Postmortem: Mystery Men

Mystery Men was made in January 2012 for the Game Maker Community Jam #5. It was made in 72 hours.

While this was my third GMC Jam entry, it was actually the first to be based around the theme. The theme was facade, which in a nutshell, means "an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality."

Mystery Men itself is a slightly altered version of the party game mafia, where you are tasked to identify and lynch mafia members. The main component of the game is the conversation system between the in-game characters. They are able to talk about a range of topics, from the jam itself to who they think are the mafia. This serves are the player's tool in determining who is apart of the mafia.

The game was mostly well received. Many people liked how the theme was used and how the conversation system turned out. A review by GMC user 11clock said, "...some of the comments that the people say are hilarious, and it's fun trying to figure out who's Mafia." On the other hand, disliked the limited graphics and non-existent sounds. In any case, youtube user raocow did make a video on Mystery Men:

Mystery Men tied 18th place out of 64 games and can be downloaded here.