The Colour of Murder Walkthrough

Demo
Walkthrough Only
by
Len Green

The WALKTHROUGH that had
no need to be written!! There should be no need to use this walkthrough
since there is a very sophisticated & detailed hint system built into
the game itself! (It is fully described both in the tutorial and the
Manual.) But if you so desire — carry on!

Foreword

{A} This walkthrough describes
ALL the actions which you must take in order to succeed, together
with a relatively small number which are not essential to completing
the game.

N.B. The game contains
quite a few ‘red herrings.’

However, please don’t
use this walkthrough unless you absolutely have to. Some aspects which
are not absolutely imperative have been omitted. A lot of these are
interesting and provide much of the background story to the game,
and particularly to the fascinating (and artistic) character, scenery
and history of Norrköping … a relatively small town in
Sweden, and home to the Developers, Mikael and Eleen Nyqvist.

{B} “Warning”:-
The main purpose of this game is to examine items, interview people,
view the interesting sights and scenery, and generally ‘act the tourist,’
etc. .

If you simply take this
walkthrough in your hand and follow exactly what to do and not to
do, you can probably finish the game fairly quickly. However that
would completely defeat its whole purpose!

{C} The walkthrough does
not do justice to "The Colour of Murder!" A very great part
of the interest and beauty of the game is wandering around through
the vast number of locations, views, and residences… There are
actually so many that I’m pretty certain that I missed a few
! :~)

There is quite a lot of
interesting material in Norrköping, a small but quite important
city whose population is a little under 100,000 and whose original
roots date back to the 14th century, or earlier!

{D} This is a first-person
game and much of the intricacy and pleasure lies in browsing around
… and as aforementioned there is a lot of that. I personally
frequently ‘got lost’ looking for some location or object
(even occasionally inside a residence!), and sometimes after finding
it, lost my way again on returning.

Due to the complexity of
some of the locations, I occasionally completely missed some essential
area of terrain!

Much of the beautiful photography
of both exteriors and interiors of this Swedish town is only revealed
through these ‘wanderings.’ It would be a pity to miss even those
which are not described here due to being inessential to finishing
the game.

{E} “TCoM”
does not contain too many ‘stand-alone’ puzzles and those
included are generally not too difficult.

However there IS one main
puzzle for some players which runs right throughout the game. It is
the necessity to ramble around (maze-like) without losing one’s
way and getting frustrated due to this.

But since this is one of
the main and consistent puzzles in the game, this walkthrough contains
NO precise direction-instructions as appear in some walkthroughs (including
some of my own in this Carol Reed series). The player is only told
where to go, but not exactly how to get there, or even how to move
around when actually there!

In other words there are
NO written instructions of the sort:

Move right (or left) twice;
then move forward; then right; then move forward three times; and
finally move right again.

N.B. On a few occasions
some very general direction is given — but that is all

{F} On entering every
new location, it is highly advisable to browse around as much as possible
in order to explore the general layout. However, the walkthrough never
tells you explicitly to do this!

{G} You should most certainly
NOT have to follow the same order of accessing locations as described
in this walkthrough since the game is VERY non-linear. There are a
VERY GREAT number of permutations of routes, and it is most unlikely
that two players will follow exactly the same itinerary. In addition
it is most likely that this walkthrough is not the best or even optimum
route to play the game (and finish it completely)!

Some locations of course
will not appear on the map until you have completed certain tasks,
and so a particular order is sometimes obligatory. Other than this,
you are free to visit (&/or revisit) as you wish!

{H} There is no need to
describe ANY of the ‘mechanics’ &/or interface of
the game. It is all contained in the Manual which is to be found in
the “TCoM” folder on your Hard Disc (after installing
of course), and also as a shortcut in the same program group as the
installed game.

{I} There is only one
extremely short sequence where you have to act rather quickly, but
if you do not succeed you are returned immediately so that you can
try as often as you need. There is no so-called ‘bad language’
or ‘adult material’. It is all first person and mouse
driven point & click. There are full (and excellent) English subtitles
for ALL speech.

{J} As in most games,
it is easy to make a wrong or redundant move! So it is advisable to
save frequently.

There are 96 save-slots…in
case anybody needs that many! Since each save is small, saving and
loading is very rapid, presenting no delays to progress.

N.B. There are absolutely
NO dead-ends or crashes in the game!

{K} EVERY TIME you obtain
items, they appear in your inventory. It’s always worthwhile
observing each new inventory item by right clicking on it to get an
excellent greatly enlarged picture of the item together with a very
brief description of it.

N.B. It is imperative
to view, and sometimes to manipulate, some of the inventory items
in close-up to complete the game.

{L} There are no instructions
in the walkthrough to close drawers, cupboards, cabinets, etc since
the game ensures that you cannot continue if you do NOT!.

{M} There are a number
of puzzles in the game. Wherever there is an outright spoiler, I have
inserted it in smaller print and a light green color that is not TOO
easy to read, as follows:

Spoilers
are inserted like this ………

I have done this deliberately
since many players do not want to see spoilers unless absolutely essential.

Walkthrough

In the text,
all objects which are acquired and entered into the inventory are
written in bold underlined red.

All objects
which are taken & used from the inventory are written in bold
underlined blue.

If you are
not too acquainted with this type of Quest-Adventure game, play through
the short tutorial which will familiarize you with the controls and
interface.

Otherwise…
skip it!

[1] Home (Carol
Reed’s apartment) {1st visit}

•There are a few
items of interest to look at… but not to use.
•There is nothing to do there at present
•Exit to the map

[2]
Stina in the Store {1st visit}

•Enter
the store
•Talk to Stina
•Exit to the map

[3]
The Allotment {1st visit}

•Locate
the bright blue shed
•Open the door
•Take the Gum boots
•On a bench, read the note to Carol from Willy
•There is a red hut with a white door… “Willy’s
shack”
•Knock on the door
•Talk to Willy and exhaust all dialog options
•During the course of discussion obtain an Envelope
(which came from Adrian’s trash) addressed to Harald Lund
and a Key to
his son Adrian’s apartment — also receive Adrian’s
address, and hear about a week old murder
•Exit to the map

[4]
Adrian’s apartment {1st visit}

•Adrian’s
Key enables
automatic entry into his front door
•Propped up against a table lamp is a work payment sheet from
the “Zodal Moral Mission”
•Look at it
•Enter the bathroom
•On one of the open shelves, next to a basket of clothes,
is a membership card for the “Maximum Paintkillers”,
the “Norrköping Paintball Club”, in the name of
Adrian Vinkelman with a photograph
•Enter the kitchen
•Open a white drawer (below the microwave)
•Read the report “Murder in Central Norrköping”
This is the impetus for the whole game
•Turn the report over and read the other side
•Exit the kitchen
•Exit Adrian’s apartment
•On the map notice THREE new locations

[5]
The Zodel Moral Mission {1st visit}

•Read
the green brochure (alongside the newspaper)
•The Zodel Moral Mission representative appears and Carol
talks to him
•Exhaust all dialog options
•Exit the Zodel Moral Mission

[6]
Three Princes’ Alley {1st visit}

•Find
a red candle
•Snatch it
•Exit the Three Princes’ Alley

[7]
The Theatre Workshop {1st visit}

•Enter
the empty theatre workshop.
•Look around a little

You can’t
do much here. There is actually a lot to do — but you will have
to play the full game to do it !!

WHEN YOU’VE FINISHED
ALL THE ABOVE THE DEMO ENDS.

This is only a very tiny
portion of the game. To play further and enjoy — BUY THE GAME.