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Presenting the latest case from the guy who brought you that Phoenix Wright/Undertale crossover:

Turnabout Reality

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Made for the "Looking Back" Comp hosted by Super legenda and risefromtheashes. Won second place in that comp. Not that I'm bragging about that fact or anything.

Case Link: http://aaonline.fr/player.php?trial_id=117157

Synopsis:
Spoiler : :
Phoenix Wright must defend a man accused of assaulting his daughter in front of school grounds. Facing off against an unfamiliar prosecutor, Phoenix discovers that things aren't exactly as they seem in this case. Or in this world, for that matter.

Walkthrough:
Spoiler : :
Testimony 1: Press every statement
Testimony 2: Press every statement
The witness never saw the crime. (Note: Pick the witness is clumsy first and don't reload the save after receiving the penalty for some bonus dialogue.)
Testimony 3: Press statement 6, statement 6-1 added.
Present either glass bottle or Yuri on statement 6-1
Present Hideki Mozokuyo
Testimony 4: Press Statement 3, statement 3-1 added
Present Yuri on statement 3-1
Present Yuri
Testimony 5: Present the Contest Rules on the last statement
Choose They Shall Not Kill
Present the Manga
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As a fan of DDLC, this definitely got a lot of enjoyment out of me! There are definitely some things that I feel could've been changed, such as having the evidence shown on the left side of the screen when Monika presented them, as to not cover her face, and the DDLC sprites are pretty blurry (though that's understandable, given how the original sprites are VERY big), but overall, a fun time that adhered to the three case themes chosen!
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Oooh, very well, for anyone that enters this thread, I, absolutely recommend playing this case, as it's one of the craziest things ever done in AAO... and all with less than 4000 frames!
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Spoiler : SoC :
I need to start playing more cases, so since I was part of the comp, and yours is the first to be showcased... Let's go.

*one tiny sliver of unloadable images* literally unplayable /s (I think all cases have a tiny percentage of "missing" images, but I never notice anything missing tbh)

aaaaaaaaand I forget that my laptop can destroy your ears even at "18" volume. Thanks Idea sound effect!

oh, btw, if I make an observation for a recurring issue one time, I won't be mentioning it constantly

Are we even real???

No, I dont want to be in an illusion!

Side note, lack of line breaks gets a little distracting on longer words

Ayyy, out man Pheonix back in Britain.

>Assault trial
Yay another non-murder!

Lobby seems fancy for a high school

Hmm, I can see that the sprites are blurry. Perhaps you need to check your setting when resizing them if you decide to fix that

...unless his mouth is open? That looked pretty clean, actually

Oh, it's his nervous pose. Maybe something went wrong with resizing the first one.

On the frame where Monica introduces herself, her profile gets added, yet the text box still has the speaker as "???"

In an unrelated note, I haven't played(/read?) DDLC so erm, I hope nothing specific is said that I need to be aware of

> And so we can still abide by the "Only three people talking" rule that DJ decided that this case follows.
We want the fourth wall intact, thank you. I say, as I completely destroy it myself, in my case

The injury report covers Monika's face... Maybe have it be shown on the top-left side?

Aha! The first hypeshot! As we have seen, not too well...

D'aw, Phoenix, don't be so humble

>(Great. Now I'm jealous that I had to start school as early as 8 AM.)
Same... I had to wake up at 7 to catch the bus, too... Until the pandemic and later university, thankfully.

Press conversation transitioned rather suddenly (not writing-wise, but graphics-wise). It could use a fade

>(Three is just not my lucky number, it seems.)
Third time's NOT the charm...

>(WHAT?! Why would you get so upset over something like that?!)
Maybe he was jealous?

>Well, it wasn't so much a "struggle" as it was an "assault."
You know, same diff.

>(...and some things I DEFINITELY didn't need, too.)
Like anxiety!

MC... as in, Monika C[rest of her last name that I don't know and also is conveniently hidden in her profile]?

"Uwa~!"

Phoenix, don't tell me you don't know what uwa means. Like, come on who DOESN'T... *whistles*

Like yes, see, Monica just explained! You big dummy

He was just standing there... menacingly...

