A Case of Fraud

Released Nov 10, 2025.

A short, non-linear detective adventure. Investigate the mysterious disappearance of a successful CEO by analysing documents from her home and office. Examine evidence, connect clues, and make your own deductions to uncover a case of fraud.

Zoolingo is a seemingly successful startup company aiming to build a translation app that allows people to understand their pets. After landing an enormous amount of investor funding, the CEO has disappeared under suspicious circumstances. The only evidence you have is a whole lot of documents. Piece together the identities and roles of the family and employees, figure out who had motive and opportunity, and construct a case to unravel the fraudulent scheme.

Inspired by open-ended narrative deduction games like The Roottrees are Dead.

Features:

• Non-linear gameplay

  • Progression is in your mind! Explore evidence however you want. Connect clues and form your own theories with no hand-holding

• Deep reading

  • There is no searching or hunting for hidden clues. All documents are provided throughout the game, and the puzzle is in how you interpret them.

• A complex case

  • Exposing the fraudulent operation won’t be easy. You’ll need to discover missing identities, decipher clues from the past, and make logical deductions to bring it all together and crack the case.

• Lots of cute pets

  • Deduce the identities of the employees’ adorable animal companions!

Note: the art was hand drawn in Procreate using an iPad and Apple Pencil