Lösningen is an adventure game for Gameboy classic about an investigation, inspired by true speculations of cover-up.

The player takes on the role of an administrator with the task to find and eliminate evidence of an assassinated minister. To succeed, you will have to cooperate with criminals, journalists and shady police colleagues.

The game in its current state should be possible to play through, but is quite far from complete with lots of glitches and unfinished graphics.

I am open to all kind of feedback at this point but specifically need input on what is understandable and what is not. Of course I also need to know about all kind of bugs you may find.

Controls (web version key in brackets):
Arrows: Move player
A button (Z key): Interact
B button (X key): Cancel some interactions
Start button (enter key): Open pause menu

Known major issues:

  • Final puzzle is missing. It is still possible to complete the game through a skippable placeholder scene.
  • Gambler's club scene is currently using too many tiles and appear very glitchy
  • Missing a few mini-games
  • Title scene and game over screen are unfinished and very glitchy.
  • Music is in very early stages. SFX are missing.

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Swedish Language Version (0.3.5) 512 kB
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Version with temporary, shortened dialog for faster playthrough (0.3.5) 512 kB
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English Language Version (0.3.5) 512 kB

Install instructions

The game may be played on a real Gameboy via a flash cartridge or an emulator of your choice.

Development log

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Thanks for the update 🙂

We will have an eye on how this one develops. Great work so far.

Thank you, nice to hear that! I currently focus on usability and to make the game easier to get into. Got some input and many ideas on how to improve that area.