A Turnabout to El Dorado
A downloadable game for Windows
This is an Ace Attorney fangame I completed in 2017 -- this page is a re-upload.
It was made using a mixture of the official game sprites, fan-made sprites, utilizing music taken both from the official and non-Ace Attorney sources.
The game takes place after the events of Spirit of Justice, but has no direct ties to the game and spoils nothing, save for an occasional off-hand reference.
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Taking place several months after the events of Spirit of Justice, Phoenix finds himself alone when he takes a rather strange -- and extremely hopeless case. With an uncooperative defendant, a staggering amount of evidence supporting the police's case, and a prosecutor that clearly has it in for him, how will Phoenix turn things around? Is there even any room for doubt?
Where does the truth lie?
In the hearts of the key players, all with their own secrets and motives?
Between the trees of the dense forest, the scene of a horrific murder?
Or perhaps, in the mythical city of gold that seems to be the connecting factor between the strange circumstances of the case -- El Dorado?
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* The case features roughly 8-10 hours of content.
* There is a strange and inconsistent bug that has been reported in which characters suddenly disappear altogether from court sections. It usually happens when you save and reload too often. To fix this, simply restart the game and load at an earlier save.
* There is an examine spot during the investigation seemingly hidden behind the 'Back' button. Unfortunately, there's not much I could do there. It's still fairly visible on the top screen, though, so you should be able to get through the section without much issue.
* Which also brings me to another point -- please play in dual screen. Mainly for some interface details.
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More information on the game can be found here.
Download
Install instructions
Extract the contents of the ZIP file and run the 'PyWright' executable. The game should be runnable in Wine, but I have not tested it extensively to confirm.
Comments
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I've been stuck at part 3 of the game (investigation). The whole thing was going fine till I had to go to the wright and anything agency, and even just didn't appear. I went through a youtube guide and the walkthrough and couldn't figure my mistake. I can provide the code or whatever if you need, which I assume you do, so just ask if you need that.
I was getting thrown by this too - are you examining the right tire tracks? I did the investigation a bit in a different order, cross-checking the walkthrough, and was ending up examining the tracks in "Ravenview Forest" rather than "Forest Path" (where Gumshoe is).
Yup, I examined the right ones. Maybe if this helps I downloaded this from https://phoenixwrightaceattorney.weebly.com/fan-games.html, so maybe the version I haves broken, but idk. I've gone back and retraced my steps too and nothings happened. I'm thinking just loading to the start of the investigation and going through it again.
Holy cow, this was fantastic. Some of those game-over gotchas were a little rude, and a couple early deductions were- while logically sound- kinda crazyshoes with how you were supposed to get there by presenting evidence (glad for the walkthrough file there), but otherwise it all felt *so* good. The intercuts between Victoria's segments and the trial in the finale, with that music playing- unbelievably hype. "Of course... I forgive you. C'mere... let me show you my forgiveness." had me grinning from ear to ear.
(The thing that really made me twig to the culprit had to be... (rot13)
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Should mention a thing that I suppose is a bug(?)
As of now(22nd of November, 2023), on the first trial day (ingame June 8), the second contradiction of the first testimony that should lead you to further progress, instead leads to penalty. (Facts of the Case -> Press Statement 1 -> "Yes" -> Statement 1-1 added -> Present the clue according to walkthrough -> Present another one -> Statement 1-1 changed -> Present the clue according to walkthrough -> penalty apparently?)
Don't know if it is a Me problem, but it exists.
It's actually a fault of the walkthrough.
It's been years, but looking at the code suggests the missing step is pressing the last statement before presenting.
Yeah, that works. Thanks for the response. Cheers!
message in rot13 to avoid spoiling
Riryla'f hcqngr cebsvyr fnlf "Qnhtugre bs Ryyvbg Ehzfgehz, nepunrbybtvfg.", jurer V nffhzr vg vf fhccbfrq gb or Guhefgba.
I don't know if you know, but wouldn't hurt I guess.
Hi, I’ve actually already played this before but I wanted to let you know that even close to a year later I still think about this case a lot. I really loved the intricate story and even became attached to the original characters, to the point of like laughing out loud or getting genuinely frustrated with a certain character’s screw-ups. It’s obvious you have a deep appreciation for both the genre and the source material, and it’s so much fun seeing your own spin on both!
Anyways, after finishing El Dorado I just had to check out your other stuff and now I’m definitely a fan! Thank you so much for all your work, I’m very eager to see what you have in store for the future :)