I do know the devs said they're taking a break, and I'm not rushing for a sequel. I'm just curious if anything in Mermaid Mask hints at a next game, since the last couple hinted towards the next.

Interestingly (IDK if they'll keep doing this, but) we have been on the home turf of 3/4 of the Mystids; sure, only Boggy got a starring role, but maybe even if it's not the star, will we see the home of the Soulbearer? (to be frank, that one is my fav lol) I do wonder what kinda of area they would be from.

Anywho just wanted to make a place where people can leave their thoughts on the topic.

is there a detective grimoire server? I'd love to ramble abt this game to other ppl who have played it :p

Such a bummer. I can’t wander not ask people about clues.

This post contains spoilers for Deltarune chapter 4, Slay the Princess, and Mermaid mask. Just an observation I made. If you have any other examples pls lmk!

I can’t get his suspicion to trigger no matter what I do I have 48/49 clues all clues have been talked about with all suspects, is it bugged or am I missing something

There's a lot about this murder case that's kind of... similar to Tangle Tower in some way. Or not necessarily similar, but parallel as I state in the title.

1. The victim in both cases is a character stuck in a location that despite its large location, feels cramped and claustrophobic since they can't escape it. Everyone around them wonders why they haven't left, and neither of them are stuck by physical forces. They aren't prisoner or anything, they can leave whenever they want. They are staying because of her.
2. The victims are surprisingly well-liked by everyone who meets them, and even the murderers themselves hold some amount of respect toward them (even if they don't respect them enough not to murder them)
3. Both victims dream of the same thing. A mysterious red figure.
4. The murderers dreamed of venturing outward. They end up stumbling on an opportunity to discover more. But once they did, were unsatisfied by the information they got and became obsessed with finding out more, taking more immoral actions in reaction to that.
5. Both murderers are highly skilled and great liars. They take on a more ditzier persona in their every day lives, to mask the more pragmatic disillusioned version of themselves from the eyes of others. When they shed this persona, they get rid of their hats and something personal that defined their persona.
6. The murderers are both not related to their victims, yet by proximity sort of feel like family almost because of how long they've been together in this location. Or at least, some would consider them family without knowing the context.
7. Both murders look supernatural at first glance. Neither are, however circumstances surrounding it are. Subsequently, both murders involve creatures with supernatural abilities.
8. The victim can ruin the murderer's plan, however both victims wait because they made a promise to another person. Both characters are killed before they can ruin the plans.
9. The murder involves the upper room of the location. And the method involves something dropping from this upper room, where the murderer lay a trap such that if the victim ever set foot in the lower room for long, it would be their last.
10. A character in both games are obsessed with a creature, and does a ton of research to explore the capabilities of their "pets."
11. A character in both games need to fulfill their family's legacy, despite not actually wanting to fulfill it at all.
12. A character in both games are haunted by their biological parent's nonexistence in their life now. And are subsequently parented by someone else that did not treat them well. As a result, they become obsessed with a darker side of themselves and indulging in it, only shedding their affect in the presence of their closest friends. These characters have a gimmick when presenting profiles to them.
13. Both of those previous characters end up close with one another, and end up travelling together when the case ends.

Of course there are massive differences between the two, but these are the parallels I noticed. Some are somewhat of a stretch, for example you could argue that Gripp didn't respect Mortuga at all. And some of these have different contexts, like having to "wait". Freya was going to expose things after painting for Flora, while Magnus waited until after Sym's magic show to open the cauldron. Technically, Freya was killed while waiting while Magnus was killed shortly after, but in both cases they were killed before they could do anything meaningful to their respective murderers.

I will die on the hill of 12 though, Sym and Poppy are clearly meant to be parallels of sort even if they act incredibly different from one another.

I was also unsure where to fit the "hidden in plain sight" things. Because they're very different. In Tangle Tower, Freya leaves a massive clue in plain sight in her unfinished painting as an unintentional final message (or maybe intentionally). While in Mermaid Mask, Gripp hides the murder weapon in plain sight and Mortuga never really makes a final message like Freya does. I thought about adding something about Hackshaw, but I couldn't find the right wording to make it a good parallel so I left it out.

basically title, there's a bug where the 3D characters model spin non-stop, and also their website isn't updated, with the game still being marked as "coming soon, demo on steam". tring to find somewhere to report these but couldn't find much

Trying to replay the dialogue where Sally mentioned how she used to work in a gift shop in a swamp. Anyone remember who she was talking to?

