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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Completely redid the palette! I made it with way more intent, it's a huge identity shift so I hope you'll support the change

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

New single page animation! Ultimately the multiple pages flip was cool but too dizzying and unclear

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

EXCALIMURDER is a nonlinear murder mystery game. You investigate in any order and connect the dots in your notebook. Also, Excalibur is the murder weapon #pixelart #indiedev

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Rocks in front properly cover the player now! I didn't want to cut it all into a dozen layers so I used a little trick... Hint in the last example

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Movement experiment: Hold the button after dashing to sprint More speed but less control!

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

EXCALIMURDER is a nonlinear murder mystery game. You investigate in any order and connect the dots in your notebook. Also, Excalibur is the murder weapon #pixelart #indiedev

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The spiral room is great and all! But now I gotta think about how to make the room transition at the top

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Added a dash! ...it's a detective game but I swear it makes sense

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Dang I forgot to add its shadow in the trailer...

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

EXCALIMURDER is a nonlinear murder mystery game. You investigate in any order and connect the dots in your notebook. Also, Excalibur is the murder weapon #pixelart #indiedev #GameMaker

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Bleeding from the ear trying to find the PERFECT bell toll

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

NPCs used to float in the air, they weren't synced with the parallax Just fixed it 👌

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Light and shadow effect, at the entrance this time!

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

This is how the "compare mode" looks like! Lets you point out inconsistencies between 2 clues

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Remember that outdated teaser? It's finally time to replace it... Wish me luck

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Testing out a run button 💨 Not just for the speed (could've just raised the default one) but for the game feel especially

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Seamless music transition mockup 🎵 Music by the amazing Argonaught (Simeon Neese)!

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Some more icons to sort the clues o/ It's a fun challenge at such low resolution

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Running out of air doesn't kill you! Just makes you rush to the surface

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

New light and shadow effect 👌 Happy New Year!

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Fitting time to mention that the murder takes place during New Year's Eve!

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Bells in the wind wip 🍃 When the wind is plot-relevant so you have to animate everything swaying...

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Throwback to that time I used a tree to hide a parallax switch

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Dust particles for areas that are inside Just experimenting for now!

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Question, do people *really* want a custom palette option? The current palette is such a big part of the game's identity that I might just not make one if it's not that wanted

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

That bell used to fly so... I finally attached it to a ringing mechanism! (After some very specific google searches)

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Added some waves! 🌊🌊 Always thought it'd be hard to do but I just reused the shader swaying the trees in the wind ahah

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Went all in on Excalibur's aura It's the hook of the game after all!

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Need some opinions! Option 1 or 2 for the save menu? Clarity or compactness?

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Wasn't sure how to make a wind effect so I stole it from another indie game...

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I made sure to put plenty of, er, "shortcuts" in the game

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

The story actually doesn't borrow much from the Arthurian legend (even though Excalibur is the murder weapon) There's Lancelot and Galahad though! #pixelart

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I want the "clues menu" to feel like your own personal notebook you can skim through whenever Feels more engaging!

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

New wood type area 🍂 Spooky woods for a nice murder story!

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This is still a detective game with Excalibur as the murder weapon o/ (nothing's changed)

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER @detfantasia.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Been a while but I'm working on a demo! I'll try to post more often ✌️

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