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[T] AA: Beyond the Shadows ●●●●●

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Ace Attorney: Beyond the Shadows is a collection of cases set after the events of Dual Destinies and the whole dark age of the law plotline, hence the title.
Expect spoilers for all main series games and Ace Attorney Investigations 1.

Case 1

Spoiler : Case 1: Turnabout Recovery :
Set after the events of Dual Destinies, the dark age of the law is finally coming to a close and the legal system can begin to recover. Well, that would be the plan, but a close friend of the Wright Anything Agency is a suspect for (what else) murder. So Apollo and Phoenix once again take up the defence bench and tackle yet another case. But things may not be as simple as they appear to be...

Firefox is heavily recommended. Don't come crying to me if everything breaks because you were too stubborn to stop using chrome...

Contains minor spoilers for PW:AA, AJ:AA, PW:DD and a minor reference to SoJ (If you've played the demo of SoJ or even seen any of the trailers, it's not going to spoil anything you haven't already seen.)
Also contains music spoilers for every main series game excluding SoJ.

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I'd love to see any feedback, advice, SoC's, etc., so let me know what you think.
Spoiler : Case 1: Walkthrough :
Testimony 1 - Press All

Testimony 2 - Present knife on statement 2 then present Autopsy Report on statement 4 (or vice-versa)

Testimony 3 - Press all, reveal statement 8. Present Crime Photo on statement 8.
Click on gap between the two files on the top shelf

Testimony 4 - Present Victor Timothy profile on statement 3 OR present Security Record on statement 3, followed by Victor Timothy profile
Reveal statement 3-2. Press statement 3-2, select Victor Timothy. Reveal statement 3-3, present glasses on statement 3-3.
Select "Saw the body"
Present Torch

Testimony 5 - Present Charles Fuzz profile on statement 2 OR press statement 4 and present Charles Fuzz profile
Select "After Gard returned"
Click at the top left of the Record Room, behind the grey block that is furthest from the door.

Testimony 6 - Present Torch on statement 6
Select "Location"
Select "The prints are fake"
Testimony 7 - Present Missing File on statement 4

Testimony 8 - Present Missing File on statment 5
Present Missing File
Spoiler : Case 1: Credits :
Sprites

DD era Phoenix - Rajin
Co-counsel Apollo - MercurialSK
Apollo Front Sprites - Hesseldahl
Perry Mentz (Ian Gard) - Dragontrainer
Bill Anchor (Victor Timothy) - Lind
Officer Groovy (Charles Fuzz) - gotMLK7

Other
Torch Evidence - Spyromed

Music
Charles Fuzz Theme - Miror B's Retro Groove (Pokemon Colosseum)
Testimony ~ My ears are bleeding - Mirakle B's Imitation Groove (Pokemon Colosseum)
Post-credits theme - Pyrite Building (Pokemon Colosseum)

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Case 2

Spoiler : Case 2: The Smouldering Turnabout :
A couple of months after the last case, Chief Prosecutor Edgeworth comes to the Wright Anything Agency with a request. A prosecutor has been arrested for the murder of a high ranking employee at a famous company called Red Co. After the events that lead to the dark age of the law, this case is particularly sensitive and has the potential to once again plunge the legal world into chaos. Even worse is that everything about this case is stacked against the defence, even the defendant himself.

Make sure to play with Firefox. Contains spoilers for AA1 through 5 and music spoilers for AAI and Spirit of Justice.

