STORY

A message on your PDA. A missing journalist.

These simple events will pull you into an intricate web of lies. Who are the people behind the kidnapping? What is really going on?

A detective deduction game where you bring the interrogation forward!


GAMEPLAY

Study the crime scene, connect clues, hack into systems, search databases, uncover the truth! Your trusty PDA opens up countless gameplay possibilities. You have everything you need to solve the case in your hands -- and brain!


DISCORD

https://discord.com/invite/xwFXgbb2xf


CREDITS

Coding, writing, design: BRANE

Graphics, writing, design: Lorenzo

Music by Eric Matyas

www.soundimage.org


Made in (more or less) three weeks for the Mystery Game Jam 2025.

Updated 23 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(171 total ratings)
AuthorsBRANE, Lorenzo
GenreAdventure, Puzzle, Visual Novel
Made withGodot
TagsDetective, Mystery, Point & Click
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsMouse
AccessibilityOne button

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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie - Windows (Game Jam Build) 63 MB
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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 1.0.1.zip 64 MB

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i really enjoyed this!!

Thanks for the game. I enjoyed.

However, I did not find the information about suspect's height and Kyle's occupation. I just tried different answers until it worked ┐⁠(⁠´⁠ー⁠`⁠)⁠┌

It was a really good game, I enjoyed it a lot! The start was slightly confusing but it wasn't a big deal. I hope there are more crime scenes to investigate in the future. 1000/10 game. :3

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Amazing game! very enjoyable and clean.

Looks beautiful. Are the colours inspired by Tim Sale / The Long Halloween?

Nice Game:-)

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Great game, intuitive gameplay, and i felt so smart solving it.  Clean graphics.  Will def be playing anything else by this team.

I love this game :-) I felt a bit confused on the start about what to do, but It's easy to learn and very fun!

This is great, very nice concept for a game. love the art and quality, super interesting! I hope for more in the future!! 11/10!

LOVE IT. 

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Brilliant game. I dare ask: what happened to the agent (us) afterwards - would Techne T attempt to “discard” them?

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No way to save?

the initial page where the player can choose whether to start or quit "[        ] game" is really cool! i've never seen something like that before

How many days it take you to make this game, itch.io team? This game is quite good!

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really cool! it took me like 30 minutes to do the first report tho lol... didn't read close enough :P

lol samee

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This game was such a fresh breath of air for my brain. I cannot wait to play the full game. It was so enjoyable and had me fully invested. 

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This was an awesome watch! Thanks!

If I may just suggest that you mix in audio of your voice higher than the game sound it would be even a better experience.

Yea, my audio and I have a love/hate relationship lol. I appreciate the view. Thanks 

beautiful art style!

good game

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my cursor keeps flashing from the default cursor to the game cursor

yea same :/

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A fun and engaging game with a good soundtrack. The game has a nice balance of intriguing and deductive skills. You have your suspicions and has a good conclusive ending. The story is well written and makes sense. Defiantly recommend spending 15-25min playing this game.

This was simply amazing. I love how we really have to rack our brains for answers, yet they're simply presented to us on a silver platter. I loved it! The gameplay was smooth and the BGM really made me immerse in the game. I wonder if there are more games like these?

omg this gave me such YAKA revenge vibes lol 😱 creepy af & smart horror design. u can find it on google too—just search ‘YAKA Revenge’. love it!”

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absolute cinema

very fun and actually makes sense

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like none of the answers were out of the blue, i was never like "how the hell did they expect me to figure that out??" becuz it all made sense

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My cursor is flickering, is that normal?

I love it! I need more!!

Point and Click Futuristic Detective Game | Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Amazing, amazing, amazing!! I was so upset when it came to an end!! I really hope there is a longer more fleshed out game of this in the works because I will play that in a heartbeat. I liked the art/style direction. The futuristic detective point and click was super cool. And putting the pieces of evidence to contradict the suspect in the Interrogation room was cool. 10/10 game

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Quite an intriguing experience through and through.

I can split the game into 3 acts.

The introduction:

Acts as a tutorial, teaches you the mechanics patiently and lets you know that you need to pay attention to the details and look for the obvious.

- This is my second favorite part of the game alright.

Then we have The Hotel section.

- Without a doubt, my favorite.

If you haven't played this, beware, minor spoilers are ahead. The game's only roughly 25 mins long and totally worth it.

You simply put your learning into practice here.

The game does not seem to want to hold your hand, is quick to display the dreadful scenery which looms over your head, and you know it's asking you to keep a mental note on everything you're getting through.

Although the Race and Age part are basically guesswork, race because I only know the suspect is not Black, age cause ...

But generally speaking, this section fuels you for the next one.

At last we have the Interrogation and Suspension section.

- This is my least favorite.

At first, we're provided half a dozen suspect IDs to review through. we don't know anyone of them, and we have no reason to believe in or defy each being guilty.

Initially I thought that the guy had an outburst that perhaps accidentally caused the death and looked up the medical info, but of course the answer was occupation.

Why? "Because Hat, remember that?" This wasn't a moment of "But of course!", it was more or less like "okay?..."

It didn't exactly help either that half of the cases were either held captive, oversees, hospitalized, or DEAD. "Why am doing the system's fitchwork?" I asked myself.

Then we get to the interrogation room.

This didn't look like we were gathering information to tackle the "PRIME SUSPECT" when he least expects it.

You're really just matching the relevant image to the description. "Oh did you say you had a heart attack? we have an image of the scan that proves you didn't. haha!", or "Did you say you drive? well, yeah, I suppose that's true, but we're still holding that against you. haha!"... this isn't the game but the feeling I got out of playing that section. Artistically though, still a banger.

Finally we're here, THE END, of our story.

The system actually dares asking me the occupation of the mastermind behind it all, and it already has the data, I'm literally asking the SYSTEM for the man's information and the occupation is right freakin' there. "another fitchwork..." I guess. The ending feels mechanically shallow. We went from tutorial enemies to elite enemies to weakened elite enemies to DA BOSS! who is? a less-than-a-tutorial enemy. It can't be this simple now, the game's gonna reveal Hotel room 2.0, but it never arrives. leaving me asking for more.

But hey! I know now where to get more :D and all in all, really loved the experience.

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Oh I really liked the mechanics and the feel here. 

Gathering information through different systems, making the player really feel like investigator. 

I was quite overwhelmed at first with my equipment but then I learned how to use the tools and understood how things work - and that was really really cool! 

Wonderful investigation game with very nice, moody, theme fitting visuals amplifying the mystery. 

Great work! Congratulations!

es muy bueno, hay que pensar en cómo ir arreglando las cosas y eso me gustó mucho

genuinely enjoyed every single thing about it

followed for when you create more!

Chef's kiss. Pls more

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Absolute Cinema

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Loved it, omg i hope you're gonna make another :)

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this is literally amazing

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I love it. I wish there was more. I was so absorbed in the whole game that I got upset when it ended T-T

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Such a neat little game!! I was completely absorbed in the mystery and I love the graphics

amazing bruhhhhh, very nice style and the mechanics were really cool!! haven't seen anything like it, such a good game omg. Keep it up!! (only if you want to ofc)  

(:

really really liked that ! great job !!!

short but very fun. such a beautiful art style, too. simply perfect

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