Seeking testers for a short historical mystery in the Obra Dinn vein

Playing Beta Testing Requests and Discussion
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A Murder in Nineveh
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in
Forensic Necromancy

When the TALJ theme was announced, I got a sudden idea and designed this game in a couple days. Then I got busy with thesis work and wasn’t able to finish for five months. It’s a short (~45m), beginner-level, classic-style text adventure with ~seven puzzles in it, built around a really fascinating historical event that’s a matter of current academic debate. Solve traditional text adventure puzzles, piece together the story from short historical vignettes, and uncover the truth of what happened two and a half thousand years ago.

I didn’t quite have it ready in time for TALJ, but this week I pulled it back out and finished a bit of polishing, so I think it’s just about ready for other eyes on it! With any luck it’ll be a submission to Parsercomp at this point.

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I’d be happy to test!

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I’m happy to test! (Or is this the TALJ game I tested, just more developed?)

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Different one! This is the second TALJ game, which I didn’t have ready in time.

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I’d be happy to test too!

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wow. Necromancers are go for parsercomp!
my entry is about defeating an evil necromancer. Although, it’s a comedy.

Best of luck with your game!

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You’re an IF machine. @Draconis !

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I’d also be happy to test if you need more!

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I’ll hit you up for the next round!