This game is an Ace Attorney-esque visual novel based on the Sonic spin-off, Knuckles’ Chaotix. The game plays almost identically to Ace Attorney with it’s own unique flavor. As of now, the game’s story is fully playable, complete with four different “trials” or discussions based around the central plot. This game, just like the real Knuckles' Chaotix is also comprised of multiple endings.
I’m still working on getting the proper voice clips for the characters, so the placeholders ones follow.
Vector - Phoenix Wright
Knuckles - Apollo Justice
Espio - Godot
Charmy - Winston Payne
Mighty - Klavier Gavin
Heavy - Manfred Von Karma
Art
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The sprites I’ve been using so far have been mostly from the DS version of Sonic Colors, with the exception of Mighty who I modified from fan art and Heavy who is just a recycled Omega. I’m fairly happy with how Mighty turned out but if anyone would be interested in helping out and making Heavy sprites that would be very nice as well.
Also, some sprites are a bit out of alignment, I may fix this by creating a sprite for every duo or trio specifically. We’ll see.
Music
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All music I've used so far is a go, the only thing I'm currently hoping to find is a good Cross-Examination ~ Allegro counterpart. For reference, Moderato is Collision Chaos - Bad Future from Sonic CD, Objection is Wacky Workbench - Past and Logic is Stardust Speedway - Past. Anyone that thinks they could think of a good Classic Sonic track I could use for Allegro lmk.
Updates
Full Game?
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So I don’t know why I decided to do things this way but instead of doing each day/discussion induvidually like is intended, I just made the entire game in one go. That’s essentially four short trials in one scenario. As a result, the investigations are a little anemic, but that’s also for another reason.
Half Game?
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Originally I had the intention to make this a side by side experience. You play Knuckles’ Chaotix normally then, once the day reaches dusk you switch over to Discussion Mode, or this game. However the more I started developing this, the more I felt it could act as it’s own experience. Because of this, I didn’t know whether to fully commit to making investigations or not. So what do we think?
Make Investigations?
Or Leave it be?
Walkthrough
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Discussion 1 - ?
Knuckles I
Statement 3 - Present Dry Foliage
Question 1 - Present Chaos Ring
Charmy I
Statement 2 - Present Eggman Imprint
Question 2 - Nope
Discussion 2 - Oddities
Espio I
Statement 3 - Present Wechnia
Question 1 - Present Orange Robot Parts
Question 2 - Present The Researcher
Question 3 - Nope
Discussion 3 - The Fake Sonic
Question 1 - First Option
Question 2 - Second Option
Question 3 - Second Option
Vector I
Statement 4 - Press
New Statement 4 - Press
Question 4 - Heavy’s Census
Question 5 - Hidden Rooms
Heavy I
Statement 3 - Press
Statement 4 - Press
Question 6 - Charred Blue Fur Cloth
Question 7 - Any Evidence
Discussion 4 - Mighty's Innocence
Espio II
Statement 4 - Present Receipt
Question 1 - Sonic
Question 2 - Blue Quills
Heavy II
Statement 2 - Present Census Update
Question 3 - Heavy
Question 4 - Yes
Question 5 - “MSK” Blueprints or Metal Cockpit
Question 6 - Metal Cockpit
For Bad Ending
(At Discussion 4)
- Get Game Over
- Question 4 - No
- Question 5 - Anything besides “MSK” Blueprints or Metal Cockpit
Thank you, the last time I gave an update you had very helpful tips and ideas, plus this hasn't been getting too much attention, so it's much appreciated. Hope you enjoy it so far.