PW: Truth and Consequences

[LilyGrace]

Play it now! Cases 1-4 are fully playable! https://gamejolt.com/games/truth-and-co ... ces/783854

Rather watch it than play it? I've got you covered: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 49mM4uOyvr

Premise:
Set just a few weeks after Spirit of Justice, Phoenix Wright and his friends take on six brand new cases! Meanwhile, a notorious serial killer has come out of hiding to target Miles Edgeworth. Can Phoenix figure out who this killer is before they come after Edgeworth himself? And does the fact that a prosecutor from his past has returned have anything to do with this current dilemma?

This game will spoil major plot points from AA1-AA6. You cannot fully enjoy this game without having played them or at least being familiar with them.

Here are some basic summaries of the cases:

Spoiler: Case 1: The Turnabout Method (Available Now)

Ema has been accused of murdering a scientist she was working with, and it's up to Athena Cykes to crack the case and figure out who the true killer is and what really happened that night. What she wasn't expecting, however, was for so many familiar faces to show up to support Ema... or is there an ulterior motive?

Spoiler: Case 2: Turnabout Ladies Night (Available Now)

When Larry bursts into the Wright Anything Agency begging for help, Phoenix Wright is surprised to discover that he has a girlfriend. Who is a real human woman. And she's been framed for murder! Join Phoenix, Maya, and Trucy as they uncover the truth in as what was supposed to be a fun ladies' night turned deadly.

Spoiler: Case 3: The Twin Turnabout (Available Now)

Athena Cykes is surprised to be contacted out of the blue by Simon Blackquill, whose friend from prison has been accused of theft. But when Athena herself starts to be targeted by something she can't explain, she can't help but feel like this case is more complicated than she initially thought. Can she, Trucy, and Apollo solve this case and save Blackquill's friend, or will they have to flee from danger before something worse happens to them?

Spoiler: Case 4: The Shattered Turnabout (Available Now)

To celebrate her official christening as Master, Maya decides to invite several familiar faces from Khura'in in an attempt to create unity between their very different cultures. But the morning of her christening, something goes horribly wrong and a beloved character is accused of committing a devastating crime. And unfortunately, there's a lot of evidence against them. Now Phoenix Wright must defend a client he cares deeply about all while fighting the nagging suspicion that they might be guilty after all. But are they?

Spoiler: Case 5: Tossing and Turnabout

Not long after returning from Khura'in, Apollo Justice is struggling with the stresses of trying to get back into the swing of things at the Agency. It doesn't help that he's had the worst insomnia of his life. Naturally, this is when he's dragged into yet another case.

This case is still in the works. A proper summation, including the defendant and more details, is coming soon. The insomnia thing is the only thing I'm certain of at the moment.

Spoiler: Case 6: Turnabout of the Past

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In other words, giving you a plot summary would spoil too much of the earlier cases.

I'm developing this on PyWright and writing almost all of it. The story itself is pretty solidified, though I'm sure I'll be tweaking it here and there. I want it to be a full length game and I have experience making games before. If there's anyone in the Jacksepticeye community here, I'm the dev behind The BOSS. I've also made other games in that universe, but this is my first time making a VN. I've been writing for over 2 decades and studying these characters to write them as accurately as possible.

As for content warnings, it's a little darker than the mainstream games but I can't think of anything especially triggering. I'd say a solid T, not too extreme but not super light either. No extreme language, no gore. One case in particular is definitely a tear jerker (I know because I've actually teared up while writing it, and I've never done that before in over 20 years as a writer).

Stay tuned for updates. That seems to be just about everything I can say at this point. Please let me know what you think if you've played it!

[WrightXavier]

Saw the video of the first scene. Gotta say, looking pretty good so far. Excited to see where this goes.

[LilyGrace]

Case 2: Turnabout Ladies Night will be out TOMORROW! So keep your eyes peeled for it and expect a pretty fun time. I'm not going to promise that case is anything spectacular, but I do think it's pretty good for a first case and I had a lot of fun making it.