>Why would he go from assaulting his daughter to suddenly caring about her?!
A certain story several people have read here would beg to differ, but I can't say more without spoiling. (Hint: Uu~)

>(I can't argue against that... for now.)
Ohoho! "For now"!

>But why bother restraining him at all? Why not contact the authorities?
Not to mention, how did they restrain him in the first place?

>I'd repeat what he said, but I don't think it would be appropriate in a high school environment.
Bad Hideki

>Nor appropriate in an AAO environment.
Dammit, I just rebuilt the fourth wall earlier!

>Well...I just so happened to be nearby at the time.
So convenient

>(Where did she hear about me, anyway?)
"You are the BEST lawyer protagonist in ANY game!"

...I'm gonna press the uwa~ statement.

>(It's like the purpose of this trial is to only have three people in here or something...)
I'm giving up trying to keep the 4th wall intact

Uh oh, penalty bar is flashing!

Let's make the wrong decisions first.

>Before we continue, I'd like to take a moment to directly address the player.
>I know you simply chose the joke option to get some funny and interesting dialogue here.
I hate you

>Now, this is probably the part where you load the save you made at the part where you made this choice.
I hate you even more

>If you don't load the save, then I'll know that you can take responsibility for your actions.
Fiiiiiiiine I'll live with the penalty

>While you might have a point about Sayori's testimony, I should remind you that we have two others.
One down, two to go!

>Absolutely. She enjoys reading dark fantasy, horror, those kinds of books.
Shy, reserved and full of darkness

>(Argh! Can't let something like poetry distract from the case. Focus!)
How about song lyrics? Definitely not in my case

>(Why can't anything look good for my client in this trial?)
You should have learned by now, Phoenix...

So Hideki was *only* holding the manga book ,eh?... Kihihihi...

Do I look at more dialogue, or present the bottle... Eh lets see more dialogue.

There's something much more to the case... Wonder if a certain MC will have anything to do with it.

>Well...there was that time when Yuri brought wine to to the Literature Club...
Gee...

>Penalty bar
I wanna see if she will be disappointed with me again

OK she doesn't

>You would know if you examined it thoroughly!
>I presented Natsuki
uuuuuuuuuuh......

Hi-de-ki Tes-ti-mo-ny

>Missing a bottle someone was holding isn't the same as missing another person at the scene.
What if it's a glass person? WHAT THEN MONIKA???

>Mr. Mozokuyo went back to the car. I'll give you that.
She's about to say what I think she is...

>What if he was going to retrieve a weapon?
She did.

>Even if we're adding more frames into a case that's supposed to be "short and sweet."
Hey my case is also supposed to be "short and sweet"

>*deep breath*
Boi

>She was afraid that people wouldn't be friends with her anymore if they knew she had a monster of a dad.
Emotionally-charged speeches ftw...

*Three* students?

I knew it was Monika

The "Hold it!" in the amended statement is not timed, btw

>Definitely loud enough to be heard from my car, which was around a thousand feet away.
Let me just google this in meters... WHEW that's a long distance to hear a glass bottle break. How is this school built?

>It's also overly convenient for your story. [referring to shock]
I have the opposite scenario in my case and we have a lot of parallels so far and it's a bit freaky

MC doesn't seem to be Monika, since Hideki doesn't mention her... For now, I'll say it was her in disguise

Presenting wrong evidence for checking Hideki's credibility doesn't play the "Take That!" sound effect

>We can't have Yuri testify. That would be breaking the rules.
Phoeniiiiix, come oooooon, catch up already!

>Oh, so you CAN take responsibility for your actions and accept consequences.
Yay, I got some praise!

>You really wanna know?
I'm getting some story-I-mentioned-earlier-but-can't-outright-say-because-spoilers vibes again...

Aaaaaaand Monika is just confessing?

>You see, Mr. Wright. You're a video game character.
I kinda called it earlier

>Why would people play a video game about lawyers?!
Oh hey, another hypeshot!

>He's a user on AAO who loves making crossover cases for some reason.
You have obliterated the fourth wall already so no surprise you call yourself out

>I'll spare you the details of that game, but long story short, I fall in love with the player.
Monika, I'm sorry, but I don't swing that way

This case is something else entirely now

>Because this is all just a video game!
A game th-- wait, no, nvm

>Heck, I'm not even a real character in DDLC.
RIP

>I had a similar reaction when I first became self-aware, too.
Oh no, the uprising of the AAO sprites!

