Methods: The Detective Competition News

17 months ago, I announced a mobile version of Methods as part of the Methods Two Year Anniversary. Unfortunately, due to limitations with Ren'Py, I was unable to get it working on iOS and Android, and so I had to put the project aside.

But now I am very happy to announce that Erabit's hardworking porting team have been working hard on fixing those issues in order to bring Methods to you on mobile devices!

My eternal gratitude goes to them for completing such intense work in such a short time, and grappling with my less-than-organized code to do so! It feels like a miracle has occurred, and I can't thank them enough.

Methods: The Detective Competition is expected to be available for mobile pre-registration on October 25 and mainland China in November!

It will be split into 5 separate games, launched on App Store, Google Play and Tap.io.



To celebrate this big news, we have decided to discount some games during the week of October 23rd-30th!!

Here is the Weeklong Deal List👇

💫 60% off 💫

🕵️ Methods: The Detective Competition
🎷 Methods: The Detective Competition Soundtrack
🌍 The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake

💫 80% off 💫

🔫 Broken Minds
🎶 Broken Minds - OST

💫 40% off 💫

🇨🇦 Methods: The Canada Files Soundtrack

And if you haven't grabbed them yet, now's an ideal time as it's on sale all this week~

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271300/_/

Thank you to everyone for your support, and I hope you will try it on mobile! It's like a whole new experience!

Until next time!

— LockedOn & Erabit

Hello everyone!
The Bundle of【Methods: The Detective Competition】X 【Kamifuda】 has been released, now with a 20% discount!!!

Kamifuda is a visual novel and deck builder game——Take the role of Tarot as you explore an enigmatic campus hidden in a dimension of eternal gloam. Granted a stay of execution, you have been consigned to the strange institution of Gloamrot University: a school for the eldritch arts. New to the world of Pact-sworn—individuals who have been touched by an eldritch entity from the realm beyond—you have been given only a single semester to pass the Trials at Gloamrot and prove that you can control the evil within.

If you already own Methods: The Detective Competition , you can get Kamifuda with another 20% off!

Check it out here:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/35776/Methods_The_Detective_Competition/

Have a good day, everyone!


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LockedOn

Hi everyone!

After some consideration, we decided to launch Methods: The Illusion Murders as a free game on Steam!



The Illusion Murders is a linear mystery visual novel with some light gameplay elements. Famous detective Red July tracks down a serial killer who patterns his crimes after illusions, in one of her most notorious early cases.

As you may know, MTIM is a short five-chapter story featuring Red July which is included as free extra content in Methods: The Detective Competition. Since it's a self-contained story, we thought it'd be a wonderful way to introduce new players who haven’t purchased MTDC to the world of Methods.

This standalone version of the story features new reworked menus, and an exclusive music track "Illusions".

We hope you'll enjoy it!!

— LockedOn Games & Erabit Studios

Hello everyone!



The prequel game Methods: The Canada Files has just had a major update! File 02 is now here, with a brand new mystery. You may see some familiar faces from Methods as well! Check it out here!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2063530/Methods_The_Canada_Files/

File 02 was a long time coming, and I'm happy that everyone can finally play it. I hope you can enjoy it and give me feedback in a steam review! You can also join LockedOn Game Discord to talk to me directly :) Thank you!!!

Many more cool things are in store! Thank you for playing my game:)

Until next time!

— LockedOn

Hello!! I have some very exciting news!
I'm teaming up with Erabit Studios, the publisher of 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Brotato, Star Survivor, and many other indie games! They are coming on board as the publisher of the Methods franchise!

Erabit will be helping bring the games to a bigger audience, so be prepared for the fanbase to expand soon! ;)

I chose to work with them because of their passion and enthusiasm for helping indie devs like myself. Rest assured that Methods is in safe hands! I still have creative control of the series and I'll be involved with everything to be sure it's in the spirit of Methods. And I'll keep developing Canada Files as well as Motives. With their help, I'll be able to go full-time, which will speed up development.

As you may know, I have a very open policy on fan works to encourage fans to make their own Methods-inspired creations. Erabit is all about supporting fans too, so don't worry — that policy has not changed!

We have many cool things in the works, so I hope you will look forward to more news soon.

Many thanks to Sound of Mystery for getting the ball rolling.

Here's to the exciting next chapter of Methods!

Until next time!

— LockedOn.