- Big Update: Version 1.1.05-beta - 7 December 2022
Greetings, gumshoes! It’s been a while since our last update, owing to the fact that we’ve been working on the most requested feature from you, our players. During the past few months, we have been building and implementing free saving within the game – allowing players to save almost whenever and wherever during the game, and being able to pickup where they left off. On top of that, we’ve also finally implemented Brazilian Portuguese localisation – something a lot of you folks have been waiting for. But do note, we have decided to release this version as a public Beta version first (accessible by all players), before releasing it as the default version. The reason we do this is despite having tested the build thoroughly in the past month, we want to make absolutely sure we don't miss a crucial issue or bug before we release it as the new default build. By making this a Beta, we ensure…
- Update: Version 1.0.16 - 23 April 2022
Chinatown Detective Agency v1.0.16 Good morning, afternoon and evening, detectives. We worked on a few more minor fixes this week. Here’s what’s been resolved: Mission: “Volonta La Libertate” – Fixed Sergey giving the clues in the wrong order. Mission: “Broken Chains” – Delete a misleading lead instructing players to call Mei Ting when they shouldn’t. Made the background music at the White Mare and Haiphong Club changeable via the music volume slider. Multiple localisation corrections. Hope you’re all enjoying the game and getting all those 15 achievements! Happy weekend, everyone! The General Interactive Co. Team
- Update notes for v1.0.15 - 14 April 2022
In this patch, we've done the following: Fixed a bug that prevented players from getting the best ending. Added optional leads in each mission to remind players that they can ask Mei Ting for help with the puzzles. Fixed a bug that caused the UI to lock and the memory mini-game to reappear in "A Picnic at Midnight" Fixed a bug that caused the game to not recognise answers to puzzles as correct in the Spanish language. Tweaked the save system to that it always displays the newest save regardless of whether it is an autosave or a manual save. Made corrections to the decryption puzzle in "For the Tyrants Fear Your Might".
- Update: More Fixes! - 14 April 2022
Chinatown Detective Agency v1.0.15 More improvements, more fixes. Hey, gumshoes! We've got more fixes coming your way. In this patch, we've done the following: Fixed a bug that prevented players from getting the best ending. Added optional leads in each mission to remind players that they can ask Mei Ting for help with the puzzles. Fixed a bug that caused the UI to lock and the memory mini-game to reappear in "A Picnic at Midnight" Fixed a bug that caused the game to not recognise answers to puzzles as correct in the Spanish language. Tweaked the save system to that it always displays the newest save regardless of whether it is an autosave or a manual save. Made corrections to the decryption puzzle in "For the Tyrants Fear Your Might". That wraps up our fork for this week. We're continuing to work on changes to the save system to allow for manual saves in the middle of a mission, as wel…
- Update: Fixes Galore! - 11 April 2022
Chinatown Detective Agency v1.0.14 We're listening - and we're working around the clock to improve Chinatown Detective Agency In this first official patch, we have resolved a majority of the issues found by both the community and our team during the days following release. Here's the changelog: Fixed autosave before picking a client not showing any leads. Fixed not being able to resume the game when opening SETTINGS when you're at Changi. Fixed getting stuck after returning from the main menu when you click SETTINGS when you're on the train. Fixed morse code audio error. Mission: "A Cloven Pine" -- Fixed mystery numbers to show 30 and 7 correctly. Mission: "A Cloven Pine" -- Fixed a case where the warning message about going to the morgue wouldn't show. Mission: "Broken Chains" -- Fixed UI getting blocked in Burger Joint after solving crossword. Updated localisation spreadsheet (this in…
- CDA v1.0.14 - 11 April 2022
Changelog Fixed autosave before picking a client not showing any leads. Fixed not being able to resume the game when opening SETTINGS when you're at Changi. Fixed getting stuck after returning from the main menu when you click SETTINGS when you're on the train. Fixed morse code audio error. Mission: "A Cloven Pine" -- Fixed mystery numbers to show 30 and 7 correctly. Mission: "A Cloven Pine" -- Fixed a case where the warning message about going to the morgue wouldn't show. Mission: "Broken Chains" -- Fixed UI getting blocked in Burger Joint after solving crossword. Updated localisation spreadsheet (this includes fixing typos and VO mistakes). Fixed footsteps playing when they shouldn't. Fixed Steam stat achievements (The Tourist and Frequent Flier). Added pixel versions of paintings to the mission, "Sale of the Century". Changed default font to the more accessible alternative font. Orig…
- Chinatown Detective Agency review: stylish cyberpunk meets history homework - 7 April 2022
Have you ever encountered something that you know some people are going to absolutely love, but others will hate to their very core? What's a good metaphor for that? If only there were a food product that had built an entire brand around the concept. I guess we'll never know. But Chinatown Detective Agency , a beautiful, pixely, point and click puzzle game set in a cyberpunk future Singapore, has what I predict will be a pretty polarising central feature, and that is real time historical research. Read more
- Release date - 17 March 2022