>As such, I'll just destroy this world.
And this led to The Lawpocalypse

Testimony time!

>You've successfully shown that I assaulted Natsuki.
Yeah, because you told us so

After showing her errors via "They shall not kill", "Ah!" and "That's right!" are merged together

>I think you have a talk with your client to get to. Here. I'll send you to the lobby.
To get to... where?

Poor Hideki...

After Phoenix's "...", before "...I know how you feel."the frame is not timed

>She's a bright ball of happiness and I love her with all my heart.
Awwww...

AFter Hideki leaves, the frame is not timed.

aaaand its the end!

the three-liner credits go by a bit fast. also one frame has blips

oho? It's not the end?

Oh, it's Monika.

Hey one of my favourite songs!

Bye, Monika!
Spoiler : FInal thoughts :
I suck at expressing my thoughts outside my SoC, but... Overall, it was a nice case! The premise was interesting and I liked the pace of the first part. Until it was brought up, the Three-Speaking-Roles limit was handled pretty well! At first I was unsure about the transition to self-awareness, but I caught up to the feel of the case relatively quickly. Monika was placing hints here and there, at least, that made sense to have been included, later.

While there's an undeniable clash between the AA sprites and the DDLC sprites, it wasn't distracting, except that one blurry sprite of Hideki's. The profile pictures could have been a bit more consistent too, however.

It was short and sweet, no-one died and three WAS company. Looks like a great entry for the competition! A few mistakes here and there, but they are easily fixable!
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Nicky Boy wrote: Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:52 pm
Spoiler : SoC :
I need to start playing more cases, so since I was part of the comp, and yours is the first to be showcased... Let's go.

*one tiny sliver of unloadable images* literally unplayable /s (I think all cases have a tiny percentage of "missing" images, but I never notice anything missing tbh)

aaaaaaaaand I forget that my laptop can destroy your ears even at "18" volume. Thanks Idea sound effect!

oh, btw, if I make an observation for a recurring issue one time, I won't be mentioning it constantly

Are we even real???

No, I dont want to be in an illusion!

Side note, lack of line breaks gets a little distracting on longer words

Ayyy, out man Pheonix back in Britain.

>Assault trial
Yay another non-murder!

Lobby seems fancy for a high school
That's the budget they have in Japanifornia.

Hmm, I can see that the sprites are blurry. Perhaps you need to check your setting when resizing them if you decide to fix that

...unless his mouth is open? That looked pretty clean, actually

Oh, it's his nervous pose. Maybe something went wrong with resizing the first one.

The DDLC sprites are designed to be sized about three times as large as the AAO dimensions so...it was unavoidable. Unless I could find a way to make it so it isn't the case but I haven't been able to find one yet.

On the frame where Monica introduces herself, her profile gets added, yet the text box still has the speaker as "???"

In an unrelated note, I haven't played(/read?) DDLC so erm, I hope nothing specific is said that I need to be aware of

Maybe I should put a disclaimer somewhere...

> And so we can still abide by the "Only three people talking" rule that DJ decided that this case follows.
We want the fourth wall intact, thank you. I say, as I completely destroy it myself, in my case

Oh, you don't know the half of what DDLC does.

The injury report covers Monika's face... Maybe have it be shown on the top-left side?

Fixed!

Aha! The first hypeshot! As we have seen, not too well...

D'aw, Phoenix, don't be so humble

>(Great. Now I'm jealous that I had to start school as early as 8 AM.)
Same... I had to wake up at 7 to catch the bus, too... Until the pandemic and later university, thankfully.

Press conversation transitioned rather suddenly (not writing-wise, but graphics-wise). It could use a fade

Didn't wanna take the time to do the fades cause I'm too lazy.

>(Three is just not my lucky number, it seems.)
Third time's NOT the charm...

>(WHAT?! Why would you get so upset over something like that?!)
Maybe he was jealous?

>Well, it wasn't so much a "struggle" as it was an "assault."
You know, same diff.

