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Play a murder-mystery game with a wicked twist! You have eight hours to fake evidence, lie, steal, frame someone else … and get away with murder. Overboard! is now available on GOG.COM along with a 15% discount that will last until 9th June 2021, 3 PM UTC.

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Inkle games are so cool, I wish they would care for localization. Also, I like that a game is short but there should be enough replayability. I got the Sorcery! series on Adnroid and an episode on Steam through a giveaway but it would be good to see it here, possibly as a whole game and not episodic - like it's been done for other episodic games like The Dream Machine and the Journey Down, rather than 4 separate titles. If you have played the gamebook series, the videogame builds up and adds interesting content on top of it.
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/sorcery
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GOG.com: Play a murder-mystery game with a wicked twist!
You have eight hours to fake evidence, lie, steal, frame someone else … and get away with murder.
Well - that's a fresh and interesting premise for a game. That's for sure.
Not only it shares the same title with another game for the PS, but the similarity regarding the styling is astounding: they even use the exclamation mark at the end!
Hmmm... Inkle
Who can say no to such nice dev team?
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Vythonaut: Not only it shares the same title with another game for the PS, but the similarity regarding the styling is astounding: they even use the exclamation mark at the end!
Wow, that is quite a coincedence. I wonder if Sony has kept that trademark renewed over the years.

EDIT: Looked it up, it's been dead since 2017. Shouldn't be any legal issue with Sony, especially not since the game is otherwise completely different.

At least it's not an old timey metal band so there's probably less risk of litigation over it.
Post edited June 02, 2021 by Green_Shade
I got excited for a minute there. Thought it was the old Overboard from Psygnosis :(.
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Vythonaut: Not only it shares the same title with another game for the PS, but the similarity regarding the styling is astounding: they even use the exclamation mark at the end!
Not PS only. It also had a PC version.
Post edited June 02, 2021 by idbeholdME
I experience a rare nightmare I'm accused of a murder (can't tell it's rightful or not, not part of the dream if I recall correctly). (reason: too many criminal novels read in my youth?)

A game like this would worsen my case, I'm afraid...
Mmh, odd.

It must have been last year or the one before that when I came across a jam game that worked on this concept, quick conversations from characters to characters and you had to identify the killer at the end...
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GOG.com: Play a murder-mystery game with a wicked twist!
You have eight hours to fake evidence, lie, steal, frame someone else … and get away with murder.
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BreOl72: Well - that's a fresh and interesting premise for a game. That's for sure.
The Deed (from 2015, available elsewhere) has the same premise. It's got two sequels as well.
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i_ni: I experience a rare nightmare I'm accused of a murder (can't tell it's rightful or not, not part of the dream if I recall correctly). (reason: too many criminal novels read in my youth?)

A game like this would worsen my case, I'm afraid...
In my experience, repeating (even partially repeating) nightmares are usually analogies for something in your life that needs addressed. Often times it's enough to know what your subconscious is telling you, not necessarily to act on it.

Oddly enough, my girlfriend has had alot of dreams where she gets me killed. Turns out, it was an analogy for disappointing me. She has anxiety issues. Not likely to be the same in your case, but when she recognized this she stopped killing me in her sleep. I've dealt with alot of other repeating nightmares as well of hers. Usually it's something really stupid and simple that's quite important in your life. For me, I keep dreaming that i am working old jobs, and i know it's 'cause of my employment issues (decent work around here, but it doesn't come with decent pay to live off of) so my mind likes to nag me about it from time to time to make sure i'm checking the pay rates.
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idbeholdME: I got excited for a minute there. Thought it was the old Overboard from Psygnosis :(.
Same. My heart jumped a little.
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idbeholdME: Not PS only. It also had a PC version.
Oh, really? Didn't know that; It would make an excellent addition to the store, then.
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idbeholdME: I got excited for a minute there. Thought it was the old Overboard from Psygnosis :(.
If we would get Psygnosis games here Lemmings should be the very first game of course.
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Zoidberg: ....and you had to identify the killer at the end...
Woule be a really short game in this case :D
Post edited June 03, 2021 by MarkoH01
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MarkoH01: Woule be a really short game in this case :D
Well, yes... it was supposed to.