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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER

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⦿ Murder mystery game in which Excalibur is the murder weapon! ⦿ Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2622180 ⦿ More links: https://excalimurder.carrd.co/ ⦿ Dev: @teochhim.bsky.social

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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER on Steam EXCALIMURDER is a nonlinear murder mystery game inspired by the sword in the stone legend. Explore an orphanage, meet weird people and solve logic puzzles, all in a colorful pixel art world. Bonus: Ex...

Monthly repost!
Wishlist here if you're interested o/
store.steampowered.com/app/2622180/...

16.02.2026 17:02 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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EXCALIMURDER is a nonlinear murder mystery game.
You investigate in any order and connect the dots in your notebook.

Also, Excalibur is the murder weapon
#pixelart #indiedev

16.02.2026 17:02 👍 224 🔁 56 💬 2 📌 3
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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER on Steam EXCALIMURDER is a nonlinear murder mystery game inspired by the sword in the stone legend. Explore an orphanage, meet weird people and solve logic puzzles, all in a colorful pixel art world. Bonus: Ex...

This is a nonlinear murder mystery game in which Excalibur is the murder weapon
Wishlist here if you're interested!
store.steampowered.com/app/2622180/...

02.02.2026 17:57 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Book menu breakdown 📙
#pixelart #indiedev #GameMaker

02.02.2026 17:57 👍 1337 🔁 356 💬 27 📌 10
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Twinkly starry sky for you

20.01.2026 16:05 👍 92 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
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The spiral room is great and all!
But now I gotta think about how to make the room transition at the top

15.01.2026 17:05 👍 55 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Added a dash!
...it's a detective game but I swear it makes sense

14.01.2026 17:04 👍 48 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Dang I forgot to add its shadow in the trailer...

13.01.2026 18:02 👍 34 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

I don't use sprite stacking that much so there isn't a proper workflow ahah
I guess I draw the object in full first and then I eyeball the layers 👍
The game stacks it for me in the end so I only get to see the final result by launching it!

13.01.2026 09:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER on Steam EXCALIMURDER is a nonlinear murder mystery game inspired by the sword in the stone legend. Explore an orphanage, meet weird people and solve logic puzzles, all in a colorful pixel art world. Bonus: Ex...

Finally a proper trailer!
Wishlist here if you're interested o/
store.steampowered.com/app/2622180/...

12.01.2026 20:41 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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EXCALIMURDER is a nonlinear murder mystery game.
You investigate in any order and connect the dots in your notebook.

Also, Excalibur is the murder weapon
#pixelart #indiedev #GameMaker

12.01.2026 20:41 👍 377 🔁 96 💬 5 📌 5
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Bleeding from the ear trying to find the PERFECT bell toll

11.01.2026 19:07 👍 41 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0

GameMaker!

10.01.2026 18:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NPCs used to float in the air, they weren't synced with the parallax
Just fixed it 👌

10.01.2026 18:06 👍 58 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0
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Light and shadow effect, at the entrance this time!

09.01.2026 17:15 👍 44 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks!
Probably saw it on social media or something o/
I've been aware of the technique for a long time but can't remember where I've seen it first

09.01.2026 10:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

February or June, depends on which Steam Next Fest's deadline I manage to meet 👍

08.01.2026 19:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is how the "compare mode" looks like!
Lets you point out inconsistencies between 2 clues

08.01.2026 19:07 👍 43 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Remember that outdated teaser?
It's finally time to replace it... Wish me luck

07.01.2026 17:25 👍 81 🔁 14 💬 4 📌 1
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Testing out a run button 💨
Not just for the speed (could've just raised the default one) but for the game feel especially

06.01.2026 18:12 👍 53 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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Detective Fantasia: EXCALIMURDER on Steam EXCALIMURDER is a nonlinear murder mystery game inspired by the sword in the stone legend. Explore an orphanage, meet weird people and solve logic puzzles, all in a colorful pixel art world. Bonus: Ex...

This is a nonlinear murder mystery game in which Excalibur is the murder weapon.
Wishlist here if you're interested!
store.steampowered.com/app/2622180/...

05.01.2026 23:16 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Sprite stacking 101 🧩
#pixelart #indiedev #GameMaker

05.01.2026 23:16 👍 1556 🔁 462 💬 25 📌 16
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Seamless music transition mockup 🎵
Music by the amazing Argonaught (Simeon Neese)!

04.01.2026 16:11 👍 44 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Some more icons to sort the clues o/
It's a fun challenge at such low resolution

03.01.2026 18:15 👍 57 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Running out of air doesn't kill you!
Just makes you rush to the surface

02.01.2026 17:03 👍 150 🔁 17 💬 6 📌 1
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New light and shadow effect 👌
Happy New Year!

01.01.2026 17:24 👍 49 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Fitting time to mention that the murder takes place during New Year's Eve!

31.12.2025 17:04 👍 30 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Bells in the wind wip 🍃
When the wind is plot-relevant so you have to animate everything swaying...

30.12.2025 19:05 👍 44 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Throwback to that time I used a tree to hide a parallax switch

29.12.2025 18:03 👍 67 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 2
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Dust particles for areas that are inside
Just experimenting for now!

28.12.2025 17:08 👍 53 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0