>(...and some things I DEFINITELY didn't need, too.)
Like anxiety!

MC... as in, Monika C[rest of her last name that I don't know and also is conveniently hidden in her profile]?

For future reference, "MC" is what the DDLC community generally calls the player character.

"Uwa~!"

Phoenix, don't tell me you don't know what uwa means. Like, come on who DOESN'T... *whistles*

Like yes, see, Monica just explained! You big dummy

We can't all be an anime schoolgirl.

He was just standing there... menacingly...

GET OUT OF THERE, NATSUKI

>Why would he go from assaulting his daughter to suddenly caring about her?!
A certain story several people have read here would beg to differ, but I can't say more without spoiling. (Hint: Uu~)

I...can't say I know what you're referencing there.

>(I can't argue against that... for now.)
Ohoho! "For now"!

>But why bother restraining him at all? Why not contact the authorities?
Not to mention, how did they restrain him in the first place?

Never underestimate the strength of high school boys.

>I'd repeat what he said, but I don't think it would be appropriate in a high school environment.
Bad Hideki

>Nor appropriate in an AAO environment.
Dammit, I just rebuilt the fourth wall earlier!

>Well...I just so happened to be nearby at the time.
So convenient

>(Where did she hear about me, anyway?)
"You are the BEST lawyer protagonist in ANY game!"

...I'm gonna press the uwa~ statement.

>(It's like the purpose of this trial is to only have three people in here or something...)
I'm giving up trying to keep the 4th wall intact

As you should.

Uh oh, penalty bar is flashing!

Let's make the wrong decisions first.

>Before we continue, I'd like to take a moment to directly address the player.
>I know you simply chose the joke option to get some funny and interesting dialogue here.
I hate you

>Now, this is probably the part where you load the save you made at the part where you made this choice.
I hate you even more

>If you don't load the save, then I'll know that you can take responsibility for your actions.
Fiiiiiiiine I'll live with the penalty

>While you might have a point about Sayori's testimony, I should remind you that we have two others.
One down, two to go!

>Absolutely. She enjoys reading dark fantasy, horror, those kinds of books.
Shy, reserved and full of darkness

>(Argh! Can't let something like poetry distract from the case. Focus!)
How about song lyrics? Definitely not in my case

>(Why can't anything look good for my client in this trial?)
You should have learned by now, Phoenix...

So Hideki was *only* holding the manga book ,eh?... Kihihihi...

Do I look at more dialogue, or present the bottle... Eh lets see more dialogue.

There's something much more to the case... Wonder if a certain MC will have anything to do with it.

>Well...there was that time when Yuri brought wine to to the Literature Club...
Gee...

>Penalty bar
I wanna see if she will be disappointed with me again

OK she doesn't

Nah, she's not that mean. Usually.

>You would know if you examined it thoroughly!
>I presented Natsuki
uuuuuuuuuuh......

Um...erm...*throws smoke bomb and dashes outta there*

Hi-de-ki Tes-ti-mo-ny

>Missing a bottle someone was holding isn't the same as missing another person at the scene.
What if it's a glass person? WHAT THEN MONIKA???

>Mr. Mozokuyo went back to the car. I'll give you that.
She's about to say what I think she is...

>What if he was going to retrieve a weapon?
She did.

>Even if we're adding more frames into a case that's supposed to be "short and sweet."
Hey my case is also supposed to be "short and sweet"

>*deep breath*
Boi

>She was afraid that people wouldn't be friends with her anymore if they knew she had a monster of a dad.
Emotionally-charged speeches ftw...

*Three* students?

I knew it was Monika

The "Hold it!" in the amended statement is not timed, btw

Fixed!

>Definitely loud enough to be heard from my car, which was around a thousand feet away.
Let me just google this in meters... WHEW that's a long distance to hear a glass bottle break. How is this school built?

Basically, imagine any school courtyard from a visual novel. Especially ones with Japanese names. That's the school.

>It's also overly convenient for your story. [referring to shock]
I have the opposite scenario in my case and we have a lot of parallels so far and it's a bit freaky

MC doesn't seem to be Monika, since Hideki doesn't mention her... For now, I'll say it was her in disguise

Not true but the idea of Monika disguised as MC is just...cursed.

