AI Interrogation Custom Cases Guide

Custom Cases turn AI Interrogation into a personal training gym. Instead of waiting for a Daily Case rotation or replaying the six base stories, you design the crime, the suspect persona, and the evidence the brief will support. The terminal rules do not change: solo play, about 10 tries, shutdowns when too aggressive, lies when too soft, and a full confession as the win condition.

This mode arrived as a major content beat for TrueTalk AI’s Roblox experience — see custom cases update for context. Use it after you understand how to play and the confession ladder.

Why Custom Cases matter

• Drill weaknesses (timeline breaks, location chains, object traces).
• Practice closing lines without spoiling a friend’s first base clear.
• Stress-test tone bands from interrogation strategies.
• Build teaching cases for newer players using beginner tips.

Custom is not a cheat menu. A poorly designed case teaches bad habits — for example, a brief with no real evidence forces insult spam.

Design principles for useful customs

1. One clear crime statement the confession must match.
2. Three evidence beats minimum (object, place, time works well).
3. One intentional red herring so you practice ignoring bait.
4. A close window that becomes obvious after contradictions.
5. No infinite backstory that buries the facts.

Design goal	Good custom	Weak custom
Teach objects	Hammer + stain + dumpster style	Only vague “bad vibes”
Teach locations	Two stops + flight beat	One room with no path
Teach tone	Suspect shuts down if insulted early	Suspect ignores tone entirely
Teach closing	Admission requires summary	Random confession on try 1

Template A — Object contradiction case

Model this after the Marcus bar pattern:

• Weapon contact (fingerprints / handling)
• Stain explanation conflict (blood vs sauce energy)
• Clock / time mismatch
• Disposal (dumpster)

Players rehearse the exact ladder from how to get a confession without needing that specific base UI.

Template B — Location pressure case

Model this after Case 005 Warehouse Fire:

• Opening location claim
• Intermediate stop (gas station analogue)
• Crime scene presence (warehouse analogue)
• Flight (“seen running” analogue)
• Optional gear red herring you must ignore

Building Template B is the fastest way to stop fearing Warehouse Fire.

Template C — Daily simulator

Give yourself only the brief text and no personal memory of the “correct” route. Sit down cold, use the question planner, and clear it like a Daily. This removes the unfair advantage of being the author mid-interrogation.

How to play a custom you wrote

Author knowledge is a bias. Mitigate it:

• Wait a day before playing your own case.
• Or swap customs with a friend.
• Or write the brief, hide your notes, and only allow terminal answers to guide you.

During the run, obey the same phase plan as Case 004: map, pressure, close. Rank question quality with question strategies.

Difficulty dials

Use the mindset from the case difficulty tier list:

• Easier: one strong proof, patient suspect, short timeline.
• Medium: two proofs + mild tangent.
• Hard: three proofs required, aggressive shutdown risk, tempting red herring.

Turn the dial up only after you can clear medium customs inside eight tries.

Common custom-design mistakes

• Evidence that never appears in answers (unusable).
• Too many characters in the brief.
• Confession condition that is unclear.
• Red herrings stronger than real clues.
• No time or place hooks at all.

Fix weak designs by rewriting the brief, not by yelling harder in the terminal.

Pairing with other wiki tools

• Plan asks in the question planner.
• Mid-run tone calls via pressure checklist.
• Evidence order via evidence priority.
• Mode news via Updates Hub and relaunch notes.

Related pages

• Daily Cases
• All cases
• Guides Hub
• Tools Hub

Custom Cases are how good interrogators stay good after the base roster is done. Design for lessons, play with discipline, and your Daily and late-case clears will stop feeling like coin flips.