Recursive Analysis

A submission to the GMTK game jam 2025

Amid the countless scenes you observe one might say much can't be inferred by the naked eye, but you are no ordinary man; a man of observance and logic, you see the algorithms in crimes, it all computes for you. ANALYZE THE RECURSION. A detective named Nimrod Mazenheimerstein, your ordinary occupation is the analysis of crime scenes. But, recently, they have all been strangely similar, yet certainly different... ANALYZE THE RECURSION.

FIND THE LOOP.

Features:

Procedural crime scene generation based on randomly generated narratives.

Immersive aesthetics to draw you into this noir world.

Report what you observed at the crime scene. Your reports increase or decrease your reputation based on their quality. 

A crossword.

All music, models, textures and UI were made by team members in the span of the 4-days long jam.