Major Closed Beta Update!

Dear Investigators,

Today we're excited to release a significant update to our Closed Beta, bringing you the complete second case (though not yet the game's finale) along with major improvements to the first one! 🎁 If your Kickstarter reward does not include the Closed Beta access, you can still get excited about the following enhancements:

🎄What's New:

• The entire second case

• Meet Marlene, the office cat! 🐱

• Dive deep into Esther's backstory

• New Archive Cases of Fritz Bauer

• New Save System: Unlimited manual save slots per session - return to any point you want!

• New hint system to help guide your investigation

Completely Revamped Courtroom:

• Rebuilt courtroom gameplay - outcomes now remain uncertain until you make your claim

• Multiple chances to prove each step of your case

• New atmospheric courtroom music

• Enhanced artwork and animated characters

• Dynamic cinematic camera movements

• Introduction of Sigmund Haubner as second defense attorney for more logical court dialogues

Please Note: The game is still a work in progress - you'll encounter some unfinished elements, including:

• Temporary voice recordings for Emilia Becker and Sigmund Haubner

• German texts that will receive professional editing before final release

• Bugs! (please continue using the in-game bug report function - this is very helpful to us)

And for those worried about spoilers - yes, you can play the entire second case, but you won’t see the game’s ending(s) - we keep those a secret until release. 🕵️‍♀️

The Paintbucket team has poured their heart and soul into this update to give you this little pre-Christmas gift. We're extremely excited to hear your feedback and suggestions, and we hope you'll enjoy exploring this new content! 🧡

Have fun investigating!

Your Paintbuckets 🎨

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