Crushed In Time

Crushed In Time is a point-and-cli... uhhh... stretch-and-pull game, where we follow the confident Sherlock Holmes and the courageous Dr. Watson to solve a mystery that will take us on a journey through space and time. Schboing!

Sub-Pages#

Teaser LeftoversComing 2026! ...no, wait, 2029! ...no, 6202! ...9202? OdditiesDevelopment notes hidden in the game's textures.

Unused Mechanics#

Keys required for the hint system#

The game was originally meant to have some hints locked behind the key-collection system. Player would have had to find and collect keys during the playthrough, which then they can spend them, to unlock certain hints.

This is indicated by two unused texts, still left in the game's localization file. Also, the object group related to the hint screen, contains an unused set of objects, related to the early hint system, stored under the group name TOREMOVE_Counter.

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┕ UI
  ┕ Hints
    ┕ HintsMenu
      ┕ CanvasHints
        ┕ TOREMOVE_Counter
          ┕ Text
          ┕ Image
            ┕ HandleBase

Text has a default value of 999, and the Image is linked to the asset HintKey.

Unused Graphics#

Chapter 3#

Game&Watch2.png
Picture of Game&Watch console (with the CHEF game), which was used either as a placeholder or as a reference for an in-game version of that console called Watch&Play.

===Chapter 6=== Unused set of various pencil scribbles, meant for Emmett's flashback sequence - probably as an overlay effect.

===Chapter 8=== Unused set of generic-looking assets meant for the coffin lock puzzle.

===Miscellaneous===

Floppy_save_0.png - Floppy_save_7.png
An unused save icon, taken from There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

IconMagnifyingGlassHint.png
An unused cursor, that would most likely appear on the hint screen.

HintKey.png
A key icon, related to an early hint system.

MagnifyingGlassHint.png
A magnifying glass icon, related in some way to the hints. Given, how the name is similar to another unused image called IconMagnifyingGlassHint, this might be an even earlier design for the unused hint cursor icon.

Unused set of assets related to the achievements. Currently, the game only support achievements via Steam.

Font_Texture.png
Unused atlas of the "A Big 'Ol Loveable Bug" font - a font, which was previously used in There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension.

Tuto_Pad_Capture_000000_0.png - Tuto_Pad_Capture_000189_0.png
An image sequence of what appears to be an unused interaction tutorial with Sherlock Holmes and a generic cube being the main cast of it.
(All 190 pngs have been converted to a following video, to showcase the full result. Check The Spriters Resource to see each frame individually.)


Texture2D.png
An info card with logos of FMod (that the game uses) and CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée). It also contains a french text, that translates to "This game is a demo, blah blah"


tx_Cover.png
Possibly a temporary title screen used for the game's Gamescom presentation demo.

Unused Models#

Chapter 1#

"Meta Mystery"#

An unused model of the game's logo with its project name. As confirmed by one of the developers, the project was originally called "Meta Mysteries: Crushed In Time", however they ultimately dropped the "Meta Mysteries" from it.
Given its texture name, it seems like this model was originally in place of the game's logo, that we can topple on the Country Road and make it fall to the ground.

===Chapter 3===

Hidden Game&Watch#

In the room, present when playing the "Watch&Play" minigame, there is an unused object, hidden behind the view, called TOREMOVE_Game&Watch. This is a simple plain surface, with a texture Game&Watch2 and two cylinders sticking out of it, acting as the console buttons. Given the object name, this was meant to be removed from the final game.

===Chapter 4===

Tree hole#

In the room, immidating the manor's exterior, the tree has an unused model of a "cork"-like object, that's in its hole. This means, that originally the player most likely had to remove it, as part of solving the puzzle in this room.

===Chapter 7===

Bathroom Floor#

The maze minigame (during the Temporal Chaos) contains an unused bathroom-themed floor placed underneath it.


It uses a texture be_ChaosTemporel_Game1_Ground_diffuse, which - although looks like a copy of a texture be_ManorBathroomM_diffuse (used in Chapter 2, for the bathroom in manor) - is actually a slightly modified version of that texture.

be_ChaosTemporel_Game1_Ground_diffuse (Unused floor in Chapter 7)	be_ManorBathroomM_diffuse (Used floor in Chapter 2)

Unused Videos#

Demo Leftover#

Demo_TeaserShort.webm
A video, that have been left over from the game's pre-release demo, which appeared after playing it. This is the snippet of the game's 2025 teaser with a slight addition of the fade-out at the end of it.
Watch on YouTube

==Unused Voicelines== Notes:

• "Transcription" includes a bit of used parts of the texts to give a more clear context on where the unused voicelines would appear. The unused part will be marked with the bold and underlined formatting.
  ====Chapter 1====

