Case 55: The Store Room

Hard, museumCase 55: The Store Room

7 people were in the building, and one of them did not come out. Everyone was on a different square, never two in one row or one column, on the 8 wide by 7 tall plan. Work out where each of them was, the victim included. Whoever was alone with the victim did it.

First time? The practice case shows you how it works, step by step.Practise first

Stand or sit onbench

Only besidecratestatuescreenshelfplantbindeskfloor lamp

Tap a face, then a square, or drag0/7

The cards

Pick a person by tapping the photo on their card, the victim too. Then tap a square to put them there, or drag the photo onto it. At this difficulty the game does not cross off rows and columns for you, unless you switch on Cross off for me. Holding a square, or switching the pencil on, makes a note. Keyboard: Enter places, Shift and Enter makes a note.

DevSelected
He was either beside a statue or the window.
He was not beside a bin, the shelves or the window.
He was south of the restorer.
Owen
He was alone with Nadia.
He was east of Lara.
Finn
He was not beside a floor lamp, a bin or the window.
Lara
She was beside a crate.
Jonah
He was in a corner of the exhibition hall.
Nadia
She was in the museum shop.
the restorer
The victim. He was alone with the murderer, in a room with nobody else in it.

Good to know

Beside: on one of the four squares directly above, below, left or right, in the same room. Diagonally does not count, and neither does through a wall. A window or door in the wall of your square is beside you.
North of someone: in a higher row, in any column. The same goes for south, east and west.
Alone: nobody else in the same room, the victim included. Alone with someone: those two, and nobody else in that room.
In a corner: on a square of that room where two of its walls meet. The end of a narrow corridor counts too.

0 of 7 placed

Place everyone first, the victim too.

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