Dear gumshoes, The past three months have been crazy busy. We've been really disappointed that we haven't been able to update you guys in a while, and that's a combination of just being caught up in so many things, but also because we were waiting for results and news we can share: and we've finally got the best announcements to share with you today. Without further ado... CHINATOWN DETECTIVE AGENCY IS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHING ON APRIL 7, 2022. This is not a drill, this is the real release date! Everyone in the team is so excited for you to step on the shoes of Amira Darma and start a quest around Singapore and the world. We prepared a new trailer for this special announcement: Additionally, a special trailer aired a short time ago as part of a showcase, this time featuring Leonie Koh as the voice of Amira Darma: We hope you're looking forward to the full game and don't hesitate to reach ou…
- Everything that happened at the Humble Games Showcase 2022 - 17 March 2022
Humble Games have somehow kicked off not-E3 season today with their inaugural Humble Games Showcase, detailing what's coming up on the company's publishing roster later this year. In the half-hour presentation, they announced just under 10 new indie games to look forward to, including a surprise follow-up to 2013's excellent heist 'em up, Monaco: What's Mine Is Yours. Whether you missed the action or just want to rewatch one of the trailers, we've got all the big reveals right here for your viewing pleasure. Here's everything you missed from the Humble Games Showcase 2022. Read more
- Beta Updates: Unveiling new screenshots of previously unseen areas - 2 November 2021
Dear gumshoes, We have a lot of new things to show you as part of our development updates. Let’s get started with some art Ricardo's having a lot of fun experimenting with Unity's lighting effects, and some of the end results are just beautiful. Check out the one below - a dark, menacing, dilapidated house where a crucial lead is just begging to be uncovered. Or check out Tiger Lily's own personal onsen at her health club. Darkness and light really set the mood in each scene of the game, and that's something we're hoping to consistently deliver. We've also been working hard on perfecting the implementation of the assets in the game (part of the polishing phase). Here are some gifs of scenes you haven't seen before (no worries, no spoilers!): Our art team has also been working away on the in-game characters that some of our backers have created. Here are just some samples: We're also mid…
- Steam Next Fest Stream: The Voices of Chinatown Detective Agency - 29 September 2021
Meet the Chinatown Detective Agency’s very own voice actors! Tune in on Tuesday for a pre-recorded stream hosted by Game Director Mark Fillon! Stream time: Tuesday (October 5th) at 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 4pm BST / 5pm CEST / 11pm SGT You can set a reminder by clicking the button above! Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Manage your detective agency and use real world research to solve cases as you unravel a global conspiracy. Want to try it for yourself? The Day One prologue is available to download now! If you enjoy the demo, remember to leave a review and wishlist the full game on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1401920/Chinatown_Detective_Agency_Day_One/ See you then, gumshoe… ---- For the latest on Chinatown Detective Agency, follow our social pages: Twitter: @genintco Facebook: https:…
- Investigating the Writing of Chinatown Detective Agency - 29 September 2021
Join General Interactive's Game Director Mark and Writer Rik live on Saturday for a stream themed around the narrative of Chinatown Detective Agency! Stream time: Saturday (October 2nd) at 6am PDT / 9am EDT / 2pm BST / 3pm CEST / 9pm SGT You can set a reminder by clicking the button above! Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Manage your detective agency and use real world research to solve cases as you unravel a global conspiracy. Want to try it for yourself? The Day One prologue is available to download now! If you enjoy the demo, remember to leave a review and wishlist the full game on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1401920/Chinatown_Detective_Agency_Day_One/ See you then, gumshoe… ---- For the latest on Chinatown Detective Agency, follow our social pages: Twitter: @genintco Facebook:…
- Big Update: Beta! - 9 August 2021
We're excited to announce that we've hit our biggest and most important milestone. As of today, we have officially completed a functional beta build of Chinatown Detective Agency. This is big. This is probably the most important steps towards completion. So let's just dive into the details of what this means. What is this beta that you speak of? It means you can now play the game from beginning to end. So in purely functional terms, the game is complete. What is this beta still missing? It's not 100% content complete just yet - we're still missing some assets like VO, SFX and some animations. We've got placeholder assets for now, but are steadily finishing up and implementing the real assets as we speak. It's also a pre-QA build. This means that it needs to go through rounds of testing to make sure it's bug free. We have a dedicated QA company to handle this, as the team has decided to…
- New story trailer premiered - 10 June 2021
Dear gumshoes, We’re coming to you today with, drumroll please… A NEW TRAILER! As Amira’s adventure is full of twists and turns, the thrills of a global conspiracy looming over her shoulder as she rushes to put the pieces together, we wanted to share a bit more of that in a video. So, we’ve prepared a new story trailer, premiered by IGN as part of their Summer of Gaming: To commit a crime to undo the deeds of a bigger one? Well, a detective sometimes has to get their hands dirty, but how dirty is dirty enough? With E3 season here, we’re bringing you bits of detective goodness in quite a number of shows throughout the next few days! Stay tuned to our Twitter to catch them all as they air. Thanks for all your continuous support. Please spread the word around if you haven’t already, our diverse project and team will always appreciate it. Wishlist Chinatown Detective Agency Play the free pr…
