Thank you for everyone who has played Paper Perjury up until now! We hope you all enjoy it. Please play to the end to find out what's next for Paper Cat Games. For anyone who would like to provide feedback on case 6, we have a survey right here. For anyone who would like to provide feedback on cases 1-5 (and hasn't already done so), we have a survey right here.
In today's update, we have updated Justina's ID to provide a birthday. Why are we doing this? Because it's tied to the content we plan to release next month. Please keep in mind that some save files won't update the ID with this new information. However, starting a brand-new case should fix this. Another important change is something called the "Judges' Code" is being added to the start of ever…
The main purpose of this patch is to reduce the file size of the game. Paper Perjury never required a big file size (a little under 1000 MB), but with a few changes to our current system, we reduced it by 30MB. While there has been extensive testing to make sure the new optimization doesn't change anything (we hope players won't even notice), we want to ask again that any bugs, typos, and glitc…
Paper Perjury has a new fun fact extravaganza! Give it a watch if you want to learn more about Case 6's development. Please note this video was recorded before case 6 was released, so the art in this video might not match the art in the current version of the game.
Paper Perjury has a new bundle on Steam! Save 15% on Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved if you already own a copy of Paper Perjury. We hope fans of Paper Perjury give the game a chance.
After a three-month delay, we are proud to finally release case 6! Players that played the first half of the case should be able to start from that same save file. If there are any issues with that save, please let us know. This update also comes with five new achievements that can be gained from the second half of the case. We also released a patch recently that has quite a few changes not rel…
For anyone who noticed the previous patch notes, that was supposed to be the final patch. Well, today, we are doing one more major patch before the release of case 6. This is because we are giving Justina new piece of art interrogation sections! Now there are times when Justina will be writing something on her clipboard! Other updates include: Sophie: No new art for Sophie, but her art in inter…
In this patch, we are doing a few updates before launching Case 6 later this month. We also have plans for a public playtesting of case 6 for anyone who wants to play the whole of case 6 before the official launch later this month. Justina, Owen, and Ernest: Their character sprites have been updated to have a pure black outline. Before, Justina's art would have an outline with #141013 as the co…
In today's patch, Paper Perjury has a long-awaited update to the game. Thanks to Ren'py developer feniksdev, the developer of the Ren'py Controller Support Expansion, Paper Perjury now has a major update for all players who use gamepads. The video below will show exactly how we changed. To summarize, players will NOT need to depend on the right analog stick for moving the evidence and profiles…
The new release date is 5/21/2026. We deeply apologize to everyone who waited three extra months longer than intended. The extra time will be worth it for the full release. As for the current status, the case is done but lacks playtesting. Paper Cat Games has a small group of volunteers who have gladly offered to help out with playtesting over the past few years. However, being volunteers, ther…
Hello everyone, Case 6 is almost done! All the art (aside from maybe a couple more optional things) and writing is complete. All that's left is editing and playtesting part 4. Editing is tricky because it can be really quick or really time-consuming. It's hard to say until we are knee-deep into it. Part 3 has been playtested and edited, but there may be some minor changes to it depending on how…
We updated the Options menu to do two main things. 1: To add text next to the options to explain what the non-slider options do. Such as explaining what clipboard voicing does. 2: Make it better for controllers so that when using the slider, it doesn't require the player to click a button before moving the slider. If anyone has any suggestions for improvements, we are open to it. Other changes…
Updated the history menu so that Wolfhard's name doesn't go off screen. Example of the issue shown below. Changed the sentence: Justina "I know I have the evidence, I just need to think about what we learned!" to "I know I have the evidence. I just need to think about what we learned!" Changed the typo of "decieve" to "deceive" Added extra text when the player presents Donner's Admission and Am…
Fixed a bug where the text would show the extra arrows when you present the Medical Records to Fineman's conclusion. Added text to the report after the player finds the single contradiction to prevent confusion from needing to find more contradictions. Changed Kelvin's line from "We're in grieving." to "We're in mourning." Fixed the color of Kelvin's text when you review his statement. Changed…
Today is the day! We are releasing the first half of Case 6! For those unaware, we intended to release the full case today, but due to circumstances outside of game development, we couldn't finish the full case. Rather than make everyone wait, we are releasing the first half now while we finish the second half for later this year. We understand that some people will not play case 6 until it's c…
Composed by Dante Gofar, this song will be in the upcoming update to Paper Perjury. It is also the song that played during the release date trailer last December. For those who missed it, see below. Currently, it it only in cases 3-5 during the final sections of each interrogation section. When we finish the second half of case 6, it will show up as well. We hope you enjoy the song and look for…
Hello everyone, This is James, the director of Paper Perjury. Previously, we announced the release date for Paper Perjury case 6 to be February 22. We are sorry to say, we will not be able to finish the whole case by February 22. To be exact, we have the means to release the first half of Case 6 by that day, but that's it. Similar to case 5, case 6 has four parts (parts 1 and 3: Investigation P…
Last week, Paper Cat Games released a survey to get feedback on the Paper Perjury. We got quite a number of responses with a range of opinions. We are very thankful that people took the time out of their day to write such detailed answers. ( link to survey for anyone else who would like to fill it out. ) While we can't change too much about Paper Perjury, we do plan to use these for future cont…
We are looking for feedback for future Paper Perjury content. Here is a form for anyone who would like to fill it out. We plan to release a version of this after Case 6 launches. This version is just for cases 1-5. Thank you to everyone who provides feedback.
This is a very “hands on” update. In this update, we are doing some prep for the Case 6 update coming early next year. Since the art for case 6 is done, our character artist took some time to improve the art from case 1. Case 1 started development in September 2021, so some bits of case 1 needed a touch up. So every character from case 1 is getting an update to their art. While they still look…
Paper Perjury: Case 6's exact release date will be shown on the one-year anniversary, December 9th, 2025. The DLC will release early 2026 . Sorry we missed our target release date of 2025. To make up for it, here's some key art for the upcoming case.
For anyone interested in the music of Paper Perjury, here is a video talking about some of the fun facts about the soundtrack.
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