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New Sleuthhounds treat arrives in The Halloween Deception

Halloween parties are always fun and games until someone loses a tail... Wait, what? Well, yes, the stakes are a little different in SeaLeft Studios' Sleuthhound series, comprised completely of anthropomorphic animals. In the newest release, The Halloween Deception, players will be called upon to stop a costume party's pranks from spinning dangerously out of control.

Bram Tender is throwing the annual Halloween bash for his Novelty Company employees, but when things take a particularly wicked turn, detectives Pureluck Homes and Jane Ampson are urgently summoned to intervene. But this is not your usual mystery, as "our peerless private investigators must put a stop to practical jokes gone too far: itching powder allergies, critical banana slippage, silly string suffocation, and chattering vampire teeth." In order to save the day, the intrepid duo must "win the Halloween contests and ferret out the perpetrator all before the party ends with a bang."


Like its predecessors, The Halloween Deception features hand-drawn, cartoon-styled graphics, full voice acting, and intuitive point-and-click mechanics. As its trailer suggests, there will be a wide variety of bizarre characters to interact with, puzzles to solve, and minigames to complete, including Halloween favourites like bobbing for apples and pumpkin carving.

Originally created as a freeware series, Sleuthhounds first ventured into commercial territory with another holiday-themed adventure earlier this year, called The Valentine's Vendetta. As with that game, The Halloween Deception is being sold exclusively for PC through itch.io on a pay-what-you-want basis, with a minimum $3.99 fee.

For more about the game, as well as download links to the other Sleuthhounds mysteries, check out the series website for additional details.

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