Vex's breakdown was only a longer version of his past one. I think he should have had a more epic one.

I'm planning on making his breakdown more elaborate in future. This isn't a final version of the game; it still needs a little more improvement and overall polish. To be perfectly honest, I haven't got an idea for a final breakdown sprite for Vulper yet...
To be honest, I should have just called it Turnabout Scar! I didn't think Scapegoat was as relevant to the story. But if you say so...
And yeah the villain was predictable, but it was intentional. I wanted Vulper to be a flat-out asshole :P

Glad you enjoyed it, that "wow" really did say a lot!

I loved Vex. (I mean, as a character, i don't actually like him xDD) He was brilliantly evil, and such an asshole xD Even though i figured out he was the killer, i was still surprised at how it as presented. And he was annoying me so SO much! "Evidence, evidence, evidence EVIDENCE!!!" -.-''' Also, i really liked Brisbane, especially his theme song, it was awesome.

Awesome, that's exactly the impression of Vulper I hope everybody gets :P


I was worried myself. As I said, it was intentional to drop obvious hints as to who was behind the Krump disguise, but thought I'd ruin the surprise of the killer's unveilling.

Glad he was doing his job. :P

Glad you liked it!

After Snow finally believes that you own the office, he starts saying a lot of stuff. One of the sentences was something like "You're name is Feen Exwright.

And don't tell me it's ad-libbed, I won't believe you. It all comes together too perfectly at the end :D The plot is great and would've suited a case 4 as well as a case 1. You apply the law of conservation of detail very well: there aren’t many elements, but they’re all linked together in a meaningful way (you’re fantastic when it comes to reusing your McGuffins) and everything is presented in a clear manner. That is why the last trial, in which the whole puzzle was put together contradiction by contradiction (all of which made perfect sense), was so satisfying.

The game has got something of a noir feeling to it, while remaining entirely true to the AA spirit. It’s got plenty of wonderful ideas and memorable moments, my favourites being 1 / seeing the mask of Vincenzo 2/ having to prove to a witness that he's dead. The sheer absurdity of the premise is just delightful.

I love the characters too, especially Vulper, who is such a magnificent bastard. He's obviously evil, so the fact that he's the killer doesn't come as much of a surprise, but boy is he entertaining and fun to take down, with his great lines ("I'm starting to think he doesn't like me" :p), his sprites, his theme, and his devilish aura (No. 666). Snow is quite engaging and believable, the kind of character you’d love to see developed even more in later cases, while Titus is your typical eccentric AA character and would fit quite naturally in the real games. Brisbane is a fascinating character, especially since you get to see both sides of him. I absolutely adored the sweet revenge he got on Vulper at the end, with his clever plan and the stylish way it was executed. Cicatrice is an intriguing character as well – I expected him to hide some kind of dark secret, but I guess I was wrong.

On another note, I enjoyed the reference to Rhea :D Or perhaps it was unintentional.

On the whole, I’d say it’s definitely one of the, if not the, most accomplished fangame out there. In the summer, I often like to replay my favourite cases from the series – but I’m glad I played yours instead, and it probably won’t be the last time I do.

Still, you may want to know that an area of Cicatrice’s hair out of court that is close to his neck tends to flicker weirdly. Also, some of the vincenzo-young sprites didn’t appear in Vincenzo’s trial at one point (I think it was the second flashback, during a multiple choice question). Finally, I had to change the script in scene5, as even though I had examined everything and talked about everything, it still wouldn’t trigger the end of the conversation.

(Btw, our games could be long-lost cousins, they’ve got interesting, coincidental similarities – a pompous man whose theme is a classical piece with strings, your assistant knocking over a bust which turns out to lead to a secret, the snow contradictions, the fact that a character is named Snow, the presence of Marshall, the scene in the records room - and at the same time are completely different as a whole.)

At first I was trying to drop very subtle hints, but I think the red eyes pretty much tipped everybody off... So I thought fuck it, at least the other characters are none the wiser! :P

...It's ad-libbed.
Lol seriously, it was! It's a miracle it even came together so smoothly.

