What’s a good metaphor for that?

If only there were a food product that had built an entire brand around the concept.

I guess we’ll never know.

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You play Amira Darma, who recently quit the police to start the titular agency.

She wears a cool dress-down suit and I think we would be friends.

There’s a lot to love about the world and characters of Chinatown Detective Agency.

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Even NPCs will usually have something interesting or funny to say.

A poem about durian fruit, or a reference to military service that tells you something about the world.

Even your hint system is a friend, a peppy librarian who loves codes.

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you should probably do this quite a lot because it’s usually the only way to solve a puzzle.

At one point I found myself punching codes into a virtual verision of a WWII enigma machine.

This is that aforementioned Marmite (ah!

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There it is!)

I found it made me feel like I was doing something material as a detective.

Even so, Chinatown Detective Agency can be frustrating.

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It’s unavoidable, but sometimes it does feel like doing homework.

There are a couple of polish problems as well.

God bless the durian fruit guy.

Make good art, buddy.