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I really like these types of puzzles. Here's some feedback:

I think I either missed a clue (i triple checked) or it came down to a guess on the time. I hope it's the former and not the later.

I also had a couple of waste clues. Once I had the murderer, I had a few possibilities of the murder weapon but then clues narrowed that way down. Out of 4 weapon possibilities, having 3 clues say what the weapon wasn't is 1-2 too many, especially that late in the game.

The graph was a little confusing. It's not clear that the relation of the rooms matters from the game/clues, but the graph makes me think it is. (this was written before I saw the how to play link, see below)

I got a constable score. I have no idea if that's a good score or a poor score, probably the later since I went through all the clues.

The how to play link should be at the top in the first set of directions on how to play. I think another commenter said that it takes at least 15 minutes to change rooms. IE in the example if Alice is in the kitchen at 10:15, she couldn't have been in the bathroom at 10:00. She could only be in either the living room or bedroom at 10:00 to be able to be in the bathroom at 10:15. I didn't even make that leap until I had read that comment. Call that out specifically!



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