Decipher the root cause

A murder covered up, an innocent man blamed. Can you decipher the root cause?

The Root Cause is a 2D Unity game developed over the course of two days (and nights!) by a five member team for the Global Game Jam 2023!


Unfortunately the game was not submitted on time due to a technical issue right at the end. We managed to salvage a build and the project which you can now play! (Make it full-screen!)

You can find the code to this game here: https://github.com/Ziszel/root-cause-ggj

We hope you enjoy our game!

Controls

(Depending on the screen shown)

Mouse can be used to select and click on buttons, or advance text

W,A,S,D & Space can be used to navigate rooms, and analyse clues.

Comments

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Cool idea. Good art and music. Had some problems making the controls work and couldn't see any of the text until I went into full-screen. Not super obvious what I should be doing at all times. Interacting with objects doesn't give much feedback meaning I can't know when I'm done with the room.

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Hey baconation! Appreciate the feedback, thanks for playing our game! :)