Really happy you enjoyed it laura_shrub. Thanks for your comment!

Immensely enjoyable room with the kind of puzzles I enjoy. Have to confess that I had to consult the walkthrough when I got to the logic puzzle in the secret room due to assuming that the clues were telling me where the victims left from, rather than where the criminal went to. Quickly got back on track once I found that bit out. Aside from that, really good fun!

Hey @MetalDad, ty for your feedback. Actually, this step isn't really necessary, you can complete the whole board without the last hints, but just to be sure everyone can complete, we add few hints at the end :)

Just an FYI: I didn't need to solve the 4 letter box (I mean, I did, but i did it after I already got the key). So not sure if that was on purpose or not, but the rest of the information from the stack of containers was enough to piece together the timeline.

Thanks Chik, glad you enjoyed it!

Nice one! We really enjoyed it!

It's done, thanks

@slippy25, you shouldn't pin it. When you press "space" on the letter, you can drag items from the item bar at the bottom of your screen. Check the video walkthrough, timestamp 2:22 - you can see the letter opener being dragged onto the letter while inspecting the item

https://youtu.be/D-QDG_RtnEk?t=142

Hi Captain,I also can't do anything with the letter opener as Pixlrix does. I grab the letter, 'space' it, lock it(I don't ensure the word in English cause I choose Chinese yet),then an incomplete letter on top left corner of my screen,and I select the letter opener, but do nothing to the letter! I wish i could post screenshots! Is there any wrong move i take? thxs

It was @gg.nadrewod ! We wanted to do something fun when getting to the end, after the difficult work the player had done.

The "Final Riddle" panel's movement after solving the code must have been fun to set up...

Few changes made to the room based on some feedback:

-Moved the boots to find the second colt slot more easily
-Moved the small box within the secret room closer to the edge of the table to make it easier to grab the hints inside
-Replaced roman numbers on hints to avoid confusion
-Added a written hint on last totem level
-The board will no longer come pre-filled, instead all hints will be available in 3 drawers based on the type (weapon/victim/crime)

@Pixlrix, you need to inspect the important letter by pressing space, then drag the letter opener from your inventory to the letter while in inspect view

ok the letter opener does nothing to the letters i try to open . so i cant proceed

Hey Captain Quackers ! I I'm flattered that you remember me. I have enormous respect for creators who spend countless hours creating escape rooms. Thank you so much.

Hey @golgoth.panda, now that's a name I recognise! Thanks for your support and playing our rooms!

Excellent room. Don't need to success all puzzles to get the escape key.

@ModernDayNEET Ty for your feedback :)

Apart from looking at the other letters at the last riddle because I thought the old man's name was just Jo not Old Jo, it wasn't a bad room and the board helped a lot.

Strange indeed @xtrm. I'll have a look just in case, thanks for flagging!

Ah yes...

@K8Sparrot the other point is that the first ticket goes from Chicago to a location on the map ^^ Thx for your feedback! :)

Not bad!

Ah OK on the video walkthrough you mention that the relevant place is underlined on the ticket. You can barely see the underlining in the room, even knowing I was looking for it! It makes more sense to me that the twins LEFT Otoxo, the parents LEFT Abeneer etc but I guess you are referring to where the crime took place. but now I know how you did it I'll keep going.

Very promising map, but I stopped after the victims as I can't see how you came up with the order. To me it would logically be Sheriff, Twins, Child, Old Lady as that is the order of their travel . If you can explain that to me I'll carry on...thanks.

Once the lock on the wall was opened and we got into the new room the fps for all of us were suddenly fixed. Very strange.

@xtrm This is actually a very small room. No custom models, no crazy scripts in the background, etc
However as this was tested solo only, I would recommend playing this room in singleplayer as multiple players loading the room simultaneously could be the reason you are having performance issues

I am playing this map right now with two friends and the performance of the map is really bad to the point where it's borderline unplayable without getting sick. I (i9-9900K, RTX 3060 Ti) have 22-25 fps, a friend (i7-12700K, RTX 3080) has 40 fps while the third one (i5-10400F, RTX 2070) has full 144 fps. Something is definitely wrong here :/.