Unravel a tangled detective story with Inspector Hale and Detective Crane investigating a vanished professor. Follow the trail of clues through mysterious circumstances and hidden connections. The relaxing puzzle mechanics unfold a gripping narrative. Solve the case of the missing professor.
Detective story fans, clue-connecting enthusiasts, mystery puzzle lovers, and narrative game players.
First things first — check your Investigation log. It keeps a record of your entire adventure. You can open it anytime by clicking the book icon at the top of the screen. At the top of the screen, a new clue will appear each turn. Move it left or right using your mouse or finger. When you release it, the clue will fall down. Try to make it collide with another of the same kind. When two identical clues meet, they combine into a new one.
Connect peripheral clues first - minor evidence often illuminates major revelations.
Detective story games trace their interactive lineage to text adventure games like Zork (1977) and the mystery genre itself to Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) — considered the first modern detective story. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes was partly inspired by Joseph Bell, a real Edinburgh surgeon famous for deducing patient histories from observation alone.