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Investigation 1
Trial 1
Investigation 2
Trial 2
Spoiler : Case 2: Walkthrough :
Investigation 1

Exhaust all talk options

Move to detention centre
Exhaust all talk options

Move to business district

Move to Red Co. front desk
Exhaust all talk options


Move to CEO office
Exhaust all talk options

Move to detention centre
Psyche locks
Present Talle's Letter
Present Newspaper Article
Present Nathan Mags

Exhaust new talk options

Move to Crime scene

Exhaust all talk options
Examine outline

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Trial 1

Testimony 1
Press all statements
Give up for now

Testimony 2
Press statment 5
Present Emergency call record/crime scene diagram on statement 5
Present Emergency call record
"Keeper saw someone else"

Testimony 3
Present Crime scene diagram on statement 4
Present Brooke Keeper

Testimony 4
Present autopsy report on statement 3

Mood Matrix 1
Statement 1 - Surprise

Mood Matrix 2
Statement 2 - Happy

Mood Matrix 3
Statement 4 - Surprise
Present pistol
Present pistol
"He was right"
"Someone else fired"
Present bullet

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Investigation 2

Exhaust all talk options

Move to Criminal affairs department
Present Emily's letter
Exhaust all talk options

Move to business district
Exhaust all talk options

Move to detention centre
Exhaust all talk options

Move to Red Co. front desk
Exhaust all talk options

Move to Criminal affairs department
Exhaust all talk options
Present Emily Talle's profile

Move to Red Co. front desk
Move to Red Co. CEO office
Examine Desk
Exhaust all talk options

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Trial 2

Testimony 1
Press all statements

Mood matrix 1
Statement 1 - Red Co.
Present Nathan Mags

Mood matrix 2
Statement 3 - Surprise
"The shot came from somewhere else"

Mood matrix 3
Statement 6 - Anger
Present Nathan Mags

"Testimony" 2
Press (obviously)
Skip the next 2 presents if you told Keeper the truth at the start of the trial
Present Brooke Keeper
Present Brooke Keeper

Testimony 3
Statement 4/5 - Present Talle's letter
Present Fire report/Newspaper article/Emily Talle's profile

Testimony 4

Statement 4 - Present Brooke's note
Statement 4 - Present Emily Talle's profile

Testimony 5

Press statement 3
"Evidence room"
Statement 3 - Present Emily's phone
"After the murder"
"Red Co."
Present bullet


Thought Route

The gun from Mags' desk
Number of empty chambers
After the murder
Present Phoenix's profile

Present Phoenix's profile

Present Talle's badge
Spoiler : Case 2: Credits :
Athena Cykes Front & Co-Counsel - MercurialSK, Rajin (Animated by ApolloGrimoire)
Apollo Justice Front - Hesseldahl
DD Edgeworth - Hesseldahl (Animated by ApolloGrimoire)
DD Phoenix -Hesseldahl (Animated by ApolloGrimoire)
Devin Turner (Matt Doore) - Dragontrainer
Perry Mentz (Ian Gard) - Dragontrainer
Shamus Reno (Stan Talle) - Ceres (Animated by Lind)
Lei Velind (Nathan Mags) - Lind (Bonus Sprite by Enigma)
Charles DeMafia (Mysterious Man) - Lind
Judge Robert Ballard (Judge #2) - Tap, gotMLK7
Alicia Knightly - (Brooke Keeper) - FenrirDarkWolf
Thought Route Graphics - TheDoctor
Crime scene background edit by Lind

Music

Nathan Mags' Theme 1 - Trainers School (Pokemon R/S/E)
Nathan Mags' Theme 2 - Pyrite Building (Pokemon Colosseum)
Testimony ~ Confession - Endgame (Saints Row the Third)

Case 3
Spoiler : Case 3: A Turnabout of Chance :
With the Red Co. case behind them, Apollo and Athena take the night off and meet up with Franziska at... a casino? Peculiar choices aside,
things begin to take a turn for the worse when a body is discovered by one of the staff members. Now Apollo finds himself taking on another case, although his motives for doing so are somewhat questionable...

Make sure to play with Firefox. Contains spoilers for AA1 through 5 and music spoilers, as well as a minor reference, for SoJ.

