Non-linear Detective Game ‘Mindcop’ Coming to Nintendo Switch in Q4 2024
Dear Villagers has announced their publishing partnership with German solo developer Andre Gareis on his detective narrative game Mindcop (trailer, website), a non-linear “whodunnit” detective game, mixing a story driven adventure with investigation time management and also real-time puzzle mechanics. The game has a release window set for Q4 2024 for the Nintendo Switch.
After 6 years in development, Mindcop is almost ready and will bring interesting fresh ideas into the detective game genre. Players will have to use their Mindcop capabilities to uncover secrets and unravel people’s lies to find the true suspect of the town’s murder. The Mindcop can attempt to sneak into the mind of one of the suspects, this plays out as a real-time puzzle game. for example to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies. You have 5 days to solve this murder and every action comes with a time cost. As the Mindcop, make tough decisions on what is worth your time and what will lead you to dead ends. Choose well and discover two different endings!