{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| Chap01LondonLetterDown16 |- |Sound|| |- |Transcription || Watson: "This letter... was for me?"
Sherlock: "I'm as shocked as you are. And who's this Emma, exactly?"
Watson: "I haven't the faintest idea, Sherlock."
Sherlock: "Mhm..." |- |Notes|| |- |Appears in localization file?||✓ (but every language has empty cell, just like most interjections in the game) |- |}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| Chap01CountryScaredBySheep01 |- |Sound|| (no associated audio file) |- |Transcription || --- |- |Notes|| Besides a singular entry in the localization file, the only info left from that unused voiceline is that it was "said" by Dr Watson. |- |Appears in localization file?||✓ (but only for French) |- !colspan="2" style="text-align: center"| Translations |- ! Language ! Text |- | French (français) | *Onomatopé effrayé par le mouton*
(*Onomatopoeia of being frightened by the sheep*) |}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| Chap01CountryFlashPounder05 - Chap01CountryFlashPounder07 |- |Sound|| (no associated audio files) |- |Transcription (?) || Mr. Wilhelm: "I can feel the telekinetic influence trying to pull the powder into my hand."
Watson: "May the force be with you, Mr. Wilhelm."
Sherlock: "I should really get my hands on this straitjacket..." |- |Notes||One of the conversations that appear, when the game is waiting for the player, to give the flash powder to Mr. Wilhelm. |- |Appears in localization file?||✓ |- !colspan="2" style="text-align: center"| All Translations |- ! Language ! Text |- | French (français) | -Je perçois la puissance télékinétique tenter d'attirer la poudre jusque dans ma main.
-Que la force soit avec vous, Mr Wilhelm.
-Il faut que je remette la main sur cette camisole… |- | English | -I can feel the telekinetic influence trying to pull the powder into my hand.
-May the force be with you, Mr. Wilhelm.
-I should really get my hands on this straitjacket… |- | German (deutsch) | -Ich fühle, wie der telekinetische Einfluss das Pulver in meine Hand ziehen will.
-Möge die Macht mit Ihnen sein, Mr. Wilhelm.
-Ich sollte echt einmal nach dieser Zwangsjacke schauen… |- | Spanish (español) | -Puedo sentir como una influencia telequinética intenta traer la pólvora hasta mi mano.
-Que la fuerza le acompañe, señor Wilhelm.
-Tengo que recuperar esa camisa de fuerza… |- | Brazilian (português) | -Eu sinto a influência telecinética tentando levar o pó até minha mão.
-Que a força esteja com você, Sr. Wilhelm.
-Eu deveria mesmo achar aquela camisa de força… |- | Chinese (简体中文) | -我能感觉到一种念力正在将粉末汇聚到我手中。
-愿原力与你同在，威廉先生。
-我真该穿着那件约束衣…… |- | Italian (italiano) | -Sento l'influsso telecinetico che cerca di portare la polvere nelle mie mani.
-Che la forza sia con lei, signor Wilhelm.
-Dovrei veramente procurarmi quella camicia di forza… |- | Russian (русский) | -Я чувствую, как порох притягивается в мою руку с помощью телекинеза…
-Да пребудет с вами сила, мистер Вильгельм.
-Без смирительной рубашки тут явно не обойтись. |- | Korean (한국어) | -녀석들이 염동력으로 저 파우더를 제 손으로 끌어당기려는 게 느껴집니다!
-포스가 함께하길 빌겠소, 윌헬름 씨.
-그 구속복을 진짜 다시 찾아봐야겠군… |- | Japanese (日本語) | テレキネシスで閃光粉が手の中に吸い寄せられてくるのを感じる。
-フォースが共にあらんことを。
-拘束衣の用意をしたほうがよさそうだな… |}

Chapter 4#

Chapter 7#

Chapter 8#

{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| Genesis_BackgroundFull02 |- |Sound|| |- |Transcription || Emma: "That's normal. We're missing one last ingredient." |- |Notes||Would appear, after recreating the Country Road background and then inserting either the bike or the uniform inside of it. In the final version, there's no comment until the player puts both objects into the background. |- |Appears in localization file?||✘ |- |}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| Genesis_EmmettFree34 |- |Sound|| |- |Transcription || Emma: "This place will be our cockpit!"
Watson: "What a woman!"
Sherlock: "Poppycock!" |- |Notes||"Poppycock!" as in a lighthearted "Nonsense!" (which makes sense for Sherlock's character) |- |Appears in localization file?||✘ |- |}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| Genesis_HallReady03 |- |Sound|| |- |Transcription || Watson: "I think this hall now looks close enough to ours."
Emma: "Fantastic! Let's all step inside then."
(stepping inside)
Watson: "Finally, some gravity!" |- |Notes||Most likely cut off, since when characters enter the hall, they are still levitating, so Watson's line wouldn't make any sense. |- |Appears in localization file?||✘ |- |}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| Genesis_HallReady10 |- |Sound|| |- |Transcription || Watson: "Go on now, use your TP-Tron and get us out of this strange place! We'll see what happens."
Sherlock: "I won't be held responsible for the consequences of this action." |- |Notes|| |- |Appears in localization file?||✘ |- |}

