# The Darkside Detective **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [May 25, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638 "2017-05-25T04:49:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/41 "2017-09-16T10:26:23Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > At the end, the hamster dies. 😱 ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/42 "2017-09-16T10:45:10Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > Are you sure the first chapter is the same as the demo? Yes. To be sure, I have just checked it and I can confirm that the demo that I played matched with the first case, “Malice In Wonderland”. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/43 "2017-09-16T11:00:22Z")
I was about to ask the same because that free browser demo (the one with the poltergeist) linked earlier is a different case. I only found out after finishing the 6 cases of the game and played that one too (it´s much shorter than the rest). But I noticed that steam offers a free demo, so I guess that would have been the first case, then? ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/44 "2017-09-16T11:09:05Z")
I have probably played [this demo on Kongregate](http://www.kongregate.com/games/spookydoorway/the-darkside-detective), which was linked from the official website and that corresponds to the first case of the commercial game. I have never played the demo linked at the top of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/45 "2017-09-16T11:12:42Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > I have never played the demo linked at the top of this thread. Make it so! Takes like ten minutes. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/46 "2017-09-16T11:54:22Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Make it so! Takes like ten minutes. I have finished it and the best thing about this other demo is that the [final video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S4eWxZNpyU) shows (among other drawings not used in the game) a great pixel-art version of Nighthawks, one of my favorite paintings: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/7/79c59aa70b43db1ae5b52a40db17f791371e6c20.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/47 "2017-09-16T12:28:14Z")
Yes, there was even more trailer exclusive material than in TwP! ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/48 "2017-09-16T23:07:06Z")
I’m really enjoying [the official soundtrack](https://benprunty.bandcamp.com/album/the-darkside-detective-soundtrack). https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=651869005/size=large/tracklist=false/artwork=small/ ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/49 "2017-09-16T23:11:38Z")
Me too, though mostly electronics funnily enough my favourite track is in the cave where the lake monster is. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/50 "2017-09-16T23:14:35Z")
Yes, both guitars and rhythm have a nice smooth Police vibe. ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/51 "2017-09-21T08:59:26Z")
I bought this game on discount on Gog. Finished 4 missions out of 6. The first few minutes of the first episode are incredibly funny. Then, later episodes, not much. Edit: the fifth is funny again! 🙂 Well worth the price . Sparse observations: I don’t think the lack of walking animation detracts anything from the experience. (I used to think that walking without teleporting was important for immersion, but I don’t think this anymore.) Instead of the walking animations, they show what Dooley is carrying. I think it’s a good choice. I don’t like that there is no “play in window” option, so I am forced to see huge pixels. I eventually found a hidden option, but if I set the window small, then the text is too small! ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/52 "2017-09-23T05:32:18Z")
@All : So, have you discovered/seen the extra-game content? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/53 "2017-09-23T07:02:56Z")
Not sure if I have… Give me a hint 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/54 "2017-09-23T08:38:19Z")
There was extra content? 🙂 I finished the game… humour is often professional level, not amateurish. The characters are very good. Some of them are incredibly likeable. The puzzles are competent. Wow. For the next one, I only want to have bigger text, to be able to make the window very small. And blur everything with reshade . ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/55 "2017-09-23T09:37:36Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > Give me a hint 🙂 Incremental intentionally vague hints: First hint: It’s something cited more than one time. The first time it is cited by Dooley (if I remember it correctly, it was in the episode “Tome Alone”). Second hint: It’s related to one of the “secondary personal activities” of Dooley. Third hint: It has something to do with Internet. Let me know if you want me to be more explicit. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/56 "2017-09-23T09:57:36Z")
I predict that “The Darkside Detective” will win the 2017 Aggie Award for “Best Writing - Comedy”. Previous years it was won by the following games. 2016: "King’s Quest" 2016 Readers’ Choice: “Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet” 2015: "Aviary Attorney" 2015 Readers’ Choice: “Broken Age” 2014: "Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse" 2014 Readers’ Choice: “Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure” 2013: "Goodbye Deponia" 2013 Readers’ Choice: “Goodbye Deponia” All these games had “comedy” but not necessarily “humor”. I would say that those that focused on humor and jokes were only “Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet”, “Aviary Attorney” and “Goodbye Deponia”. (but I don’t know very well “King’s Quest”) ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/57 "2017-09-23T10:14:21Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > 2015: “Aviary Attorney” Really? I didn’t like that parody very much. It was too annoying to me. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/58 "2017-09-23T12:00:39Z")
Perfect, thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/59 "2017-09-25T20:32:41Z")
Good news for the fans of Darkside Detective: the authors are already working on a new game. 🙂 > ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638/60 "2017-10-13T19:55:44Z")
A small teaser… ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/c/c3520f27928cd6abec884440cd56aa27c02abdc5.jpg) [Source](https://twitter.com/ds_detective/status/918902353583013890). [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-darkside-detective/638.md?page=4)