Fowl Play
Visit post-WW1 London in a world run by birds, and try to solve your own murder while you're there. Mechanics heavily inspired by Case of The Golden Idol, could be considered a fan-made mod for the game.
If you spot any of the more obscure bird puns, or piece together any of the story that wasn't integral to the plot, please do share your findings in the comments (using rot13.com to avoid any spoilers, ideally)
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The left side of the 'Goose' section should have been 2 parts. It's a lot to get right at once, and I don't feel there's enough hints to really know who did what, especially for the first sentence. I've been switching names around a lot, and it gets a little tiring when you have to type first and last name separately, and there's no nudge if I'm closer to the truth until I have all but 1 person or 2 verbs and/or nouns correct.
Crney nyernql frrzf gb or va qvfthvfr, naq pbhyq unir zbfg rnfvyl cnff bss nf Ovyy. Fur cbffvoyl cbvfbarq gur qevax. Srnguresbbg jnf rkcrpgrq gb jnaqre nebhaq. Jr'er abg gbyq jurer rirelbar jnf jura Ovyy tbg fvpx. Jr pna'g ehyr bhg Crney jnf gehgushy nobhg Yyblq oevatvat gur qevaxf. Jul qbrf ur fnl gung gur xvyyre pbhyqa'g unir tbggra vafvqr bgurejvfr? Jub gnxrf gur gvzr gb ybpx gur qbbe jura gurl unir gb guebj hc?
Vg'f abg pyrne jub sbhaq 'gur yrggre' be ubj gung jnf sbhaq bhg. Be rira jub gbyq jub. Vg'f vzcyvrq Oleq vf gb tvir zbarl gb gur Pbfzb sbhaqngvba. Fur frrzf gb unir jevggra gung ercyl qhevat gur cnegl. Fur'f nqivprq gb ohea fbzrguvat, fur nccneragyl vafvfgrq ba uvevat Ovyy... gb frnepu ure bja ubzr? Jung pbhyq ur unir sbhaq gb znxr gur oynpxznvyre areibhf?
I really wish I could see the ending, but it's impossible to rule out who did what. The game looks extremely charming, and everyone sounds like they have their own 'voice', I imagine with more time and polish I'd be having lots of fun with our deceased detective.
References: Wraal Pbyhzon: Qrgrpgvir Pbyhzohf; Unjxvaf: Puevfgvr'f Cbvebvg, nygubhtu V'z cerggl fher gung'f n ynfg anzr.
Uv, V enaqbzyl pnzr npebff lbhe tnzr naq svaq vg dhvgr punezvat, ohg V'z fhcre fghpx naq pbhyq ernyyl hfr fbzr uvagf. V xabj gur svefg ireo vf vasbezrq.
Gah, this looks so fun...
...but it's buggy, the words won't drag into the blanks! I hope you will get a bugfix up--I really want to play!
I couldn't get the dragging to work properly, so I opted for text input boxes instead. the words just function as a word bank. I could have definitely made that more clear
AH. I'm being a dumbass, I should have tried that. (What messed with me is that you still can drag the words and they highlight the blanks, they just don't go in.)
yeah, I think that's a side effect of the buttons being hovered over
Uv, zr naq zl sevraq jrer purpxvat bhg enaqbz tnzrf ba vgpu.vb jura jr fghzoyrq hcba guvf tnzr, jr cynlrq guebhtu sbe nobhg na ubhe naq qvfpbirerq nyy gur rivqrapr naq chg gur cvrprf gbtrgure (vapbeerpgyl), sbe nobhg 40 zvahgrf jr jrer fgehttyvat gb svaq bhg jul jr jrera'g pbeerpgyl trggvat vg. Bhe znva pbaprea jnf gur svefg fragrapr orpnhfr jr pbhyqa'g svther bhg vs vg jnf nobhg Fbzrbar vasbezvat fbzrbar be fbzrbar uvevat fbzrbar, jr nyfb jrer pbashfrq ba vs jr jrer zvffvat n cvrpr bs rivqrapr be vs gurer jnf fvzcyl n fybg zvffvat sbe betnavmngvba checbfrf. Terng tnzr orfvqrf gung, ohg jr znl or fghcvq yby, cyrnfr uryc.
Lbh ner zrnag gb or zvffvat n fybg, naq vs lbh jnag n uvag, gur svefg cnentencu vf nobhg vasbezvat