GameDevEntry#4 - Criminal Case
Criminal Case is an adventure, hidden object and puzzle video game developed and published by Pretty Simple.
In Criminal Case, the player acts as a detective to solve murder cases, locating relevant clues at crime scenes by clicking items in the scene. Rapid clue location is rewarded with greater scores; the player earns stars that can later be used as a type of currency for performing necessary tasks such as examining evidence and interrogating suspects. At the conclusion of every case, the player is presented with all the suspects and must arrest the one who fulfills each of the criteria gained throughout the investigation. If the decision is correct, the case is solved. To unlock the next case, however, the player is also required to complete the solved case's post-indictment chapter, enabling the player to receive reports and finally move on to the succeeding case—though this procedure does not have to be undertaken in any of the tutorial cases. There are also puzzle elements and various progression and bonus features integrated into the game.
--- http://criminalcasegame.wikia.com/wiki/Criminal_Case_Wiki
At first, I found this game boring because of three reasons;
I thought that it is a simple game where all you need to do is to find the enlisted items in every crime scene.
You need energy to play and investigate the crime scenes. 20 energy every crime scene out of 110 energy limit in your energy bar, that makes you investigate only 5 crime scenes. Then, you need to wait almost 3 hours to fully refills your energy bar as you can gain 1 energy per 2 minutes.
Cases starting from Case#3 need a day before you unlock these cases, and you need to download it using an internet connection.
These are the reasons why I deleted this game to my phone last year. At that time, I have other 13 game applications installed in my phone.But right now, Criminal Case is the only game application installed in my phone. Maybe because I also got bored to the past games I played as I realized that other games are similar to each other in terms of game play, they only differs in characters and story line.
Now, the main reasons why I’m still playing this game is because of it’s story line. Every cases have a story and it is connected to some previous cases or will be a part of future cases.
This is my current progress in the game Criminal Case ^_^.
For those who want to play: One case may be finished or solve within 3-5 days. You need to wait for how many hours before you proceed to another clues that will solve the case (30 mins - 18 hrs).
