Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
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
Made in (more or less) three weeks for the Mystery Game Jam 2025.
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Development log
- Translations and fix for flickering cursorJul 15, 2025
- TRANSLATIONS!Jun 21, 2025
- Confidential Killings Demo is out!Jun 05, 2025
Comments
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AMAZING!
damn this hard af hahha
So cool!!!!!
can we change settings to less motion? It makes me feel slightly queasy
I got drawn into the game almost right away. It's fun and it feels great!
That was really good! Most of this genre is hard to interpret the dev's way of analysing data but this was logical and well put together. Doesn't leave you wandering around bemused but directs to the evidence.
This was really cool! I love this a lot, feels more interactive with the searching, interrigation and looking through the map. I prefer this a lot more! Excited for more!
And this was made within 3 weeks!?!?! Thats actually so impressive, hats off to you! 10/10
Much obliged!
I'm loving your work
I really enjoyed this game a lot I hope to play your other ones very soon! Awesome work!
67?
A little difficult at first but I quickly caught on, deff a good game and recommended for people who love crime!
Just played it on my stream! Really enjoyable game, quite impressive you made it in that short of a time!
Amazing demo really enjoyed it definitely looking forward to play more
love this<3 why cant i save tho? ive had to go through the same stuff 3 times
This was sooo fun :)
amazing cant wait for the steam version at some points i was a little lost but it made me think deep. loved the game!
soo goood
amazing game
it was soo good
Great game! Congrats
The entire game was AMAZING. Although I do think there should be some kind of tutorial (-1 point).
9/10
Really enjoyed this game! Would love to see more from you :3
Amazing
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LOVE this, instructions were very easy to digest and gameplay was easy to understand. Well done!
هل فيه العربيه
I enjoyed it. I just jumped in, didn't read anything about it before starting and I was able to figure it out as I went. It took some thinking though! It was a good amount of challenge and very interesting.
The visual distortion effect was a bit annoying, and the suspect interrogation was also a bit underwhelming (too obvious, no real choices).
But otherwise it's very impressive, especially for only 3 weeks! Solid art and music, and good polish overall.
Sure, the "level design" is a bit simplistic, but given the time constraints, this is hardly a real criticism. Eager to try Confidential Killings and see how the concept works on a larger scale.
Great job!
Unique and cool game. I like atmosphere and ending. Wish those mechanics and ideas will be in next games and become even better (and It would be great if the puzzles became more complicated)
So. Friggin. Fun!!!!
muy bueno!
pretty cool demo
Very cool game, I hope it actually comes out one day, and won't be one of those "support me on patreon, and it may come out one day" type of game.
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Dude this is so cool. Im an idiot at detective games so it was nice to not feel stuck on the puzzels because i always had the option of guessing my way out
Interesting detective deduction game.
This was great. Just my kind of detective game. Nice crime noir thriller! I hope it fledges into a full game with lots of cases and a plotline later!
Very stylish & fun. Looking forward to "Confidential Killings". [In case you are still fixing small bugs for this: Some Dropdown menus remain visible when you are closing the pda]
Interesting game, loved it!
wow this was super cool. would love to play a full version of this
This was really unique and fun! Loved it!