Murder at Hen's Roost

"So many people from different industries and professions--you’ll never get a better chance than this!"

At the suggestion of his grandfather, a world-famous retired stage magician, an aimless young man named Gatz finds himself boarding a train to attend a gala in the fictional English town of Chiffling. Onboard, he meets an overly flirtatious amateur journalist, Ilia Baker, who is on her way to write an article about the very same event.

Gatz expects the gala to be a straightforward networking opportunity, that is, unless his grandfather has something up his sleeve...

Murder at Hen's Roost is a story-focused kinetic visual novel which pays homage artistically to the Professor Layton games with additional inspiration from the BBC Poirot series.

Written initially in exactly one month, it marks my first completed story and attempt at the murder mystery/detective genre.

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Character Art by: Linkakami

Backgrounds by: Ange la Ange

See About tab in game for full credits

• Format: Linear/Kinetic Visual Novel
• Genre: Mystery/Detective
• Length: 32,000 words
• One path; one ending
• Language: English
• Content Warning: Mild suggestive themes, language, alcohol
• Limited voice acting
  

If you find any game-breaking bugs, please let me know in the comments or on Twitter and I'll do my best to patch those up ASAP!