Game Literacy Project
Verbal Combat

@YujiHorii creator of the classic JRPG, Dragon Quest made a police interrogation game based on a previous work, The Portopia Serial Murder Case as an AI game dev experiment. Claude AI took 30 minutes to build and that X post stirred controversy of using AI in game development. A fan @shields_pikes noticed the post and made Kanochi, a game based on that experiment, translated in English and is ready for play.

You interrogate a suspect and point out discrepancies in the suspects story to corner the suspect into confessing. This game reminds me of Burning Wheel and other modern TTRPGs where combat mechanics are applied to persuasion, seduction, intimidation and such. Take a look at this game to learn how to apply verbal combat to to your game.

Pic -- a calm professional criminal, not easily rattled.