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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 1d

We started making DI purely for the love of the game - the most exciting thing now is seeing just how many people have an appetite for the same kinds of games that we do!

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved on Steam

A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventu...

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 1d

A lot has changed since we started developing our game over 3 years ago...

Nintendo made a new Famicom Detective Club. Every Ace Attorney game is now in English. Another Code was revived, fueling desire for Kyle Hyde remakes.

People want ADV games, and we want to make them 👍 #gamedev #indiegame

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! 😀

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 5d

Check it out here (also coming to Switch!) store.steampowered.com/app/2689930/...

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved on Steam

A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventu...

store.steampowered.com

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 5d

Most of my fondest memories with adventure games involve sitting with my DS or Switch on cold fall/winter nights under a nice, warm blanket. Which is why I'm so glad we're releasing in November 🍂

I'm looking forward to playing our game that way soon, and we hope you are too!

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 7d

- Volume sliders added
- Autoplay text option added
- Various visual improvements/sprite updates
- Small additions to scenario/dialogue
- Various text fixes in Japanese

Try it/add to wishlist here:
store.steampowered.com/app/2689930/...

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved on Steam

A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventu...

store.steampowered.com

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 7d

The demo for our DS-era-evoking mystery adventure game just got a huge update 👁️

A strange death in a hotel turns a study abroad trip on its head in our game's first chapter. Now's the best time to try it in advance of our release on November 26th!

Changelog below ⬇️

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 11d

Finally played through Dear me, I was... and absolutely loved it. Makes use of some light adventure game mechanics to punctuate a very moving story about an ordinary life, with stunning art direction from Taisuke Kanasaki (Hotel Dusk, etc). Inspires me to want to learn to draw more than ever 😭

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 12d

The game is designed primarily to be comfortable on controller, I definitely wouldn't say mouse is integral. It's a nice option to have on PC, but you're not missing anything if you get it on Switch.

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 12d

When our adventure game launches on November 26th, we will support...

- Steam, including Steam Deck 💻
- Nintendo Switch, and Switch 2 via backwards compatibility 2️⃣
- English and Japanese languages (see our Japanese version in action below) 🗾

Spread the word!
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Bowl of Lentils @bowloflentils.bsky.social · 14d

For anyone confused by this announcement, Banshee's Last Cry (Kamaitachi no Yoru) is a legendary "sound novel" that popularized novel-style video games in Japan. I actually just published a video all about the franchise's history if you would like to learn more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9BT...

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 14d

"Our goal was to tell an earnest and interesting story through command menu gameplay, so if people feel any genuine emotions when they play, we’ll all be very happy." 👍

If you want to know more about our game and team, check this interview we did with UK Anime ⬇️
www.uk-anime.net/articles/Int...

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 15d

The main inspiration behind our gameplay style was the Famicom Detective Club series, which uses a command menu interface in a fascinating way to create puzzles out of conversations and express the personalities of characters. See this thread I wrote last year ⬇️

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · Nov 8

The gameplay style of ADVs like Famicom Detective Club is fascinating, and when Emio released, we did a deep dive explaining why FDC's systems are so special. With Bsky's new thread tool, let's bring it back!

Here's what makes FDC's gameplay so compelling, and unique from visual novels: 🧵 #gamedev

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 16d

Very much a coincidence, but it's also not his "canon" name, he's named by the player!

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 16d

In case you didn't know... Detective Instinct is launching November 26, 2025 on Steam and Nintendo Switch!

If you love adventure games like Famicom Detective Club, Ace Attorney, Hotel Dusk, etc. as much as we do, give this a look 👁️

Demo/Wishlist 🔽
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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 20d

We started developing Detective Instinct in 2022, and it looked like the first image here for a looong time. Feels like ancient history now that we're so close to the end 😭

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 21d

The response to this announcement has been overwhelming 😮 Thank you all for sharing, and welcome to all our new followers!

Two months feels like a long time, but it'll come quick. We'll keep updating here in the meantime (and you can join our Discord to talk with us directly!) discord.gg/NGmctwVG6h

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 23d

ANNOUNCEMENT: Detective Instinct will be launching on Steam and Nintendo Switch...

November 26th, 2025! 🤩

Uncover the story in this DS-inspired adventure game about a mysterious woman who goes missing on a train 🚃

Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2689930/...

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 23d

Our gameplay style is definitely most closely modeled after early ADVs, particularly Famicom Detective Club! DS adventure games like Ace Attorney and Hotel Dusk were big inspirations on our visual style and tone.

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 23d

Currently yes, only planned for digital.

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 23d

This is exactly the vibe we're going for. Couldn't imagine a more fitting time to release a game like this!

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 23d

ANNOUNCEMENT: Detective Instinct will be launching on Steam and Nintendo Switch...

November 26th, 2025! 🤩

Uncover the story in this DS-inspired adventure game about a mysterious woman who goes missing on a train 🚃

Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2689930/...

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 24d

Announcement tomorrow!

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Quak @quak.bsky.social · 25d

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 28d

...Well, given that I will definitely be as distracted by this as everyone else, MAYBE we'll make our announcement next week instead of this week. But I swear, it's happening, I promise! 😭

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 28d

Nintendo Direct confirmed for Sept 12 - 6 AM PT

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · Sep 2

Announcement next week, perhaps?

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