[CE][T] Turnabout Heartache ●

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[CE][T] Turnabout Heartache ●

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Notice: This case contains general references to the main Ace Attorney games and is not recommended for beginners to the series.


Spoiler : Synopsis :
Valentine's Day! It's a day of love, happiness, and... murder?

Phoenix must defend a client who insists that she is the Cupid of legend while fighting against a prosecutor who heavily believes in the supernatural. Will Phoenix be able to successfully defend a literal goddess in court and save the day? Will he fail, leading to a world without the spread of love? Is all this talk about goddesses and Cupid even legitimate?

But just as important: what is Phoenix to make of a certain gift he received from a certain spirit medium?
Spoiler : Screenshots :
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Spoiler : Walkthrough :
Spoiler : Part 1 :
Key: Green text is required to proceed while blue text is for optional things that will have unique interactions but no effect on progress.

Wright and Co. Law Offices:
  • Examine: Charley, Window, Poster, Desk
  • Present: Attorney's Badge, Magatama, Maya Fey, Pearl Fey
  • Talk: What to do, Any ideas?
  • Move: Carlton's Diner
Detention Center:
  • Present: Attorney's Badge, Maya's Letter, Pearl Fey, Cupid Valentine, Nikolas Kringle
  • Talk: Murder, Cupid, Being Framed, Non-human killer?
  • Move: Wright and Co. Law Offices
Wright and Co. Law Offices:
  • Present: Maya's Letter, Cupid Valentine, Nikolas Kringle
  • Talk: What to do
  • Move: Carlton's Diner
Carlton's Diner:
  • Examine: Counter, Kitchen door
  • Present: Attorney's Badge, Maggey Byrde
  • Talk: Case Basics, Tara Norma
  • Move: Carlton's Diner Kitchen
Carlton's Diner Kitchen:
  • Examine: Body outline, Poster, Ladder/Stepladder, Paper on counter, Potatoes, Empty bowl
  • Move: Carlton's Diner
Carlton's Diner:
  • Present: Attorney's Badge, French Fry Recipe, Cupid Valentine, Joey Duncan
  • Talk: Finding Joey, Carlton Duncan
Duncan Home:
  • Examine: Paper on coffee table, Kitchen, Newspaper article on wall, Paper on coffee table (again)
  • Talk: What happened, Diner
  • Psyche-Locks: Diner News Clipping, Oleg Linkrinask, Blackmail Letter
  • Talk: Diner (Unlocked)
  • Move: Carlton's Diner, Wright and Co. Law Offices, Detention Center
Detention Center:
  • Talk: Oleg Linkrinask
  • Present: Maya's Letter
Spoiler : Part 2 :
  • CE 1: Deadly Date:
    • Press statements 3, 4, and 6
  • "The fingerprints on the arrows"
  • CE 2: Finding Joey:
    • Present "Dina's Statement" on statement 2
  • CE 3: The Kitchen's Condition:
    • Present "Empty Bowl" on statement 3
  • Present "Dick Gumshoe"
  • Present "Cupid's Arrow"
  • Present "Murder Weapon"
  • Present "Cupid Valentine"
  • "...is being framed."
  • Present "Potato"
  • Present "Nikolas Kringle"
  • Present "Oleg Linkrinask"
  • Present "Carlton Duncan"
  • CE 4: Oleg is Innocent:
    • Press statement 2
    • "...when you last saw Oleg."
    • "Yes"
    • "...receiving wine from Oleg."
    • Present "Autopsy Report" on statement 3
  • Present "Ellie Duncan"
  • CE 5: Last Joey Sighting:
    • Press statement 3
    • Present "French Fry Recipe" or "Potato" on statement 4
  • CE 6: It Was Joey, I Say!:
    • Press statement 2.
    • "You bet"
    • Present "Diner News Clipping" on statement 3
  • Select Carlton's hand
  • "...an impostor."
  • Present "Nikolas Kringle"
  • "No"
Spoiler : Part 3 :
  • CE 1: Why the Disguise?:
    • Press statement 4
    • Present "Autopsy Report" on statement 5
  • CE 2: When Cupid ACTUALLY Fired:
    • Press statement 5
    • Present "Dina's Statement" on statement 6
  • CE 3: Sudden Recollection:
    • Present "Murder Weapon" on statement 3
  • "She never left any prints."
  • "Where he witnessed it."
  • Select the red dot running out the door.
  • "...the same person!"
  • "...somewhere else.
  • Present "Cupid Valentine"
  • Present "Cupid's Arrow"
  • Present "Carlton Duncan"
  • Thought Route:
    • "While she was on her deliveries"
    • "...couldn't find her quiver."
    • "...grabbed a different quiver!
    • "The killer"
    • "Nikolas Kringle"
    • "You have to touch the object"
    • "Fingerprints"
  • CE 4: Kringle is no Killer:
    • Present "Cupid's Arrow" on statement 3
  • Present "Cupid's Checklist"
Winner of the "Looking Back" case competition hosted by Super legenda and risefromtheashes, the theme being to combine 3 or more previous competition themes into 1.

