Murder in a Wheel - A Locked Room Mystery

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Funny, I thought the intro was perfect for the game. Neither did I mind the LEC GUI - with all those LEC influences, any other GUI would feel out of place.

[Afflict]

Brilliant, very well done. Easily in my top 5

Well Done.

[zabnat]

This was an excellent game. Really liked it. A lot

Did you draw the sprite of mr. Blackwin first? Somehow the fact it had less colors than other sprites bothered me thoughout the game
And:

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First I didn't like it when hypnotism came in to play, seemed a bit stupid and I thought "hey you can't hypnotize anybody to something he/she doesn't want to do." But then when I though about it more, he could have suggested her to do his bidding in a way she wanted to do, like protect the hamster or something. So it was okay then.

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[Monsieur OUXX]

The game was very good.

the graphics are smooth, the story is good, the puzzles have a correct difficulty, there are no pixel-hunt, etc.

Perfect from beginning to end!

I just had an hesitation in the final puzzle :

[EDIT] OK, here si my spoiler

* WARNING! WORST SPOILER EVER! IF YOU READ IT YOU'LL KNOW THE WHOLE GAME! *

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Before doing the last puzzle (the one where you answer the questions), there is no real evidence that the doctor is actually involved : the wife could have done that on her own : she wants to take the money AND get rid of the cat AND not to be accused, so she kills a hamster on her own, swaps the hamsters, and then lets evidence so that the doctor is accused... Or did I miss something?

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[The Last To Know]

Try "hide" instead of "spoiler".

[Traveler]

Good game, thanks for it!

[aussie]

Awesome. I loved it. This is the first adventure game I've cared to finish and post about for a long long time. It is thanks to people like you that adventure games are still alive.

[Eshaktaar]

Thank you all for your comments. They're much appreciated and give me some food for thought for my next project.

* LEC gui, if it has no meaningful use in game. Push? Pull? Give? Pick up? Use? Lots of verbs, but they aren't used much actually. Simple look-interact-talk could do the whole thing. I don't remember pushing or pulling anything, neither closing, and the complicated verb gui was there more to confuse me than make anything more interesting or complex

Although I prefer the LEC GUI to the Sierra one, I agree the puzzles in this game would've worked with a simpler GUI, too.

Characters look too real for this cartoony style and their animations feel really rushed and low on frames. Atleast main character could have a bit more fluid and cartoony animation.

That's mostly because I had to make all the character sprites and their animations within a very short time. Deadlines are fun!

Did you draw the sprite of mr. Blackwin first? Somehow the fact it had less colors than other sprites bothered me thoughout the game

That's right, well observed! I made his standing pose long before everyone else, and when I came back to animate him, I didn't add any more colors.

* WARNING! WORST SPOILER EVER! IF YOU READ IT YOU'LL KNOW THE WHOLE GAME! *

Spoiler

Before doing the last puzzle (the one where you answer the questions), there is no real evidence that the doctor is actually involved : the wife could have done that on her own : she wants to take the money AND get rid of the cat AND not to be accused, so she kills a hamster on her own, swaps the hamsters, and then lets evidence so that the doctor is accused... Or did I miss something?

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If she had done the murder on her own, Dr. Hadley wouldn't have come up with a lie as to why there is dried blood on his hanky (nosebleed). He simply would have said he didn't know where the blood had come from. At least, that's how I'd explain it.

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[Stupot]

Just played this little gem.
I'd say it was a little too dialogue heavy, but thankfully it was good dialogue so I'm willing to forgive.
And the mystery itself was so tight and well-planned just like a good Jonathan Creek or Poirot.

[Eshaktaar]

For those interested in how I made the backgrounds of this game, I uploaded the photoshop file of the bedroom with all the layers intact: http://www.mediafire.com/?43tzmylyjjm

I drew all the backgrounds at double their final resolution, but to make the upload not too big, I scaled it down to the game's resolution.

Maybe this is of help for some.

[Afflict]

Appreciated! Thank you, downloading to check it out. I am not to confident in background creation yet

[CosmoQueen]

Very fun little game! I await your next project!

[Frodo]

Wonderful game.   

The backgrounds kinda remind me of Day Of The Tentacle.  There was a lot of humour, that really made me laugh.  I found the questions at the end a bit tricky though, but apart from that, I really enjoyed it.   

I look forward to playing more games from you.   

[Peter Bear]

nice game, really. Wonderfull backgrounds, really. The human sprites weren't my favorite part, your characters were not very cute, but okay. The objets and the cat are amazing.

The music fitted well too.

Keep the good job done. Prima Arbeit

[Minimi]

I was laughing my ass off by the dialogue really really really really really.... sure? hahahahaha!!!

[MonkeySpank]

great game!

I loved the puzzles and the dialogues.. made a boring evening very interesting last night

[SuperDre]

Also just finished it, and must say it's a great game.. looking forward to any new game you're making..

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One thing I think wasn't exactly right was the end with all the questions, it was too much guessing, especially since he says to get back later when you got more proof (or something like that) but you can't get any more proof without just 'guessing'

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[Fyntax]

Very cool game!

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I agree with that the end posed abit to many "aha" momnents, as you should have been able to figure these things out in game (maybe I missed something)

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[kaamos]

I just finnished it. Very good job! I enjoyed it very much. Oh.. and hello everybody.

[Cyrus]

Is the whole game kind of a reference to Maniac Mansion? Looks very similar.