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Investigation 1
Trial 1
Investigation 2
Trial 2
Spoiler : Case 3: Walkthrough :
INVESTIGATION 1

Lounge: All talk options

Hallway: All talk options

Move to Detention Centre

Detention Centre: All talk options

Move to Lounge

Move to Kitchen Entrance

Crime Scene:Examine the body outline (Reveals "Suspicion" topic)

All talk options

Apartment: All talk options
Examine paper (Bottom left)
Examine blue card (Table)

-- ANY ORDER --

Move to Lounge

Lounge: All talk options

Move to 1st Floor Hallway

Hallway: All talk options

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Move to Detention Centre

Present: Switchblade Knife
Present: Security Footage



TRIAL 1

Testimony 1: Press statement 5 to reveal 5-1
Present Casino Diagrams on 5-1
Click anywhere inside "Apartment #1"
Select "Motive"

Testimony 2: Press statement 2 to reveal 2-1
Present Note on 2-1
Present Newspaper Article

Testimony 3: Press statement 3
Present Bloody Card on statement 6

Mood Matrix 1: Statement 2 - Shock (Yellow)
Mood Matrix 2: Statement 2 - Present Knife
Mood Matrix 3: Statement 5 - Shock (Yellow)
Present Knife
Present Autopsy Report
Present John Doe's Profile

Testimony 4:
Present Security Footage on statement 4
Press statement 4 to reveal 4-1
Present (Updated) Casino Diagrams on statement 4-1
Click inside the Dumbwaiter
Present Casino Pamphlet


INVESTIGATION 2

Bakery: All talk options

Detention Centre: All talk options

Move to Lounge

Lounge: All talk options

Move to Rear Entrance

Rear Entrance: All talk options
Examine paper

Move to Lounge

-- ANY ORDER --

Move to Tinline's Apartment

Apartment: All talk options

Move to 1st Floor Hallway

Hallway: All talk options

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Move to Lounge


TRIAL 2

Testimony 1: Press statement 3 and present the Security Footage
Select "The security footage"
Select "In a different place"
Present Vito Rivales' profile

Testimony 2: Present Newspaper Article on statement 4

Testimony 3: Present Master Key on statement 3
Present Doe's Testimony on statement 5 and select "9"

Present Autopsy Report
Present Security Footage
Present Tristan Rivales' profile
Present Vito's Results

Testimony 4: Present Ness Tinline's profile on statement 2

- Thought Route -
Bloody Card
Cause of death
The blood isn't the victim's
Tristan Rivales

Testimony 5: Present Doe's testimony on statement 6 and select "5"
Select "Changed his clothes"
Click anywhere on the second floor (Labelled 2F)
Click anywhere in the empty apartment
Present Master Key


Present Edward Crooke OR Shay Dee
(You get the same scene regardless, even if you present the wrong profile)
Spoiler : Case 3: Credits :
Athena Cykes Front & Co-Counsel - MercurialSK, Rajin (Animated by ApolloGrimoire)
Apollo Justice Front - Hesseldahl
DD Edgeworth - Hesseldahl (Animated by ApolloGrimoire)
DD Phoenix -Hesseldahl (Animated by ApolloGrimoire)
Lei Velind (Nathan Mags) - Lind
Charles DeMafia (Shay Dee) - Lind
Lionel Taylor (Edward Crooke) - Lind
Leon Terra (Ness Tinline) - Fenrirdarkwolf
Baron Ludwig von Schmerzenberg (Vito Rivales) - Greeny
Delia Kartmann (Anne Tea) - Lind
Richard Alfredson (Tristan Rivales) - Dragontrainer
Judge Robert Ballard (Judge #2) - Tap, gotMLK7
Officer Groovy (Charles Fuzz) - gotMLK7
Thought Route Graphics - TheDoctor

Playtesters: Declaro, TheKayOne

Music

Rivales' Theme - Killbane and the Syndicate (Saints Row the Third)
Casino Theme 1 - Also Sprach Brooks (Catherine)
Shay Dee's Theme - When Good Heists Go Bad (Saints Row the Third)
Testimony ~ Confession - Endgame (Saints Row the Third)

(If I've forgotten anyone, please let me know. You'll have to forgive me, but these credits just keep getting longer and longer every part...)
Extra Case
Spoiler : Extra Case: Turnabout Regrets :
Edward Crooke, a highly successful defence attorney, looks back to his days as a rookie public defender. Losing case after case, Crooke was beginning to have second thoughts about his career. That is until, in his darkest moments, he was offered one last chance to make a name for himself by defending an important client against a murder charge.

