Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN)

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Getting some good questions! Keep 'em coming. The weirder the better 👁️

Somehow we're just a little over a month away from the one year anniversary of Detective Instinct's release, and I'm thinking about making a Q/A type video to mark the occasion. Send us a question with this form if there's anything you'd like to know! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Like Star Fox before it, the OoT remake makes me feel weird, and I know it's going to give me mixed feelings and sobering thoughts about art, aging, and the passage of time. Can't wait of course, here's a little sketch of the new Bombchu girl I finished a bit ago 😀

Really loved Detective Instinct. Got me into ADVs again, and rekindled my appreciation for the Nintendo DS. It’s nostalgic in the best way, as it’s not directly emulating any one thing, but is instead presenting the feeling that came with playing its inspirations for the first time

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved ($11.24) - adventure gaming in the style of the investigation parts of Phoenix Wright and Famicom Detective Club. this game is a tight package with a lotta charm, you'll mostly just wish you had more when you're done! store.steampowered.com/app/2689930/...

Yes, we are, in fact, 30% for the Steam Autumn Sale. But did you know we also have bundles available with 3 other recent ADVs/VNs? Even if you've already played our game, you should check our bundle list, might be able to get a better deal on some new games 👁️ store.steampowered.com/bundlelist/2...

I mean, you have to admit this is pretty funny.

One thing I greatly enjoy is when games localize food into something arguably appropriate for the target region, but that feels weird in context - like Maya with burgers, or the hot dogs in FF8. I think this is what I was channeling when I made hot dogs the protagonist's main concern in DI 🌭

This is as good a time as any to recommend you disenfranchised peeps check out Detective Instinct. It plays good, sounds great and is made with love! #blutoid

A Portopia remake with a similar "something old, something new" approach as last year's Okhotsk remake and by the same development team. Looks awesome. The Steam page is translated, but it doesn't appear to support any languages other than Japanese 😔

Dude! A Portopia remake was announced in the Japanese Direct! youtu.be/IF2PBtDtBmk?...

Summer is coming to an end, so why not study abroad this semester and solve a mystery in Detective Instinct? 🚂 Our spin on DS-era mystery adventures is 30% off on both Steam and Switch for the next two weeks. Check it out!

Still so cool to me how Emio was an unapologetically classic FDC-style command-select adventure. It's one thing for freak indie devs like us to do it, but for Nintendo to release a brand new game like that with no compromises really surprised me. They should do it again!

Today is the 2nd anniversary of Emio: The Smiling Man and Nintendo actually posted an illustration to celebrate the occasion on the Nintendo Today app. Still can't believe that we actually got a new installment in the Famicom Detective Club series. Even more unbelievable that it turned out so good.

I've been slowly making my way through of the Devil lately, and it's really great. Very unique take on Ace Attorney-ish gameplay with really confident aesthetics and storytelling. Definitely check it out!

Have YOU been meaning to check out Detective Instinct? Today's the last full day of our 30% off sale on Steam 🚂 - Dramatic story with a mystery on a train - DS-era aesthetics - Classic command-select adventure gameplay Give it a look 👀 store.steampowered.com/app/2689930/...

Nice review of a really lovely game. Should go without saying coming from us, but the world could use more "linear" narrative-focused adventure games. And if you like Hotel Dusk, don't forget to play Last Window, too!

Our award-winning mystery adventure game is still 25% off for the last few days of the Steam Summer Sale! We also have a few bundles available with some other great indie ADVs 👁️ Check it out ⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/2689930/...

What do you think gamers, would you pay a premium for this?

Today's news really reinforces how much I'd like to do a Detective Instinct physical release someday. It never would've occurred to me that such a thing might not even be an option in the near future 😥

TooManyGames was amazing. Nothing beats getting out and actually meeting other developers and players in person, and I still can't believe we walked away with three award nominations (including Best In Show ‼️) and a win for Best Visual Novel. An all-around great event, we will definitely be back 😎

We're extremely honored to have won the Best Visual Novel award at TooManyGames! We set out to make the kind of game that we wanted to play, with no real expectations, so to get this kind of recognition is surreal. So thankful to everyone who has enjoyed the game 🙂‍↕️

We're here at the TooManyGames indie showcase (complete with model train 🚂) Come stop by if you're here this weekend! You may even have a chance to demo our mythical SNES build 👁️

Very excited to share this bundle, and a big thanks to @kbutzkorner.bsky.social for the wonderful cover art!

The ADV genre is still very much alive. Two modern titles, inspired by two different eras, with two dramatic and mysterious stories to uncover 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵: 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘔𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 and 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘰𝘭: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘯-𝘋𝘰𝘨 join together in this indie ADV bundle! store.steampowered.com/bundle/79217/

Two of 2025's best indie adventure games / #visualnovel are now available together in one bundle! Enjoy the PC-98-inspired sci-fi drama Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog alongside the DS-inspired, command-select mystery of Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved! store.steampowered.com/bundle/79217

Oooh, cool! The next issue of Famitsu is gonna have a big feature on the current state of adventure games. Looks like there will be a bunch of interviews with various modern creators like Takanari Ishiyama (Paranormasight), Toshiyuki Hata (Magical Girl Witch Trials), and Oden/Kikkyawa (Urban Myth).

ICYMI: We'll have a booth at TooManyGames from June 26-28, and we're nominated for the Best Visual Novel award! If you're going, come visit us! We'll have demo stations to play the game on many platforms 👀

TooManyGames 2026 Indie Game Showcase Award nominations for "Best Visual Novel": - of the Devil (nth Circle Studios) - DIGITAL EXORCIST (COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONS) - Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (Armonica) - Rain98 (C#4R4CT3R) toomanygames.com/toomanygames...

Our good friend Adam provided much of the pixel art and art direction for Cursemark, and it's looking great! It just launched in early access, give it a try if you think it looks up your alley!

Detective Instinct will have a booth at TooManyGames later this month, from June 26-28! If you're around the Philadelphia area, come by and say hi! We may even have some fun surprises at our booth 👀 toomanygames.com

Scorsese's storyboards for Taxi Driver were a big inspiration for me, a poor artist, to feel confident drawing ideas to share with our illustrators for DI. I can't understand why so much of the older generation of artists are swayed by this crap when they already had it all figured out.