Dear Investigators,
Today we're excited to release a significant update to our Closed Beta, bringing you the complete second case (though not yet the game's finale) along with major improvements to the first one! 🎁 If your Kickstarter reward does not include the Closed Beta access, you can still get excited about the following enhancements:
🎄What's New:
- The entire second case
- Meet Marlene, the office cat! 🐱
- Dive deep into Esther's backstory
- New Archive Cases of Fritz Bauer
- New Save System: Unlimited manual save slots per session - return to any point you want!
- New hint system to help guide your investigation
Completely Revamped Courtroom:
- Rebuilt courtroom gameplay - outcomes now remain uncertain until you make your claim
- Multiple chances to prove each step of your case
- New atmospheric courtroom music
- Enhanced artwork and animated characters
- Dynamic cinematic camera movements
- Introduction of Sigmund Haubner as second defense attorney for more logical court dialogues
Please Note: The game is still a work in progress - you'll encounter some unfinished elements, including:
- Temporary voice recordings for Emilia Becker and Sigmund Haubner
- German texts that will receive professional editing before final release
- Bugs! (please continue using the in-game bug report function - this is very helpful to us)
And for those worried about spoilers - yes, you can play the entire second case, but you won’t see the game’s ending(s) - we keep those a secret until release. 🕵️♀️
The Paintbucket team has poured their heart and soul into this update to give you this little pre-Christmas gift. We're extremely excited to hear your feedback and suggestions, and we hope you'll enjoy exploring this new content! 🧡
Have fun investigating!
Your Paintbuckets 🎨
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