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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.