Play in firefox. Contains music spoilers for SoJ.

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Turnabout Regrets: Trial
Spoiler : Extra Case: Walkthrough :
Testimony 1:
Press all

Testimony 2:
Press statement 4 to reveal statement 4-1
Present Investigation report on statement 4-1
Present Mark Fallen's profile

Testimony 3
Present Police Call Record OR Autopsy Report OR Crime Scene Diagram on statement 5.
Present Key Card on statement 5
Present Pistol

Present Key Card
Spoiler : Extra Case: Credits :
Lionel Taylor (Edward Crooke) - Lind
Leon Terra (Ness Tinline) - Fenrirdarkwolf
Judge Robert Ballard (Judge #2) - Tap, gotMLK7
Lei Velind (Nathan Mags) - Lind
Devin Turner (Matt Doore) - Dragontrainer
Raven Drake (Faith Truman) - Dragontrainer
Officer Groovy (Charles Fuzz) - gotMLK7
Mr. E (Raymond Bett) - gotMLK7
Brain Stewart (Mark Fallen) - Silver Glas
DD Phoenix -Hesseldahl (Animated by ApolloGrimoire)

Rain graphic by mrquicksilver & TheDoctor
Lobby background by TheKayOne.
Courthouse background by Ceres.

Playtesting: Parafin

Music

Casino Theme 2 - Roux (Catherine)
Faith Truman's Theme - Imaginary (9 Persons 9 Hours 9 Doors)
Charles Fuzz's Theme - Miror B's Retro Groove (Pokemon Colloseum)
Testimony ~ Confession - Endgame (Saints Row the Third)
Case 4
Spoiler : Case 4: Turnabout Before the Dawn :
Things appear to have calmed down a bit now that the Rivales family has been taken care of. At least, it seemed that way until Phoenix Wright vanished from the hospital. Not only that, but an old case seems to have reared its ugly head once more. It's time to get some answers about what's been going on, once and for all.

Play in Firefox. Contains spoilers for all main series games, and music spoilers for AAI 1.

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Investigation 1
Investigation 2
Trial 1
Investigation 3
Trial 2
Trial 3
Epilogue
Spoiler : Case 4: Walkthrough :
Investigation 1:

WAA: All talk options

Clinic: Examine brown bag

Prosecutor's office: All talk options
Present Crooke's card
Talk topic: Phoenix Wright
Present Edward Crooke OR Crooke's Card when prompted

Crooke Law Office: Present Badge
All talk options
Present Newspaper


Investigation 2:

Prosecutor's office: All talk options
Present Doe's Card
Select "Target?"
Present OG-4 file

Detention Centre: All talk options

Apartment - Front Entrance:
Examine grass on the left

Apartment - Crime scene:
All talk options
Examine: Blood, broken bottle, safe
(Note: There are a few different options with the safe. Whatever you do, you can't open it. You only need to examine it once. For an extra scene enter one of the following numbers: 081827, 180827, 082027, 200827. These correspond to the two dates in the OG-4 file in different formats.)

