Detective Horse
About
Detective Horse is the result of my biting off more than i could chew for Mini Jam 115: Noir: an attempt to draw, animate, and write a point-and-click graphical adventure game in less than 72 hours.
I liked much more the noir style of the jam’s theme than its required limitation, Everything is Temporary
, and you won’t see much “temporary things”, but i could not let the opportunity of developing a simple black-and-white, film noir adventure game pass.
Of course, i one can argue that, since this is a game, once the browser is closed, everything will be lost, thus “temporary”. There, limitation satisfied!
Unfortunately, 72 hours are not enough for such an ambitious project, and i ended up with a very, very short game that does not even have a proper story. Also, i am afraid that my sense of humor is very bad, so forgive me for the crude jokes.
As always, thank you a lot for playing!
Controls
The whole game is played with the primary mouse button, the left one by default. It should work with a touchscreen too, but i have not tested it.
Click anywhere on the screen to advance the dialog. It will show a notice when the conversation is over, and then you can point-and-click at objects. The pointer will change whenever the mouse is hovering anything that can be clicked. Sometimes it can be a small object.
Assets
Fonts
- Amatic SC by Vernon Adams (github.com/vernnobile)
Licensed under SIL Open Font License
http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
Music
- Bass Walker by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - Fast Talking by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sounds
- Breaking a glass by Vincent Kurt Anderes (freesound.org/people/VincentKurtAnderes)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ - Camera Click NIKON by Snapper4298 (freesound.org/people/Snapper4298)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - Switch ON - Livingroom by MastersDisaster (freesound.org/people/MastersDisaster)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Status | Prototype |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Author | Perita |
Genre | Adventure |
Made with | Audacity, Inkscape, Haxe |
Tags | Black and White, Noir, Point & Click, Short |
Code license | GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL) |
Asset license | Creative Commons Attribution_ShareAlike v4.0 International |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Mouse, Touchscreen |
Comments
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Mouhaha, this is the best way to bounce back from not having had time to finish a jam game that I've ever seen :D Thanks for the laugh!