Pocket Cases

Every word is a clue. You are the lead investigator. Riley, your partner, brings the records; you ask the questions, test every story and name who did it. Pocket Cases is an illustrated detective game made for your phone, with cases short enough for a sitting or two. 3 CASES • Applause for a Thief: at the Grandbridge Theater a masterpiece vanishes from a locked case, and the only eyewitness could not have seen it. Free, the whole case. • Dead Air: a local radio station, a genuine voice and a false confession. • High and Dry: a real rescue on a tidal causeway, and the wrong hero. HOW YOU INVESTIGATE • Question every witness. Conversations branch: choose whether to press, offer a way out or let them talk. • Catch the lie. Press each statement for details, then present the one record that breaks it. • Examine every exhibit. Search photos, logs and camera stills with the loupe and note what…