Silver Palace detailed “Curious Deductions,” a detective mini-game system covered in the latest entry of its “The Science of All Things” dev series. The feature centers on a case called The Resurrection Enigma and gives players room to investigate the same mystery from multiple angles before settling on an ending.
The Case: The Resurrection Enigma
In the dead of night among cemetery tombs, a scholar is found dead with a wound that vanishes without explanation, and an old legend resurfaces to cast suspicion over a secluded manor. Players gather clues from a cast of suspects and piece together a tangled web of evidence to explain what really happened.
How Curious Deductions Works
- Multiple endings — the same case can resolve in different ways depending on which clues players connect and how they interpret them.
- Evidence Board — deductions are built and tracked on an Evidence Board that records the player’s chain of reasoning.
- Restart Deduction — players can revert their Evidence Board progress at any point with “Restart Deduction” to pursue a different ending without starting the whole case over.
- Rewards — reaching the case’s true ending unlocks a unique collectible and an achievement.
