| Trickle Greenweed Mermaid at Law in Christmas Catastrophe | |
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| Author | reverendmalerik |
| Type | Adventure |
| Version | 2021 |
| License | GPL-2.0 |
| System | DMG |
| Last Updated | 2021/11/09 |
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This is the first proof of concept demo for Trickle Greenweed, Mermaid at Law - Christmas Catastrophe.
It is an Ace Attorney-style game consist of a single case, where the concept is inspired by a series of children's books about a mermaid who explores various professions.
The game was developed for Game Boy Competition 2021.
User guide
Story
Trickle Greenweed, Mermaid at Law in... CHRISTMAS CATASTROPHE.
My name is Trickle Greenweed, and I have just graduated law from Atlantis U, meaning I'm finally a fully-fledged Mermaid attourney, just in time for Christmas!
Trickle finds a mer-elf in her newly opened offices, asking for her help as Seanta has been arrested! The elf is called Sparkle-toes, Sparky for short, and is an undersea electronics expert (do you know how hard that is?) with agoraphobia, so he came to Trickle's house as hers was the smallest law office he could find.
Seanta has been charged with attempted insurance fraud! He is accused of destroying the christmas present warehouse in order to claim on his insurance, both destroying undersea christmas and netting him a large sum of money so that he can retire a rich jolly old mer-elf!
Trickle goes to talk to Seanta in the brig. He insists he is innocent, but doesn't deny that Christmas has been getting harder and harder recently, as belief in him has waned. The loss of these presents is likely to be the final death knell for undersea Christmas. Trickle decides to represent Seanta in court, in order to save both Seanta and undersea Christmas itself!
Principle characters
Seanta - He's just mer-santa.
Sparky Blastcap - Nerdy elf with anxiety. Has been secretly working on an invention that can turn raw materials into toys in seconds in the hope that it will help Seanta.
Lox Bristlebrew - Grumpy old security expert who was guarding the warehouse. Says Seanta came to see the warehouse just before it blew up. Trickle needs to prove it could have been someone else who blew up the warehouse.
Rizzle Roughrider - A super happy elf girl who set out on her own after a falling out with Seanta over putting herself before Christmas. She has her own TV show and range of toys for girls. Claims she was visiting her family in the North Sea when it happened and saw Seanta blow up the warehouse. Is the actual culprit, intending to replace Christmas with her own creation, Rizzle Rave, which is just Christmas but for exclusively Rizzle products.
Nettle Bittersting - The much more experienced prosecutor. She has it in for Trickle for some reason.
Judge Seacow - He's a manatee, and pretty dumb.
Notes
Please note the option "look around" has not been implemented yet and won't do anything, so please don't select it.
The game is probably about an hour to two hours long, depending on what you do and how fast you can read.
If you need help with the game, refer to the walkthrough in the readme.
Controls
D-Pad - Cursor
A - Select
Screenshots
Compatibility
2021/11/09
- Fixed a game-breaking bug in one of the testimonies, found courtesy of deerteers.
2021/09/30
- Many bugs squashed. Music. Sound effects. Chapter select. FINISHED!
2021/09/29
- Playable to the end. Ready for bug testing.
2021/09/28
- Okay, it's now working up to the trial. The full game should be finished in a day or two. Almost there.
Credits
All of the music and sound are from the community resources in the gbstudio subreddit.