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The History Update
Veronica has more backstory now... so we've added a little colour!
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Expelled Demo now available!
If you've been considering checking out the new Overboard! game - EXPELLED! - you can now try it for free with the demo! Verity Amersham is about to have the worst day of her life. She's innocent -- but everyone says sh…
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Oh no! DEMOnic Malcolm's been EXPELLED from the boat!
It's 1935 and Veronica Villensey is about to be separated from her husband - by a large body of water. It's not the FIRST time she's had to be pushy to get what she wants, of course. It's not the first time she had to s…
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New Overboard! game incoming!
Prepare yourself for more blackmail, mayhem and manipulation with the next game in the Overboard! franchise, out on March 12th. It's 1922, and Verity Amersham is about to be expelled! from Miss Mulligatawney's School -…
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Miss Mulligatawney's School for Promising Girls
When we wrote Overboard! in 2021, we wanted to make a Christie-style detective game that was characterful, funny, puzzley, and quick to get into. No menus, points or systems - just the drama and the dialogue (and the di…
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Haven't met Veronica yet? Now's the time
If you haven't played Overboard! yet - the reverse whodunnit where you are the femme fatale - then now might be the perfect time to do it. Veronica's pushed her husband overboard - but without your help, it's Sing Sing…
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Going overboard about Overboard!
Come and hang out with Overboard! 's narrative lead, Jon Ingold, as he plays the game and digs up its secrets: how it was made, what bits slipped through, which bits got left out. Murder mystery design, characters, dial…
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¡Échale el muerto a otro!
Here at inkle we make games with lots of words, that combine together in complicated ways. Every playthrough of one of our games is different - sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. That's always meant that we've been af…
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Overboard! up for 2 awards at the IGF!
We're thrilled to announce that Overboard! has been nominated for two IGF awards! The game was nominated for Excellence in Design and Excellence in Narrative. It also received Honourable Mentions for the Grand Prize, an…
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Update'o'clock! It's V1.2.2!
Thanks to everyone submitting bug reports over the weekend - we're delighted to have fixed everything submitted, and it's not even yet lunchtime! The flipping profanity filter now persists across runs, and even across a…
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Version 1.2.1 (for real, this time!)
Hello everyone! We're delighted you've been enjoying our tale of deception, seduction, and murder as much we enjoyed making it. Special thanks to everyone who reported issues from the in-game bug reporter or via our dis…
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