"The Kanbayashi Family Murder Case" is a short mystery game by Birdcage Production, revisiting murder cases in a mansion from the perspective of a university student.
| Title of the work | The Kanbayashi family murder case |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | The Kanbayashi family murder case |
| Platform | PC |
| Genre | AVG |
| Game engine | WOLF RPGエディター |
| Website address recorded by the source | http://cage1729.web.fc2.com/object/game.html#kambayashi |
Survivor's narrative framework
The release introduction uses the survivor's public account of years later: the narrator seeks to explain events beyond media reports and rumors, and adapts memories into a mystery game. The game chooses a college student present as the protagonist, allowing players to enter the case inside the mansion from this perspective.
Reasoning direction
The author positions this work as a serious mystery work with a somber atmosphere. It is categorized separately from the same author's exploration of horror, focusing on understanding murder rather than merely chasing or suddenly frightening the story. The reading and reasoning time provided on the release page is about two to three hours.
Production and Publication
The game was developed using WOLF RPG Editor. According to the author's official website, it was first released in July 2015 and participated in the 7th WOLF RPG Editor competition, ranking tied for seventh overall. The version released on Freem in December 2015 was 1.08.
Author
Birdcage has created indie games in the genres of mystery, suspense, and exploration, and provides entry points for each game through his personal catalog. The 'Kanbayashi Family Murder Case' is listed independently in the direction of serious deduction.
College students and offline gatherings
Yuu Takaoda and her senior Ezaki Reina, who is one year older, go to the Kanbayashi residence. Reina attended an online mystery novel club, and Takemaru Kanbayashi organized his first offline gathering at a prestigious mansion; The location is in the mountains on the border between Shizuoka and Kanagawa Prefectures.
Family members in the mansion
Takemaru, his wife Kazu, and twin daughters Saki and Yuki receive guests, while housekeeper Megumi Sekiya participates in household chores. Seven-year-old youngest daughter Ashiko keeps her distance from Kambayashi Kiyoshi, who wears a fox mask. Mystery novelist Taro Kamibayashi is murdered after a dinner, and the Creator's teaser, previously used as a mere amusement by visitors, begins to come true.
Identify and recreate the framework of the game
The story uses a narrative device that recreates events as a deduction game, with university students as the main perspective. The challenge segment leads to multiple endings through identification; besides the regular numbered ending, there are hidden endings, making the judgment of how events reenact also part of the reading.
Entering End0 from the End of the Game (PC Hidden Ending · Spoilers)
After End1 ends, the endgame option on the title screen becomes the entry point to End0. The story shifts to the world within the story where the tragic survivors reside; You pointed out that the recreated game's local text contains falsehoods and missing information.
Reina Meeting and Comparison (PC Hidden Ending · Spoilers)
Ling Yuna discovered a recreation game online and recommended it to YouYouwan. She continued her investigation, arranged meetings with the creators, and pointed out the rewriting between the game and the real events. Megumi Sekiya's accent and speech provide clues about the mansion's location, helping her uncover and rewrite the circumstances behind the events.
The identity of the author in the story (PC hidden ending · spoilers)
The creator knows Reina Yuna's secret in cross-dressing, and only Sashiko discovers it on the day of the incident. End0 thus reveals that the creator of the birdcage in the game is Sashiko Kanbayashi.
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Related entries
- Production:Birdcage
- Characters:Yu Takaoda (Kanbayashi Family Murder Case)
- Characters:Reona Ezaki (Kanbayashi Family Murder Case)
- Characters:Taro Kanbayashi (Kanbayashi Family Murder Case)
- Characters:Takemaru Kanbayashi (Kanbayashi Family Murder Case)
- Characters:Kazu Kanbayashi (Kanbayashi Family Murder Case)
- Characters:Saki Kanbayashi (Kanbayashi Family Murder Case)
- Characters:Yuki Kanbayashi (Kanbayashi Family Murder Case)
- Characters:Sashiko Kanbayashi (Kanbayashi Family Murder Case)
- Characters:Megumi Sekiya (Kanbayashi Family Murder Case)
- Characters:Kiyoshi Kanbayashi (Kanbayashi Family Murder Case)
- Setting and Setting:Shenlin Residence
- Setting and Setting:The Kanbayashi family is a mystery novel enthusiast
- Game System:The Kanbayashi family's identification was divided
- Author:Birdcage
References
- Bangumi work entry: Kanbayashi Family Murder Case
- Bangumi Copyright Notice
- Birdcage: Catalog of works
- Birdcage: Shenlin Family Murder Case release page
- Furige Tabi: Kanbayashi Family Characters and Ending Gameplay Review
- Furige Tabi: Kanbayashi Family Murder Case Hidden End0 Impressions and Analysis
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Data compiled on: 2026-10-07.