‘Uso’ Needs you to Build a Case to Clear Your Name

Uso is a putting homicide thriller recreation the place you are attempting to determine who set fireplace to your bed room earlier than you’re blamed for it.

You will need to work out who has seen what and who is aware of the reality by speaking to the opposite villagers within the city. These individuals all have totally different tales and factors of view, reacting to no matter you say. The foremost challenge is {that a} youngster has died within the fireplace, and the blame is being put absolutely on you. You don’t actually wish to get locked up for this, so you should speak to different individuals, choosing the right reactions and dialogue choices with the intention to discover out who’s really answerable for this horrible act. 

Uso has a lovely artstyle, with 2.5D paper-looking fashions strolling round a darkish and mysterious city. I ended up not having a strong case after I performed the sport at EGX this 12 months, however actually loved the ambiance and dialogue throughout the recreation.  It’s a brief recreation, the place you may speak to individuals as a lot as you’d like earlier than going to the guard and letting them know who has performed it. You’ll then see your end result and when you have really cracked the case or if they don’t really feel you may have sufficient proof to have really solved something. This provides some fascinating depth and stress to forming your case, as it may be laborious to make certain for those who obtained all of your particulars proper.

Uso was made by a gaggle of scholars, who’ve performed an excellent job at making a visually fascinating and charming recreation. It’s an intriguing recreation that assessments your detective expertise. Hopefully they’re first rate and also you don’t find yourself getting locked up for the fireplace.



The primary two chapters of Uso can be found now on itch.io.

Jupiter Hadley

Jupiter is a prolific indie recreation journalist, writing for Metro UK, Large Boss Battle, AlphaBetaGamer, and lots of extra, all with a concentrate on smaller indie gems. She covers hundreds of recreation jams and indie video games on her YouTube channel, letting each recreation have a second within the highlight. She runs indiegamejams.com, a calendar of all the recreation jams occurring on this planet, judges many jams and occasions. Jupiter can also be the Adept Video games Wizard at Armor Video games.