Ties That Bind Us

Ties That Bind Us is a third-person murder mystery game, set in a black market auction. Explore a strange mansion on Fleur du Ciel, a floating island and nation of the top 1%, as you uncover the secrets of what happened to an estranged friend.

Play as Manaia, a factory worker from the Isle of the Mór. Work undercover and search desperately for what happened to your missing friend, Niamh. In a hostile sea of masks, it won’t be easy. You’ll need to use as much charisma and wit as you can to get all the facts. Unlock spectral rifts to traverse between realms and confront ghosts from your past.


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How to Play:

- Requirements: Keyboard and Mouse, headphones or speakers

Has not been optimized. If your frame rate is not between 25-45fps, please close the application and reopen it.

Windows, NOT supported for MacOS

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Controls:

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- Movement: WASD

- Run: Shift

- Camera: Mouse

- Interaction: Left Mouse Click or Hold Left Mouse Button (dialogue, characters)

- Journal: Q (Open/Close) 

- Pause: ESC (To close Journal)

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Current Sound Roster // credits 

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Developers & Game Designers

Producer & Sound Designer : Chrysanthe

Co-Producer, Programmer & Technical Artist:   Alysha Nizuaisham

Level Designer, Narrative Engineer, 2D & 3D Artist: Lori

Art lead, 2D & 3D Artist: Shakira

Writer & Character Artist: Anika

Voice Actors/Actresses

Manaia: Mariellen Pellegrino 

Niamh: Lori McLelland

Fionn: Evan Petousis 

Companion: Ben Hunter

Display Attendant: Gyles Whytcross

Mysterious Stranger: Dave Winter

Disgruntled Woman: Alysha Nizuaisham

Husband: Lori McLelland

Additional Voice Acting: Chrysanthe Liontis

Musicians

Composer: Chrysanthe Liontis

Composer: Cody Schallhammer

Vocalist + Pianist: Sophie Bak 

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A list of known bugs and issues 

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-  Journal book metal parts and corner thing shows if journal is not closed to the 

front prior to pressing [Q]

- Character getting stuck due to non-optimised game

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External assets: 

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Sounds:

Servant Whispers: https://freesound.org/people/drotzruhn/sounds/405210/

Tools:

YarnSpinner:

 https://docs.yarnspinner.dev/using-yarnspinner-with-unity/installation-and-setup

Adobe Brushes:

 https://www.adobe.com/au/products/photoshop/brushes.html

Third Person Controller: 

 https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/game-toolkits/invector-third-person-...

Endless Book:

 https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/endlessbook-134213

Animations: 

 https://www.mixamo.com

3D assets:

Man in suit:

 https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/humanoids/humans/man-in-a-su...

Floral: 

 https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/vegetation/plants/lite-splash-of-color-...

Animal Masks: 

 https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/animal-pack-vol-1-167308ee94584773afe76041befbc8...

Rabbit mask: 

 "Rabbit" (https://skfb.ly/ouGSX) by Dakota.Hinkle is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Tiger:

 "Tiger" (https://skfb.ly/oHTPn) by Blender Artist is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Dog:

 "Zombie Dog" (https://skfb.ly/6SNZC) by Long Nguyễn is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).