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INDIE GAME MAKING CONTEST ENTRY
THE CONTEST ENTRY VERSION COMPLETED BEFORE THE DEADLINE IS VERSION 1.4! Any version after that is not for the contest. I'm keeping the contest version up for you to see what it was like then(I was unhappy with how I didn't revise the writing when I changed the number of levels)!

The contest entry aims for an hour length. Future, more enhanced versions will have more levels. But for the contest, this first version will feature ONE memory the player must complete. It'll have four stages for visiting, as you try to find the conspiracy and solve this patient's problem.


COMPLETE: Current Version: 1.5
(Check download page for a version without RTP)

Perspective stars Amelia, the player, who discovers her attribute: memory. Guided by a therapist, she'll figure out how to use this ability in helpful ways for the patients. Evelyn Catarina, the lead therapist in the office, and her assistant Mr Pharell hope for an even greater benefit: finding information on a multi-country conspiracy!

The player will enter the patient's memory where they must follow clues. How do you obtain clues? By spectating the memory and watching where people go, hearing what they say. Based on your observations, you'll follow each lead to be in the right spot at the right time, and discover the mystery behind the memory! You can only be in one place at one time and when you discover something, you may have to just go back to an earlier part of the memory to follow the lead. Jump from stage to stage in the memory, each lasting a few minutes long.

The game experience will be very different for everyone! You can choose to find clues however you like. Follow this one person through the whole stage. Run around aimlessly to happen across something luckily. Choose a room and stay the entire stage. Do what you want to figure it out. Do the stages in any order! In the end, you'll need to have each piece of the mystery to prove the answer to it! (Although using your deduction skills is the preferred strategy)

Resource credits to:
Celiana for the tileset
Kread for an Event Update script
N.A.S.T.Y. Text Pop Over Events -Nelderson, tomoaky, and IceDragon
Gab Window - Yanfly
RMN Music Pack for the Soundtrack
MACK for use of the character generator

Other than my work, which includes level design, narrative design, writing, and all things gameplay, Seiromem mapped the level. And then thanks are due for my testers!
Veronica Bennie(Younger Sister)
John Bennie(Younger Brother, AKA: Seiromem)
Adam Rice
Andrew Clifford
Sone Berrios

Latest Blog

Act 2 resuming development, new system for clues, and Itch.io

Itch.io
First off, I've put the game up on itch.io! Perspective is ultimately going to be free of course, but I put it up there in case some might be generous enough to donate. It would help immensely and be very appreciated. Here's the link. I might plan some kind of reward for those who donate, maybe extras. Hmmmm...
http://outcry44.itch.io/perspective

Resuming Development
On to other news! I've gotten back to this project, and I'm getting back to working on the mapping of my four levels. I was going to wait until all four were mapped and show them as progress, but it's taking longer then I'd hoped. One is done, but I need to move on to the next ones. Other than mapping, I've got some character graphics to edit, but I also recently have a change coming with act 2 in terms of clues.

New Evented Conditions for Clues
I always knew using regions would be the way to go(since I'm just an eventer), but had not figured out how to use them in VXACE. I knew them in vx but for some reason didn't find them in ACE. But I looked back into it and found it to be a great way to make sure the player is standing near the clue in order for it to appear. I can also track to make sure they have seen hints to where to find a clue before they can find said clue. This will be an interesting tool to make sure players aren't randomly happening upon these clues, and I can force them to deduce where they should find the clues instead. However, I'll be careful with this, especially with what I just mentioned: making sure they have seen hints first. This would be confusing to a player who already knows about the clue and just wants to find it. So I can only add this condition in certain circumstances. Act 1's level won't be changed much, but these next act 2 levels will!

I still don't have a way to allow fast forwarding and rewinding. That's a little too intense for my skills. That would be a feature in a remake, when I can work with a programmer to set that up. But ah well. That's what's new with Perspective! Again, if you like my work and can donate a dollar in support, I'll be very thankful!

