A Temnorid game · Windows · first MVP
Temnorid: Detective
Investigate, interview, decide. You can be wrong.
Four sacks of grain are missing from the granary of Greyford, and the night watchman is dead. Walk the village, read what was left behind, hear the people out, compare their accounts, and tell the elder whom you believe, or that we do not know. About 15–25 minutes, seen through classic fixed cameras. The text of the game is in Ukrainian.
Download for WindowsFree · Windows 10 or newer.
About
The village elder has accusations but no proof. You have a few hours of free exploration: four places, ten things to find, five people to talk to. Nobody is a cartoon villain, and everybody has a reason not to tell you everything. When you are ready you submit a report, and the village acts on it.
Nothing in the game ever tells you whether your report was right: no green tick, no red cross, no percentages. A wrong report is a normal ending with consequences, and so is deciding there is not enough evidence. The graphics are simple shapes for now, and there is no magic or creature in this case.
Features
Investigate
Four connected places and ten clues: observations, records and traces. Read them again whenever you like; nothing is used up.
Interview
Five villagers with fixed, honest-to-the-story answers. Ask again after you find something new and some of them say more.
Decide
A case board with evidence, people, a timeline that tells observed from reported, and a decision tab. Accuse a suspect, or report insufficient evidence.
- Fixed cinematic cameras in every part of the village, with smooth cuts and controls that never turn around on you.
- Discrepancies are only marked as "accounts differ": you decide what they mean.
- Autosave, Continue, and a fresh case on every replay.
- Fully offline: no account, no network, nothing leaves your PC.
Case 01: The Missing Grain
Greyford, one night. The granary is short of four sacks and its watchman did not see the morning. Start at the granary, and go wherever the trail takes you.
Screenshots
Controls
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Move | WASD or arrow keys |
| Move faster | Left Shift |
| Inspect, talk | E |
| Journal | J |
| Case board | Tab |
| Back, close, pause | Esc |
| Menus, topics and the board | Mouse, or arrows and Enter |
System requirements and limitations
Windows 10 or newer, 64-bit, a graphics card that runs Direct3D 11. The game is light; it has not been measured on a range of machines, so no frame-rate promises are made. This is an early-access first version: one case, Ukrainian text only, no voice, no gamepad.
Download
Download Temnorid-Detective-Setup.exe
Requires Windows 10 or later, 64-bit. All releases and release notes: GitHub Releases.