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Detective of the Dead

In this adventure you are a dead Detective in the colorful Mexican underworld. Stop evil to ruin the Día de los Muertos forever. You choose how. Meet Gangsters, Royals and VIPs. Together with your magic dog Xolo you will solve many cases with puzzles & mini-games on the way to face the end boss.

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Release Date:

2025

Developer:

Actrio Studio

Publisher:

Actrio Studio

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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“We want to promote the game and get feedback on and improve it before we launch it fully.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We assume ca. 7 months.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“For the full version we plan to have more cases, more characters, more minigames and a bigger world, and even more fun.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“You can play the game in the world in the quarter of the Nearly Forgotten and solve two cases, talk to several suspects, witnesses and passer-bys and unlock the abilities of your companion dog Xolo. Also you can already play the puzzle minigame and the piñata shooting minigame as part of the cases.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Yes, the full game will have a higher price. So better buy it now :)”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We are listening to the community for features, comments, feedback to make the game even better. If you find bugs, want to suggest features or elements or even just give us general feedback, please tell us on our discord server. Thanks a lot.”

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Planned Release Date: 2025

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About This Game

Detective of the Dead is a narrative adventure game in which you are a dead detective in the colorful Mexican underworld. Think of it as Grim Fandango meets the film Coco.

All you wanted was a good Taco, but fate has chosen you against all odds to prevent a conspiracy to ruin the famous Día de los Muertos forever, basically the end of all worlds. No pressure!

Luckily you are not alone: your magic companion dog Xolo helps you to investigate and solve cases with magic abilities. You still need to do some clever interrogation, clue finding, getting puzzles done and winning in mini-games like shooting Piñatas.

Your path will cross with dead Gangsters to Royals and world known Artists.

Your decisions make a difference in the story on the way to a hopefully happy ending for you and everyone else.

And... this skull that keeps following you hopefully turns out to be helpful in some way later... From the street level to the roofs to the interior of houses or bars - you can explore the underworld.

We also added some RPG spice. About ingredients, Mexican food is arguably among the best in the world. And knowing the best original Mexican food in the afterworld can help you far sometimes...

Things in the underworld are a bit different than in the world of the living. Some things might seem strange to you. And some ancient god's powers are mysterious for sure. But it's all under control in the Mexican underworld. Well, actually it is not, that´s why we need you.

Everyone in the underworld is counting on you on the big case - well maybe except the bandits you are after. But even for them the Day of the Dead is special. Because only on that day everyone hopes to be able to visit the world of the living. To meet your friends & relatives, taste your favorite food (spoiler alert: not that easy in the afterworld) and just have a good time. You know these basics from Coco, documentaries or even from James Bond. That´s where we start with our Detective work.

Apart from that - do you think the Dead in the Mexican underworld just have fun, play music, no need to work - so everything is great when you´re dead? Think again, most people don´t change, even when they are dead. And everyone wants this Marigold, the inofficial currency in the underworld, to travel longer to the world of the living when the Day of the Dead arrives. So there are a lot of cases to solve. Just concentrate on the big one that is about saving the day for all, alright? Depending on your decisions the outcome will change for the better or worse. We hope you can solve the big case and make sure the Dead can go to the world of the Living on the Día de los Muertos.

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Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Its an exciting and comic fun adventure in the land of the dead people in top down view, nothing to be scared about.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS: Windows10
Processor: i3
Memory: 16 MB RAM
Graphics: onboard

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