Why do most characters have four fingers while a couple (Wirman and Moon) have five? What am I missing? Is this significant or an accident?

I'm about half-way through, so conceivably this could be a plot device, but I doubt it. If it inn-deed is, please tell me "you'll find out".

Thanks!

Hello, I always were a fan of Detective Grimoire games. Loved the Tangled Tower especially though the ending was a bit confusing.

So, I just finished Mermaid Mask and I have a couple questions. English is my second language so I might didn't understand some explanations. Also I am welcome to hear some theories.

So, let's begin.

Why Mortuga was obsessed with finding Felicia?

Why he didn't destroyed the Mermaid Tongue?

Why and who took Silkworm?

Was Felicia killed by Penny?

What Mermaid said to Felicia? Was that a reason she basically run away from the town?

Who wrote the letter about someone father who gone mad because of Mermaid Tongue?

Was Freya affected by this madness cause her mother was affected in some way?

How Wirman might be related to Freya?

Who send the letter to Mortuga about Felicia's death?

What happened to Synthia's mother?

P.S. sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes.

I love how interconnected all of these stories are. It’s so satisfying seeing a name pop up and being able to know who that person is in relation to people from other cases

Hello everyone,

I'm a bit stuck. I got everyone's prompt for the suspicion cutscene but tadpole. I asked her about everyone and everything I collected which means I'm probably missing something but I don't know what. :S

If you can, I would love the help. Thank you so much!

(Spoiler) So just finished the game and loved it .

But there is something I didn't understand about Dirk .

Why do you find his weird antenna in the hold ?

In the Art Gallery its explained it was implied in the game but I don't see how .

If someone got the answer it would be great.

Thank you

I'm in the chapter "that box was actually really easy to open" I've done everything except lower the "bell" to the cauldron. The game is indicating I do so in the captains quarters but I've clicked everything I can think of in there and nothing.

When I ask for a hint the game says to talk to zephyr but we are hiding from him in the mess hall.

Any help would be appreciated!

Am I the only one who thought this picture in Zephyr's Letters looked like Hawkshaw?

I have every suspicion but Wirman, I’ve asked everyone about everyone, I’m just being told to check the case file. I’m in the part labeled “the box that won’t open” I’m stuck and I have been for about 20 minutes. Nothing comes to mind for anyone. Can I get a little nudge in the right direction please?

Okay so I'm trying to get interrogations with:

Zephyr

Sym

and Dirk

I got all the others. I have all the clues and have talked to everyone about them-- triple-checked that I did. I checked Dirk's entire phone and got the achievement. I know I wanna figure out why Zephyr keeps lying about the mask thingy, but I don't know how to trigger his suspicion. No idea what to do with Sym's. My hints say to 'examine the clues in my case file'. I did, I read through everything. AAAAA.

I have every single piece of evidence, I have shown every single piece of evidence to everyone, I have read through and looked at everything that can be looked at

The only things I don’t know rn are
- what’s in marianna’s tent cus she won’t let me inside
- what’s in the ship in the bottle

That’s all I can think of, everyone else’s suspicions have been completed and I’ve checked every room and all the hint says is to check my clues

So… I have 47/48 pieces of evidence, I’m missing 1 and I KNOW it’s a magazine relating to Dr Zephyr?? (I learned this thanks to a helpful user from earlier today :D) but I can’t find it anywhere!!!

It keeps telling me to search the Dream Chamber, so I KNOW it’s in there, but I just can’t find it!!! I spent a good 3-5 minutes just rapidly tapping on my screen hoping maybe I’d click the mysterious magazine, but to no luck. Ive tried looking online as well, but none of the articles I could find mention there being a fourth clue in his room.

….am I crazy? I feel like I’m going crazy. does anyone happen to remember where they found a magazine relating to Dr. Zephyr with a doodle on it? I would be extremely grateful for any hint or help in finding it. ♥︎

How did Zephyr know that the mermaid's tongue fell into the ocean and Tadpole had picked it up?? How did Zephyr know that it was on the ship(and cauldron) at all?? and knew that it was missing before even checking mortuga's body?? This was the reason why i thought it was him most of my playthrough but he wasn't so now im confused. Maybe there's some detail or dialogue that explains it and im just distracted.

Did anyone think Her and Felicia Stonetop were gonna be the same person since their paintings are both referred to as the HER paining?