Presenting wrong evidence for checking Hideki's credibility doesn't play the "Take That!" sound effect

Fixed!

>We can't have Yuri testify. That would be breaking the rules.
Phoeniiiiix, come oooooon, catch up already!

>Oh, so you CAN take responsibility for your actions and accept consequences.
Yay, I got some praise!

>You really wanna know?
I'm getting some story-I-mentioned-earlier-but-can't-outright-say-because-spoilers vibes again...

Aaaaaaand Monika is just confessing?

>You see, Mr. Wright. You're a video game character.
I kinda called it earlier

>Why would people play a video game about lawyers?!
Oh hey, another hypeshot!

>He's a user on AAO who loves making crossover cases for some reason.
You have obliterated the fourth wall already so no surprise you call yourself out

You expected anything else?

>I'll spare you the details of that game, but long story short, I fall in love with the player.
Monika, I'm sorry, but I don't swing that way

Wow. Way to reject Monika's confession. /j

This case is something else entirely now

>Because this is all just a video game!
A game th-- wait, no, nvm

>Heck, I'm not even a real character in DDLC.
RIP

>I had a similar reaction when I first became self-aware, too.
Oh no, the uprising of the AAO sprites!

>As such, I'll just destroy this world.
And this led to The Lawpocalypse

Testimony time!

>You've successfully shown that I assaulted Natsuki.
Yeah, because you told us so

After showing her errors via "They shall not kill", "Ah!" and "That's right!" are merged together

Fixed that issue

>I think you have a talk with your client to get to. Here. I'll send you to the lobby.
To get to... where?

Poor Hideki...

After Phoenix's "...", before "...I know how you feel."the frame is not timed

Fixed

>She's a bright ball of happiness and I love her with all my heart.
Awwww...

AFter Hideki leaves, the frame is not timed.

aaaand its the end!

the three-liner credits go by a bit fast. also one frame has blips

oho? It's not the end?

Oh, it's Monika.

Hey one of my favourite songs!

Bye, Monika!
Spoiler : FInal thoughts :
I suck at expressing my thoughts outside my SoC, but... Overall, it was a nice case! The premise was interesting and I liked the pace of the first part. Until it was brought up, the Three-Speaking-Roles limit was handled pretty well! At first I was unsure about the transition to self-awareness, but I caught up to the feel of the case relatively quickly. Monika was placing hints here and there, at least, that made sense to have been included, later.

While there's an undeniable clash between the AA sprites and the DDLC sprites, it wasn't distracting, except that one blurry sprite of Hideki's. The profile pictures could have been a bit more consistent too, however.

It was short and sweet, no-one died and three WAS company. Looks like a great entry for the competition! A few mistakes here and there, but they are easily fixable!

Thanks for the feedback! This is probably my favorite case that I've made so far. (In that I've made four cases in total, only two of which are actually finished.) I'll see what I can do about the profile pics but other than that, I think I fixed the minor issues in the engine. Good luck on your own entry, man!
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Spoiler : Couple replies :
Oooh... Main Character, yeah. I'm used to PC, that's why I was confused.

>Good luck on your own entry, man!
Thanks!!!
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I also played this one while testing an upcoming AAO change. Thoughts below the spoiler!
Spoiler : :
For context, I haven't played DDLC, but I had spoiled myself on a lot of it, to understand what all the hype was about.

As others have said, the meta jokes were fun! I don't say that lightly; this got some honest laughs out of me and is the strongest feature of the case.

I organize this case in two segments: the in-universe segment where we're concerned about the assault trial, and the meta-universe segment during and after the characters learn they are characters. I have different feelings about each of these.

While the assault trial is serviceable at being a platform for meta-jokes, allowing Phoenix to accuse Monika, and looking AA-like, for me, this part does not stand on its own as an Ace Attorney case. It's telling that Phoenix accuses Monika without any player input, and with no evidence other than "the defendant said you were there." I don't think this is meant to, but that fact doesn't become clear until later. And as-is, there isn't a clear point to those cross-examinations other than letting you write more Monika dialogue.

