Secret of the Black Walrus by spaceflounder
This choice-based piece is a Victorian-set detective hunt, where you play a female detective. The writing is strong, the mystery intriguing, and as I played I felt thoroughly engaged in the investigation. There are some things that could be smoother. Eg when you are asking lots of questions it might be nicer if questions where you won’t get any new information weren’t presented again as choices after you have asked them. But it was remarkably good fun. Recommended to any fans of mysteries, detective hunts, Victoriana and Sherlock Holmes. And nice to have a female protagonist! Oh and I adored the cab mechanism.
I spotted a few small typos/errors. Here are the details for the author:
Summary
1/ In about: Are you a clever enough to discover … - remove a? Or add detective? This is also in the Spring Thing website game blurb.
2/ When you wait to see Aldi the only choice option is “Investigate trunk” but no trunk has been mentioned in the room description
3/ “I sensed he was about say something especially vile when I heard the blast of a revolver. It seemed loud enough to nearly shake my box to splinters.” - should have word “to” before “say”
4/ Not a bug as such, but would be great if the cab box responds to things like “221B Baker Street” (or Baker Street), Buckingham Palace, etc. Might be nice addition for any rerelease.