The Murder Before Christmas
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
It was such a fun office Christmas party until the knife for the cake went missing... and everyone found it stuck in the back of your now-deceased boss, Vic Timm. Solve the mystery of who killed the victim in this narrative-driven whodunnit!
The game is currently a demo. Please expect a full game soon!
How to Play
Hold the mouse button down on the text box to speed up the text or to proceed to the next line.
Content and Art Warnings
- Blood
- Red and green colored art
(will have an update for colorblindness in the near future) - Unabashedly too Christmas that even I am surprised I leaned so heavily into it
Credits
Phyllis Douglas (@goofanader): Art, Music, Programming
Ashley Berry (@BossWolfbender): Writing
Font: Tiny by Matthew Welch
Text Engine: Ink by Inkle
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Authors | goofanader, wolfbender |
Genre | Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel |
Made with | Unity |
Tags | 2D, Christmas, Crime, Detective, LOWREZJAM, murder-mystery, Mystery, Pixel Art, Point & Click |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Accessibility | Subtitles |
Download
Download
the-murder-before-christmas-win32.zip 30 MB
Version 0.0.1 Aug 16, 2018
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the-murder-before-christmas-win64.zip 33 MB
Version 0.0.1 Aug 16, 2018
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the-murder-before-christmas-osx.zip 25 MB
Version 0.0.1 Aug 16, 2018
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the-murder-before-christmas-linux32.zip 23 MB
Version 0.0.1 Aug 16, 2018
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the-murder-before-christmas-linux64.zip 24 MB
Version 0.0.1 Aug 16, 2018
Development log
- LOWREZJAM 2018 Game AddedAug 16, 2018
Comments
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Its the second game on my 3RG i did for Christmas. I hope a full version is released soon cause i was actually hyped to play lol :)
Will the full version ever come out?
Hello! I wanted to let you know that I've played your demo on my YouTube channel and thought it was pretty good. I hope the rest of the game comes out soon!