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A speed run with this type of game? It'll test your memory I suppose, got to remember where and when clues pop up, see if you can get them all fast enough with the least amount of stage repeats... huh, interesting :P
shayoko
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515
uploading a play thru
tho with this type of game id highly recommend
a person try it them selfs
as mystery games are way more fun/entertaining to solve yourself then watch someone else do it.
still if interested ill have a link to this post once all the parts are up :3
really hope way more people try this title :3

Q-does anyone know why this site doesn't support YT links correctly anymore?
it used to have the video visible now it is just a white box that's empty

other
may want to cut down on that act 2 lol 4 patients?that's just asking to go on a permanent hiatus! : D
w/o having a team to help you anyway
if each one is remotely as detailed as the act 1 memory
id not expect it to be finished honestly :3

could start with like 1-2 then add additional patients with updates :3
just don't bite off more then you can chew!
your amazing at game making but people have limits :3

anyway
upon replaying the start while a part of me felt his explanation once you went back in to that snow area could of been shorter
a player can just skip it and figure it out on there own
so its not a big deal
id +1 keeping as it is.
author=nhubi
author=amautifect
Downloaded it, my computer won't let me open it cause it thinks it's a threat.
Is it Norton? They have a 'reputation' threat level, it just means that the programme doesn't recognise the file, not that it has a problem. Check what the description of the issue is, I'm sure it's just something of that nature. I downloaded and extracted and it caused no problems for me, and I've got a fairly stringent protection protocol.


No it's not Norton, I think it was just Chrome. I have it now though.
author=nhubi
author=amautifect
Downloaded it, my computer won't let me open it cause it thinks it's a threat.
Is it Norton? They have a 'reputation' threat level, it just means that the programme doesn't recognise the file, not that it has a problem. Check what the description of the issue is, I'm sure it's just something of that nature. I downloaded and extracted and it caused no problems for me, and I've got a fairly stringent protection protocol.


No it's not Norton, I think it was just Chrome. I have it now though.
So it sounds clear that most of the work has to be done in the intro, in your case. Thanks for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed the writing!
shayoko
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515
i thought it was really well written,the type of story that drags you in and you dont want to stop until you have learned everything!
i wasn't bored for even 10 seconds after the intro(the long explanation with the male guy at the start was close to a buzz kill)
and this being a extremely unique mystery because the type of crime is was in more ways then one!
writers for anime could learn a thing or 2 from you how to right a inventive and entertaining story,all we get now is...a boat load of ecchi : (
Wait, run that by me again? You couldn't see the bad ending? You picked person number 2 and what happened? The dialogue didn't play? Oh, I think I know what you're talking about... that's a game-breaking glitch if I understood you correctly. Interesting... I'll be fixing that! Easy, cause I know exactly what would cause it.

Glad you like it though!! However, the writing was confusing in the intro, right? May I ask how your experience was with the story?

Seiromem, your avatar is enough to show you're rude. You don't have to pretend to be rude to show your rudeness. So rude... :P
Seiromem
I would have more makerscore If I did things.
6375
Wait.

You can't hold metaphors!?

My life is a lie.
I had to say something rude. It's in the avatar.
shayoko
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515
im not THAT stupid!
its a metaphor!
: (
Seiromem
I would have more makerscore If I did things.
6375
Quit confusing him, I don't think it's possible to even hold meanings, let alone catch them.
shayoko
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515
Finished the game,sadly couldn't see the bad ending when i tried to go for it for the heck of it
the memory of the XXXX
the dialog didn't play : (
btw i picked number 2 :3

^also note it was from the try again after credits
and when i got to the part where your gonna find the evidence there was some move speed glitch
the running speed was the normal walking speed

