Aster Pebble and the Case of Bad Bureaucracy

Aster Pebble and the Case of Bad Bureaucracy is a short, cosy point-and-click adventure set in a modern fantasy world.

Aster Pebble is a mystery-novel enthusiast beginning her first day as an apprentice at The Bureau, an organisation that helps people with magical problems.

When a small village becomes trapped in a time loop and official procedures prove less than helpful, Aster takes the investigation into her own hands. Players explore handcrafted pixel-art locations, question an eccentric cast of characters, solve cases and tackle casual puzzles while uncovering the cause of the repeating day.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Investigate a low-stakes mystery involving a village trapped in a time loop.
• Explore handcrafted pixel-art environments, including a library, village, meadows and Bureau offices.
• Solve cases, gather clues and complete casual point-and-click puzzles.
• Meet oddball characters and follow humorous dialogue in a modern fantasy setting.
• Record cases, contacts, sketches, achievements and statistics in Aster’s notebook.
• Sketch plants and discover additional information about characters and locations.
• Supports keyboard, mouse, touchscreen and game controllers.
• Offers configurable controls and colours, together with mouse-only and keyboard-only play.
• Runs offline without DRM, microtransactions or data collection.

Website: codeberg.org/Wandering-Door-Games/Aster-Pebble-And-The-Case-Of-Bad-Bureaucracy
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Developer: Wandering Door Games
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (code), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (assets)

Aster Pebble and the Case of Bad Bureaucracy is written in GDScript. Learn GDScript with our recommended free tutorials.

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