Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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We are thrilled to announce the 14th Carol Reed Mystery: The Fall of April! The game will be released soon. Check out the Official Carol Reed Website here. View the screens here. Carol agrees to help a friend of a friend, Andrea, who has suffered a temporary drug induced memory loss.
Carol's investigation quickly leads her to the unsolved murder of Andrea's daughter 2 years ago. The murder has remained unsolved, but when connecting it to the recent events, Carol discovers close links to a Swedish Arctic balloon expedition carried out in 1915. Happy Gaming! Ana
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Fabuloso !!!!
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Wonderful I’ve been wondering when we would see a new one. Off to check it out. Thanks Ana and Mikael!
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Is it January yet??
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Thank-You Thank-You cant wait to play this one
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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And I'm all caught up and ready to go. Looks fabulous.
Those look like Gotland sheep.
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Release will be in early January. What a way to start the New Year !! Thank you, Mikael
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Thank you Mikael My order is in
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Just bought it... just received the link...great way to start off the new year!
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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This is great news, really looking forward to playing another Carol Reed game. Just purchased via the www.mdna-games.com web site and received the download link 10mins later. Thanks Mikael!
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Hello, thats great, will there be a walkthrough,
thanks for the notice of the game
kathy With the game having built-in hints, there probably won't be a great need for a walkthrough, although I suspect that there will be some kind of walkthrough available in the future; with the last game, there was a video walkthrough. Just bought the game, downloaded it, and am now ready to install!
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Just bought it and waiting for the download link. Got it and off to play.
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Wonderful, got download, burned disc and off to play!!
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Hello, thats great, will there be a walkthrough,
thanks for the notice of the game
kathy With the game having built-in hints, there probably won't be a great need for a walkthrough, although I suspect that there will be some kind of walkthrough available in the future; with the last game, there was a video walkthrough. Just bought the game, downloaded it, and am now ready to install! Mikael was a bit quicker than I thought, but yes, I will make a video walkthrough soon.
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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how do I access the in game hints? Click the notepad in inventory. Then click the text and more text with the Hint will appear.
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Sorry oldbroad, I haven't had a chance to play yet. I'm curious to see the responses!
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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I know that there are a couple of threads opened up in the hints and help forum and I know RebKean made a video walkthrough and that there is a hint system in the game. I'm not looking at any of that yet but I do want to say that I am stuck at the moment. I am starting to re-trace my steps. My reason for posting is just to ask if it is just me, or are other players finding this game a little harder than prior Carol Reed games. I have required help in some prior games but not usually this early in. Just curious. Well, for me, it's very hard to say, since I've played all of them so many times, and also started beta test them a few games back. What I mean is, it's hard to remember what I was thinking the very first time. But I usually get stuck at at least one place/puzzle in every game. I mean really stuck, not just that I have to think really hard. I do think that there is a great variation in the games. Some things are easier than others, and that's probably because we are all different people. I'm sure some things I find hard, is not that hard for others. Well, that didn't really answer the question though. I would say no, but I might be wrong.
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Not any harder and not any easier, I find the game the same as always. In some ways because I have played all of Carols games, I find that I have entered Mikaels mind and somehow know what he is after if that makes any sense. One piece of advice for his games is patience and the ah ha moments when you find something that will solve something you had found much earlier in the game...I do like that.
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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I have entered Mikaels mind. Please exit, or images of that mean looking demon in your avatar will pop up in my mind before I go to sleep tonight. Thank you all for the interest in my game, and thank you Kim for the walkthrough! It has come to my attention that some have missed that there is a link to a Mac version at the end of the email with the download links, and have run the Windows version on their Macs. While it is possible to do this, it may display the fonts in a very funky manner. Savegames are compatible between the versions. As for the puzzles, it's always hard, if not impossible, to find the right level of difficulty. It certainly hasn't been my intention to make this game harder than any of the previous games. The hints in the journal might be a little more obscure than usual however. Oldbroad, if you find something more difficult or confusing that usual, don't hesitate to drop me a line. It's good for me to know, and I will also be able to push you in the right direction of course. I have had lots of emails in the last days, which I haven't had time to answer. I will answer them all, but at the moment I only have time to answer emails with direct questions or queries. While it is very stressful to release a game, it's also very rewarding, since I get lots of feedback from players all over the world (only positive this far, I'm happy to say, except from an iPad user that called me "counterproductive" for "not keeping up with the times" since "PC gaming is passé". However, that email did not burden my already overflowing mailbox for very long, since it went straight to the trash bin. So again, thank you for all the kind words and for letting me know that you're not tired of Carol yet. Odds are that it might result in yet another summer with bizarre and even dubious travel destinations for me and my wife to document Carol's adventure from last year, which she's already outlined for me. Maybe it should be optimized for tablets, with a PC version without inventory, with keyboard navigation only, and only save on exit?