WAA: All talk options

Criminal affairs: All talk options

Apartment - Front Entrance: All talk options

Detention Centre: All talk options

Shay Dee's psyche-locks:

Present OG-4 file
The culprit
Present Fuzz's Orders
Present Shay Dee
Present Shay's Letter
Present de Killer's card
Present Nathan Mags


Trial 1:

Testimony 1: Press all
Testimony 2: Present Bottle on statement 4
Testimony 3: Press statement 5 to reveal 5-1. Present Crime Scene Diagram on 5-1.
Present pistol
Mood matrix 1: Statement 3 - Press Shock
Mood matrix 2: Statement 3 - Present Bottle
Mood matrix 3: Press statement 3 - Select "Pistol"
Present OG-4 File
Mood matrix 4: Statement 1 - Present Street map
Present Pistol
Present Autopsy Report
Testimony 4: Statement 4 - Present Shay's Apartment. Statement 5 - Present Scene Diagram (Note: Must be done in this order)


Investigation 3:

WAA: Examine cabinet

Red Co.: All talk options

Crooke Law Office: All talk options

Crooke's Psyche-locks:
Present Nathan Mags
Present Fire report
Present OG-4 file
Present Dee's file
Present Talle's file

Crime scene: All talk options
Examine safe and then present Marlow's Note

SEEK A WAY OUT
Examine window, both doors and the file on the ground.
Examine left door and present the Plastic Card.


Trial 2:
Testimony 1: Present de Killer's card on statement 2
Testimony 2: Press statement 4. Present Broken Device
Present OG-4 File OR Fuzz's Orders
Testimony 3: Press statement 2. Select "The Shooter" to reveal 2-1. Press statement 4. Present Waters' Coat at 2-1.

Thought Route:
Made by a different shot
Before the shooting
Nothing
He jumped
There wasn't one

Present Pearl Fey OR Pearl's Magatama
Present Wade Waters
Present Douglas Ford

Testimony 4: Present Pistol on statement 2
Present Dilly's Testimony
Inside the apartment

Testimony 5: Present Shay's Apartment OR Wade Waters on statement 2


Trial 3:
Present Waters' File
Present Fire Report
Testimony 1: Press statement 3. Present Waters' File.
Present Bullet
Present Marlow's Note
Present OG-4 File OR Fuzz's Orders
"He heard Fuzz coming in"
Testimony 2: Present Shay Dee OR de Killer's Card on statement 2
Present Cameras on the new statement 3
Present Bullet OR Waters' File OR Marlow's Note on the new statement 5]
Spoiler : Case 4: Credits :
Athena Cykes Front & Co-Counsel - MercurialSK, Rajin (Animated by ApolloGrimoire)
Apollo Justice Front - Hesseldahl
DD Edgeworth - Hesseldahl (Animated by ApolloGrimoire)
DD Phoenix -Hesseldahl (Animated by ApolloGrimoire)
Lei Velind (Nathan Mags) - Lind
Charles DeMafia (Shay Dee) - Lind
Lionel Taylor (Edward Crooke) - Lind
Officer Groovy (Charles Fuzz) - gotMLK7
Shaun Baldwin (Marlow Dee) - Lind
Nicholas Quartz (Wade Waters) - FenrirDarkWolf
John Kerrington (Douglas Ford) - Dragontrainer
Elizabeth Ness (Jennifer Dilly) - Lind
Perry Mentz (Ian Gard) - Dragontrainer
Shamus Reno (Stan Talle) - Ceres (Animated by Lind)
Alicia Knightly - (Brooke Keeper) - FenrirDarkWolf
DD Pearl Fey - Anyare
Thought Route Graphics - TheDoctor

Playtesting: Southern Corn

Music

Charles Fuzz's Theme - Miror B's Retro Groove (Pokemon Colosseum)
Testimony ~ Confession - Endgame (Saints Row the Third)
Shay Dee's Theme - When Good Heists Go Bad (Saints Row the Third)
Shay Dee's Reminiscence - The Lamb Game of Man and Woman (Catherine)
Nathan Mags' Theme - Pyrite Building (Pokemon Colosseum)
Abandoned Building - Who is Zero (9 Persons 9 Hours 9 Doors)
Credits - Truth Seeker by Sheddy

(Please let me know if I've accidentally forgotten anyone!)

