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Detective Case and Clown Bot nose in on Murder in the Hotel Lisbon later this year

There's been a suicide in the Hotel Lisbon! Except, just how could anyone manage to stab themselves 14 times in the back? While quietly drinking coffee?

New Portuguese developer Nerd Monkeys is hoping you'll want to find out in the company of Detective Case (the world's worst detective) and Clown Bot (his sidekick, part-time joke machine and aspiring clown, whose dreams are more than a little hampered by a fear of children). Giving the secret away just a little in the title, Murder in the Hotel Lisbon is a point-and-click comedy adventure that will be released later this year for Windows, Mac and Linux (with the possibility of a release for "clever bricks and flat computers" down the line).

Case and Bot are an odd couple: Case is a tough, hard-drinking cop with all the usual personal issues, while Bot is charming and smart enough to realise he's inside a game. You'll need both to gather clues, interview suspects and quiz them on your findings, but Case and Bot each have their own unique interview style, so you'll need to decide whether to employ Bot's charm or Case's roughness. As well as the main storyline, the game will include optional side quests. 

Promising passion, humour, mystery, horror and drama – though, we suspect, with a heavier emphasis on humour – Murder in the Hotel Lisbon will have a distinctly retro look and play-style, being "inspired by the classic point-and-click adventures from the '80s and '90s". The pixel art cartoon graphics have been designed to match the resolution of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, though thankfully without that system's limited palette. Staying faithful to its '80s inspiration and cartoon feel, the game will feature written speech bubbles rather than spoken voices. It will, however, feature a live soundtrack with two guest bands.

To learn more about Detective Case and Clown Bot while waiting for the digital download-only release before the end of the year, you can visit the game's official website or follow the two-man development team on Facebook.

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