External Links
- Release 5 - Browser version
Z-code version optimized for Parchment play.
Or download Release 5 - Browser version and run the game in a Z-Code interpreter. - Release 5 - Illustrated Edition
Glulx version with in-game illustrations.
Or download Release 5 - Illustrated Edition and run the game in a Glulx interpreter.
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About the Story
They all stare at you expectantly, like children waiting to be told a bedtime story. And who can blame them? You are, after all, Antoine Saint Germain, the great French detective. No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions.
There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
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2 Off-Site Reviews
JayIsGames
There are secret identities and romances and sordid pasts aplenty, but the plot isn't any more outlandish than the genre demands. Death off the Cuff's main strength, though, is its efficiency. You're going to be typing on a tiny keyboard, and Christiansen accounts for this by adding plenty of shortcuts. The "focus" system, for instance, means that if you're already talking about James, you can just type "motive" instead of "talk about James' motive."
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The Guardian
This app has plenty of charm: a text-adventure murder-mystery inspired by Hercule Poirot. Well, Poirot if he didn't know what he was doing, anyway: "You must bluff your way through the traditional revelatory monologue at the end of a crime story," explains developer Simon Christiansen. "Can you make the murderer reveal him- or herself, without letting anyone know that you hadn't already solved the case?" A fun idea.
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Game Details
First Publication Date: October 1, 2010
Current Version: 5
License: Freeware
Development System: Inform 7
Forgiveness Rating: Polite
IFID: 01CF0FCD-CEF1-4EE3-B4C4-F4C2556115C3
TUID: hqjjswyesj1gjm7v