Chapter 9#

====Chapter 10====

{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| TrainPursuit_Bike00 |- |Sound|| |- |Transcription || Watson: "No no, no no!"''
|- |Notes||Would likely appear, when Dr. Watson would get forcefully thrown out of the train. |- |Appears in localization file?||✓ |- !colspan="2" style="text-align: center"| All Translations |- ! Language ! Text |- | French (français) | Non, non, non, non ! |- | English | No no, no no! |- | German (deutsch) | Nein, nein, nein, nein! |- | Spanish (español) | ¡No, no, no, no! |- | Brazilian (português) | Não, não, não, não! |- | Chinese (简体中文) | 不，不！ |- | Italian (italiano) | No no, no no! |- | Russian (русский) | Нет, нет, нет, нет! |- | Korean (한국어) | 안 돼, 안 돼, 안 돼! |- | Japanese (日本語) | うわわ、わわわ！ |}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| TrainPursuit_TrainFall01 |- |Sound|| |- |Transcription || Emma: "I got you!"
Watson and Emmett: "We're saved! We're saved!" |- |Notes|| |- |Appears in localization file?||✓ |- !colspan="2" style="text-align: center"| All Translations |- ! Language ! Text |- | French (français) | Je vous tiens ! |- | English | I got you! |- | German (deutsch) | Ich habe Sie! |- | Spanish (español) | ¡Les tengo! |- | Brazilian (português) | Te peguei! |- | Chinese (简体中文) | 我抓住你了！ |- | Italian (italiano) | L'ho presa! |- | Russian (русский) | Держу! |- | Korean (한국어) | 잡았어요! |- | Japanese (日本語) | つかまえた！ |}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| TrainPursuit_WilhelmDial03 |- |Sound|| |- |Transcription || Mr. Wilhelm: "Please, please, everyone, stay calm. We're simply about to throw this train into the void."
(assumingly after a short while...)
Mr. Wilhelm: "Good grief, please calm down!" |- |Notes|| |- |Appears in localization file?||✘ |- |}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| TrainPursuit_TrainVortex06 |- |Sound|| |- |Transcription || Sherlock: "Were you able to save our dear postman?"
Emma: "Yes, he stayed in a wagon with Mr Wilhelm."
Sherlock: "Good. My fans will still be able to write me. All that remains is to reach our destination." |- |Notes|| |- |Appears in localization file?||✘ |- |}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| TrainPursuit_TrainVortex34 |- |Sound|| |- |Transcription || Emmett: "At last!"
|- |Notes||Would appear, after Emmett would get thrown back to the country road. |- |Appears in localization file?||✓ |- !colspan="2" style="text-align: center"| All Translations |- ! Language ! Text |- | French (français) | Enfin ! |- | English | At last! |- | German (deutsch) | Endlich! |- | Spanish (español) | ¡Por fin! |- | Brazilian (português) | Finalmente! |- | Chinese (简体中文) | 终于！ |- | Italian (italiano) | Finalmente! |- | Russian (русский) | Наконец-то! |- | Korean (한국어) | 드디어! |- | Japanese (日本語) | 戻ってきた！ |}

Ending#

{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"| PostCredits_Scene18 |- |Sound|| |- |Transcription || Dev3: "Testing? Oh! You're the QA team, right?"
Prototype Sherlock and Prototype Watson: "One, two!"
Dev3: "About time! We got a new build to test out! Come on! Get to work! Test, test, and test again! |- |Notes|| |- |Appears in localization file?||✓ |- !colspan="2" style="text-align: center"| All Translations |- ! Language ! Text |- | French (français) | Allez, au boulot ! |- | English | Come on! Get to work! |- | German (deutsch) | Los jetzt! An die Arbeit! |- | Spanish (español) | ¡Venga! ¡Al trabajo! |- | Brazilian (português) | Vamos! Mãos à obra! |- | Chinese (简体中文) | 来吧！工作吧！ |- | Italian (italiano) | Forza! Al lavoro! |- | Russian (русский) | Давайте, парни, за работу! |- | Korean (한국어) | 어서! 일하라고! |- | Japanese (日本語) | そうだよ！ さっそく始めてくれ！ |}

Unused Audio#

Music#

Chap03_StreetTheme
This track is called "Baker Street" and it originates from There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension.
It's placed amongst the sounds used in London, which means that it was most likely used as a placeholder track for that place.

