Mind Cop gives you very little time to solve crimes, so you’ll need to be quick and choose whose minds to dive into if you’re going to catch the culprit.
Unlike traditional point and click adventure games, you can’t do everything in Mind Cop. You can’t talk to every character or explore every room. A timer is ticking down and you need to make the best use of your limited time to solve this murder. Luckily for you, your hero has some different abilities themselves. They are able to attempt to go into the mind and dreams of people, spending time trying to interact with the world through their eyes.
Each attempt into a dream, interaction, and presentation of any items from your inventory will cost you time – and time is key in this – as you’ll want to find the person responsible for this murder and have them arrested by the end. Mind Cop has a lot of replay value for such a short story due to how much information can be found by playing again and exploring new paths.
The idea of surfing into people’s minds, then playing puzzles that can be more or less challenging depending on the person you choose, is such a unique way to look at the mystery. Seeing the world through other people’s eyes – to find new things to question them on or new items to play around with – really changes the gameplay if you have enough time to figure out how to use the information.
I got the chance to learn about Mind Cop during the Big Indie Pitch Digital and found it to be a beautifully-narrated game with so many polished, well designed details. I am hoping for a second chapter and beyond to play as this interesting cop.
Mind Cop is currently in development, but in the meantime, you can sign up to its development newsletter or follow the developer’s Facebook page.
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