The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark News

Hey, detectives!

Hope everyone's enjoying the new case! And keeping your thoughts away from the lizard people by wearing your trusty tin foil hat, like our good friend Nigel!

If you'd like a little conspiracy theorist all your own, click this link to take a look at Nigel's fluffy, big foot believing self.

Here's how the campaign will work:

1) The campaign runs for three weeks!
2) Once we get 200 orders, the plushes get made!
3) Orders are only open during the campaign and can't be placed once it completes, so get them now!

The Nigel plush comes with a copy of the first game free, so if you're itching to find a way to introduce your friends to Darkside Detective, this is a spectacular opportunity.

And if you wanna see what makes Nigel so famous in the first place, make sure you come hang out in the Akupara Games Discord this monday at 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific to watch me stream the Loch Mess case he features in!

Hey, Detectives!

[h2]New Case[/h2]

Welcome to another case for McQueen and Dooley in the quaint little city of Twin Lakes. This time, our intrepid detectives find a note saying they should head to the Twin Lakes Botanical Gardens. What could possibly be in store? Vegetarian werewolves? A mean, green mother from inner space? A space ghost on a trip coast to coast?

None of those things!

But if you want more information, you'll have to play a little Darkside Detective to figure them out!

[h2]Chinese Localization[/h2]

Today's update also adds Chinese localization for the Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark! We've gotten A TON of feedback from chinese players that they'd love to play the game in their native language, so we're very happy to oblige them!

[h2]Nigel Makeship Plush[/h2]

Alongside the release of the new case, we're also debuting the Nigel Makeship plush! Makeship is a crowdfunding site where you can pick up your very own Nigel the conspiracy theorist lake monster plush! The campaign isn't live right this second but we are running a giveaway on Twitter if you're quick!

Here's how the campaign will work:

1) The campaign runs for three weeks!
2) Once we get 200 orders, the plushes get made!
3) Orders are only open during the campaign and can't be placed once it completes, so get them now!

The Nigel plush comes with a copy of the first game free, so if you're itching to find a way to introduce your friends to Darkside Detective, this is a spectacular opportunity.

[h2]Buddy Gets Good: Nigel Makeship Stream and Q&A[/h2]

And if you want to have a little fun with the Makeship campaign and Nigel plush, come hang out in the Akupara Games Discord on Monday, April 18th! I'll be streaming two Darkside Detective cases to the Discord and hosting a Q&A session with the folks at Makeship at 4PM Pacific/7PM Eastern!

If you wanna learn how the Darkside Detective Twitter Adventure would end up becoming One Flew Into the Cuckoo's Nest, we'll be answering that and other questions!

Exciting times to be a Darkside Detective fan! We've got one more bonus case on the docket, so look out for it in the not-too-distant future.

Happy hunting!
-Buddy

Hey, detectives!

The next bonus case for the Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark releases April 14th!

Buzz is missing! Which means his mom is worried! WHICH MEANS SHE WON'T COOK OFFICER DOOLEY DINNER! Head to the Twin Lakes Botanical Gardens to get to the bottom of this here mystery! Based off the Darkside choose-your-own adventure from Twitter last year, you can check out the trailer just down below!

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Keep up the good work, detectives!
-Buddy

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark has won 5 Adventure Gamers Aggie Awards!

4 of them were Readers' Choice Awards. We've the best fans. Thank you to everyone who voted for our game.

Hey, Detectives!

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark bonus case is playable now! Ghosts of Christmas Passed features Ghosts! And Christmas! And Francis McQueen's definitely-for-real-actually-for-all-time-he's-dead-death. Yes, siree, he's dead as a doornail, he is. Here, you can even see his gravestone in the trailer!

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Anyway, make sure you keep an eye out because we have two more bonus cases coming in 2022 featuring your favorite detective, Francis McQueen live and in the flesh!

Enjoy!
-Buddy