Tied for 4th Place in the 2024 GBA Jam :)

Play as Detective Alex Monroe in his new adventure where he solves a murder mystery, while on vacation on a cruise ship!

Heavily inspired by classic point and click adventure games, you play as Detective Alex Monroe, where you are expected to use your wits to solve challenging puzzles and uncover the real culprit aboard the cruise. 

This game is our entry to the 2024 GBA Jam. We hope you enjoy playing it!

- Reggie & Qwertyman

Controls are:

KeyboardGBAAction
XAInteract/Use Items
ZBCancel Interaction
BackspaceSelectView Inventory
ALCombine Items

We want everyone to be able to play the game to completion, so a walkthrough is available here!

Made with the awesome Butano engine :)

Reggie - Story, Gameplay, Graphics, Bar Music, Puzzles
Qwertyman - Dialogue/Inventory System, Engine, Playtesting

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authorseragnarok, HummusHustler
GenreAdventure
Tags2D, Game Boy Advance, Mystery, Story Rich

Download

Download
detective_monroe_murder_at_sea_jam.gba 1.4 MB

Install instructions

Ideally play it on a real GBA, otherwise, an emulator of your choice is fine :)

We used mGBA, but mesen is great too!