The Illusion Murders



The Illusion Murders is an extra story featuring Detective Red July. It unlocks after completing Chapter 100 of Methods.

Production
The Illusion Murders first began development in December 2020 as possible extra content for Methods. The story was based on an idea that spawned from a Twitter DM exchange between LockedOn and a fan of Methods who asked about special cases in Red July's past which occurred in September 2020.

LockedOn continued tinkering with the story over the course of the next few months and finished writing it on June 21st. At that point, the sprites and a few music tracks were complete, but nothing else. In order to create a trailer for the LockedOn Tenth Anniversary Presentation, LockedOn finished the first chapter in the first week of July.

The rest of the chapters were launched into production on July 9th. They were completed over the course of 12 days. Translating the chapters took 8 days. The Illusion Murders was released on July 30th, 2021.

Synopsis
Early in her career, Detective Red July and her assistants try to take down the Illusion Killer, who is committing a series of perplexing illusion-themed murders.