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h2. History

History

Whodunit?

was

the

first

mystery

adventure

game

for

The

Major

BBS

.

It

was

written

using

the

Scott

Brinker

and

Richard

Skurnick

developed

engine

previously

used

for

Kyrandia

and

Alchemy

II

.

For

a

time,

Moonshae

Telecomm

gave

a

free

copy

of

Whodunit?

to

customers

spending

over

$500.00.

After

the

Galacticomm

acquisition,

Whodunit?

was

no

longer

sold.

However,

the

main

developer

and

author,

Jeffrey

Kobal

,

released

a

sequel

under

his

new

TPD

Psycho

Software

entitled

Mystery

.

This

game's

source

code

has

remained

elusive.

We

have

contacted

the

author,

but

he

has

yet

to

find

it.

We

hope

that

it

is

not

lost

forever.

For

a

brief

time,

this

module

was

offered

free

with

the

purchase

of

other

products

in

the

Moonshae

Telecomm

catalog.

Game

Information

Whodunit?

is

an

interactive,

multi-user,

text

adventure

game

complete

with

murder

and

mayhem,

suspects

and

clues,

and

bad

humor.

Players

look

for

incriminating

evidence,

interrogate

game

characters,

and

try

to

solve

the

murder

mystery

like

private

detectives.

A

configurable

multi-user

murder

mystery

game

that

lets

users

play

detective,

piece

together

clues,

explore

the

scene

of

the

crime,

and

question

witnesses.

h2. Gameplay Gameplay within

Gameplay

Gameplay within Whodunit?

is

fairly

typical

of

text

"adventure"

games

(now

more

commonly

called

interactive

fiction

games)

like

Zork,

Colossal

Cave,

etc;

and

MUD

games,

like

Dungeon,

Rogue,

etc.

Players

issue

simple

verb-noun

command

pairs,

such

as

"north",

"get

object",

"mix

object1

object2",

etc.

Players

can

interact

with

other

players

in

the

game,

as

well.