The studio
We make games about finding things out.
Funbase LLC is an independent games studio. We make mysteries and puzzles with one promise: if you pay attention, you can work it out.
What we believe
- 01
Fair beats clever
A mystery is only fun if it can be solved. We would rather you work it out than be fooled.
- 02
Your time is precious
A case should fit into an evening, or a bus ride, and still leave you arguing about it the next morning.
- 03
Made to be shared
The best part of a whodunit is comparing notes. We make games for the people you play with, too.
How a case is made
Built to have one answer. Checked until it does.
Every Five Suspects case goes through the same five steps before anyone sees it.
- 1
Draft
An AI writer drafts the case: the crime, five suspects, the ground rules and every clue, with a proof that only one suspect fits.
- 2
Break
AI solvers get the case exactly as you will, with no answer key, and try to break it: a second suspect who fits, a shortcut, a clue that gives the game away. Any failure sends it back to be rewritten.
- 3
Illustrate
An AI art director illustrates the case without knowing who did it, drawing all five suspects from one template, so no picture can tilt the case.
- 4
Audit
Fresh solvers look at the finished art, the suspect cards first, to catch anything that singles one person out.
- 5
Decide
Funbase reviews every result and decides when a case posts. Its answer follows the next day.
On AI
Made with AI tools. Said plainly.
The illustrations in Five Suspects are AI-generated, and AI agents draft and check each case. Every case is built to have exactly one answer you can prove from its clues.
AI lets a small studio make a new illustrated case often. The checks above are how we keep each one fair: the agents that test a case never see its answer, and the agent that draws the suspects never learns who did it.
We label AI-made work where platforms ask us to, and we'll always tell you how a game was made if you ask.
Say hello.
Players, press, creators and puzzle people: we'd love to hear from you.
hello@funbase.ai Press & brand kit