FAQ
Spoiler : :
Is this case set in canon?

Almost. I started writing BTS before Spirit of Justice was released. The game itself takes place at the same time as SoJ, so you can consider it an AU that branches off just after the events of Dual Destinies.

The audio/images won't load!

First off, do your loading bars look like this?
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If they do, then you're golden. That slight bit of red on the image bar is due to a bug with one of the editor sprites. This shouldn't affect the case, as the missing image isn't featured at all.

If there are more images or audio that won't load, check the host sites. They might be down temporarily. Dropbox is used for audio hosting. Imgur.com is used for image hosting.

If all those sites are working correctly, try again and let me know here if you're still having issues.

I've found a bug!

Post it here. I'll fix it as soon as I can.
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Sure, I'd be glad to be of help.
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Re: [T] AA: Beyond the Shadows ●○○○ (Case 1 Released!)

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UPDATE: Case 1 is out. I'm doing this now while I still have free time ahead of me in case anything goes horribly wrong, touch wood.

Big thanks to Aeliren for his helpful feedback.
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Spoiler : SoCrates :
Nice, an actual intro instead of a blank screen.

I mean, it's a single location shot, but it's something.

Victor Timothy. Wow. 4 realz?

So Ema's the defendant? Neat. Fave detective, totes.

By the way, you know you don't have to credit my sprites by their codenames, right? Bill Anchor is just the name I call him by, and it gives people something to call him rather than, say, "neckbearded guy in blue suit". If anything I'd rather you credit him as Victor Timothy so people actually know which character I'm credited with.

Got a bunch of four-liners here.

Stop being a Payne, pain.

the music is a bit much don't you think

Isn't that the JFA CE theme? Odd choice, but k.

Pretty good edit job on the crime scene photo.

BUT YOU CROSS-EXAMINE ONE PARROT

That contradiction with the knife took forever, mostly because that isn't actually a contradiction and they absolutely could have known there was a knife there. But whatever.

Ian Gard. Gard Ian. Guardian.
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Stop hurting rune's feelings nick

I like the contradiction with the files being high-rank police force only. Pretty clever.

feed me

Okay so he's blatantly lying but Charles seems like a more obvious killer. Not sure what am happen and who am kill

I HUNGER

BOOM, I got it. Charles should have been seen leaving.

For some reason Phoenix's objection sprite keeps appearing on the zoom screen.

MANIACAL LAUGHTER IS NOT ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE

The missing file as a motive is kind of thin given that we have no real proof.

speedi mousic

Wait, that's it? That doesn't even prove he's the-

oh

okay there is more

forensics are faster than a speeding bullet

Okay that's still kind of anticlimactic.

I assume the OG-4 thing is going to be an overarching plot point in the series.
Overall, not too shabby. Charles was a pretty good character. Some of the contradictions felt kinda generic, but there were some unique ones in there too. Interested to see the rest of the series.
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Re: [T] AA: Beyond the Shadows ●○○○ (Case 1 Released!)

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Responses in blue.
This isn't normally the way I respond to people but...
Lind wrote:
Spoiler : SoCrates :
Nice, an actual intro instead of a blank screen.

I mean, it's a single location shot, but it's something.

Yeah, I'm not too happy with the intro. I'd like to improve it at some point but I haven't thought of anything yet.

Victor Timothy. Wow. 4 realz?

I'm bad at puns.

So Ema's the defendant? Neat. Fave detective, totes.

By the way, you know you don't have to credit my sprites by their codenames, right? Bill Anchor is just the name I call him by, and it gives people something to call him rather than, say, "neckbearded guy in blue suit". If anything I'd rather you credit him as Victor Timothy so people actually know which character I'm credited with.

