History VideoGame / DetectiveDiTheSilkRoseMurders

* DisposableSexWorker: The murderer targets exclusively courtesans, though -- this being Ancient China -- more than a few of his victims are actually wealthy and well-connected.

* TheSummation: At the end of each case, Di methodically explains how the crime was committed. As he talks we see a re-enactment of the crime, with the backgrounds in black-and-white, but with Di and the victim and the perpetrator in color.

* DirtyCop: Di's predecessor, Liu Zelin, was not very sharp, extremely lazy, and not big on paperwork, worrying more about his reputation and political standing than doing any actual police work. Di, who went to school with him, can only recall him as a bully, and none of his former subordinates have anything good to say about him; most of them is even expressing open relief that he has been removed from his post. On top of that he went around blackmailing suspects and stealing family heirlooms from ''children'' to get another spy.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Xu Dan, the father of the first victim, Linfei, has suffered an especially sad fate. Not only did he lose his wife and his eyesight in a fire, his daughter was brutally murdered.

* BadCopIncompetentCop: Di's predecessor, Liu Zelin, was not very sharp, extremely lazy, and not big on paperwork, worrying more about his reputation and political standing than doing any actual police work. Di, who went to school with him, can only recall him as a bully, and none of his former subordinates have anything good to say about him; most of them is even expressing open relief that he has been removed from his post. On top of that he was a DirtyCop to boot, and went around blackmailing suspects and stealing family heirlooms from ''children'' to get another spy.

* BadCopIncompetentCop: Di's predecessor, Liu Zelin, was not very sharp, extremely lazy, and not big on paperwork, worrying more about his reputation and political standing than doing any actual police work. Di, who went to school with him, can only recall him as a bully. On top of that he was a DirtyCop to boot, and went around blackmailing suspects and stealing family heirlooms from ''children'' to get another spy.

* RecurringDreams: Di has one, where he journeys by boat to a tower on an island, and meets a deer that speaks in riddles. He then climbs the tower, where the Empress stands at the top, only to be too late to stop a trio of assassins.

* BadCopIncompetentCop: Di's predecessor, Liu Zelin, was not very sharp, extremely lazy, and not big on paperwork, worrying more about his reputation and political standing than doing any actual police work. Di, who went to school with him, can only recall him as a bully. On top of that he was a DirtyCop to boot, and went around blackmailing suspects and stealing family heirlooms from ''children'' to get another spy.

* BadCopIncompetentCop: Di's predecessor, Liu Zelin, was not very sharp, extremely lazy, and not big on paperwork. Di, who went to school with him, can only recall him as a bully. On top of that he was a DirtyCop to boot, and went around blackmailing suspects and stealing family heirlooms from ''children'' to get another spy.

* {{Nepotism}}: Liu Zelin, Di's incompetent and corrupt predecessor, really only got his job as an investigative magistrate, because his father was a powerful minister.

* DirtyCop: Di's predecessor went around blackmailing suspects and stealing family heirlooms from ''children'' to get another spy.

* RecurringDreams: Di has one, where he journeys by boat to a tower on an island, and meets a deer that speaks in riddles.

* YouCanTalk: In a {{Recurring Dream|s}} of his, Di meets a deer blocking his passage of some stairs. Said deer speaks to him when he tries to shoo it away.

'''Deer:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Flawless deduction, detective.]]

* YouCanTalk: In a RecurringDream of his, Di meets a deer blocking his passage of some stairs. Said deer speaks to him when he tries to shoo it away.

* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler: The secret shared between all of the victims.]]
* {{Retirony}}: The Korean ambassador in the prologue was killed ''just before'' signing a treaty that would've stabilized relations between his country and China.

* GentlemanDeetective: Di blends into high society easily, which makes his investigations into their affairs all the more simple.

Taking place in Medieval Imperial China, during the reign of the Tang dynasty, the player is placed in shoes of the historical Chinese folk hero Di Renjie, a magistrate tasked with uncovering the truth behind a recent string of murders in the capital. As politics surrounding the Empress Wu' recent coronation come to a boil, Di realizes it's not only his reputation at stake...

* {{Retirony}}: The Korean ambassador in the prologue was killed ''just before'' signing a treaty that would've stabilized relations between his country and China.

''Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders'' is a [=PC=] mystery AdventureGame made by Nupixo Games.

The game was released in 2019, following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign.
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''Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders'' is a [=PC=] mystery game made by Nupixo Games. The protagonist is Chinese folk hero Di Renjie, a magistrate tasked with uncovering the truth behind a recent string of murders in the capital. As politics surrounding the Empress Wu' recent coronation come to a boil, Di realizes it's not only his reputation at stake...

!! It includes the following tropes:

* DisposableSexWorker: The murderer targets exclusively courtesans, though- this being Ancient China- more than a few of his victims are actually wealthy and well-connected.
* EndOfAnEra: The older generation- represented by Wu's ageing husband and Di's father- have more or less been replaced, and their heirs are still getting comfortable with their new jobs. Naturally, various criminals take this opportunity to pounce.

The game was released in 2019, following a successful Kickstarter campaign.