Dear Villagers and solo developer Andre Gareis are proud to announce that non-linear “whodunnit” detective game Mindcop will launch this November 14 on Steam, PS5 and Nintendo Switch at a price of 14,99 EUR | USD.
Additionally, the game is launching a new demo today, which offers around 30 minutes of gameplay through the first day of investigation, with new locations and suspects to mindsurf! You can enjoy the demo in English, German, French, Spanish, and also in Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
Mindcop mixes story driven adventure with investigation, time management and also real-time puzzle mechanics. After 6 years in development, solo developer Andre Gareis aims to bring interesting fresh ideas into the detective game genre. Starting with time management, as 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!
THE MINDSURF MECHANICS
While interrogating suspects, players will have to use their Mindcop capabilities to Mindsurf them 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.
The mindsurf mechanic consists of a timed match-3 game in which you have to cross the screen and reach a finish line with a surf. You gain time by matching different type of bullet going into the suspect’s brain to gain time. Once you have 0 seconds left or crossed the finish line, the mini game ends. Once the mini-game is won, you’ll be facing 3 different doors: Lie, Uncertainty and Truth. These doors showcase the suspect’s psyche in different light with short dialogues in specific environments. These informations will be useful in your investigation.
“Mindcop is my first commercial game project, a detective game in which players really become the detectives and make all the choices. My aim was to create a small world with fleshed-out characters, a captivating mystery and a lively, unpredictable gameplay experience. The most interesting aspect of the game is its time management system: every action costs time, and the total time you have to find the murderer is limited. This gives weight to every decision and makes each game unique. Mindcop has been my main creative outlet for six years, and I hope it will become someone’s favourite game for some time to come. – Andre Gareis, Mindcop developer
About Andre Gareis
Mindcop is created by german game developer Andre Gareis (he/him). Andre Gareis has been working as a solo-developer on Mindcop for 6 years and full time starting 2022.
About Dear Villagers
Based in the South of France, in sunny Montpellier, we are a boutique publishing label composed of a team of twenty people. Open-minded and versatile, Dear Villagers offers handcrafted marketing and production guidance. Our mission: We tell memorable stories through memorable games.
