Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing News

Moin moin, dear community!

On December 6, 2024, we’ll be taking our current demo offline. If you’ve already installed it, it will remain in your library. If not, NOW is the time to grab it before it’s gone.

[h3]Wait, why are you taking the demo offline?[/h3]

As you might have noticed, we’re deep into the hot development phase of Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing. This also means we’re thinking about our release date and the marketing activities ahead. To ensure our game reaches as many people as possible, we want to take full advantage of the tools Steam offers. One of these involves the demo — but we don’t want to spoil anything, so we’ll keep our cards close to our chest for now.

If you’d like to stay updated on The Ebbing, we’d love for you to join our Discord server or subscribe to our newsletter! Of course, we’ll also continue to post updates here on Steam when there’s news to share.

Until next time!

The Active Fungus Team

Hello, dear hardcore detective gamers!

We are nearly finished with the story and with most of the gameplay mechanics - and now we’re looking for people who would like to test it all. Meticulously.

We are especially interested in testers who have played a lot of detective games. You know the genre well, you know what excites and frustrates you and you have an opinion on games and always wanted to share it with people making them? Then you're hired!

If you want to help, we’d love you to sign up for the Beta: https://activefungus-studios.de/afs-beta-sign-up/

Hello, dear community!

Today, we are reaching out to you because we need your support. We are slowly entering the final phase of development for ⚓ Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing⚓. To ensure we deliver a game that you'll be truly excited to play, we’d love to know from you:

In which detective games did you feel particularly engaged? What contributed to that feeling?
Are there any game mechanics or features that frustrated you in other detective games? How would you improve them?

What do you feel is currently missing in the demo? Was there anything you missed in A Bavarian Tale?
Are there features from other games that you would like to see in ours?

Are there any games that come to mind when you think of an Inspector Schmidt game? What are the similarities or differences?

We would greatly appreciate your input – your feedback could influence our game development over the next few months. Leave us a comment or contact us on Discord!

⚓ Thank you so much! ⚓

Moin, dear landlubbers!

Check out our new, optimized version of our demo for "Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing"!
Now with complete English voice over, new dialogues, a bit more drama and even more fun investigating!



Enjoy your trip to Havstedt! ⚓

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Please note: our new build is not yet available for Linux. We are of course still working on it. Thank you for your patience.

Active Fungus will be at Gamescom 2024! We look forward to meet, chat and show you what we’ve been busy with for the last year. Find us at the Home of Indies booth E010 - D011 - Hall 10.2 and test our newest demo of Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing, the sequel to our very first game Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.

This time, we’re going North: The game takes place at the Northern Sea – yes, also linguistically. The entire game is synchronized in Platt, a Northern German language, even more incomprehensible than Bavarian. Fortunately, there will be German subtitles again as well as an English synchronization for all of you who won’t complete their Duolingo lessons until Gamescom.

[h2]Gameplay[/h2]

Within hours, the coastal town of Havstedt transforms from an idyllic vacation spot into the scene of a desperate struggle for innocence. Who is responsible for the murder of Bente Hansen? Where do the mysterious lights on the sea come from? What causes the strange signals being sent through the newly built transatlantic telegraph cable?

Can you uncover the truth behind the sea of lies and reveal the dark secrets of the community without becoming a target yourself?

• Explore the Open World: Move freely in a 19th-century German North Sea coastal town and search for clues.
  
• Engage in Exciting Dialogues: Use the dialogue mechanics to question the villagers, gather intriguing information, and find out who is hiding something.
  
• Investigate the Trail: Use your detective sense to uncover hidden clues.
  
• Combine the Clues: Link information and insights to solve the case.
  
• Initiate a Confrontation: Confront the suspects and expose the culprits.
  
• Level Up: Develop your character and decide which skills you want to improve.
  
• Pass the Skill Tests: Use your skills in classic pen-and-paper skill checks (dice rolls).
  
• Craft Useful Items: Gather resources and craft items and consumables to enhance your skills.
  
• Make Difficult Decisions: Your actions affect the course of the story. Decide for yourself how you want to complete the tasks. Through charisma, through diplomacy… but the mission is clear: Solve the case!
  

See you at Gamescom!