Posted March 13, 2023 by Lone Spelunker
This past week was the yearly "Seven Day Roguelike" challenge, where game creators are challenged to create game in the roguelike genre in the span of a week. I've participated many years, and this year, I released a game for it called Murder Most Foul. It's free and browser-based, so you should be able to play it with just a modern, standards-compliant browser and a keyboard.
In Murder Most Foul, you take the role of a brilliant detective who is called to a spooky old mansion to investigate and solve a murder. Wander around the mansion looking for clues, talk to the suspects, find the murder weapon, and, once you have deduced the murderer, make your accusation!
The game procedurally generates a new mystery every time you play. Each mystery is a logic puzzle that is solved using a logic grid you fill out during play. Using your deductions and logical reasoning, you can turn the clues you find into a clear picture of which suspect had which weapon in which room with which motive. Then, it's just a matter of getting the coroner's report to figure out who the murderer is.
For less than a week of work, I'm pretty pleased with the results. I think it looks great and is fun to play, and who doesn't love a good logic puzzle? Hope you enjoy the game.