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Developer postReminder: the Dotson animated film is free to watch!
This meme has been going around and it's the best! It's no secret that Detective Dotson is a love letter to 90s bollywood. So we couldn't resist making a bunch of these! Jokes aside, if you haven't yet watch the full Detective Dotson animated movie on Youtube!
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New Music Video - Durai Durai
New Music Video! A great mystery deserves a great soundtrack. And Inspector Durai deserves his own anthem. Check out the music video for "Durai Durai" on Youtube!
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Fixes Fixes Fixes
Achievements made more reasonable Dadi and Rangeela find 50 items Trash, Dance and Mind Reader needs 25 items now Different background music for different parts of the world! There are now 4 distinct tunes. Steam deck performance issues fixed Steam deck headphones now work Steam
Developer postSteam Deck Verfied and 50% off
Dotson on Deck Detective Dotson plays has received Steam Deck Verified status from Steam! The game looks and plays really well on the deck with larger text adjusted for the device. Controller support is improved and the controller now works in the phone booth. We've also added Ko
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fixes and a change to 2 achievements
The rules for achieving Eagle Eye Detective and Eagle Eye Indoors have changed based on your feedback. Now you have to find a 100 items in each to unlock the achievement. Thank you for your feedback, this should be a lot clearer now. Fix issue where Dotson was getting stuck near
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May 12 tiny patch
small patch for players getting stuck in tutorial
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May 7 update (4 languages, character bios and fixes)
We've added 4 new languages! Traditional Chinese German Spanish French Added cute character intros in the main menu. Collect them all! There's one more secret one that I can't put in this picture :) Of course Parth had to blink while this picture was taken 🤦♀️ A bunch of fixes.
- GamingOnLinux
Detective Dotson is a mystery adventure that's a love letter to India worth exploring out now
With a setting that not many games explore, Detective Dotson is a fresh adventure from Masala Games that's out now with Linux support. India is brought to life with some lovely pixel artwork in this new release, it's really quite eye-catching. Read the full article here:
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Achievements are here!
You get achievements for Solving cases Beating the minigames Being a good citizen and throwing trash in the bin Reading minds and of course DANCING yes, there is a bollywood dancing achievement I will go out on a limb and say that's a first ever in a video game
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Minor fixes
Pause game when window loses focus Controller fixes Chinese localization fixes More fixes reported by users
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Detective Dotson is also a Movie!
Detective Dotson the Movie has launched along with the game! It acts as a prologue to the game. It's a 60 minute animated feature film for you to enjoy Watch it HERE
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Indian mystery adventure game Detective Dotson arrives April 3 with a demo available
Detective Dotson is a mystery adventure game set in a stylised rendition of modern-day India that puts players in the role of Dotson, a reluctant detective. Read the full article here:
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New Demo + Wholesome Games celebration!
Announcing a brand new demo for Detective Dotson! Available from August 15 - August 22 only. 📝 We are celebrating 15,000 wishlists 💪 We are celebrating the 15th of August - our independence day! 🙏 AND we are a part of the Wholesome Games Steam Celebration!! 🥳 So why is Detect
Developer postDetective Dotson is part of the PixElated Festival
We love pixel art games, and we know you do too. So, let’s celebrate together 🎉 We’re super excited to share that Detective Dotson is part of the PixElated Festival! This festival is featuring some of the best pixel art games on Steam. From retro-style classics to contemporary i