The hotly awaited demo for Murder Meet Cute has finally dropped, and it’s dripping with snark, puns and 90s nostalgia. Having been announced during InterfaceX26 in May and showcased in the Horror Game Awards Midsummer Nights Scream fest in June, Murder Meet Cute is now being proudly included as part of the nonbinary coded games flagship festival.
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The demo lets you get hands on with Amy, as she smirks with her pal Jen in an ICQ like chat, clashes customers at the computer shop, and sleuths through their machines during repair.
This is the third festival to feature Muder Meet Cute, as well as being mentioned in a Gamespots recent article covering their top games from the Horror Game Awards showcase. If you’d like to try the demo whilst meeting some of the dev team, Murder Meet Cute will also be exhibited in person at Brilliant Indie Treasures during Develop Conference Brighton on July 15th, as well as at Otakuthon in Montreal on August 7th-9th.
About Murder Meet Cute
Murder Meet Cute is an interactive fiction game, where you explore simulated 90s OS systems to uncover Amy's and her customers' lives. When fixing clients' machines, you use ‘Crypto-Nonographic’ technology to debug the machines - picross/nonography puzzles that transform into repulsive viruses to fix once solved.
Using both her at home computer and clients' machines, as well as talking to clients at the shop, together you’ll investigate the deaths plaguing her small town. But not before you give the local conspiracy forum users a run for their money first.
Key Features:
- Relive the cultural touchstones of the 90s
- A power fantasy roleplay of a badass goth telling customers where to shove it
- Explore multiple retro OS systems in a sometimes cozy, sometimes scary, environment; including UI interface and DOS - ICQ-like, emails, forums and more
- Glimpse into people's hidden lives via their PCs
- Art direction inspired by 90s FMV games, including custom music based on 90s industrial
Genre: Interactive Fiction, Fake OS, Horror, Puzzle, Dark comedy
LINKS:
Official pages: Steam
Website: murdermeetcute.com
Bluesky: @murdermeetcute
Instagram: @murdermeetcute
Tiktok: @murdermeetcute
Youtube: @murdermeetcute
About Kitico, LABORARE, Crybaby Studios
Murder Meet Cute is being developed by a ragtag group of girls, gays and theys spread across Canada and Europe. Each studio represents an experienced independent developer working remotely to create compelling interactive experiences. Meet the team.
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