Paper Perjury News

Hello everyone.

This patch will mainly fix some awkward word choice in case 5. Please finish case 5 before checking the patch notes. To be safe, these notes will have spoilers.

Interrogation room

Ferris "Here's what will tell what happened next to the art and small trash can."
Ferris "Here's what will tell us what happened next to the art and small trash can."

Joy "I did, but I still had it on my phone."
Joy "I did, but I still have it on my phone."

Ferris "While they see that you had a rug, there is no proof of blood or any indication of murder."
Ferris "While they saw that you had a rug, there is no proof of blood or any indication of murder."

Justina "Here's proof Anton's car was must have been used Sunday night."
Justina "Here's proof Anton's car must have been used Sunday night."

Investigation

Ash "You think I'd be used to it by now..."
Ash "You'd think I'd be used to it by now..."

Ash "I know you will. And don't forget to call! I can give you all the advice to help raise the little plant."
Ash "I know you will. And don't forget to video call! I can give you all the advice to help raise the little plant."

Annie profile "Landlady of motel the Klaus Orphanage uses."
Annie profile "Landlady of the motel the Klaus Orphanage uses."

Chandra "That was the right time and place kind of moment."
Chandra "Eubank Investments appeared at the right time to get that funding."
Complete rewrite to be easier to read.

Sophie "Mr. Eubank wants everything to seem in his favor. But we have evidence he doesn't know."
Sophie "Mr. Eubank wants everything to seem in his favor. But we have evidence he doesn't know about."

Lastly: Case 4 and 5 had a bug where if you loop to start of first statement during the interrogation, it would remove all your cross-off lines. This has been corrected.

If there are only more awkward wording, please report it so can address it.

Hello everyone.

First, the minor updates. All minor updates are for case 5.

-In case 5: a typo has been fixed. "There's some legal issues to settled since he signed the paperwork and everything." has been updated to "There's some legal issues to settle since he signed the paperwork and everything."

-In case 5: The evidence for Ballistics Report has been updated from "Both bullets fired from the murder weapon traveled in a straight line and were close to their respective entry points." to "Both bullets fired from the murder weapon entered the body perpendicularly and were close to their respective entry points." This update should make the evidence slightly more clear. If anyone has any issues with the word choice with this evidence or any other evidence, please let the Paper Cat Games team know.

-New dialogue was added to case 5 to address the evidence above being adjusted.

-At the end of case 5: A couple more lines of text have been added to Lowell to flesh out his motive.

-At one point in case 5, Sophie said "the forensics" instead of "the forensics team". This has been fixed.

-In case 5: If you present The President's Office Phone to Joy during the first investigation phase, Sophie explains why it's better to save that evidence.

Now, the major change. This is a story related issue some players have had. This will involve spoilers for case 4.

In the previous version of case 4: Fry Noil says he heard two gunshots. In the previous version, he misheard because he was scared of getting shot and mistook glass breaking for a gunshot. As the writer, my logic was that Fry was so scared he would have taken anything he loud as a gunshot. Some players didn't find this believable. So, I wanted to make it better without fully changing what happened.

Now, Fry will only claim to have heard one gunshot. When Justina presses him if he heard a second one, he goes from saying he doesn't know to agreeing with Justina because Justina leads him on. Fry's offical statement will no longer include that he heard a second gunshot.

I went with this change because Justina leading the question makes sense for her character in case 4. She wants to solve this case quickly and isn't considering what her actions are doing (because in her mind, the ends justifies the means). Case 4 was written to show Justina's bias and flaws. Ferris even comments that Justina was leading the witness. Justina was never written to be a paragon of good, and I hope this change, along with how case 4 was written, helps her character be more than just a self-insert protagonist.

As the lead writer, I want to make improvements to the story and address any issues. Some story elements I will defend and some I am open to feedback. As long as those issues are presented respectfully, I am willing to consider any feedback given to me.

Cloud saves have been added to Paper Perjury!

If there are any issues with it, leave a comment. This is Paper Cat Games' first game on steam, so we want to make sure the steam cloud system is done right.

Hello everyone.

The major thing I want to address in this patch is a certain element that has been brought up a number of times. At the end of case 4 (to be spoiler free), a character decides the fate of another character in a way many people believe is poorly written.

As the writer, there are times I have to defend my writing choices because I know I can’t please everyone. That’s just the nature of creating art. But there are times when I have to admit I could have done something better. This story element at the end of case 4 is one of those times. While I could go over why I made that choice, after a couple of weeks of feedback, I decided to make a change.

It was not as simple as changing from a yes to no. I added a lot more dialogue to the end of case 4 in hopes of making the scene more meaningful. While I know some people won't like every choice I made when addressing this issue, I hope it helps.

As the writer, I want Paper Perjury to be the best it can be. There are plenty of story choices I stand by, but I am open to all feedback. If it’s something I can fix, please let me know.

I know that the length of the main story is an issue some people have. We have plans to address this, but I won’t say any more for now.

Aside from that, patch 1.03 also makes sure the “skip” and “auto-forward” icons don’t pop in front of the notification text.

Time for another Paper Perjury update.

- The character Ash had a weird bug with his sad pose. This is now fixed.
- A similar bug with Hana was also fixed.
- In Case 5: Ferris Eubank's profile was never properly added once she shows up. This has been fixed. If you played far enough in case 5 that misses the trigger that was added in this patch, you have to play the rest of the case without her profile added. This has no gameplay impact.
- A few commas have been removed from case 1.

We plan to do another patch in the future to polish the grammar and remove all the typos we can. If any players find any typos (spelling, grammar, etc), please let the team so we can properly address it.

We also want to add Cloud support. Once we add it in, we will let you all know.