Sleuthhounds - Cruise

[Sleuthhounds]

Project: Cruise

(working title)

In Development

Before Pureluck Homes and Jane Ampson tailed suspects at Yuletide. Before they encountered deception at Halloween. Before they dealt with vendettas at Valentine's. There was: The Cruise.

Join consulting detective Pureluck Homes and reporter turned novelist Jane Ampson as they meet for the first time aboard the Gigantic Joanna, a cruise ship plagued with problems and on course for disaster.

This game is currently in development and operating under the working title Cruise. Any details, screenshots, or assorted other bits of randomness associated with this game are subject to change throughout development. Ye have been warned!

Production Update Blog

2024-Dec-06: A Grab Bag of Stuff
2024-Nov-08: The Recording Booth is Finished and then Some
2024-Sep-06: The Recording Booth is Started
2024-Aug-09: It’s All About the Dialog (Now)
2024-Jul-05: Talking About Statistics
2024-Jun-07: Broken Dialog Record
2024-May-03: Finally Photos
2024-Apr-05: Hint System 2.0
2024-Mar-08: Flashing Back in Time
2024-Feb-09: Inventory, Inventory Everywhere
2024-Jan-05: Sleuthhounds Year Seven, Will it be the Last?
2023-Dec-01: Climbing the Rungs
2023-Nov-03: Walking Through the Evolution of the Walkthrough
2023-Oct-06: Look to Look
2023-Sep-01: Sneaking at Sunset
2023-Aug-04: Every Game Needs a Loot Box
2023-Jul-07: Hamsterdam Exchange: Revisited
2023-Jun-02: Dressings All Dressed Up
2023-May-05: Ducts? Why Did it Have to be Ducts?
2023-Apr-07: End of the Road
2023-Mar-01: Daughter of the Boss
2023-Feb-03: Den of the Boss
2023-Jan-06: Where are We At? Where are We Going?
2022-Dec-02: Cutting the Way to Success
2022-Nov-04: Maintaining the Ship
2022-Oct-07: Once More Around the Promenade
2022-Sep-02: Toilet Tank Humour
2022-Aug-05: Uplifting: Combining 2D and 3D
2022-Jul-01: A Moodier Room
2022-Jun-01: Try Your Luck…Or Not
2022-May-06: The Sky Deck: Almost but Not Quite There
2022-Apr-01: A Clean Desk is a Sign of Dirty Drawers
2022-Mar-04: Cable Management
2022-Feb-04: The Doctor Will See You Now
2022-Jan-07: The New Year is No Time for Lounging About
2021-Dec-03: Bridging the Gap
2021-Nov-05: Captain’s Log, Or Cabin
2021-Oct-01: One Man’s Treasure…
2021-Sep-03: Rudder Way to Go
2021-Aug-06: The Illusion of Depth
2021-Jul-02: Streamlining Stairways for Players
2021-Jun-04: Room with a View
2021-May-07: States, Saves, and Simplifying Testing
2021-Apr-02: Safety Features
2021-Mar-05: When You Gotta Go
2021-Feb-05: The Dining Room: Last of the Big Three
2021-Jan-01: Boxing Day Sale at Sea
2020-Dec-04: You Gotta Have a Library
2020-Nov-06: Pipes and Problems
2020-Oct-02: A Sleuthhounds Message
2020-Sep-25: It’s a Room Sandwich
2020-Sep-18: Writer’s Room
2020-Sep-11: Souvenirs at Sea
2020-Sep-04: Cruise Cartography
2020-Aug-28: Chocolate Shop, Er, Passenger Cabin
2020-Aug-21: Place Your Wagers at the Pirate’s Chest Casino
2020-Aug-14: Sometimes You Just Gotta Stop and Admire a Sunset
2020-Aug-07: The Cruise Casino for Fun and Profit
2020-Jul-31: Keep Fit and Have Fun
2020-Jul-24: Even More Doors
2020-Jul-17: Doors, Doors, and More Doors
2020-Jul-10: Art Walk
2020-Jul-03: Captain Windwhistler, to the Bridge
2020-Jun-26: Doctor Seymour, to the Infirmary
2020-Jun-19: Bilge is a Funny Word
2020-Jun-12: There's No Money Laundering Here
2020-Jun-05: A Pirate I was Meant To Be
2020-May-29: You Gotta Have a Brig
2020-May-22: Boring Backgrounds for the Staff
2020-May-15: Theatre from on High
2020-May-08: Theatre Crowding
2020-May-01: In the Pool Any Time of the Day
2020-Apr-24: The Crew Have to Sleep Too
2020-Apr-17: Spring Time, Flowers Time
2020-Apr-10: Cleaning Staff
2020-Apr-03: Two Worlds
2020-Mar-27: Kitchens, Spared No Expense
2020-Mar-20: Cabins Day and Night
