A Murder In The Public Domain is a murder mystery game or visual novel built from public domain movies, sounds, pictures, and images.
OK, the real mystery is why I started this project in the first place. I've never considered myself a writer but at times I can be a decent story teller so I'm giving it a try. I had no idea what this project was going to turn into, I just new I wanted to use old movies and public domain objects to make it. The game follows the adventures of Dirk Caliber and Mary Livingston. At points during the game, you will be presented options of what the characters should do next. I chose Qt for this project because of Phonon. It made life much easier for managing the movies and sounds across platforms. Hope you enjoy it.
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I've released this game as open source licensed as GPLv3. I'm currently releasing in Windows XP,Vista, Windows 7, and Linux. I finally got my hands on a Mac so I'll be making a release soon. Source code, a Windows install exe, an rpm, and a deb are available for download. There are third party applications and codecs required for the different operating systems. These are described on the web page or in the instructions of the game itself.
Here are the links:
Download:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/murderpd/
Wep page:
http://murderpd.sourceforge.net/
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