Spoiler : My theme selections :
1. "No Place Like AAO For the Holidays": Have your case themed around a holiday.
2. "Love is in the Air" from "Roulette Rules": Contain a love story or romance.
3. "I Want to Believe": Create a case that may or may not have a supernatural element in an otherwise normal world.
Spoiler : Other awards won :
1. "Obsessive-Compulsive" for best original character
2. "Golden Cactus" for just because
3. "Superb Set-Up" for having the best premise
4. "Best Joke" for best joke
5. "My Trusty Sidekick" for having the best sidekick character
6. "The Cake Was a Truth" for not disappointing the hosts
7. "How Sweet" for having a wholesome moment that made the hosts happy
8. "What Am I?" for having a ladder/stepladder joke
9. "Theme Perfecter" for the best application of the previous competition themes
Spoiler : Credits :
Custom Characters
"Hercule Suchet" and "Leslie O'Leary" by DragonTrainer
"Cindy Law" by Tear and Silver Glas, custom sprites by risefromtheashes and SuperAj3
Casual Maggey Byrde by SilentBobX, animated by ApolloGrimoire
"Boo Kristal" by Hesseldahl
"Nikolas Kringle" and "Bellboy" recolor by Awsome2464

Custom Music
"Mister Sneakypants", "Going Different Ways", "Clunky Old Time Piano", "Urban Jungle 2061", "Bonkers for Arcades", "Carefree Days in Groovyville", "Drinking Alone" by Eric Matyas (www.soundimage.org)
"Turnabout Sisters" cover by HoopsandHipHop.
"Please Help Me" (Jailer's Elegy remix) by PetFriendAmy
Courtroom music from "Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney"

Custom backgrounds and evidence by Awsome2464

Norma "Objection!" voice clip by Kira Buckland

French fry recipe by Lorelei Rusco on allrecipes.com
Last edited by Awsome2464 on Sun Mar 27, 2022 3:49 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Our winner! I can assure that this is a really good case, it wouldn't have won the comp otherwise!
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Congrats on the win! I'll need to give this case a play!
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While I would've absolutely loved to have the case released on Valentine's Day, that simply didn't happen. However, I did make up a small promotional poster, which can now be seen on the original post. It's not much, but I feel like it gets the job done!

Happy Valentine's Day, all!
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Well, everyone, after almost a year and a half of on-and-off work, this comp-winning case is finally released! I hope you all enjoy Turnabout Heartache!
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At last! I finally get to play the case that beat mine won the Looking Back comp! This should be fun!

Edit: Defended by a masseuse. I see what you did there. Still upset I didn't get my happy ending in that ceremony.
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Woohoo! Our winner is done! I'm gonna check it soon.
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Very enjoyable and wholesome case. Was an utter joy to play through.
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Spoiler : Part 3 :
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Anyway, I left my thoughts on part 3 (played parts 1-2, v0, while judging Looking Back) in Awsome's PMs. Good case with some faults (rushed pacing is the main one - everything else is pretty good), recommend it, and very much enjoy what you've done with the characters. The awards this got were deserved.
The Mindcastle System
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
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OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case

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Check out our music & art thread here!
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DJJ6800 wrote: Sun Mar 27, 2022 3:31 pm Defended by a masseuse. I see what you did there. Still upset I didn't get my happy ending in that ceremony.
I still get random spasms in my back from the treatment I got from "Kurain's best masseuse", so I wouldn't say things were happy for me, either.
Trybien wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 1:06 am Very enjoyable and wholesome case. Was an utter joy to play through.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
risefromtheashes wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:24 am
Spoiler : Part 3 :
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Actual interaction between a friend and I when he was playtesting this case:
Spoiler : :
Friend: (laughing) "Was that line necessary?"
Me: "It absolutely was necessary."
risefromtheashes wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:24 am Anyway, I left my thoughts on part 3 (played parts 1-2, v0, while judging Looking Back) in Awsome's PMs. Good case with some faults (rushed pacing is the main one - everything else is pretty good), recommend it, and very much enjoy what you've done with the characters. The awards this got were deserved.
I left a response to your thoughts in the PMs. But I'm very glad you enjoyed the case!
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Awsome2464 wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:48 am
risefromtheashes wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:24 am
Spoiler : Part 3 :
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Actual interaction between a friend and I when he was playtesting this case:
Spoiler : :
Friend: (laughing) "Was that line necessary?"
Me: "It absolutely was necessary."
Spoiler : :
One of the better ways I've seen that kind of joke included in AA. Definitely tops "Yes, Daddy..." from 5-5. (Ha. Tops.)
Anyway, yes, I agree it was necessary. We girls know what we like!
Awsome2464 wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:48 am
risefromtheashes wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:24 am Anyway, I left my thoughts on part 3 (played parts 1-2, v0, while judging Looking Back) in Awsome's PMs. Good case with some faults (rushed pacing is the main one - everything else is pretty good), recommend it, and very much enjoy what you've done with the characters. The awards this got were deserved.
I left a response to your thoughts in the PMs. But I'm very glad you enjoyed the case!
No further thoughts to share in PMs - you clarified most of what I said - and I'm glad you ended up (finally - way faster than clcman, to your credit) releasing it. :)
The Mindcastle System
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
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OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case

----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
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I'm confused.
Spoiler : :
If the murder weapon belonged to Kringle then how come there are no fingerprints on it, since he is a demigod with fingerprints?
Otherwise, this is a nice case. Congratz!
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Marci26 wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 6:14 pm I'm confused.
Spoiler : :
If the murder weapon belonged to Kringle then how come there are no fingerprints on it, since he is a demigod with fingerprints?
Otherwise, this is a nice case. Congratz!
Right, that's something I meant to clarify at the end, but I guess I forgot to.
Spoiler : :
When Kringle killed Joey, he was wearing gloves because of the fingerprints. But when he changed the arrows from silver to red, he had to take the gloves off since otherwise the change would apply to the gloves, as that's what his hands would technically be touching.
I should go back and add that detail in, as that does create a bit of a plot hole.
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Changed from three dots to one.

I hope to give this a play soon.
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