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A seagull detective in a trench coat and hat studies cobbles with a magnifying glass on a foggy inked harbour quay, beside an evidence desk with a suspect board

Inkwell Precinct

Hidden object and spot-it

By Kettle & Crow · 166 plays

Search inked harbour scenes for hidden clues, test them at the evidence desk and cross suspects off the board to solve six cosy mysteries in Gullhaven.

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About the game

Six small mysteries set in a fishing town we made up after a very wet weekend on the coast. Everything is drawn in ink first and coloured after. Gullhaven is a sleepy harbour town drawn like an inked comic, and something keeps going missing. Sergeant Odile Marsh needs a sharp pair of eyes for six cases: a stolen bell, salt in the bakery sugar, a forged lighthouse chart, a missing cat, a loosened rudder and a violinist who vanished before the concert. Search 12 detailed scenes for things on your list, from teacups to tackle boxes. There is no timer, but quick finds score a bonus and stray taps cost points. Some finds are clues: dust a fingerprint, measure a shoe print, match a scrap of cloth, read a punched ticket, focus a microscope or piece a torn note back together. Every result is a fact about the culprit. Pin the facts up on the deduction board, cross off the suspects they rule out and accuse the one who is left. Guess wrong and you lose a star, and the sergeant explains which fact cleared them. Replays shuffle every scene, so there is always something new to spot.

How to play

Tap or click the things on the list when you spot them in the picture. Pinch, scroll or use the + and - buttons to zoom, and drag to look around. The hint button circles one thing and refills over time. Things tagged Clue go to the evidence desk, where a short test turns each one into a fact. On the deduction board, cross off suspects the facts rule out, then accuse the culprit. Escape pauses. Keyboard: arrow keys pan, Enter taps the centre ring.

Devices
desktop, mobile, tablet
Orientation
any

Content notes

Mild mystery themes: thefts, pranks, forgery and missing people and pets. No violence, injury or scary content. No ads, purchases or chat.

Screenshots

A crowded comic-style fish quay with market stalls, barrels, crates, bottles, fruit and tools on a wooden pier. A list of things to find sits on the right, four ticked off, and a banner says a scrap of cloth was bagged as a clue.The evidence desk on a wooden office desk with a lamp, mug, pencil, magnifier and case folder: a dusted fingerprint with loop, whorl and arch choices, and a Fact stamp below saying the culprit has loop fingerprints.The deduction board for a bakery case: one suspect crossed out on the cork board and a second suspect's card open to compare his coat, shoe size, fingerprint and pet against the facts.Case closed screen on the office desk: the culprit's portrait, a red Solved stamp, three stars, the story's ending and a button for the next case, with confetti.The case files on a wooden desk: six cases with scene pictures, three stamped Solved with three stars, one in progress and two locked.Phone view of a busy bakery kitchen with counters, a stove, stools and small things scattered about, with a two-column list of things to find below.

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