I have finished the game and loved it.
Big thumbs up to the developers.

I did notice something during gameplay and just wondered if anyone had any thoughts?

What are the used for?

I believe they are thrown in as red herrings. I did not use mine either.

This was undoubtedly my favorite Agatha Christie.

Ana

Lee

Hello Lee --

This was another very enjoyable Agatha Christie adventure! I thought the Finger of Suspicion feature was clever. Just curious -- was there a particular inspiration for that particular feature?

Thank you Lee! That is interesting to know I had alternatives. I would never have figured that out.

Ana

Hi Becky,

Thank you! Recognizing that our audience consists of many players not used to adventure games, and who still wanted to play an Agatha Christie game, I began by trying to give players hints to puzzles in several different ways:

1. Hints buried in the dialogue and actions of characters for those who play the game as a story. (My way!)

2. Hints in the Notebook for those who like to play the game as an adventure game.

3. A really obvious way to keep them from wandering, and er point them in the right direction...?

Once I had the finger, I then decided to make the finger's mechanism a puzzle as well, so that the players had something to solve in Poirot's office. They can still use it, of course, even if they don't know its secret.

Lee

I love the alternatives in the inventory, makes it more challenging for the more experienced adventuregame players amongst us. (though i did not find out their use either )

Hints in the noteboke were welcome, for i regulary forgot what have been said in dialogues

I very much enjoyed this game. When i had wandered around long enough without getting any further progress, it was a delight to have the opportunity to choose a way for help.

Well, that clears up another mystery.
I'll have to play around with these objects in the game.

Thanks everyone.