Casebook episode 0 - the free game

Anyone played this game? - is there a walkthrough somewhere?
I started the game after supper and I'm already lost.

RAL, if you press "I", it seems that you will get the hot spots in the game.

Maybe that can be of help.

Chief

Thanks Chief I'll try that.

RAL

Thanks, Chief!

The "I" key is of a great help.
I still haven't found the hairbrush.
Nor the container with the ashes.
When will I know if I've found all the food in the basement?
I hope the note book will let me know.
EDIT - found the hairbrush
Still, after many hours of looking, I can't find Marcus's urn.

RAL

I have not played this game but if it follows 1 and 2's way - the question on the journal will be answered and maybe even removed.

Hi RAL -- I found the urn

Thanks, Becky.

Thanks Becky
I found the urn and got the bone.
Now I have another problem. I found a candelabra at the same time. I have to dust it for fingerprints. I've dusted every part of it and the blue bar at the bottom of the screen stops advancing. What can I do to make it advance to the end (it's almost at the end) so that I can get the fingerprint.
Okay I got a partial fingerprint.
EDIT - another question - how/when will I know if I've found all the food in the basement?

Thanks RAL

Hi RAL -- for fingerprints, I just keep dusting and dusting. LOL! It's almost as though persistence wins out. Dusting over the area that's already been dusted can help for some reason.

I think there's an entry in the Casebook that gets crossed out once you've found all the food. (I can't check it because, having finished the game, I have to start it all over again to get near the end.)

Haven't found much food.
Chutney, bread, ham, pickles and a salt grinder.
Note book says - there seems to be a lot of food downhere.

The food is a clue to figure out what's been going on, so it makes sense that you'd need to find it all. I didn't keep track of all the food I found, so I don't remember exactly how much there was, so I don't know what you might be missing.

To find everything, I think you need to search with the camera from every possible position in the room -- hotspots found after one or two steps into the room don't seem to be "hot" after four or five steps into the room, if that makes sense.

Hi Becky

Not sure I know what you mean by hotspots.
Is that when the camera gives you that box which allows you to take a picture?

Yes, that's what I meant.

OK I scanned the whole basement - looked at all containers, used the I key and can't get the camera to open up so that I get a square box to allow me to take a photo or many photos.
Maybe I should start the game over again and try and get all the food at the start of playing.

RAL -- you mean that when you right-click the camera option doesn't work?

When I right click the camera works.But it only gives me a circle, no square. I can't take a picture if there is no square.

i have casebook 1& 2. where do i get casebook 0 from. thanks

smitty,

Check this Adventure forum thread.

is casebook 0 a demo or is it a different dase than i and 2

It's not a demo. It's a full game. A different case from 1 and 2.

Hi RAL -- I can only conclude that there's something small that you've missed while searching the basement with the camera. The only other possibility is that perhaps, in the van, you haven't linked all the photos that can be linked in the casebook? Or are there any photos in the van that you haven't yet processed via the computer?

Greatsmitty -- it's a free-standing mini-episode (not as long as the full episodes, but containing a full story and gameplay similar to the full episodes).

I need help knowing where to look for the food.

Let's wait for Becky or someone that had played the game.

Hi RAL -- I'm sorry, I don't know how to figure out what you've missed, short of replaying the game myself and taking notes! I can't go back in and look at things because of the autosave feature, now that I've finished the game. At least, I don't think I can. I'll check it.

EDIT: Yes, I can't go back to my previous game, so I'm having to start over. From scratch.

EDIT AGAIN: I've replayed to the point where the line in the casebook that says "Find the food" gets crossed out.

In the evidence folder everything that seems to be related to food is:



I did run into a few other things that were technically related to food -- empty bottles, a decanter, a coffee urn, and a wine rack, but the game didn't place them in the evidence folder, so I don't think they're important.

Thanks, Becky!

Yes thanks Becky.
I now have all the food.
Have to take a rest.
RAL

Thanks for your help Becky.

Finished the case. Was fun, once I knew what I was doing.

RAL

Glad you enjoyed it, RAL.