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The Butler Did It! (Or did he?)

Mystery lovers looking for a dose of desktop crime solving may find what they're looking for in The Butler Did It!, a new game from Finnish indie developer Draconus Entertainment.

Called "a coffee break adventure game" by its creators, The Butler Did It! is a short third-person point & click adventure inspired by the board game Clue (or Cluedo in Europe). With random killers and clues offered each time through, virtually every experience is different from the others, which gives the game its replay value. The game's website promises sixteen different suspects, each of which can be the murderer, accomplice, or victim, in more than a million different scenarios.

The game features many familiar elements of full-scale adventures, including an inventory, dialogue trees, various interactive cursors, and a journal. It also includes different emotional approaches to interrogation, much like the recent Law & Order: Criminal Intent game. You'll need to be quick, though, as the clock is ticking on your investigation, so you'll need to identify the killer before your time runs out.

The Butler Did It! is being offered as shareware, with a 16 MB download available for free. The free version contains only the lowest difficulty level, the time limit is half the length of the full game, and the case is always the same. To unlock those other remaining 999,999-plus scenarios, you can purchase the game for $19.95 (U.S.) from the Draconus webshop.

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