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Shadows of Doubt modding tools will let you build cities and write your own murder mysteriesUpdate slated for early December

Update slated for early December

Image credit:Fireshine Games

Image credit:Fireshine Games

A moody bar in Shadows of Doubt, showing voxel-based characters seated at a table

Well, these already viscous plots are about to thicken into a borderline-immobile soup of intrigue, for ColePowered Games are adding modding tools to the game. These will allow you to pen your own detective mysteries, and even alter the surrounding city to fit.

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Shadows Of Doubt Is Deus Ex With Detectives In An Incredible Simulated City

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The update in question isslatedfor early December release, and consists of three major elements. It’ll add a text editor, which you can use to write citizen chatter and v-mails, with dialogue triggered based on traits and the situation. It’s apparently pretty much the same tool the developers themselves use to add text to the game.

They’re also working on a city editor. Initially it will just allow you to rename cities and streets, and decide where to place buildings, but Colepowered Games “hope to expand it in the future”. Watch out,Cities: Skylines 2!

Last but not least, the developers are working on a “mono” version of Shadows of Doubt, specifically for modders, that will be available on a separate Steam branch. They’ve broken it off from the default branch because the moddable version has “slightly lower performance”.

The update will also include “a few other things coming unrelated to mods that we have been working on that we will keep secret for now”. Oh, and Steam Achievements.