The Bureau of Surveyance and Omission has called you to investigate the curious disappearances at the... 

HOUSE ON [REDACTED] STREET.

In this "Case of the Golden Idol" inspired game, players will search through an abandoned house to discover what happened to the family that used to live there. 

Rifle through letters.

Unlock doors.

Unravel a surreal mystery. 

Fill out exciting paperwork reports including A44-D1, A44-C2, and more!

FEATURES

  • A short puzzle-solving experience.
  • Banger soundtrack. 
  • No papercuts!

All of the game's art assets were sourced from databases of free-use images. NO AI here!

CREDITS:  (in order of when they responded to my Discord pings)

Matthew Cavener -- Programmer, Designer -- ItchGitHub

Dylan Higgins -- Coordinator, UI Artist

Rachel Cavener -- Art Director, Scenes -- Itch, Github

backspace_  -- Music, SFX -- Tiktok

Ian Rickett -- Narrative Designer -- Bluesky, Itch

Special Thanks to Creative Commons and all contributors to open source images, without which this collage-style project would not be possible.

Source code available here

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Having a great time with this, but we're stuck on A44-D1!


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Jr'ir tbg yvivat ebbz nf 47, xvgpura nf 34, qnhtugre'f ebbz nf 58, gur orqebbz nf 81, naq gur tnentr nf 52. Jr'er cerggl fher gur obbfgref ner va gur xvgpura naq gur tnentr, naq jr srry yvxr gur ohea znexf va gur yvivat ebbz zrna ur raqf hc gurer ynfg. Jvgu gur xvgpura jvaqbj snpvat gur fhafrg, jr gubhtug vg jnf gur jrfgzbfg, ohg fvapr vg arrqf gb or 2aq, jr'ir gevrq gb oehgr sbepr nyy gur bgure bcgvbaf jvgu xvgpura nf 2aq naq yvivat ebbz ynfg. Sbe gur xrlf, jr'er fnlvat benatr, terrpr, naq jrqqvat qnl. 

Can you give us a hint about where we're going wrong? 

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-- SPOILERS -- 

PLEASE DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAME!!!




















Gur ynfg chmmyr znlor vfa'g fvtacbfgrq nf pyrne nf vg fubhyq or. Urer'f gur pbeerpg nafjre gb cebprrq. 

Fvtany ernqvatf: Yvivat ebbz 47, xvgpura 52, qnhtugre'f ebbz 58, nqevna orqebbz 81, tnentr 34

Obbfgref: tnentr naq yvivat ebbz

Beqre: Xvgpura, Tnentr, Qnhtugre'f Ebbz, Nqevna'f Orqebbz, Yvivat Ebbz

Hope that helps! Let us know what you think when you get to the ending!

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We finished! Thanks so much your help :D

That was a crazy ride--we definitely brute forced a few puzzles, but when we got stuck we ended up finding a bunch of clues that would've helped us along the way. Awesome game!

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Thanks for the kind words! We all had a lot of fun making this project. If you feel moved to do so, feel free to drop a rating and tell your friends!