40 Fun Facts About Paradise Killer

Crimson Acid, the Syndicate's idol in Paradise Killer, was blessed by the gods with the head of which animal?

A goat is the animal whose four-horned head Crimson Acid gained while Lady Love Dies was in exile. She was then made an idol for the Citizens to look up to.

In Paradise Killer, roughly how long has Lady Love Dies spent in exile before the Council murders?

3 million days is more than 8,000 years, and a counter on her bedroom wall has ticked off every one of them.

Sam Day Break, the Syndicate's bartender in Paradise Killer, has which striking physical form?

A red skeleton is all that is left of Sam: his skin fell away as he confessed his love to Lydia in the middle of their battlefield duel.

Paradise Killer's soundtrack is inspired by which Japanese music genre, a favourite of both its creators?

City pop it is: composer Barry 'Epoch' Topping was brought in partly with money from the UK Games Fund.

Which demon-possessed Citizen is the official prime suspect for the Council murders in Paradise Killer?

Henry Division was found outside the Council building with the victims' blood in his stomach, yet he remembers nothing of the past decade.

In Paradise Killer, at what point may Lady Love Dies stop investigating and begin the trial?

Whenever the player chooses: the trial can start at any time, but accusations made on thin evidence are less likely to end in a conviction.

What is the name of the laptop Lady Love Dies uses to store case files and clues in Paradise Killer?

Starlight runs Syndicate OS and files every suspect under three headings: motive, alibi and alibi breaker.

Which horror author is cited as an inspiration for Paradise Killer, alongside Danganronpa and Franz Kafka?

H. P. Lovecraft's mark is on the dead alien gods the Syndicate worships, whose corpses lie guarded around the real world.

Which nickname do rude Syndicate members such as Yuri Night throw at Lady Love Dies in Paradise Killer?

Investigation Freak is a well-known nickname for the detective, who was banned from that career as a child by parents wanting her in the family business.

When a Paradise Island fails in Paradise Killer, what does the Syndicate do with the Citizens living on it?

Sacrifices them all: the Citizens are ritually slaughtered, and their souls are used to build the next version of the island.

Which British studio, founded by Oli Clarke Smith and Phil Crabtree, developed Paradise Killer?

Kaizen Game Works built the island as a two-person team, which its co-founder said let them experiment without endless meetings.

Paradise Killer pairs its suspect interrogations with which style of exploration across Paradise Island?

A 3D open world lets the player wander the whole island on foot in first person, hunting for evidence in any order.

Which currency, also used to pay the Citizens, does Lady Love Dies collect across Paradise Killer's island?

Blood Crystals are hidden all over the island, and they buy black-market secrets as well as drinks from the vending machines.

Which service does Lydia Day Break, wife of the bartender Sam, provide for Lady Love Dies in Paradise Killer?

Fast travel by car is her job as the Syndicate's ferrywoman, and her vehicle, Burn Parliament, can drive through dimensions as well as along roads.

Doctor Doom Jazz, the head doctor in Paradise Killer, wears prosthetics after losing what under torture?

Both arms were lost in a torture chamber before he fled to the Syndicate, and their orange and blue replacements carry the maker's label near the elbow.

To which lonely place just outside the island was Lady Love Dies exiled before the events of Paradise Killer?

The Idle Lands keep the exiled in suspended animation yet fully conscious, and once Lady Love Dies drops down to the island she can never go back.

Judge, who presides over the trial in Paradise Killer, gave up their humanity to fuse with what?

The island itself became part of Judge, who made the change to act as an impartial arbiter of justice long before Lady Love Dies was exiled.

Which wisecracking demon keeps popping up to banter with Lady Love Dies around Paradise Killer's island?

Shinji is short for Shin U'thk Jiggath, a demon who slipped onto the island out of nihilistic curiosity and says he is too weak to possess anyone.

Where on the island does the idol Crimson Acid live in private, selling secrets to Lady Love Dies?

In the sewers is where Crimson Acid keeps her privacy, and she phones Lady Love Dies to say so after the detective fails to find her.

Which drinks brand, with a logo character on posters and statues, runs Paradise Killer's vending machines?

Dead Nebula is the Syndicate's monopoly company, and buying enough from its machines earns Lady Love Dies an upgrade for her laptop.

