Online detective game blog
Meet Bob. Or Mark. Or Steve.
2023-03-17
We do not know much about him, we are not really sure what his name is, but The Lone Detective just gained an informer that you can use in all of the available cases.
How does it work? When you are stuck and have no idea what to do, you can visit his page and make use of one of the 3 levels of help. He can either give you a basic observation to help you start with the case, give you a lead that should point your investigation into the right direction or give you a detail that you might have overlooked before.
Actually we do know one thing about Bob. Dave? Paul? Whatever his name is, there is one thing we do know about the informer - he is kind of greedy. It will cost you a Premium Token or few Premium Tokens to get his clues. Where can you find a Premium Token? Well, actually you cannot find it, you cannot really buy it either, but you can gain them by making a donation to The Lone Detective. We give away the Premium Tokens to users, who made he donations.
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Notebook quick fix
2026-07-07
The in-game notebook had a flaw, which in some circumstances was causing the text to be strapped off the end of the line marks, so organized notes were turning into a long string of text.
The notebook was reworked, so the problem would not take pl...
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Reminder regarding use of AI
2026-07-06
It is mentioned in several places around the website, but apparently the message still did not get through - it is against the rules to submit AI-generated solutions.
The Lone Detective is all about challenging yourself, not testing the AI models ...
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Interface rework - phase one
2026-06-07
The first phase of the game interface rework has just come to an end - the main part of the game remains mostly unchanged, but the front page and several parts of the game presentation were improved.
One of the most important changes is the new bu...
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Countries list update
2026-04-22
The list of countries available in the account settings has been updated to correct an issue where the United Kingdom was represented only by England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. This structure was a legacy feature from the system’s spor...
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Notifications problems
2026-02-24
In past few hours we have experienced some problems with the notifications and access code e-mails not being delivered. The reason behind it was fixed, but unfortunately the new accounts that were not activated during that period were automatically r...
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Temporary access problems
2026-02-16
During the night, there were temporary access problems caused by the tests of new features. The problems were solved now, if you spot any further access problem, please let us know. Sorry for the inconvenience....
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