Turnabout Investigations is an AAI-styled Ace Attorney Case being made with AAO. It utilises the AAI styled sprites, and minis along with cutscenes and a working version of Logic Chess!
This has been a pet project of mine for quite some time, and only now am I wanting to start dedicating more time to finishing and finalising this case!

The current case is only just started in terms of scripting, but any input or feedback would be greatly appreciated!
In terms of the plot, key points like the main turnabout and the killer are all laid out, and just need to be implemented via the full in-text dialogue.

Play current demo: http://aceattorney.sparklin.org/jeu.php?id_proces=29035

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Last edited by SuperAj3 on Sat Aug 16, 2014 5:10 am, edited 9 times in total.

I'm really looking forward to how this turns out! i havent played the demo yet, but i will soon. This is the first AAI-styled case ive seen, and im wanting to see how it would work. Good luck to ya! ^_^

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I like the idea, though there are a few graphical issues I think should be handled differently.

First, judging by the long time it took to load all the images, I'm assuming you've merged the AAI mini sprites into the background? I have no idea about AAO V5 but in AAO V6 you can use multiple foregrounds on a place and have actions to hide or show each one. This would lead to much more efficient loading and bandwidth usage.

Also, during loading, it's possible to see all the profiles that you don't want shown (like Edgeworth's). Apparently v5 assumes that if there's no frame that reveals the profile, it should always be visible, and the way to fix this is to have a frame that shows them located in a place that can't be reached (I may need correction on this one).

I also have no idea what the problem is, but the sprites (Edgeworth's, mainly) keep shifting left and right? I suspect it might be an alignment issue... are the sprites cropped or is there transparency around them the size of the screen? They also seem a bit too in the centre for AAI. I know V6 has sprite display options that have AAI settings. Maybe V6 would be better.

Your original sprites also don't have the same like quality that the canon sprites have, this is really noticeable when Phoenix's sprites change. This is salvageable without needing to redo them though. If your lineart is on a separate layer, try duplicating it once or twice to darken it some more, and perhaps Sharpen the entire image. (If you have Photoshop, you want the Unsharp Mask or Smart Sharpen filters for this.) If that's not enough, reduce the number of colours (with careful settings rather than automation), though I don't think that would be really necessary.

Finally, Logic Chess. This was actually really weird for me because I hadn't seen the actual Logic Chess before I tried the demo. So I didn't understand that the health bar was being used as a timer, maybe it would be good to elaborate on that further. Actually, how is the timer being implemented? Is it actually timing anything?
The second thing that I thought needed extra graphics was when the black pieces disappeared... there's no need to do that thing the game actually uses with the shattering, but even some random explosion or fading away transition would explain a bit more than it just vanishing. Though, now I've watched the actual Logic Chess in action, I get what's happening now so it's not as big of a deal.

Well these comments on the graphics are just presentation concerns, there's nothing too critical I can really say elsewhere because that's not my field XD
Overall, I'm interested. This is definitely a thread I'll be following closely.

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Thanks for the feedback! I'll answer each question one by one haha!
Thanks a bunch for the feedback, and I'll try to implement it!

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Well, it's definitely closer to a few minutes than a few seconds for me, but okay. XD I have really bad internet, lol.


Hmm, I thought so.

It is possible to make it a timer using the f:get_date() function and then comparing the times, if you want. The way to do this would be having three variables - one for the total amount of time ("totaltime"), and two for testing ("starttime" and "currenttime"). Before the sequence, set the totaltime variable to whatever time you want in milliseconds (because the function uses them) and the starttime variable to that time then. Then by setting the currenttime variable before every dialogue frame, it's possible to calculate the time that's passed between start and current by subtracting them, and that can be compared against the totaltime variable to see if time is up or not. If you want to use the health bar to set the timer then it's also easy to calculate how much of the health should be displayed by taking the percentage of time left and multiplying that by 120 (which is full health).

A little explosion animation sounds good. It doesn't really need to be perfectly accurate to the game, the most important thing is that it makes sense when playing XD

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Ah, sorry about that. I'll remove them haha.

I'll give this a try (I've yet to learn the variables for the trial editor, but I'll play around with it a little)

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I'm looking foward to this trial!


Is this going to be a series or a one-off?

This one so far is planned as a one-off. However, if I can get this case done (if anyone would like to help, that'd be great!) I could make it into a series. (As I'm trying to make it close to canon, and a way to fill in the 7 year gap between GK2 and DD.)

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Hi Guys,
Just added some details about the victim, as well as a murder scene shot I'm working on:
This does contain a bit of spoilers, as it shows you the crime scene.

Also, our mysterious man in white now has a name!
Leon Mallet:

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I really want to play this!
I can´t believe you´re developing this in AAO, they say there are a lot of limitations

I have only one thing to say...

http://aceattorney.sparklin.org/jeu.php?id_proces=42063

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Hey in this thread!
http://forums.court-records.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=26933
They have the logic black chess piece effect when it brokes

I started this back in 2011 using AAO but I've been learning PYWright, just I find the trial editor a little easier to navigate in AAO. I could make it in PYWright (Just complex things like logic chess I'll need help with)


Thanks! I'll add these in soon!

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