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Detective Bass: Fish Out Of Water

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A sequel is currently in the making!


Made in less than a week for the Brackeys Game Jam 2023.2, and Won 14th (out of 923) place!

Itch.io version here! (Might work better for some)


We have released an update!

Here are some of the changes:

  • Changed the font to a more readable one
  • Added walking sounds
  • Improved dialogue options
  • Fixed scretched screen in fullscreen mode
  • Added more dialogues to the Captain to give hints on what the player should do next
  • Lots of new flavor dialogues
  • Lots of new UI animations
  • Lots of bug fixes
  • And more!


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PLOT:

There has a murder on a luxurious cruise ship!

As the clever, wise, and handsome Detective Bass you must investigate 8 fish-people to decide who is responsible in put them behind bars.


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CONTROLS:

Move: WASD

Interact: E

Select Dialog Option: Mouse


To ask a NPC about something , select that an item or a character from the inventory while near the NPC you want tot ask.


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CREDITS:

HexTecGames - Programmer

alimen6 - Writer, Composer, Secondary Programmer

That Worm - Artist, Secondary Writer


Mr. Fish Original Image

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What an amazing title, any updates about the sequel? Already wishlisted on Steam!

ThatWormStudios responds:

Thanks! The sequel is currently in production. This is a side project to all of us so production might take a lil' longer.

Thanks again for wishlisting and for your patience!

wonderful :-)

Fish. Murder. Fun. Please make more!

Really cool game! I love the art style, character designs, dialogue & music. The only issues I had were the duplication bugs (though they didn't detract from the gameplay) and that the mechanics took some time to figure out. I got stuck for a while, didn't realize how to ask about other passengers by clicking on them from the journal. Would also be handy to have quick keys for navigating the journal. Otherwise no complaints :)

edit: just went through the intro again, I missed that it does tell you to click on the portraits. I just can't read :')

this wass sooo good.. one of my first ever mystery games i played.. short and simple.. very well though out

Credits & Info

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Votes
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Score
4.17 / 5.00

Uploaded
Aug 27, 2023
7:50 AM EDT
Genre
Visual Novel