Murder in a Wheel (2007)

by Eshaktaar

Amateur investigator Lionel Ulmer arrives as one of two guests to Blackwins' mansion. Ernest Blackwin, novice writer, invited him together with parapsychologist Dr. Headley to ask them for help in writing his first novel. Cheerful chatting is suddenly interrupted by Lady Blackwin's horrifying scream, coming from second floor...

Murder in a Wheel is a point and click adventure with user interface taken straight from Lucasarts games like Indy IV. Game won Adventure Game Studio's Best Short Game 2007 award.

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• MurderInAWheel_v2.0.zip (3.70 MB)
  (Windows Executable)

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Discussion on our forums on Murder in a Wheel

• eMTe on 21.02.2009:
  Go and kick ^$$ of that hamster killer.
  
  http://curlysworldoffreeware.com/game_i ... gameid=281

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• eMTe on 16.02.2009:
  Ok, finished. As far as the game is short and not quite logical even for adventure game (#SPOILERS DELETED#) actions you must take are not always obvious. Game has very good dialogues and manages to mix flawlessly black humour with serious tone and suspense. Cute little piece of game and fun to play.

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• eMTe on 16.02.2009:
  Argh. Stupid.

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• Pater Alf on 16.02.2009:
  Of course there is fullscreen. Just use the setup...

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• eMTe on 16.02.2009:
  Fullscreen! There's no fullscreen!!

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• Drasir-Vel on 13.02.2009:
  Solving a case with the murder of a hamster. A weird situation, but still very much fun. Like any good point'n'clicker this is like reading a book. You get nice and slowly through the story. Good, reasonable and well thought through game. But not anything special.

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• Pater Alf on 08.02.2009:
  Ok, nearly one year later I tried it again...
  
  "Murder in a Wheel" is quite short and quite easy to solve. But as long as it lasts (about 30 minutes) it is well made and fun to play. Graphics remind me of the old LucasArts adventures (I think the game was made with the Maniac Mansion Mania starterpack), parts of the soundtrack are directly taken from "Day of the Tentacle".
  
  The story is interesting and logical, puzzles could have been a bit harder for my taste. The dialogues are quite funny (at least they are in german).

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• Pater Alf on 02.03.2008:
  I think I played this some time ago (probably when it was "Pick of the Month" on the AGS site) and was stuck right in the beginning. But maybe it wasn't my best day for solving adventures. Will try it again...

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• Chroelle on 02.03.2008:
  Developers description:
  
  A Locked Room Mystery
  
  Story: Roderick, Lady Blackwin's beloved Hamster, was murdered. It is up to you to solve the crime and find the killer.
  
  MiaW can be finished in half an hour if you rush through the conversations.
  
  The game is based on LucasFan's MMM Starterpack. Story & Graphics were done by me, and the midi music was borrowed from several old games.
  
  Download and info:
  http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?act ... ail&id=941
  
  AGS: Best Short Game 2007
  Pick of the Month: December 2007

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