Which stray dog is the constant companion of the architect Carmelina Silence in Paradise Killer?

Platinum mirrors his owner's moods, pulling in his tongue when she is under pressure and baring his fangs when she is angry.

After the Council is murdered in Paradise Killer, which role does the architect Carmelina Silence take on?

Temporary leader of the island is her title until the case is solved, although her family had always been barred from sitting on the Council.

Grand Marshal Akiko 14, the fierce soldier of Paradise Killer, is embarrassed to admit keeping which pets?

Goldfish are her soft spot: showing any emotional vulnerability makes the Grand Marshal nervous, even when it is only about animals.

Where just outside the island does Grand Marshal Akiko 14 stand guard throughout Paradise Killer?

The Desolation Cell is pumped full of inhibitors to hold its one prisoner, who has been kept there without trial for a decade.

Yuri Night, an arrogant newcomer to the Syndicate in Paradise Killer, holds which job under Carmelina Silence?

Secretary is the post Yuri Night is proudest of, having climbed from an unconnected family on the 15th island, long after Lady Love Dies was exiled.

Away from worship, the fanatical Witness to the End tends to which hobby in Paradise Killer?

Growing rare plants is his way of honouring life, and he hands Lady Love Dies a fragile specimen to test her devotion.

Witness to the End and the architect Carmelina Silence share which past relationship in Paradise Killer?

They were married, and she pays him an unexpected visit on the night of the murders that turns out to be a way of building her alibi.

Which hobby of the former assassin Lydia Day Break shows up all around the island in Paradise Killer?

Painting is how Lydia works through her feelings, and one of her canvases still hangs in Lady Love Dies's old bedroom.

Which bar does Sam Day Break run in Paradise Killer, still keeping Lady Love Dies's old glass there?

Knife Through The Heart is where Sam mixes bespoke drinks, and he can recall the exact whisky his old friend drank the night before her exile.

Grace Bloodlines, murdered ten years before the events of Paradise Killer, held which post in the Syndicate?

Exorcist was her post, and she was strangled while treating a possessed Citizen after the Grand Marshal was told to leave the room.

Which god deceived Lady Love Dies on the thirteenth island, costing her career and sending her into exile?

Damned Harmony escaped a besieged fortress in Bosnia and drifted on a comet for millennia before he learned of the Syndicate.

Which god, the only one the Syndicate has ever rescued, is kept in a pyramid in Paradise Killer?

Crying Grudge was paraded by a Persian army until Syndicate members stole him back, and he has been moved from island to island ever since.

In Paradise Killer, where do the mortal Citizens who live and work on each island originally come from?

Abducted from Earth by the Syndicate, the Citizens are made to work or worship, and are barred from founding companies or trading on their own.

Which barriers protect the Council's chamber, making its mass murder in Paradise Killer seem impossible?

The Holy Seals fall one by one, and the trial treats the breaching of the second, third and fourth as separate cases.

Which Australian label, founded by Chris Wright as Surprise Attack, published Paradise Killer?

Fellow Traveller relaunched under that name to focus on unusual narrative games, and it also runs the online festival LudoNarraCon.

Which hidden son did Carmelina Silence raise in a secret bunker for the sole purpose of killing the Council?

Dainonigate inherited his mother's gift for building trans-dimensional corridors, and secretly made some of his own that she never knew about.

The ghost of Grace Bloodlines, found near the Syndicate Graveyard in Paradise Killer, goes by which new name?

One Last Kiss leaves a vial of her own blood for Lady Love Dies to find, hoping the detective will finally solve her murder.

Which investigative team did Lady Love Dies found, only for it to be disbanded when she was exiled?

Paradise Psycho Unit is due a comeback: after the trial, Judge tells Lady Love Dies she will re-form it on the next island.

Which upheaval drove Crimson Acid, Lady Love Dies and other believers to flee to the Syndicate?

The Great Betrayal saw gods killed or imprisoned across the real world, from a goddess slain in Siberia to another locked beneath France.

K. HX, whose disappearance Lady Love Dies must solve in Paradise Killer, did which work for the Syndicate?

Craftsman to the Syndicate, he made ceremonial pieces and mended jewellery, and his workshop is plastered with posters of Crimson Acid.