Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit DEMO
A downloadable game for Windows
This is a demo for Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit - the full game is set to release in fall of 2025. Enjoy!
Please report bugs in the comments or on the game Discord.
If you're interested in the full game, please wishlist on Steam!
Synopsis
A phone call from a small, out of state police force was the last thing writer Penelope Pendrick was expecting that morning. But, it wasn't long after that she was boarding a flight to the quaint old town of Carlisle, Connecticut. When debriefed, Penelope learns her job is to join the search for three missing people; an older man who owns a local bookstore, a mysterious woman who keeps to herself, and a troublemaking teenage boy – the only common link between them being that they disappeared from the same town, within the same week. The Sergeant is stumped.
Once she begins to unravel the case, Penelope realizes that there’s something deeper – stranger – going on here. Unusual ties form between four deceptive suspects, each with something to gain and each with something to lose. Motives and suspicions weave in and out as Penelope uses her wits and penchant for rule-breaking to search for answers; some of which died with an eccentric and mysterious local artist fifty years ago. As the danger escalates, a timer begins to tick down on the lives of the missing. All that Penelope knows for sure is that there’s more to the town of Carlisle than it would appear, and that one wrong move could make this first case her last.
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Excellent demo! This game captures the classic Nancy Drew game vibes PERFECTLY
Such a fun demo!
This demo was fantastic! I played it on a Twitch stream and everyone enjoyed it (with a very strong reaction to one character). I do want to let you know there is a graphical glitch when talking to Mitchell. Close to the end of the first conversation with him the model glitched into a white box for a split second.
It wasn't for very long, but it was enough to startle us and cause some eye strain.
Other than that, very fun!
I played through the demo last night and really enjoyed it! As a Nancy Drew fan, I felt right at home. I also really liked the detail that dialogue options look different if you can go back to ask them later, versus you can only pick between one option. I wish more games did that.
I just played the demo, and it was great!!
I've been following you since you released the Royal Tower Fan Project and I'm so excited for this!
Bonsoir, pour ma part àucun bloquage, mais je ne trouve pas le code pin à rentrer sur le téléphone :(
Êtes-vous allé dans le couloir et avez-vous rencontré Stacy? (en utilisant google translate, j'espère que cela a du sens)
I got stuck in room 203 with the boxes with screws. Can't back out.
Also, does the demo have only one location? Couldn't do anything when I walked outside the apartments so just wondering about this part.
Someone else reported the same issue with the boxes - couldn't reproduce it, but I'll keep looking into it!
No, there are multiple locations that will unlock after you call Sgt. Russell back after getting cut off. The demo is quite lengthy actually.
I'll update the discord link!
Edit: New version is uploaded that hopefully fixes the issue.