Grimblood

Grimblood is a murder mystery game that takes place in a medieval castle
that is populated by ritual performing psychotic people. The only sane person
in the castle is the player character, Earl Maximus, and only he can unmask
the murderer that stalks the halls of the castle.

When starting out the player is shown an overview of the castle and by
clicking on its windows it’s possible to travel to a specific room. After
travelling to a location the exploration screen opens which shows a first
person view of the location. From here it’s possible to explore the castle
freely while observing its inhabitants. While exploring, the game runs in real
time and new murders are likely to occur during this time if the perpetrator
isn’t caught. Talking to people is done through the interrogation screen and
when it is open the game time pauses. It shows portraits of all the people in
the current room and clicking on any of them starts a conversation. The
conversation is controlled with the function keys and these can be used to ask
questions, make accusations and give orders.

To win the game the player has to accuse the right person of being the
murderer and this has to be done with at least one witness nearby. The
murderer will then confess but if there is no witness he will kill the player
too and escape. However if the player accuses too many innocents the people
will be fed up and might throw him out of the castle.

Grimblood