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Feb-22-2004 20:32

I have a couple of questions I'd like some feedback on. Please Answer by replying to this post.

1) Is the game fun? Really fun, kind of fun, funner than going to the dentist?

2) Can you think of anything that would make the game more fun?

3) Is the game too hard? Too easy?

Thanks
-Ben

Jul-5-2005 12:57

Those are good ideas, kidgame2004. Fingerprint Analysis is a good idea! But who works with Fingerprints? *thinking hard* Hmmm . . . maybe a police officer? Yeah! A Police Station could be added, and a police officer could analyse fingerprints! And a Hospital could be added, too, and a doctor or nurse could analyse blood (for Blood Analysis). Splatters of blood are the same thing, but I like Blood Analysis more. I don't know now, but maybe someone should PM Ben (Sleuth Admin) about these ideas. They could add some more interesting witnesses and maybe make a few contacts! *reading over the ideas* I like what I'm seeing. But I still would like a Baker. Why not? After all, there is a Butcher! It adds fun to this game, anyway. Does anyone agree to these ideas?

Jul-5-2005 20:22

Yes blood analysis is a good idea too. I meant like when you hit the search crime scene button it would say something like "You found a blood splatter". The name of the skill you use is blood analysis. Now it would say what type of blood it is (A, B, AB, O) not sure what kinds there are. On the suspects page you would see their blood type.

A hospital thats a good one. Maybe you could also look up your suspects medical records. It could maybe sort of be like another research in a way. Like you could look up their medical records and see if they were sick. If they were sick and in the hospital at the time of the crime then obviously they are innocent. But if it said they werent at the hospital then they could be guilty. Or it just could be for the blood analysis.

skill- Fingerprint analysis
building- police station
witness- police officer

skill- blood analysis
building- hospital
witness- nurse/doctor


A baker would be good too. He (she) would be a non evidence one of course. We have a butcher for our meat so why not have a baker for our breads and cakes and candies? It's an idea. And yes if all 3 or more of our ideas were put into reality it might mean the small possibility of a contact. Still randomly chosen though.

Jul-5-2005 20:24

oh! I just thought of another thing. Perhaps a dentist? Maybe another form of evidence could be teeth. It might indicate that the person got beat up. Someone punched the dead person in the face/jaw/mouth so hard that their teeth got knocked out. You pick up the teeth and could take them to a dentists office to analyse them.

skill- Tooth analysis
building- dentist office
witness- dentist

Jul-5-2005 21:15

Kidgame, I don't know if they could differentiate (sp?) between the different blood types in the 1920's.

Jul-6-2005 10:35

kidgame2004,
Fingerprint, Blood, and Tooth Analysis? Good ideas. Ben should know more about them. We need some Mods here to question, comment, and agree/disagree with these ideas. It looks like jojo227 has some questions about Blood Analysis in the 1920's :)

Jul-7-2005 03:15

I just did a very quick internet search and it seems the main blood groups had been discovered by 1902. I think the question is more, when did the police start testing blood at crime scenes to provide forensic evidence? Although I like the idea of us Sleuths being one step ahead of the police at all times ;-)

You've got some good ideas, Kidgame - maybe they can be incorporated into future versions of the game.

Jul-7-2005 06:34

More to the point is... when was blood type being used in people's medical files? I doubt very much recording bloodtype in medical files happened over night and doubt even more that suspects are going to let you prick their finger for you to test it. :)
There are a dozen evidence types that might be included but how far should it be taken? Too far and the game will be excessively complex, requiring that much more time to solve cases. I think it's pretty good as is. Just replace that pickpocketing with something more useful, eh!

Jul-7-2005 09:28

1. the game is fun; funner than playing solitaire :D

2. play with other detectives even if your not subscribed.

3. imo the game difficulty is just fine

Jul-7-2005 12:23

*Reviewing kidgame2004's ideas*

- FINGERPRINT ANALYSIS
Police Station
Police Officer

- BLOOD ANALYSIS
Hospital
Doctor/Nurse

- TOOTH ANALYSIS
Dental Building
Dentist

I like these ideas! I would love to see them appear on Sleuth. I think that these could be used sometime in the future . . . why not?

Jul-8-2005 05:38

kidgame, colonel shanty, do you not think that introducing all these new things just complicates the game. All the other pieces of physical evidence only have two possibilities. Each of these have a variety of possibilities, which would make the game considerably more difficult, dont you think? I'm not sure if these posts really belong in this thread either?