Hi,
This is the first game I have played on my QL. For those not knowing the game plot, here is a teaser.
MANOIR DE MORTEVIELLE
It is February 1951, initial scene in the office of Jerome Lange, a private eye. You are to take his role as he receives a letter from Julia, a childhood friend, worried, who asks you to join her at the manor. Arrived at the place, you learn about Julia's death, following a pulmonary ambulant. It's the storm, you have to stay, understand the circumstances of her death, and the real reason for her call. Her letter mentions clues hidden behind `The Wall of Silence'.
ST version is coded in OSS Pascal, I wonder what compiler was used to create QL one. OSS Pascal uses overlays as the whole compiler and linker would not fit in the memory. Overlays also used in the actual QL game as it seems a specific engine handles graphics and conversation in two overlays.
Language interpreter accepts a range of vocabulary, for verbs, only first letters with a number of blanks are provided in the manual, to be discovered as part of the game itself.
List, Open, Close, Go, ... just to give a few.
Arriving to the Manor through the mountains and snow storm, it cannot be unnoticed the plot is possibly inspired by one of Hercule's Poirot cases.
The whole family welcomes you and soon after you are shown to your room, this is were the real investigation begins. To explore the house and grounds of the manor.
Discussion with family members is helped by knowing the whole list of subjects the interpreter understands, given in the manual.
Conversation is simple almost grammar free, example sentences, addressed to family members:
Julia Death
Your Occupation, or Leo Occupation.
Wall Of Silence, when asked about, reveals is the name of the surrounding mountains.
The first clue is found in the dining room when looking at `Coat of Arms' (blazon).
So far I am unable to conclude the investigation, I was once drowned in the well, as somebody cuts the rope above me, once stubbed to death in my room, and once in the cellar. There is also a time limit set to close the case of Julia's death.
I am now editing solution tips from `Lankhor.net' as the translation is not very good and needs also adjusting to correspond to QL version.
Anyone solved the whole case?
Tomas