[LilyGrace]

It's out! Check the main post for the link to download it. I hope you like it. :)

[LilyGrace]

Case 1: The Turnabout Method is complete and uploaded, so now you can play both of them! Just... let me know if you like it. I haven't gotten much feedback, which is fine but I was just hoping it was enjoyable.

[Noriakiboi]

Yo, I loved the game and I think it has a lot of potential. It does a really good job of hooking you in. I also really liked how the characters looked and how varied the responses were depending on which profile you submitted and which character you were talking to. Overall, I'm still very curious as to where the story is headed. Wish you guys the best!
PS: btw where do you get the most recent version of PyWright?

[Emerald Objects]

Impressive how fast you're churning out these cases.

[LilyGrace]

Yo, I loved the game and I think it has a lot of potential. It does a really good job of hooking you in. I also really liked how the characters looked and how varied the responses were depending on which profile you submitted and which character you were talking to. Overall, I'm still very curious as to where the story is headed. Wish you guys the best!
PS: btw where do you get the most recent version of PyWright?

I'm really glad you liked it! I worked really hard on this game and it's great to see others enjoying it. I loved writing the profile dialogue! Try submitting character profiles when specifically asked things like "which character did [thing]?" or "who do you want to call to the stand?" because I have written a lot of goofy dialogue for that very purpose. Like you can literally present any profile for a unique response in The Turnabout Method when Athena is prompted to bring someone to the stand. And yes, this includes herself, the victim, and and character who is currently on the stand. I love little touches like that, and case 4 has a scene like that, but I can't provide details because spoilers.

To answer your question, the most recent version of PyWright was developed specifically for T&C. In fact, I've just uploaded 0.99.2, which isn't strictly required to play T&C but it does contribute to the experience. The only real change is core.py in the core folder, so you could always just paste that in and then delete if you wanted to. I've also updated The Turnabout Method because I got some comments about how Athena wasn't getting enough time to shine and I kind of agreed. The biggest difference is the opening scene, which I uploaded to the SPG youtube channel anyway and the rest is just minor dialogue changes and a few more small gameplay sections, nothing major.

[LilyGrace]

Impressive how fast you're churning out these cases.

I appreciate the compliment, but I think The Turnabout Method could have been better when I initially released it. I only spent about a month and a half on it vs. 4 months on Turnabout Ladies Night. Both of which only have one trial. Case 3 (which I'm still working on) has gotten to the first trial, but it'll be a while. I'm hoping it'll be out in a couple months. Case 4, on the other hand, I've already done quite a bit of it so the wait might not be as long between 3 and 4. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the game!

[LilyGrace]

Case 3 Part 1 is up! Excited for you to meet all the characters! They were a lot of fun to write! The rest of the case should go up hopefully soon. There was a bit of development hell at the start but that's all smoothed out now and it should go pretty well moving forward. Hopefully the next part can be released sooner than 9 months after the last part!

[Crazalu]

This fan game is extremely good and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a damn good plot and wants Athena appreciation

[LupertEverett]

So, I finally managed to play it. Only played the first two cases though, I wanna wait until Case 3 finishes fully to check it out.

Spoiler: Case 1 impressions

First part of it is spent with reintroducing so many old characters, it is like an "ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny" kind of thing. Honestly catching up with them kinda drags the story to a halt, but once the pacing ramps up, it really escalates. The culprit's confession gave me chills, knowing that everyone we've met again until this point isn't really safe...
Post credits section is where I was totally hooked hehe!
Also for some reason it took me a while to realize the colored texts were Athena's widget reading the emotions lmao :V

Spoiler: Case 2 impressions

A pretty calm case, but I was on the edge constantly because of how the last case ended. Suspecting *everyone and everything* of being a Kestrel (wo)man... when in fact this case wasn't related to them that much... :V
The truth of what really happened was some Hexepta: Mayor Attack level of logic, AND I LOVE IT lmao.
Similar to the last one, the post credits section was also a shocker, showing that Kestrel is not "all bark and no bite"... Poor Grossberg.

There were some typos here and there but overall, I ended up loving it and I'm curious about what will happen next!

[LilyGrace]

The rest of The Twin Turnabout is now available! I finally finished it! Go ahead and take a look when you get the chance!

