[CRYPTIC CASE]
A downloadable game for Windows
You are Emmett, an overworked police officer. Everyone at the office has been uneasy ever since a strange chain of events had happened in the building a few days prior. Not you, though. While your coworkers complained of their belongings being misplaced or tampered with, only you remained unaffected. That is, until one night, while you are working overtime, a strange voice comes through your walkie-talkie.
About:
[CRYPTIC CASE] is a short narrative based horror game created by a single developer. This is my first complete game which I am very excited to share with you all. It underwent many changes throughout the course of its development and served as a great learning experience for me, even though there were plenty of things that I wanted to do but couldn't achieve. Thank you all for your support!
Controls:
WASD - Basic movement
Shift - Sprint
P - Menu
RMB - Flashlight
LMB - Interact
Note:
Some effects will not work with low shadows enabled.
Update:
-Changed the unlocking sound for doors that are unlocked with keycards.
-Adjusted the flashlight brightness.
-Made the final cutscene longer so that people could read the note.
-Fixed minor spelling error.
Voices:
Emmett - Caleb Bressler
Thomas - Howard Forge / Derpforger
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Great story and well done short game ^_^
Very cryptic. I like how you can spot the guy sometimes during the playthrough.
Nice setup for what would lead to a revenge story of a man who was never, brought to justice, which is my kind of story. Short and sweet experience 1st game I played in my recent video :D
I played a lot of horror games on my channel this has to one of the best I played awesome job hope to see more games by you 10/10
Was a short but a good one! I would say just a bit more additional sound queues would have went a LONG long way.. but was still enjoyable as Spoopy as compared to Spooky.
And please, give us time to read the last note.. maybe trigger the next sequence when a player clicks on the note. Thanks for making this!
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Shot game but simple nice!
Awesome short little game. Thanks for creating it, I really enjoyed playing it. Here is my walkthrough/playthrough. I was too slow at the end to read the final note :)
/editI enjoyed it, keep it up!
nice game
This game had a horror comedic feel. I really enjoyed it . At one point it took me forever to find a key :) Still a fun game, great job ! Your game is last and starts at 15:42
Short horror game that might have progressed a bit too fast, but the nervousness of the dark is still there and a cool storyline to keep it going. Thank you for making this! 1st Game.
I like it! I thought the game would be longer. Anyways what a plot twist haha
Good job. I like it!!
Great game, enjoyed it!!
Nice game
Comments below clip;
Working late at night always incurs being on your own [most of the time]. Throw in vague voices, all sorts of noises and you'll find yourself emerged in 'Cryptic Case,' trying to solve a mystic mystery. Do I succeed?Have a look at it.
@ DEVs; didn't run into any hiccups, bugs or snags. So, kudos to all of you :o]
I am a sucker for "late night worker" horror. My job is a bit creepy at night too lol
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Do a prompt on screen telling you the controls... especially the flashlight Because I ran around like an idiot for far too long and it broke immersion IMO
the voice over in this game is wonderful i wonder if Emmet is a voice over actor ?
case animatronics 3??????
This game has its ups and downs. The upside being that the game runs 60fps, and the downside being the rest of the game. You have to go from room to room and read all the notes on the table (which is fine, of course there is nothing inherently wrong with that), but at the end of the game, you have these 2 characters explain everything. Do I think the game was worth playing? Yes. But I'm sorry, the pointless running around didn't need to happen.
But since this is your first complete game, and you're a single developer, I will say it is good. It honestly is really well made for your first game, but just try to make sure in the future (if you do put more notes on paper), that the entire game isn't explained at the end. I will give you a 10/10 for the storyline though, it was really unique! And the voice acting was also really well done, it honestly sounded more believable than 99% of the voice lines on this website. It actually sounded like you were going through this situation yourself, so well done!
Being a cop is probably stressful enough, why you gotta go and make it more stressful?? Lol, good stuff, Tuxseagull!
Timestamp in description!
gotta love this game very simple but good love the story
This was a very creepy revenge story. Great work!
hi, big thx for the great game. greetings from rosti 🙏😘
Why, on this platform, do video games with a dark atmosphere enjoy such popularity?
really enjoyed this, had me gripped and wanting to know more, really good atmosphere as well
Great game
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