Have you considered letting meta-logic be the basis of Monika's prosecution? That would build on one of the case's strongest aspects while also giving the cross-examinations more of a purpose and disabusing players of the notion that this is supposed to be a stand-alone case.

Now for the meta-half. This one stands on its own better, but could do with some tweaking to really shine.
1. I need to emphasize that the second half would have benefited tremendously from giving the first half more of a point. My expectations had soured by this stage of the game. I also think that the final cross-examination could do with some fairness tweaks.
2. It wasn't clear what Monika's motivations were, so I didn't realize that she would want to keep the case obeying the theme. I thought we had to make an argument about how "the story is still meaningful, even if we are game characters," which I also took to be in keeping with your hint.
3. This one is going to be the hardest. The game's ending feels shallow. Did we really "defeat" Monika just with one piece of evidence? It felt too simple. The ending conversation with Hideki also seems unrealistic. Alcoholism, depression, and repeated domestic assault cannot be fixed by saying you love your daughter somewhere "deep down" and reading a manga. (Which he hates anyways for some reason?) I can't even believe that Phoenix would say "I can understand because I have a daughter, and also I empathize with Monika", or that Hideki would have the self-awareness to say "my violence is really because I can't process the death of my wife." I, admittedly, don't have a fix for this one. I think this one is going to require a lot of thought on your part.
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Enthalpy wrote: Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:42 am I also played this one while testing an upcoming AAO change. Thoughts below the spoiler!
Spoiler : :
For context, I haven't played DDLC, but I had spoiled myself on a lot of it, to understand what all the hype was about.

As others have said, the meta jokes were fun! I don't say that lightly; this got some honest laughs out of me and is the strongest feature of the case.

I organize this case in two segments: the in-universe segment where we're concerned about the assault trial, and the meta-universe segment during and after the characters learn they are characters. I have different feelings about each of these.

While the assault trial is serviceable at being a platform for meta-jokes, allowing Phoenix to accuse Monika, and looking AA-like, for me, this part does not stand on its own as an Ace Attorney case. It's telling that Phoenix accuses Monika without any player input, and with no evidence other than "the defendant said you were there." I don't think this is meant to, but that fact doesn't become clear until later. And as-is, there isn't a clear point to those cross-examinations other than letting you write more Monika dialogue.

Have you considered letting meta-logic be the basis of Monika's prosecution? That would build on one of the case's strongest aspects while also giving the cross-examinations more of a purpose and disabusing players of the notion that this is supposed to be a stand-alone case.

Now for the meta-half. This one stands on its own better, but could do with some tweaking to really shine.
1. I need to emphasize that the second half would have benefited tremendously from giving the first half more of a point. My expectations had soured by this stage of the game. I also think that the final cross-examination could do with some fairness tweaks.
2. It wasn't clear what Monika's motivations were, so I didn't realize that she would want to keep the case obeying the theme. I thought we had to make an argument about how "the story is still meaningful, even if we are game characters," which I also took to be in keeping with your hint.
3. This one is going to be the hardest. The game's ending feels shallow. Did we really "defeat" Monika just with one piece of evidence? It felt too simple. The ending conversation with Hideki also seems unrealistic. Alcoholism, depression, and repeated domestic assault cannot be fixed by saying you love your daughter somewhere "deep down" and reading a manga. (Which he hates anyways for some reason?) I can't even believe that Phoenix would say "I can understand because I have a daughter, and also I empathize with Monika", or that Hideki would have the self-awareness to say "my violence is really because I can't process the death of my wife." I, admittedly, don't have a fix for this one. I think this one is going to require a lot of thought on your part.
The feedback is much appreciated! I'll be sure to take a look at it. Once I get the motivation to get back to this case, that is.
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Re: [T] [CE] Turnabout Reality ●

Post by applekitty »

Just letting you know, at the final presentation, when you attempt to present the glass bottle (in which I used to try and shank the dad to death) it just goes to an abrupt 'the end.' Anyways, this was interesting. I love crossover cases.
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Re: [T] [CE] Turnabout Reality ●

Post by XavierWright »

This was quite a nice case. I've only ever watched DDLC on YouTube, but I think you managed to capture it quite nicely in this case. Well done.
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