I guess that makes sense. I thought using the codenames would make it easier for people to find the sprites themselves, but I suppose I could just put both names down.

Got a bunch of four-liners here.

That's... weird. I haven't seen any 4 liners and they weren't mentioned in playtesting. Would you be able to let me know where they are specifically?

Stop being a Payne, pain.

Burn.

the music is a bit much don't you think

Well that's basically what I was going for.

Isn't that the JFA CE theme? Odd choice, but k.

Pretty good edit job on the crime scene photo.

That's a lie and you know it.

BUT YOU CROSS-EXAMINE ONE PARROT

That contradiction with the knife took forever, mostly because that isn't actually a contradiction and they absolutely could have known there was a knife there. But whatever.

I was worried about that one. My initial thinking was that it wouldn't be clear to anyone watching Ema that she was intending to kill the victim, but that doesn't really work because Fuzz didn't actually see her. Idk, I might have to tweak the wording on that one.

Ian Gard. Gard Ian. Guardian.
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I'm bad at puns.
Also, Gard's inital name was Patrick Roll (I'm really bad at puns) but SoJ beat me to it. Uncreative Great minds think alike?


Stop hurting rune's feelings nick

I like the contradiction with the files being high-rank police force only. Pretty clever.

feed me

I snorted.

Okay so he's blatantly lying but Charles seems like a more obvious killer. Not sure what am happen and who am kill

I HUNGER

BOOM, I got it. Charles should have been seen leaving.

For some reason Phoenix's objection sprite keeps appearing on the zoom screen.

I think that happens if you click too fast. I don't really know what to do about that one.

MANIACAL LAUGHTER IS NOT ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE

I mean, if it was then most of Nick's cases would be over much faster.

The missing file as a motive is kind of thin given that we have no real proof.

I guess I can see where you're coming from. I expected people to piece that one together based on two things. 1. The file was stolen at some point and 2. Fuzz failed to mention it was missing in his testimony, despite it being fairly obvious.

speedi mousic

Wait, that's it? That doesn't even prove he's the-

oh

okay there is more

forensics are faster than a speeding bullet

Okay that's still kind of anticlimactic.

Mmm, I was worried about pulling a 1-2, so I put in the file present so that the trial wasn't entirely handed over to you. I can understand why you might still feel this way, though.

I assume the OG-4 thing is going to be an overarching plot point in the series.

What!? Nooooo... What gave you that idea? Was it the red text? It was the red text, wasn't it?
Overall, not too shabby. Charles was a pretty good character. Some of the contradictions felt kinda generic, but there were some unique ones in there too. Interested to see the rest of the series.

That's fair enough. Anyway, thanks for the feedback.
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Re: [T] AA: Beyond the Shadows ●○○○ (Case 1 Released!)

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Victor Timothy is so on the nose and so stupid that it makes it funny lol
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Re: [T] AA: Beyond the Shadows ●○○○

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Quick update.

Case 2: The Smouldering Turnabout is about three quarters done. It should be open for playtesting soon enough, so here are some screenshots.

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(DD Edgeworth by Hesseldahl, Shamus Reno ((Or Stan Talle as he's named in ST, top right)) by Ceres, Athena by MercurialSK)

The case is going to have two investigation sections and two trial sections, but it's still short enough that it shouldn't drag on too much.

(You may think that this came kinda quickly after the first case was released but the truth is that I wrote this case way before Recovery and it was half done before I decided that I could make it into a series so really I spent all this time making rewrites and finishing the latter half I am nowhere near that fast at doing anything...)
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Re: [T] AA: Beyond the Shadows ●○○○

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Gizmological wrote:Quick update.

Case 2: The Smouldering Turnabout is about three quarters done. It should be open for playtesting soon enough, so here are some screenshots.

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(DD Edgeworth by Hesseldahl, Shamus Reno ((Or Stan Talle as he's named in ST, top right)) by Ceres, Athena by MercurialSK)

The case is going to have two investigation sections and two trial sections, but it's still short enough that it shouldn't drag on too much.

