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Featured Mystery #3 - Sunday at 11AM, Mountian Time
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Sleuth Admin
Sleuth Admin
Tale Spinner

May-20-2004 09:28

On Sunday, we'll launch our first player written Featured Mystery.

The Clutch of the Green Specter, written by your very own, Wayne Williams Jr. It is a very long mystery, in terms of the amount of reading involved. We'll have another contest. The first to solve it, without first getting a false accusation, wins a Magic Top Hat. Wayne will be inelligible to enter, of course.

Thanks to Wayne for taking the time to write this mystery. It looks really good, so I'm looking forward to seeing all of your reactions.

Please leave any questions or comments about The Clutch of The Green Specter in this thread.


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sirgarr
sirgarr

May-24-2004 00:10

(3) and (6) the "something special" refers to J---

sirgarr
sirgarr

May-24-2004 00:11

Oh one last bit of feedback --

A little too linear at some points, but maybe that's good for Intermediate level -- in the sense that it's a series of questions that unlock each other, without much branching or possible dead ends.

Wayne Williams Jr.
Wayne Williams Jr.
Well-Connected

May-24-2004 02:20

Thanks, sirgarr. Responses to:

(2)Yes, a couple of the alibis are messed up. That is my fault. I'll ask Sleuth Admin to correct that, if it is still possible.

(3) That is true. But I can't see any way around this limitation. Due to the game having a certain fixed structure, it's not easy to incorporate story elements into it, and still make perfect sense.

(6)I played a second time, and I think the gameplay flow should be correct. It's not always a direct route to get things to happen with a suspect. Sometimes, you gotta ask somebody else first before that person will open up.

The play is a little linear, but I never really wanted to plant too many red herrings to the gameplay. Because the story is already rather complex, so in fact I tried to make the gameplay easy so as not to distract from the story.


Sleuth Admin
Sleuth Admin
Tale Spinner

May-24-2004 09:50

OK, those two characters who's alibis were messed up should now be fixed.

reda
reda
Well-Connected

May-24-2004 14:33

congrats wayne on your mystery. too bad i cant subscribe i would really like to read it.

Wayne Williams Jr.
Wayne Williams Jr.
Well-Connected

May-25-2004 05:28

Thanks, reda. Maybe you could work out a way to get subscribed, or better still, contribute a featured mystery of your own to get some free subcription?

Also thanks to Sleuth Admin, Ellie, Justice, james and sirgarr for your kind comments. I really would like more feedback from other players, but I know it's kinda hard because we don't want to reveal spoilers. But I'll write something here to spark off some discussion, hopefully.

1) What did you feel about the characters and the development of certain NPCs in this story?

2) What were your thoughts as you were reading the conclusion?

3) Would you at least NOT mind seeing another featured mystery written by Wayne Williams Jr. in future?

*Any comment or critique put in a polite and sensible manner will definitely be considered. :)

sirgarr
sirgarr

May-25-2004 19:11

***Potential spoilers***

(1) Oh yeah, it was cool hearing more about the main NPC. (One thing that is interesting by the way is to think about the thing he said and why it was true -- it's a nice twist how you might interpret it.) Use of evidence with other NPCs = good too. The indirect referral by one angry NPC to another NPC was kinda confusing but good to have something -like- that, maybe just less confusing though.

(2) The first time, it was just really cool seeing things click together. The laughing transition was kinda weird, the very end of the scene was kind of abrupt. Like others said the final final piece was great. The second time I did the mystery, I was like, "Oh yeah I guess that's kind of obvious" but it certianly wasn't the first time.

(3) By all means, write another one. :)

Fat Chuck
Fat Chuck

May-25-2004 22:10

Wayne, Simply brilliant! Outstanding! Do you really have another in the works? Can't wait.

yanemoo
yanemoo

May-31-2004 20:34

sweeeeeeeet nice work

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