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Place everyone so every clue is true. The finished board shows who did it.
This week's case · Gardoku
After the Rain
A summer shower soaked the walled garden, and gardeners say slugs come out to celebrate after rain. Sid the slug certainly did.
Sid the slug is in a bed with exactly one plant. That plant is the one it nibbled. Which plant got nibbled?
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How a Dokuverse case works
Every case is a small square map split into rooms. Place each person on the map so that no two share a row or a column, and every clue is true. The clues are exact: “beside” means sharing an edge in the same outlined region with no wall or boundary between, “in the same room” means the same coloured area. When everyone is placed, the solution tells you who did it: the one person alone with the victim, the cat by the broken vase, the slug beside the nibbled plant. It works like a sudoku with a story, so you can think of it as a murder mystery logic puzzle you solve by deduction, with no guessing needed.
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Tap Hint as often as you like. It points out a mistake first, then the clue to look at, then explains the step in plain words. Check tells you how many people are in the wrong square without saying which.
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