(You may think that this came kinda quickly after the first case was released but the truth is that I wrote this case way before Recovery and it was half done before I decided that I could make it into a series so really I spent all this time making rewrites and finishing the latter half I am nowhere near that fast at doing anything...)
:^) The SMOULDERING turnabout. I bet it has something to do with fire or burning.
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Re: [T] AA: Beyond the Shadows ●○○○

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Gizmological wrote:Quick update.

Case 2: The Smouldering Turnabout is about three quarters done. It should be open for playtesting soon enough, so here are some screenshots.

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(DD Edgeworth by Hesseldahl, Shamus Reno ((Or Stan Talle as he's named in ST, top right)) by Ceres, Athena by MercurialSK)

The case is going to have two investigation sections and two trial sections, but it's still short enough that it shouldn't drag on too much.

(You may think that this came kinda quickly after the first case was released but the truth is that I wrote this case way before Recovery and it was half done before I decided that I could make it into a series so really I spent all this time making rewrites and finishing the latter half I am nowhere near that fast at doing anything...)
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Have been looking forward to the follow-up, glad it's progressing as quickly as it is.
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Re: [T] AA: Beyond the Shadows ●○○○ (Case 2 playtesters need

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I can hardly believe it, but The Smouldering Turnabout is finally finished! I've been working on this damn thing since WAY before Turnabout Recovery and has been abandoned and rewritten multiple times, so this is just some kind of miracle.

Anyway, it'd be cool if somebody was willing to give it a once-over before I release it. Honestly, you don't even need to have played case 1, it's not really important to the plot beyond a few minor references. (Case 2 contains spoilers for the main series games 1 through 5 and music spoilers for SoJ and AAI1.)

Cheers!

Edit: Oh yeah and I definitely didn't forget to put up the walkthrough for case 1 when it was released like 3 months ago. See? It was there the whole time. You just didn't see it probably...
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Re: [T] AA: Beyond the Shadows ●○○○ (Case 2 playtesters need

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Gizmological wrote:I can hardly believe it, but The Smouldering Turnabout is finally finished! I've been working on this damn thing since WAY before Turnabout Recovery and has been abandoned and rewritten multiple times, so this is just some kind of miracle.

Anyway, it'd be cool if somebody was willing to give it a once-over before I release it. Honestly, you don't even need to have played case 1, it's not really important to the plot beyond a few minor references. (Case 2 contains spoilers for the main series games 1 through 5 and music spoilers for SoJ and AAI1.)

Cheers!

Ay, how much longer is this than case 1? I'm asking to know how much time I'd have to allocate when I play it lol
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Re: [T] AA: Beyond the Shadows ●○○○ (Case 2 playtesters need

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Difficult to say. TR was around 2300 frames in total. Case 2 has four parts, with the 2 trial phases having a similar frame count and the 2 investigation phases being around half as long, so technically I guess it's 3 times as long? Except that also includes press convos and examine convos and such, so idk, maybe a little shorter than that.
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Gizmological wrote:Difficult to say. TR was around 2300 frames in total. Case 2 has four parts, with the 2 trial phases having a similar frame count and the 2 investigation phases being around half as long, so technically I guess it's 3 times as long? Except that also includes press convos and examine convos and such, so idk, maybe a little shorter than that.
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Re: [T] AA: Beyond the Shadows ●●○○ (Case 2 Released)

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The Smouldering Turnabout is up!

Unfortunately (though understandably) there were no playtest offers, so it may not be quite as polished as I would have hoped.
The reason I decided to release it now was because I wanted to get case 2 out while I still have time ahead of me. (i.e. before I go back to uni)
Please let me know if you encounter any mistakes or bugs while playing. And as always, general feedback and SoCs are greatly appreciated.
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Looks to be some dead sound and image files.

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