Methods: The Canada Files

Devlog

• Devlog 52: Pieces in Place
  November 03, 2024 by LockedOn

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  #canada, #detectives, #mystery

  File 04 is now roughly blocked out and coded. Here's what I worked on since the last devlog. • Rough blocking/coding for File 04 • Halloween art • Prison of Lies Enhanced Edition soft launch So... Continue reading

  
• Canada Files Halloween 2024!
  October 31, 2024 by LockedOn

  3

  #detective, #canada, #halloween, #mystery

  The Detective Game-masters have dressed up for Halloween! Conver as a Mad Scientist! Foncé as a Mime! Toska as an Iron Maiden! Maar as a Cubist Painting! Enjoy the artworks! Hope your looking forward... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 50: File 04 Written!
  October 01, 2024 by LockedOn

  4

  #canada, #mystery, #detectives, #methods

  I've finished writing File 04! Here's what I worked on since the last devlog. - Finished Chapter 19 - Finished Chapter 20 - Two more music tracks I'm pleased to say that I've finally finished writing... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 49: LockOWriMo
  September 11, 2024 by LockedOn

  3

  #the canada files, #mystery, #detective

  Writing continues on File 04. Here's what I worked on since the last devlog. • Finished Chapter 17 • Finished Chapter 18 • Started writing Chapter 19 I'm still hard at work writing File 04! I al... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 48: On The Write Track
  August 23, 2024 by LockedOn

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  #methods, #canada, #mystery

  File 04 is now being written. Here's what I worked on since the last devlog. Outlined the mystery Finished Chapter 16 Started writing Chapter 17 Completed two music tracks It took a long time to compl... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 47: New Day, New File
  July 31, 2024 by LockedOn

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  #the canada files, #detective, #mystery, #canada, #methods

  Hangout Three was just released recently — it took longer than the other Hangouts, so I'm really glad to have finally gotten it out there. I think it's time to properly announce File 04! File 04: Ne... Continue reading

  
• Hangout Three is Here!
  July 01, 2024 by LockedOn

  5

  #mystery, #detective, #canada

  Happy Canada Day! Hangout Three has finally been added to the game in both English and Chinese! Just like File 03, the length of this Hangout is between the length of the first two, at about 7k words... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 46: The Long Winter
  June 08, 2024 by LockedOn

  6

  #the canada files, #canada, #detective, #mystery

  Hangout Three is still in the works — but coming later this month! Here's what I worked on since the last devlog. Wrote a hangout Completed the Outfits Finished implementation of three hangouts Impl... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 45: Back On It
  May 17, 2024 by LockedOn

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  #detectives, #canada, #mystery

  Well that sure was a lot of work last month! Hope you enjoyed the new File and updates to Methods ! Since then I've been working on Hangout Three. Time for another devlog! Here's what I've been workin... Continue reading

  
• File 03 is Here!
  April 22, 2024 by LockedOn

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  #mystery, #launch, #canada, #detective, #detectives, #puzzle, #Chinese translation, #ace attorney, #competition, #early access, #the canada files, #methods

  Note: This update may break old saves as it contains improvements to previous Files! In this update... File 03 In the most intriguing mystery yet, Team Tads heads to Iqaluit to investigate a brutal mu... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 44: April 22nd
  April 17, 2024 by LockedOn

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  #canada, #detective, #mystery

  The beta is wrapping up, and we now have a definite release date! Wow, it feels great to fill in the graph. Here's what I worked on since the last devlog. - Released the File 03 Beta for Patreon and A... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 5841: Still At It!!
  April 01, 2024 by LockedOn

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  #april fools

  File 46 is on its way!! With the writing done, I can now put all my effort towards sprites and backgrounds, and I'm hoping to complete them by the end of the month! You may be wondering, now that ever... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 43: Aaaalmost!
  March 26, 2024 by LockedOn

  5

  #detectives, #canada, #mystery

  File 03 is aaaalmost finished! Here's what I've done since the last devlog! • Finished all CGs • Finished all titlecards • Completed half the music tracks needed • Finished and implemented all... Continue reading

  
• ​ Devlog 42: Big Steps
  March 12, 2024 by LockedOn

  2

  #detectives, #canada, #mystery

  File 03 is feature-complete! Here's what I've done since the last devlog! • Finished and implemented all backgrounds for Chapters 11-14 • Implemented all theories and interrogations • Methods mi... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 40: Characters Completed
  February 15, 2024 by LockedOn

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  #canada, #detectives, #mystery

  All the sprites for File 03 have been completed! Here's what I've done since the last devlog, where I finished writing File 03! • Worked on the largest background • Finished the character sprites... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 39: File 03 Written!
  January 31, 2024 by LockedOn

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  #devlog, #writing

  File 03 has been written! The last time I checked in with a devlog, I had just finished writing Chapter 14. Here's what I've done since then. • Finished Chapter 14 • Finished Chapter 15 I'm really... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 38: Climbing Ice
  January 17, 2024 by LockedOn

