I'm down to some real fine polishing for Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?, my entry for IFComp 2025.
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I forgot to share anything for #ScreenshotSaturday yesterday, but it seems worth mentioning that #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? has now passed 45,000 words.
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I think I've written something like 3,000 words of Inform source code just today. Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? is pretty much a novel-length work at this point.
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I've made an important addition to Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? today: it's now possible to actually accuse other characters of the murder. If you played my earlier Who Shot Gum E. Bear? then you'll be pleased to hear that the process is a little deeper this time around: you'll have to actually provide evidence to back up the accusation.
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I've been doing a lot more work on "Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?" lately. It's now possible to confess your sins in the Church of the Immaculate Confection, and you may very well want to: it's hard to investigate a murder in Sugar City without getting one's hands a little dirty.
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I'd love to have something to share for Screenshot Saturday today, but all my recent progress has been rather spoilery.
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Bubble Gumshoe has a beloved mentor who's just two days from retirement. This cannot possibly end badly.
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Powerthirst references? In MY candy-coated film noir parody car chase? It's more likely than you think. #ScreenshotSaturday #BubbleGumshoe #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #Powerthirst

One of my favourite things about writing Bubble Gumshoe games is finding opportunities to bung in sweets that I'd completely forgotten existed.
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I'm gradually expanding the world of Sugar City. The Church of the Immaculate Confection was actually established in "Who Iced Mayor McFreeze?", but I'm not sure anybody ever encountered it. It would only be mentioned if you took long enough completing the game that it got into morning and the church bells started ringing in the distance (shortly before the abandoned taffy factory is scheduled for demolition). #ScreenshotSaturday #Inform7 #BubbleGumshoe #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata