Turbotime Gumshoe! Case of the Crime Continuum

Made for the 2023 Global Game Jam.
Theme: Roots
Global Game Jam Page here.

(Note: There wasn't time to implement the intended hint system, which makes this game potentially very difficult to solve. Good luck!)

The not-so-distant future. The year 199X. A recent scientific discovery has made it possible to access alternate dimensions of reality through the manipulation of genetic code sequences.

While governments argue over how to address the issue, there’s been a gold rush of criminal activity in this new, wild frontier. Rogue genetic splicers offer their services to the highest bidders, and high-rolling criminals of all types (mostly corrupt politicians and tech corporations) have begun shifting reality for their own unethical agendas. 

Fortunately, you are the Turbotime Gumshoe. And even more fortunately, your boss is a stolen, sentient laptop computer with a Genetic Timeline Manipulator app installed. Together, you have the ability to literally ROOT out dangerous fugitives hiding in alternate dimensions by piecing together clues about their genetic traits. 

It’s been a few months since your last job. But today, the laptop’s light blinked on, and a doozy of a case came in...

Based on the available leads, build a hunch about your target's manipulated genetic pathway. Then activate Turbotime in hopes of reaching the correct dimension and apprehending them before they cause potentially catastrophic damage to reality. 

CREDITS:

Programming : Tyler Edwards
Art, Animation : Hagen Deloss
Audio, Script : Aspen Farer
Game design and concept : Everyone!