How to Unravel a Conspiracy
Every suspect claims an alibi. Every statement becomes a node in a FalkorDB knowledge graph. Learn how to interrogate, search scenes, spot impossible journeys, and command the AI Inspector to close the case.
Four Steps to a Conviction
Inquire (Spoken Claims)
Select a suspect and ask for their whereabouts during the crime window. Each reply is an authored claim that pins a statement card into your graph.
Search (Physical Proof)
Inspect physical rooms to uncover electronic access logs, broken watches, or ledger fragments. Physical items act as objective ground truth anchors.
Spot Discrepancies
Open the Timeline or Evidence Board. The graph engine automatically identifies contradictions, rehearsed alibis, and impossible travel routes.
File Accusation
Once suspects are eliminated or their alibis shatter, open the Accuse modal (hotkey A), designate the perpetrators, and review the explained inquest verdict.
The Three Ways Suspects Lie
In traditional games, contradictions are hardcoded script triggers. In Alibi, all discrepancies are computed through OpenCypher graph pattern queries against physical topology and time slots.
Two Places at Once
Occurs when a suspect claims they were in Room A at 10:30 PM, but physical evidence (like an automated lock log) proves they were in Room B, or never entered.
Colluding Suspects
When three suspects give identical word-for-word explanations for why they were in an obscure room, the graph pattern reveals a prepared cover story.
Spatial Infeasibility
The estate is a graph of connected rooms. If a suspect was seen in the Courtyard at 10:20 PM and the Attic at 10:30 PM, but the shortest path requires 4 doors, they are lying.
The Two-Tier AI Inspector
Alibi features an autonomous reasoning copilot with an information barrier. It queries only what you have discovered and streams conclusions via Server-Sent Events.
Designed for immersion. Complex graph algorithms collapse into neat status accordions. The focus remains on deductive conclusions, pinned contradiction flags, and formal accusation confidence scores.
"Kofi claims to have been in the prop store at 10:30 PM, but the lock log shows the room was unoccupied. This is a direct contradiction."
Click the Cypher Trace toggle in the Inspector header to reveal every live FalkorDB roQuery call, execution latency in milliseconds, row counts, and graph traversal parameters.
Detective Keyboard Shortcuts
Every major investigative action is bound to a single keystroke for rapid play and seamless presentation.
Ready to open your first case?
The Vale Shipping Trust conspiracy begins with File 01: The Quiet Pact. Examine the three suspects, inspect the prop store, and expose the lie.