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  #canada, #mystery, #detective

  File 03 is still being written! The last time I checked in with a devlog, I was 40% done with writing Chapter 12. Here's what I've done since then. • Finished Chapter 12 • Finished Chapter 13 I've... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 37: Shadows of Suspects
  January 09, 2024 by LockedOn

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  #methods, #canada files, #devlog

  File 03 is still being written. The last time I checked in with a devlog, I'd begun writing Chapter 12. Here's what I've done since then. Finished 2 sprites Created a rough version of one background W... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 36: The Outline
  January 07, 2024 by LockedOn

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  File 03's mystery has now been outlined! It's definitely been a while since last time. A lot of the time, I don't want to put out a devlog until I actually make significant progress or reach a milesto... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 35: Contrast
  November 18, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #methods, #the canada files, #detectives, #competition

  Writing continues on File 03.. Chapter 11 has now been written! I did get a bit stuck writing this chapter, certain scenes weren't quite working. One of my theories about writing is that it's good to... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 34: Announcing File 03!
  November 09, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #update, #devlog, #mystery, #detectives, #canada

  File 02: Montréal and Hangout Two are now complete, so with this devlog it is time to announce the next file, and location of the third mystery in The Canada Files . Without further stalling, I'm exc... Continue reading

  
• Hangout Two is Here!
  October 24, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #methods, #hangout, #canada files, #detectives, #mystery

  The wait is over! Hangout Two has now been added to the game in both English and Chinese! This new Hangout is longer, with about 9k words. Though the Hangouts are optional, they have lots of hints abo... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 33: Hangout Two Written!
  October 19, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #mystery, #detective, #hangouts

  It's been a while since the last devlog! But here is another one! Hooray! With the announcement that The Illusion Murders is coming to Steam and itch.io as a standalone game, you can see that I've bee... Continue reading

  
• File 02 is Here!
  September 28, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #detectives, #launch, #methods, #the canada files, #canadians, #mystery

  File 02 has been released into Early Access, and the price will increase on Oct 6th, so you will be able to get File 02 at the current price for this week! It took a long time, but File 02 has been wr... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 32: Hanging Out
  September 12, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #detective, #mystery, #devlog

  The Canada Files translation continues! Guess it was too soon to say goodbye to the graph... whoops! Anyway. To simplify the graph a bit, from now on I'm counting "Designs" and "Sprites" as just... "S... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 31: Testing & Translation
  August 29, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #update, #translation, #detectives, #mystery, #canada

  With the beta now available for a week, now the progress graph looks like this! I won't be needing this progress graph anymore soon... :') Say goodbye to the File 02 progress graph everybody. :') With... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 30: The 11 Day Sprint
  August 19, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #detective, #mystery, #beta

  File 02: Montréal 's beta launches next Tuesday. You may be a little surprised because in my last devlog I said that I'd just completed Chapter 7 — after many months of production. Now only eleven... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 29: Achievements
  August 08, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #update, #mystery, #detective, #progress

  Latest Montréal progress...! I'm pleased to say Chapter 7 is now complete. It was definitely more complicated than I thought. Now that I've completed the music tracks for the chapter, I think it real... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 28: Hard Coding
  July 27, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #methods, #the canada files, #mystery, #devlog, #detective

  The latest French Canadian devlog...! I spent the past week coding Chapter 7, drawing the evidence icons, and getting everything implemented. I also made some revisions to the backgrounds. Basically a... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 27: Biggest Background
  July 20, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #methods, #devlog

  The latest French Canadian devlog...! Some items on my progress list take longer than others, which was the case for this background. It took the whole week to complete it — but now all of Chapter... Continue reading

  
• Hangouts Released!
  March 08, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #hangouts, #extra content

  For the past month I have been working on an exciting new feature. As of today, you can now play it in English and Chinese! This feature is called "Hangouts", a way to chat with your teammates and fin... Continue reading

  
• The Chinese Translation is Here!
  February 20, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #Chinese translation

  Hello everyone! For the past two weeks the Translation Masters and I have been hard at work on the Chinese translation for File 01. As of right now, you can finally play the first file in Chinese! A h... Continue reading

  
• Small Update Feb 4
  February 05, 2023 by LockedOn

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  This is a small update that adds a few suggested improvements. New hotkeys! Press H for text history screen Press Q for quick save Press L for the load screen Press S for the save screen Press O/P for... Continue reading
• Early Access Released!
  February 01, 2023 by LockedOn

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  #canada, #methods, #detectives, #mystery, #early access, #ace attorney

  Methods: The Canada Files Early Access has been released! Join detectives Downs, Viu, Struess, Anadyne, and Tads for the first round of Stage Four in the mysterious Canadian detective competition! Thi... Continue reading