‘Uso’ Wants you to Construct a Case to Clear Your Title

Uso is a hanging homicide thriller recreation the place you are attempting to determine who set hearth to your bed room earlier than you’re blamed for it.

You could work out who has seen what and who is aware of the reality by speaking to the opposite villagers within the city. These folks all have totally different tales and factors of view, reacting to no matter you say. The key subject is {that a} youngster has died within the hearth, and the blame is being put totally on you. You don’t actually need to get locked up for this, so it’s essential discuss to different folks, choosing the right reactions and dialogue choices with the intention to discover out who’s truly answerable for this horrible act. 

Uso has an exquisite artstyle, with 2.5D paper-looking fashions strolling round a darkish and mysterious city. I ended up not having a strong case after I performed the sport at EGX this yr, however actually loved the environment and dialogue throughout the recreation.  It’s a brief recreation, the place you’ll be able to discuss to folks as a lot as you’d like earlier than going to the guard and letting them know who has completed it. You’ll then see your outcome and when you’ve got truly cracked the case or if they don’t really feel you’ve sufficient proof to have truly solved something. This provides some fascinating depth and stress to forming your case, as it may be onerous to make sure in the event you acquired all of your particulars proper.

Uso was made by a bunch of scholars, who’ve completed an excellent job at making a visually fascinating and fascinating recreation. It’s an intriguing recreation that assessments your detective expertise. Hopefully they’re first rate and also you don’t find yourself getting locked up for the fireplace.



The primary two chapters of Uso can be found now on itch.io.

Jupiter Hadley

Jupiter is a prolific indie recreation journalist, writing for Metro UK, Huge Boss Battle, AlphaBetaGamer, and lots of extra, all with a deal with smaller indie gems. She covers 1000’s of recreation jams and indie video games on her YouTube channel, letting each recreation have a second within the highlight. She runs indiegamejams.com, a calendar of all the recreation jams occurring on the earth, judges many jams and occasions. Jupiter can also be the Adept Video games Wizard at Armor Video games.