- Development Update - Progress! - 9 April 2021
Dear detectives, It’s been a while since our last development update, we’re getting there, folks. We’re getting there. Here’s a summary of our progress so far: We’re putting a bow on the Rupert and Keeran story arcs, which leaves us with the Tiger Lily missions, then finally, the Main/Final missions. Writing is practically done except for 3 more missions, and art is catching up. Our programmers are hard at work putting everything together. We took 2 weeks away from development of the main game to fix the Prologue, including bug fixes and optimisation -- these fixes also affect the main game, so it’s time well spent. Our planned release window of some time this summer is still what we’re working towards, and a final release date will eventually be announced (keep an eye out!). Here’s a few new screenshots from the new missions that we’ve just finished: As for new assets and environments,…
- Composer Q&A! Meet Muchkin and Sean, CDA's musical masters... - 25 February 2021
Happy Thursday, detectives! How is everyone doing? We hope you're all safe and well and happy. ❤ 2021 seems to be going by very fast already, doesn't it? While the quicker the months fly by, the quicker we get to see you all having a (hopefully) joyous ol' time with Chinatown Detective Agency, we can't help but feel the need to ask the universe to calm down just a little bit. After all, we have a game to make! Now, we've spoken A LOT about the art direction, characters, and the real-world research mechanics over the past year, but one thing you may not have heard too much about is our incredible soundtrack from our favourite composers Dmitrii Muchkin and Sean Kolton (Sean creates the more contemplative and ambient tracks used during gameplay, while Muchkin is working on the upbeat and dynamic tracks that you'll hear in the main menu and transition scenes). Today we aim to remedy that wi…
- Creative Director Q&A! Meet Mark Fillon, storytelling maestro... - 8 February 2021
Hey there detectives! We hope you and your loved ones are doing good as we keep rolling through 2021. Thank you for your continued support and excitement for Chinatown Detective Agency, our wonderful community is the best part of this job. We have officially entered the year of Chinatown Detective Agency, and that calls for a Q&A from none other than the Creative Director of General Interactive Co, Mark Fillon about Chinatown Detective Agency, his experiences, Singapore and what it's been like running the project. Hi Mark! How did you start making games? I was never a game developer. In fact, my real start as a game designer came with me designing my first game Terroir with Jenny (our lead programmer). Before that, I dabbled in modding, but I never really coded. CDA is the second game I’m designing. How did you come up with the idea for Chinatown Detective Agency? Simple - I wanted to m…
- Live-streaming now on The Big Adventure Event! - 24 January 2021
Hello! As part of The Big Adventure Event, we're having a special live-stream with a few of our developers at General Interactive Co., discussing the prologue and what's going behind the development of Chinatown Detective Agency. The live-stream is happening right now with our Creative Director Mark Fillon, Art Director Ricardo Juchem, and Writer Rik Godwin. The three of them will be discussing the game's design, writing and art. If watching this brings any new questions to your minds, you can always join us on Discord and ask directly to our team. We're happy to interact with all aspiring detectives out there: https://discord.gg/RK55huC Thank you, and stay safe! General Interactive Co. For the latest on Chinatown Detective Agency, follow our social pages: Twitter: @genintco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genintco/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genintco/
- Showing soon: devs play the Chinatown Detective Agency Prologue - 24 January 2021
Hello, gumshoes. Just a reminder that we'll be broadcasting a pre-recorded playthrough at 1 PM PDT / 4 PM EDT / 9 PM GMT / 5 AM SGT (Jan 24 in the U.S., Jan 25 in Singapore). Creative Director Mark Fillon, Art Director Ricardo Juchem, and Writer Rik Godwin will be having a discussion about the game’s design, writing and art while playing the Day One prologue. Tune in for many insights into what’s going on behind the development of the game! You can view all the games that are part of The Big Adventure Event and support all the developers here. Thank you, and stay safe! General Interactive Co. For the latest on Chinatown Detective Agency, follow our social pages: Twitter: @genintco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genintco/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genintco/ Discord: https://discord.gg/RK55huC
- Developer stream happening this Sunday Jan. 24th! - 22 January 2021
Hello, gumshoes. With much excitement, we’re part of The Big Adventure Event lineup this week, alongside a stellar selection of other adventure games made by some of the most creative teams worldwide. To celebrate, we’re running a developer livestream for Chinatown Detective Agency this Sunday January 24th at 1 PM PDT / 4 PM EDT / 9 PM GMT / 5 AM SGT. Creative Director Mark Fillon, Art Director Ricardo Juchem, and Writer Rik Godwin will be having a discussion about the game’s design, writing and art while playing the Day One prologue of the game. Tune in for many insights into what’s going on behind the development of the game! Afterwards, you can always jump into our Discord server and ask any questions you have to our developers. You can view all the games that are part of The Big Adventure Event and support all the developers here. Thank you, and stay safe! General Interactive Co. Fo…
