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Keeping this a secret was pretty hard, but I was actually working on File 04 and File 05 simultaneously for the past several months! I'll have more details on how I pulled off this crazy scheme in an upcoming devlog, but for now — just know that File 05 is 95% complete.
We're just finishing up the Chinese translation before launching the beta on Afdian and Patreon. Because I moved up File 05's production, Hangout Four will actually be releasing afterwards, though I made sure to do a bit of work on it too so that it won't take too long for that to be released as well.
This time, Team Tads is going to Montebello — what intriguing mystery will await them there, and how will Tads lead them? Lots of surprises are in store!
Though I didn't have enough time to finish this before the anniversary, an update is in the works for Methods: The Detective Competition as well. For a long time, the biggest remaining regret I've had about the game is how you're forced to replay mysteries to proceed (at least for the first two Stages of the game — from the Third Stage onward it does away with that, fortunately). It can be frustrating, especially when the game is meant to be story-focused and not really trying to challenge the player.
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Methods: The Detective Competition has been fully ported to mobile now! 
772 receives a nice present!
Nell does not enjoy her gift.
Greg as the Game-master Mug!
Clark as a Scarecrow!
Kane as a Cat!
Mellie as a Ghost!
Time to follow the fourth-tier Detective Ashdown with his fellow detectives on the investigation of the mysterious killer!
For the 13th Anniversary of LockedOn Games, here is a status update on ongoing and upcoming Methods-related projects!
I announced the Art of Methods a while ago. It's been a huge project. Even though I made some of the workload easier by publishing weekly posts about the characters on my Patreon/Afdian pages for several months, there were still a ton of characters I hadn't written about yet — and to be clear, this artbook covers every single character, including characters from the Vignettes. This artbook has much more than that though — I've written tons of new articles, revealing new details about the development process, my thoughts on each stage in the contest, each mystery, and more. It will be available as a free digital DLC to Methods on Steam and itch.io.
When I began developing MTCF, it was a less ambitious idea, however, it quickly evolved into a full-fledged game. As I've been writing it, I've come to realize that it is not a fun but optional entry in the Methods game series, but rather a crucial bridge between Methods and Motives. Motives does not make sense without it. Speaking of Motives...
I haven't talked too much about Motives since the 10th Anniversary announcement three (wow!) years ago. Thank you for your patience in waiting for it. I have a few new details I would like to share. It will be built in Unity, and features explorable 3D environments. This opens up exciting new possibilities in terms of investigating crime scenes. I'm designing new mystery-solving gameplay to accompany it which splits the difference in difficulty between MTDC and MTCF. MTUP's main priority is its story, just like MTDC, but I think it would be better if it was a little more challenging than simple multiple-choice. ;) With this game, the detectives attempt to answer the question: What is the ultimate problem? And like any question, the deeper you go, the harder it is to answer.
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