A 19th century magician known as The Conjurer stops performing after a streak
of bad luck following a series of stage accidents. He acquires a medieval
castle and sends invitations for his retirement party to his most prominent
colleagues, where a competition is proposed between the attendees. The prize
is the coveted Hall of Secrets containing all the tricks and illusions
accumulated from his career.

The Conjurer is a hidden object game with adventure elements, using magic
tricks as the main theme. The game is divided in chapters, each dedicated to
the performance of one of the party guests. Most of the time, the objective is
to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on
locations representing the rooms from the castle. A crystal ball shows the
silhouette of the objects, and can be activated to highlight the exact
position of one of the list entries.

After collecting all the required items, the player returns to the magician
stage to put a series of props back to their original places and start the
illusionist’s performance. When the show is finished, a riddle appears at the
bottom tray about some part of the scenery or a specific object. Solving it
completes the chapter. A journal can be accessed at any time, with entries
automatically updated about any plot development, and detailed schematics of
each trick used on the performances. Puzzles appear between each chapter, on
separate screens where a mechanism has to be manipulated directly to solve a
puzzle.

The Conjurer