2020-Mar-13: An Art Tour at Sea
2020-Mar-06: The Pirate’s Chest
2020-Feb-28: Room with a View
2020-Feb-21: Lock Picking Refined
2020-Feb-07: The Gigantic Joanna
2020-Jan-31: Updating the Safe
2020-Jan-24: Interview Screenies
2020-Jan-17: Burning Down Assets
2020-Jan-10: Full Speed Ahead on Asset Creation
2019-Dec-06: Generic Character Interactions
2019-Nov-29: Locking the Gates – Preventing Characters from Wandering Amok
2019-Nov-22: Side Quests Complete
2019-Nov-15: Achievements to Prompt Replays
2019-Nov-08: Interviews and Interludes
2019-Oct-18: Fountains and Fortunes
2019-Oct-11: Shifting the Blame Game
2019-Oct-04: Streamlining the Audio Workflow
2019-Sep-27: Hamsterdam Exchange
2019-Sep-20: Streamline the Interface, Lower Production Time
2019-Sep-13: Linking Ideas like a Golden Necklace
2019-Sep-06: Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts
2019-Aug-16: Extra, Extra! Read All About the Extras!
2019-Aug-09: Dressings of Fruits and Veggies
2019-Aug-02: Sidling into Side Quests
2019-Jul-26: Working on Workouts
2019-Jul-19: How to Draw Cartoon Marble
2019-Jul-12: AppCredits() = The End
2019-Jul-05: Getting the Ending Right
2019-Jun-28: The Problem with Balconies
2019-Jun-14: The First Ending
2019-Jun-07: Rewrites and Recodes
2019-May-31: Choice and Consequence
2019-May-24: Doctor Seymour Colourization
2019-May-17: Sneaky, Sneaky
2019-May-10: Play Time
2019-May-03: Things to Do in Acts 1 to 3
2019-Apr-26: The Changing Nature of Estimates
2019-Apr-19: Escaping the Balcony (A Goldilocks Puzzle)
2019-Apr-12: Facts more Fun than Fiction
2019-Apr-05: Ramping Up Difficulty in an Adventure
2019-Mar-29: Evolution of a Scene
2019-Mar-22: Characters: Sources of Problems and Solutions
2019-Mar-15: The Act 3 Countdown
2019-Mar-08: Ducts, Why Did it Have to be Ducts?
2019-Mar-01: Cheating in the Name of Narrative
2019-Feb-22: Meet the Suspects – Edward Noble
2019-Feb-15: Meet the Suspects – Doctor Michelle Seymour
2019-Feb-08: Flashback Investigation
2019-Feb-01: Milestone: Act 2 Done-ish
2019-Jan-25: Letting the Player Fail
2019-Jan-18: Meet the Suspects – Tobias Rotterdam
2019-Jan-11: Adding another Layer to Note Reassembly
2019-Jan-04: Meet the Suspects – Craig Holdfast
2018-Dec-21: Meet the Suspects – Carlotta Travail
2018-Dec-14: From Body Language to Sleuthhounds
2018-Nov-30: Meet the Suspects – Carmichael Portly
2018-Nov-23: Meet the Suspects – Marion Wood
2018-Nov-16: Finding Focus
2018-Nov-09: Safe Cracking
2018-Nov-02: Meet the Suspects – Captain Warwick Windwhistler
2018-Oct-19: Meet the Suspects – Sir Reginald Price
2018-Oct-12: Meet the Suspects – Joanna Price
2018-Oct-05: Revising Rough Drafts
2018-Sep-28: Light in the Dark
2018-Sep-21: Animation Improvements – Realized
2018-Sep-14: Animation Improvements – Design
2018-Sep-07: Fainter and Fainter
2018-Aug-31: A Splash of Colour
2018-Aug-24: Paging Doctor Homes
2018-Aug-17: Talking of Alternatives
2018-Aug-10: Costume Party
2018-Aug-03: Lock Picking
2018-Jul-27: Act 2 from On High
2018-Jul-20: Disruptive Director
2018-Jul-13: Rolling, Rolling, Rolling
2018-Jul-06: NPC Biographies
2018-Jun-29: Design – Stepping Sideways to Move Forward
2018-Jun-01: Walk the Walk
2018-May-04: Milestone: Act I Done-ish
2018-Apr-20: NPCs Doing Their Own Thing
2018-Apr-13: Homes and Ampson Together and Apart
2018-Apr-06: Dialog as Interesting Gameplay, Take 3
2018-Mar-30: Dialog as Interesting Gameplay, Take 2
2018-Mar-23: Dialog as Interesting Gameplay, Take 1
2018-Mar-16: Dialog: The Problem
2018-Mar-09: Iterating on the Dining Room
2018-Mar-02: Refining with Index Cards
2018-Feb-23: Refining with Puzzle Dependency Charts
2018-Feb-16: Refining Practically
2018-Feb-02: Refining Geographically
2018-Jan-26: Feature Length Design Challenge
2018-Jan-12: The New Sleuthhounds Cast