Do y’all think Mr Sherlock “I get all my tea from the various newspapers provided to me by my semi-adopted Street Children” Holmes would ever, in a modern setting, suddenly just say something like, “Watson, do you know how the recent ‘Tumblr Sexyman Contest’ is connected by the public to the passage of the late Queen of England? Quite the example of today’s online culture, I’d say. Very peculiar and interesting. Come, if you would let me explain to you—”
last night at english class i was talking to this girl about the voices in my head and how some of them have names (bc yk, why not let her think you’re crazy am i right) and i mentioned i had this voice named James and he was British and she promptly answered “James? is his last name Moriarty?” and idk man i think i may marry her
“He was charming. He was the only actor who played Sherlock Holmes who took the trouble to get in touch with me and to come and see me.
All along, he would ring me up and ask my opinion. Jeremy was trying to do his very best to be faithful to my father’s stories.” (Dame Jean Conan Doyle)
Explore a seaside town in the 1920s and solve cosy mysteries as the (retired) Great Detective in this point and click adventure!
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The game will be available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
🌸 Features!
Visit and explore a seaside town It's the day of the village fete, a suspicious new neighbour has taken a lease on a long-abandoned cottage and something strange is happening down on the beach...
Interrogate and befriend a cast of eccentric characters
Make deductions and decisions. Puzzles often have multiple solutions, some of which may please your neighbours more than others. What path will you choose? Who will you enlist to help you?
Shape one of the most beloved literary partnerships of all time by choosing the form which the relationship between Holmes and Watson will take: are they dear friends, platonic partners, found family or a romantic couple?
Phone for help of you get stuck! Your older brother Mycroft is always ready to act as your consultant, just give him a call at his club if you need a hint.
The lovely cover artwork is by @gooolabatooo
Music by @sandygarnelle
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Room Full of Clues" by Scott Gustafson (oil on panel, 2022), with 28 hidden references to cases or details in ACD canon
Sherlock enjoys scrapbooking and includes information about his favourite cases
Watson keeps his stethescope curled up on top of his head, held in place by his hat
Sherlock and Watson host a reverse murder mystery dinner, where instead of pretending to kill someone, they reveal a lady who the police thought actually had been murdered
Sherlock thinks that the UK and the USA will eventually be reunited and form a huge, single country. Still a better idea than Brexit
Sherlock believes that people with big heads are smart. Possibly true... I have a small head and I'm thick as pigshit
“He seized my hand in the darkness and led me swiftly past banks of shrubs which brushed against our faces. Holmes had remarkable powers, carefully cultivated, of seeing in the dark. Still holding my hand in one of his, he opened a door, and I was vaguely conscious that we had entered a large room in which a cigar had been smoked not long before.”
Watson for the love of fuck, you can’t just say things like this! I was not ready! I was not prepared!!!
“I felt Holmes’s hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake, as if to say that the situation was within his powers, and that he was easy in his mind.”
DO YOU WANT ME TO PERISH GOOD SIR
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT
Like, what do you MEAN this is canon! What do you MEAN!!!