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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I am not complaining Mikael! I'll become un-stuck either on my own eventually, or I may take a peek in the journal. I find your games a good level of difficulty. I think we are all hoping for another game, or two, or three... I like inventory, mouse, and manual saving, so I do hope that last sentence of yours is just part of your wonderful sense of humor!
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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" So again, thank you for all the kind words and for letting me know that you're not tired of Carol yet. Odds are that it might result in yet another summer with bizarre and even dubious travel destinations for me and my wife to document Carol's adventure from last year, which she's already outlined for me. Maybe it should be optimized for tablets, with a PC version without inventory, with keyboard navigation only, and only save on exit? :)" We are definitely NOT tired of Carol and her adventures - and please, please keep on providing them. [Without, of course, those changes you teasingly mention ]
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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I've been enjoying your games Mikael, just the way they are! And as to the tablet person he or she can get one that has a keyboard cover as you games run beautifully on my Surface Pro 3. :-)
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Bigge? Yes, I know what you mean. But which Carol Reed game have we seen him in before? His face seems familiar.
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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I have completed 'The Fall of April' too, thanks a lot, Mikael! As for the puzzles, it's always hard, if not impossible, to find the right level of difficulty. It certainly hasn't been my intention to make this game harder than any of the previous games. The hints in the journal might be a little more obscure than usual however. Oldbroad, if you find something more difficult or confusing that usual, don't hesitate to drop me a line. It's good for me to know, and I will also be able to push you in the right direction of course.
Well, I think that Carol games became much more easier after the introduction of first hints and then the ability to press space bar to see the active spots But I have to confess that's probably the first time (at least with the recent games having those two options) that I was stuck and had to watch Kim's video walkthrough (thanks, Kim!) once. I am very bad with the colors, you know, and I could not solve that Horseback Riding Trail stones' puzzle by myself. That was that only 'hard' puzzle for me (or at least the one where the hints could be more specific). So again, thank you for all the kind words and for letting me know that you're not tired of Carol yet. Odds are that it might result in yet another summer with bizarre and even dubious travel destinations for me and my wife to document Carol's adventure from last year, which she's already outlined for me. Maybe it should be optimized for tablets, with a PC version without inventory, with keyboard navigation only, and only save on exit? NO! 'Carol Reed' games is the one stable thing in our crazy ever-changing world, you know It is SO nice to be sure that the next New Year there will be another Carol's adventure, oh! So we are certainly not tired! But that is thanks to your great talent. The pictures get more and more beautiful with each game! And the best thing yet is that you never repeat yourself! That's totally marvelous. I only have one question: Bigge? You will all know what I mean when you get there! Yeah, that's probably the only dissapointment. No real Bigge this time?
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Not any harder and not any easier, I find the game the same as always. In some ways because I have played all of Carols games, I find that I have entered Mikaels mind and somehow know what he is after if that makes any sense. One piece of advice for his games is patience and the ah ha moments when you find something that will solve something you had found much earlier in the game...I do like that. Hm. "Not any harder and not any easier". I have begun to replay the Carol Reed series. Remedy went alright but Hope Springs Eternal is HARD!! I believe the games have gotten easier.
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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I have begun to replay the Carol Reed series. Remedy went alright but Hope Springs Eternal is HARD!! I believe the games have gotten easier. What do you find so hard about it?
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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East Side Story was a very special game for me. It was the first game in which I used a high tech camera, and the game for which I started to use the game engine that I still use. It was also when I discovered my fetish for abandoned buildings. And long may that fetish continue !! I love your games - and welcome whatever fetishes they might contain
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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I just got the new carol reed mystery fall of april a nd I cant figure out how to get the digital download so how do I do this? thanks Dianne After you have paid for the game through PayPal, Mikael will send you an email that provides a link to the download. He says to allow 12 hours to receive the email, but I have always heard back from him much sooner than that.
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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dianne, you stated you just got the game did you buy it already?
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Re: Announcing Carol Reed Mysteries - The Fall of April
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Must admit there are a lot of places I manage to loose myself...Just put me in a vacant building .🤣
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