Security cameras

Reviews camera footage from the time of the crime.

In the game

The security camera analysis reviews footage from one spot at the scene over a stretch of time: the building lobby in the middle of the night, the service entrance after dinner. In practice, an analyst checks the device's clock, frame by frame, and notes who passes by and when. In Confessd, the card says which camera and which time window will be reviewed, without telling you what shows up in them.

The report describes what the camera recorded, in the tone of an official report, and gets a Positive, Negative or Inconclusive stamp. An image can break an alibi, confirm that someone left when they said they did or show that nobody passed that way. Whatever is revealed goes into your Clues and opens or strengthens a question. A camera shows movement, not intent: it shortens the investigation, but the right accusation still depends on you.

The price ranges from 5 to 50 coins, paid only once per game. Reopening the report later costs nothing, but restarting the case after a wrong accusation charges the analysis again. Since it doesn't count toward the question limit, it's a safe way to get new information without spending the scarcest, most precious resource in the interrogation. The report's clock only starts after the minigame: it comes out after a short wait, and you can rush it for 5 coins.