Thoughts
This game was orgasmic!
this is one of the BEST story driven games in rpg maker!
i can only compare it to "happy birthday"
outside of selfishly wanting more mystery's
id give this a 10/10
i really hope to see expansions,updates,episodes or even just more games of this sexy quality
my day has been made! : D
Those little tabs aren't always noticeable, you're not stupid it's merely a vision... thing... :D

Oh! And that second thing you mentioned. It doesn't necessarily have to be a guess... if you catch my meaning ;)
shayoko
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515
im really sorry for my stupidity : (
not many games have or need walkthrus
so i kind of didn't notice that tab until after i posted da message : O
thx
http://rpgmaker.net/games/6402/Walkthrough/

;)


Also, yes, it's the last one. I only had enough time for one level. If I tried any more it wouldn't of been good :P.
shayoko
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515
oh
i thought it was when they took place nvm :3

anyone got a full walkthru/guide for this?
im officially stuck and need help to continue lol..

im on the 1st real mystery(tho im assuming the game ends after it)
and
1.i cant find the 1st clue(proof X is innocent or guilty)
or
2.5(guess who took Emily which isn't in a stage your literally supposed to guess and i think i know who did it)
just need help with the 1st one

so that it doesn't ruin the game for other please pm this info thanks
Thanks for playing, shayoko. There are some passability errors and stuff in the contest version, that sign just one among plenty. As for the times, I can see there's a bit of confusion. The times are how long the memories are, not when they take place ;). So the order is:

1: The Party Begins
2: The Note is Found
3: The Guards Arrive
4: That Night

I'm rewriting the game as I speak, sorry for the confusion! I'm not very happy with my writing in this one, aside from the level's mystery as I found that to be quite successful. Hopefully this rewrite will improve things greatly.

As for the scripting, I'm no programmer. That's in thanks to the event update script from Kread, some text pop-up scripts, and a lot of move events and timing!
shayoko
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515
This games next on my list,and thus far the plot/world details are confusing and headace inducing
but outside of that the game is great!!!
from what i know about the engine the amount of scripting you must of did to make this
puts me in tears...having that many npcs walking around alone
is insane!

glitches note ect

can walk over this sign :3

also for the 1st case something feels wrong with the times
unless its just me
The party begins 1:15
The guards arrive 1:30
The night 1:45
The note is found 2:20

in order of the above list
by the events shoulnt the order be
1. The party begins
4.The note is found
2.The guards arrive
3.The night
?
the note being found after the investigation and the guards leave and ect feels odd
especially since it wasnt hidden
maybe just me tho :3
Haha, that would be interesting. I already have plenty of fun putting together my own levels, but it would be cool to have someone else make one for me to play. I'd have to teach them to make sure they can make a level without any errors, in terms of timing and move events and all of the technical stuff. I've thought about having some community-made levels, but figured I'd have to put the final version of them together anyway. Letting them write it and design it, but I'd put it together and stuff.

I've thought about how cool community levels would be for a while, actually. Didn't think I knew how to go about it. With proper instruction, perhaps someone could put a level together by themselves. Hmmmm... More exciting things to think about but... I've only made one fully complete level so far. The process could still use some fine-tuning, I'm sure, but it's close.
nhubi
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
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author=outcry312
author=nhubi
Yes, I did and I'm looking forward to seeing how you expand this game post Contest. It will be good to traverse more than one mystery and deduce the truth again.
I'll be doing A LOT with this extended version. Ten times the size in fact. I'm looking forward to it as well. Sucks that I can't experience deducing one of these levels myself. I already know what happens! Dangit...

Hmm well you'll just have to find someone you trust and give them the unencrypted version to develop a mystery for you.
author=karins_soulkeeper
The game seems nice, but is there a download with a smaller file size?
I'm pretty sure the dl right now includes rtp (hence the 200 MB inflation.)
A non-rtp version would be appreciated.


Yes, the RTP was included, as I still used some RTP stuff. I'm working on the download without RTP right now, I'll put it together for you and offer it up there. Thanks for saying something :).