Other#

Old Sherlock's Voice#

Within the general sounds, there are some unused sounds of hitting Sherlock Holmes. Those do not sound like the character's final voice (though it sounds like it's the same voice actor) and they generally sound like they're low-quality voice recordings. (You can even hear a "click" sound in "SherlockHit02")

====Old Watson's Voice==== Similar case to the Sherlock's old voice, but for those, the sounds were recorded by Pascal Cammisotto (Game's writer and director) and not Daniel Francis-Berenson. (Dr. Watson's voice actor)

From the game's launch up to version v1.0.5905 (version before July 17th 2026), audio files Chap01LondonWatsonEffort could be actually heard in-game, when Watson is trying to close the window. However, as confirmed by one of the other developers, this was simply an oversight - Cammisotto recorded those sounds as a test and the developers forgot to later change it to the sounds made by Francis-Berenson.

Emmett's hit sounds#

Unused sounds of Emmett getting hit. Normally, those kind of sounds are used on characters, when the player "slaps" them. Even though we get one opportunity to do that with him (in Chapter 3, where we slap him to lean towards the flying TP-Tron), he doesn't make any sounds, so those go unused.
However, the exception is the sound VO_Emmett_Hits_03, which is specifically used in the ending, when Emmett gets thrown back to Country Road and lands on the ground.

====Wilhelm's hit sounds==== The similar case to the Emmett's hit sounds, but this time:

• There's no opportunity to "slap" Mr. Wilhelm nowhere in the game
• The exception is the sound VO_Wilhem_Hits_07, which is also used, when the character gets thrown back to the Country Road and lands on the ground.
• The name "Wilhelm" is mispelled in the file names.

===="DEADLY NUMBERS" game's clock==== Unused sounds of the clock actions seen in the "DEADLY NUMBERS" Game&Watch-esque game. Although the final version doesn't have any clock, we can see in the game's 2025 teaser that the minigame had one, which means that originally it might have been used to solve the puzzle.

Unused Text#

Miscellaneous#

Bonus Collection System#

An unused set of mysterious texts, related to an unused "bonus collecting" feature. According to the text, player would collect hidden coins in order to unlock bonuses from the main menu. Details on what those bonuses would be are unknown.

{| class="wikitable" style="min-width: 500px" |+ align="top" |ID: TXT_BonusLocked ! Language ! Text |- | French | DÉBLOQUER |- | English | UNLOCK |- | German | FREISCHALTEN |- | Spanish | DESBLOQUEAR |- | Brasilian | DESBLOQUEAR |- | Chinese | 解锁 |- | Italian | SBLOCCA |- | Korean | 잠금 해제 |- | Japanese | アンロック |- | Russian | ОТКРЫТЬ |}
{| class="wikitable" style="min-width: 500px" |+ align="top" |ID: TXT_BonusTitle ! Language ! Text |- | French | BONUS |- | English | BONUS |- | German | BONUS |- | Spanish | BONIFICACIÓN |- | Brasilian | BÔNUS |- | Chinese | 奖励 |- | Italian | BONUS |- | Korean | 보너스 |- | Japanese | ボーナス |- | Russian | БОНУС |}
{| class="wikitable" style="min-width: 500px" |+ align="top" |ID: TXT_BonusMore ! Language ! Text |- | French | D'AUTRES ARRIVENT BIENTÔT ! |- | English | MORE TO COME! |- | German | UND ES KOMMT NOCH MEHR! |- | Spanish | ¡MÁS PRÓXIMAMENTE! |- | Brasilian | MAIS EM BREVE! |- | Chinese | 敬请期待！ |- | Italian | ALTRO IN ARRIVO! |- | Korean | 추후 공개 예정! |- | Japanese | 他にもあるぞ！ |- | Russian | ДАЛЬШЕ БОЛЬШЕ! |}

====Flashing Imagery Warning====

Early Hint System#

'...But does it make sense?' The translations on this page need to be proofread. If you are fluent enough in this language, please make any corrections necessary! Notes: Presented translations are machine translated.

Two unused strings related to the hint system. According to those, hints would originally require keys that player would find, during the playthrough. More about this feature here.
Texts are present in French and have no official translations.

Demo Leftovers#

Some unused texts, that would appear in the demo version of the game. Since the full game is... well... not a demo, this obviously goes unused.

====Hit Onomatopoeias==== Unused set of onomatopoeias, meant for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, whenever they get hit. Those are present in the French column only and have no official translations.

Miscellaneous²#

'...But does it make sense?' The translations on this page need to be proofread. If you are fluent enough in this language, please make any corrections necessary! Notes: Presented translations were made with a machine translator.

In chapter 10's texts, between the voicelines TrainPursuit_Intro and TrainPursuit_CoalCartEnd (row 2412) is a developer text in French in the ID column. It's not entirely clear what it's referencing, but it could imply that originally Watson was supposed to give comments upon hitting him enough times.

On pourrait déclencher des dials sur certains points d'accroche atteint.

We could trigger dials (voicelines) on certain attained hit points.