The Seven Bad Apples

The Seven Bad Apples is a short mystery adventure set at St. Joachim Academy during the Christmas season. Ranko and Astrid, students who recently solved a mystery aboard the Marine Express submarine train, are preparing for their second-term tests when first-year student Veronica Bell asks them to investigate the disappearance of the sheet music for the school choir’s big concert. The performance is scheduled for the next day, and Veronica suspects one of the academy’s rebellious singers, known as the Seven Bad Apples, hid the scores to avoid performing and cancel the concert.

Investigate the case

You question seven students and decide what Ranko does as you work through the case. The non-linear story lets you investigate in the order you prefer, and the conversations include humor. The game takes around two hours to complete.

Characters and clues

Character profiles provide information about everyone involved in the case and are available at any time during the investigation. An integrated wiki collects information about the academy’s students and the topics that arise in the story.

Retro presentation

The game uses pixel art inspired by classic Japanese text-based adventure games, including 8-bit text adventures. You can customize the interface with different background images. It is a short side story to the 2021 kinetic novel Murder on the Marine Express.