I had to look that up :P


The latter was something I bet you'd never see, even in an AA game :P


Haha, everybody loves Vulper in the sense that he is such an evil asshole! Which is good because it's exactly the kind of opinion of him I tried to obtain. And as for that 666 thing... Yeah, couldn't resist :P But I also tried to make him out to be a bad liar and criminal, hence things kept going wrong for him regarding his crime (e.g. dragging Krump's body out into the open to distract the police, trying to hide the mask pieces in a hurry before Snow arrived on the scene). And that he'd be asshole enough to believe Phoenix won't find out, and grin about it while he's at it!
Snow is very much based on myself, being the sarcastic bastard I am in real life :P (except I don't say "mate".)
Vincenzo doesn't really have a dark secret (he's an out and out good guy), but he has repressed emotions he never expresses externally (except for at the end).


It was unintentional. Just a reference to Grossberg's haemorrhoids XD


Thanks!
I wish I could play it from a newcomer's POV... Kinda ruins the experience playing my own game if I know it in and out :|


I know about many, if not all, sprite flaws. I'm planning on releasing a downloadable pack of updated sprites in the future (my next step to adding polish to the game).

"some of the vincenzo-young sprites didn’t appear in Vincenzo’s trial at one point" ...Define please?

And scene5 shouldn't usually be a problem...


Damn, you're right! That's weird! Completely coincidental, might I add for the record :P

- Talk to Marshall about all three topics after presenting the affidavit.
- Examine the Knife, the Prosecutor's Badge and the Playing Card.
- Present Snow's profile to Marshall
Doing all of this will trigger the end of the conversation, and Marshall will give you the Crime Scene Photo. You need this to break Snow's first lock.

What was the unintentional reference to Rhea?

Snow told me to go to the detention center, but this happened.

His eyes aren't a red that would be noticeable, but rather, you'd need to look intensely to notice them. I think this was the same case for Krump's blue eyes, but they were a bit noticeable. It would have been funnier if Vulper would have picked green contacts xD At least it would have been a bit more obscure.

Examine the plant in Grossberg's office.
And it wasn't a reference to Rhea; "Rhea" was a reference to Grossberg's haemorrhoids.

I am in the secret room in Krump's mansion right now. I found pieces of rubber on the floor. This may sound absurd, but I think it's a mask. The biggest piece has some kind of red line on it, and I bet it's a SCAR. It's probably a Vincenzo mask used to disguise when the killer murdered Grossberg. I am not sure who did it...
By the way, I noticed that Vulper has a scar too. Also, the shape of the scar kinda resembles the shape of that blood smear on the card.
In the intro, Grossberg knew who the killer was when he said "Sir". Vincenzo used to call him that. Hmm...
I still don't think it was Vincenzo. Maybe it was Brisbane? His shoeprints were near the bridge (in the present), so that means he WAS there.

In the lobby, Brisbane called Nick a "laywer" before he left.

Personally, when looking at the bloody card, I thought it was a drawing of Vulper, but when Wright drew everything together... I was surprised.

After questioning Snow with the Magatama and hearing what he has to say I'm supposed to go to the Detention Center but when I do I get an error on screen:

Undefined: List Index out of range
games/PW - The Contempt of Court/Turnabout [this line gets cut due to the screensize but I assume it says "Scapegoat"]
""{c090}{center}{sound /sfx-typewriter.wav}

Click to skip line

And no matter how many times I click, nothing happens. What do I do?? Do I have to re-download?

I don't know how he could actually draw a picture of Vulper with his blood on a small card :P

I am at the part of the investigation where you get the card back.
Titus Crump has been dead for a while (as Snow stated). I've suspected this since Brisbane said that "something about him was different". That brings me back to my mask theory. The real killer is a master of disguise. Phoenix has actually never seen Krump - only the real killer of Grossberg and Krump, wearing a mask. I think that the Krump in the witness stand is the killer. And I think that Vex Vulper is actually disguised as Krump! Again. After all, he wants revenge. He framed Vincenzo for a murder and killed Grossberg for...whatever reason. Maybe it was just to frame Vincenzo, maybe it was because Grossberg helped Vincenzo five years ago. I guess he killed everyone involved in the case. That's why he killed Krump. "One down, one to go" was what he said in the opening sequence. Anyway, I am now ALMOST sure that it was Vulper. Why? It's in the next spoiler tag.

Look what I drew.

Present something wrong to Brisbane in Grossberg's office, and he says "Have you forgotton I'm a prosecutor?".