[LilyGrace]

Case 4: The Shattered Turnabout is here! This one's the big one! I've been working on it for over 2 years, fine tuning it as much as I can. It's been a lot of work and a lot of passion and raw emotion. But it's finally here. I hope you enjoy it. :)

EDIT: I am aware of the Al I. Barton bug. I just uploaded a fixed build and also uploaded the file that was bugged. Replace the file in your game with that file and you'll be able to continue. So sorry, someone found a bug last night and I fixed it but that broke the game. It's not broken anymore.

[LupertEverett]

Yo!

Quickly came here to talk about a bug I found on Case 4. I really enjoy it so far (and it was similarly the case with the previous case, but I forgot to talk about it, sorry), although there is this thing:

Spoiler: Case 4 Spoilers

During the "working" insight section, you can actually give out an incorrect answer by saying that the other man was Ahlbi, and the game will actually jump to his summoning as if nothing is wrong. I only noticed this because the next recess immediately began with Nick talking about how Pearls did know that it wasn't actually Dahlia who got channeled, which confused me to no end. Afterwards I loaded back to that section and picked the correct option. Only then I learned about that plot twist, and everything made sense.

[LilyGrace]

Yo!

Quickly came here to talk about a bug I found on Case 4. I really enjoy it so far (and it was similarly the case with the previous case, but I forgot to talk about it, sorry), although there is this thing:

Spoiler: Case 4 Spoilers

During the "working" insight section, you can actually give out an incorrect answer by saying that the other man was Ahlbi, and the game will actually jump to his summoning as if nothing is wrong. I only noticed this because the next recess immediately began with Nick talking about how Pearls did know that it wasn't actually Dahlia who got channeled, which confused me to no end. Afterwards I loaded back to that section and picked the correct option. Only then I learned about that plot twist, and everything made sense.

Ohh I see. Yeah, I never tested that. All right, I'll look into it. I have a few things I need to update anyway. Hope you're enjoying the case.

[LupertEverett]

This is quite a bit overdue, as I've finished case 4 a long time ago but here is my short impressions:

Spoiler: Case 4 Spoilers (again) (also 6-5 spoilers???)

During the entirety of the case, I had thought that Maya had died somehow and someone else was channeling her, 6-5 style. She was acting kinda sus too, like why would she act so mysterious around Phoenix, but not everyone else? Turns out, there is a very good reason for that. Ngl, near the end I had figured out the twist, but it being confirmed hurt my soul regardless. It is very well done!

Also continuing on from the previous bug report, I had another one near the first. During Morgan's testimony, I happened to present some wrong evidence, that ended up glitching the whole game. It spooked the hell outta me lmao.

Now, time to wait for Case 5!

[Reivaj24]

Hey new here! Just wanted to say that I really hope this game gets its fifth and final case done cause it would be a shame for this masterpiece to be unfinished honestly

[LilyGrace]

Hey new here! Just wanted to say that I really hope this game gets its fifth and final case done cause it would be a shame for this masterpiece to be unfinished honestly

Hey, been dealing with chronic illness and a recent 950 mile move, but I'm getting back into the swing of things. I can't provide an ETA yet but I'm working on it!

[Reivaj24]

Hey new here! Just wanted to say that I really hope this game gets its fifth and final case done cause it would be a shame for this masterpiece to be unfinished honestly

Hey, been dealing with chronic illness and a recent 950 mile move, but I'm getting back into the swing of things. I can't provide an ETA yet but I'm working on it!

Hey, don't worry, as long as you finish, you can take all the time in the world....I suppose these things take time to pull off perfectly ( ) after all.

[Windego]

Hey new here! Just wanted to say that I really hope this game gets its fifth and final case done cause it would be a shame for this masterpiece to be unfinished honestly

Hey, been dealing with chronic illness and a recent 950 mile move, but I'm getting back into the swing of things. I can't provide an ETA yet but I'm working on it!

Sounds tough, hang in there! I wanted to say that I also hope this game gets finished, I just finished the first case and it was enough to really get me hooked on the plot! The writing is spectacular!