tookipalooki »

Knocked out a large amount of the character art today, really enjoying myself >:}

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#11 Post by Katy133 »

I love the art style for this! And I really like mystery stories, so I'll be keeping an eye on this VN. :D

(Also, it's great to see another person who knows about Jonathan Creek. :wink: )
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#12 Post by YuukiCrossPudding »

Just saw the update on the first post AND I DIDN'T REALIZE CHOOK IS A GHOST OMGOSH THIS MADE ME WANT TO PLAY THIS MORE

CHICKEN GHOST! ♡

I see that it has previous series, I'm going to play them all *coughwhenmymidtermisdonecough* and really reaally looking forward to this one!

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#13 Post by haitori »

This is looking to be an amazing game!
The sample screens and the art style are absolutely stunning (those card designs!!!) Good luck, looking forward to this game!

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#14 Post by Tookipalooki »

ahhh thankyou all so much <3 I'm on track for the finish line, gotta drink lots of coffee :D

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#15 Post by Tookipalooki »

Yay the demo went up yesterday, I decided in the last few days to make a very large change to the flow of the game and in doing so sliced it into 3 distinct parts.
The demo is the first section of the game.

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