Game Info
Year
2021
Players
1-10
Age
14+
Playtime
180 min
Complexity
1.5/5
Collection
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Description
Use your wits, code-breaking skills, and real-world research to crack a series of challenges hidden in hilarious cartoon panels.
If you can uncover their mysteries and piece together the big picture, you may be able to smash open an enigmatic cold case of the missing cartoonist.
—description from publisher
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- easy to learn
- puzzles are challenging
- escape-room-in-a-box feel
- uses comics as clues in an integrated puzzle
Cons
- some puzzles may be very hard for some players
- some puzzles assume prior knowledge (languages, periodic table)
Thematic elements
- detective/puzzle-solving escape-room-in-a-box
- February calendar puzzle using comic pages as clues
- interactive detective narrative guided by clues in comics
Comparison games
- Exit
- Chronicles of Crime
- Unlock
- Micro Macro
- Crime City
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- color_coded_clues — Color-coded buttons correspond to items in the comic for clue mapping.
- Deduction — General deduction to solve puzzles using clues from comics.
- hint_system_ROT13_QR — Hinge system with a ROT13 cipher or QR code to reveal hints.
- matching_comics_to_days — Matching which comic goes on which day in a February calendar.
- puzzle_solving — General deduction to solve puzzles using clues from comics.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the game is easy to learn but the puzzles are quite challenging to crack
- escape room in a box
- fellow detectives have fun and good luck
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