Criminally Overdue

Librarian by day, vigilante by night.

After her late mother's overdose, Robin spends her nights hunting down the city's drug dealers. She gets a wake up call from her dangerous double life when library regular Dylan recognizes her at a stake-out. Much to Robin's chagrin, Dylan's relentless pursuit ends up bringing them closer. His ideals might even rub off on her.

Criminally Overdue is a visual novel made for NaNoRenO 2020+, a month-long game jam themed around the Ren'py game engine.

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If you'd like the opportunity to lead Robin down a different path, we are adding multiple endings in our 1.1 patch, which will be out on April 16, 2020!

CHARACTERS

Robin, a young librarian, helps the police arrest drug dealers after her late mother's overdose.

Dylan, a PhD student who often visits the library, works to make breakthroughs in medical artificial intelligence.

Anderson, a police recruit, fights to gain recognition and climb up the ranks of the force.

STATISTICS

The game contains 2,278 dialogue blocks, containing 25,372 words and 137,335
characters, for an average of 11.1 words and 60 characters per block. The game contains 3 unique character images and a total of 42 character sprites.

Expected playtime: 1  - 2 hours.

THE TEAM BEHIND THE GAME

Elowan: Writer, programmer
Kaan "Atkinson" Berkant: Editor
steamedturnips: Artist, GUI designer
Larry Jones: Sound designer
(Special thanks to Olivia!)

 CHANGELOG

Version 1.00 — Added ending and background music. Fixed minor text bugs.
Version 0.90 — Initial release of functional game, missing ending scenes.