During INDIE Live Expo 2024 Winter, Masala Games have announced story-driven adventure game Detective Dotson will launch on April 3, 2025 for PC via Steam.
Here’s an overview of Detective Dotson, via the official Steam page:
An adventure in the most interesting place on Earth – modern day India!
Solve mysteries in the cozy alleys behind the colorful temples
Find clues and complete an evidence board to solve each case
Engage with an array of characters as vibrant as India itself
It’s an uplifting adventure with Bollywood dance-offs aplenty
Food, festivals and family weddings – we’ve got all the fun parts of India covered
Gameplay
Every case centers around an evidence board
Think of it like a sentence but all the nouns (clues) are missing!
Explore the world, find the clues and then fit them logically to complete the sentence
You can go anywhere and talk to anyone, especially if you pick the right disguise
Pick up a nearby object and throw it to get out of a jam
With objects everywhere, use them to chase away dogs or disable cameras or just pickup trash and throw it at the litterer for some cash and catharsis!
Meet the detective
Dotson never wanted to be a detective.
That was his dad’s thing.
Dotson wants to be an actor, in Bollywood – he’s great with costumes!
But after dad’s mysterious death, he must play. the. part.
A love letter to India
We are an Indian team with worldwide experience – Pixar, Electronic Arts, Prana
It bothers us that while 20% of the world lives here, India is missing in video game culture
We are on a mission to fix this and we would love your feedback and support!
