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New feature - ask a question

New feature - ask a question - online unsolved cold cases game

2025-02-04
A new feature was just added to the interface - ask Game Master a question. The title pretty much explains what the feature is - if you are lost in a case, you can ask Game Master a question regarding some detail of the case file. Of course not every...


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The Halloween Murder Mystery

The Halloween Murder Mystery - online detective cold case game

2025-01-04
New case was just added to the game, The Halloween Murder Mystery - unconscious passengers aboard a yacht, a foggy night and the mystery to solved. Who killed the only victim? Was it a murder? Or is the ghost to blame? Take a dive into this case and ...


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Thank you for a great year!

Thank you for a great year! - online detective unsolved crime game

2024-12-31
The 2024 was, so far, the best in the history of The Lone Detective - year to year the number of users went up by 33%, user activity by almost 50% and the number of bad guys who were put in jail by you went up 160%! At the same time, the number of us...


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Brand new short case, this time in Belgium

Brand new short case, this time in Belgium - online detective game

2024-11-25
A brand new short case is available right now - The Fleeting Fortune. A young man, who just turned 18, became a millionaire after he inherited the family fortune. Unfortunately, his happiness was short-lived and just two days later he ended up dead. ...


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The magical number 787

The magical number 787 - online crime mystery game

2024-09-02
Would you say there is something interesting in a number 787? No, me neither. At least until last week. The July last year was pretty active on The Lone Detective, exactly 787 users took active part in the game, which was a nice touch. It was the hig...


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Interface upgrade complete

Interface upgrade complete - online detective game

2024-01-27
The last elements of the new version of interface were activated today: - the short cases gained elements that are slightly animated, to break the monotony of the casefiles, - each case you solve you can rate between 1 and 5 on the solution page, ...


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New short case

New short case - online CSI game

2024-01-21
A brand new short case is available now - Hollywood Seven, inspired by a 1976 song by the late and great Jon English. Written by Gloria Sklerov and Harry Lloyd, it tells a story of a young woman, who arrives in Hollywood, dreaming of becoming a movie...


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This really is disheartening

This really is disheartening - online crime mystery game

2024-01-20
This really is disheartening - some user sent his (or hers) first solution in the game, he (or she) put some effort into it, the solution was well written, it was 100% correct and... moments later, the account was shut down due to a simple fact that ...


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Rewards system implemented

Rewards system implemented - online unsolved cold cases game

2024-01-11
The second part of the major changes in The Lone Detective structure are now in use - the rewards system that will award the active users even if they are not the donors. As you might have noticed, the first premium case was made available a few d...


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First premium case

First premium case - online csi inspired game

2024-01-07
Slightly overdue (about 6 months), but finally, we managed to prepare the first of the premium cases to say thank you to our users, who made donations last year. This first case is quite interesting, set in the late 19th century on the coast of Afric...


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New year, new interface, new structure

New year, new interface, new structure - online detective game

2024-01-04
As you might have spotted, we have prepared an upgrade to the game and the interface - the main aim was to make it more accessible and easier to understand. One of the main changes allows users to put an e-mail address as login, which previously w...


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Well, that was some year

Well, that was some year - online CSI game

2023-09-02
August 2022 was not a great moment in the history of The Lone Detective game - we were still working on the game formula, there were 2 cases available and in the whole month only 2 users gave them a try, far less than in previous months. By the way, ...


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