Wow the graphics are amazing, just what i like in old adventure games plus this font :), you really did awesome job, wish you could make full lenght game, it really has the spirit of best oldschool adventure games :) now i go continue to investigate who killed Roderick may he R.I.P.

Okay, I did finish the game now, and except for the damn laundry chute puzzle I managed it without a walkthrough.
It was fun, overall, except for this one puzzle, so I recommend it. :)

The graphics are great to look at on screenshots, and still very nice in-game, yet character animations look quite stiff.

The dialogue is entertaining and quite funny.

The puzzles start out easy, but turn frustrating.
There was this piece of cloth stuck in the laundry chute that I figured I need to get out, because why would it be mentioned otherwise? I have like four items in my inventory that would be logical to use for this job, yet the protagonist refuses even a proper explanation why he won't use any of them. Since he also spouts out the same unhelpful lines over again I got quite fed up and quit the game. A shame, really.

All the music seems to be ripped from LucasArts classics. I recognized Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and a MIDI version of a Grim Fandango tune.
While these are unquestionably great compositions, they take your thoughts back to these great classics, which detracts from the originality of this title.
The graphics are very inspired by the style of DoTT, but stand on their own.

If you can live with the occasional frustrating puzzle and a protagonists that spouts the same unhelpful phrases over and over again like a robot, you might find "Murder in a Wheel" to be a quite enjoyable adventure.

This was an amazing game. I had no idea who it was until they told me! In this game EVERYBODY has a reason to kill the hamster. Who you think did it changes almost every minute in this short, but fantastic mystery game

Hello, my name is Joel, from the french AGS forum.
I want to translate your game in french.
If you agree, send me an email to this address:

kaldaya@hotmail.fr

and I contact you. Thank you. :)

Mhhh... I have to disagree a bit with the other reviewers.
The story is convoluted (which isn't bad by itself, since this is a whodunnit game); the thing that I didn't like were the puzzles: many of them seem to be placed there (or be designed in a certain way) only to make the game last longer.
This reduces the enjoyment of playing it in my opinion (but mind you, I'm quite bad at puzzle solving).

Forgot to mention the dialogs - very nice :) And about the sounds - the violin was extremely funny :D

Forgot to mention the dialogs - very nice :) And about the sounds - the violin was extremely funny :D

Very, very good, but not excellent. Animation, backgrounds, sound and plot - really good BUT characters need more depth, game is really short...Okay, I know it is a short game, but it took me about 30-40 minutes (WITHOUT walkthrough) to finish it :( It was really entertaining, but short...There were a couple of puzzles, that didn't make sense (for example the pulling of the bloody handkerchief out of the laundry tunnel...Why? :) Good that the string could be used anyware else ;)). It would have been nice if there were a few more rooms to explore and to solve puzzles in them (a creepy, dusty, dark attic would do the trick :P), cause 1.when you see the mansion from the outside, it is obvious it has more than 1st and 2nd floor, and more than 4 rooms (without the 2 corridors).

But the whole impression (despite these small thingies ;)) is good. But since it is so short and the puzzles are really easy, this game won't be interesting after the 4th or 5th replay...You should try it though. Especially for beginners in the adventure genre, it is a very good tutorial to get familiar with the point'n'click concept.

Great game,
Superb immersion, even if i think its not very hard to get through the game keeps you focused on it.
Very good graphics also and good dialog.

Thanks for that little AGS jewel...