Side Story: The fourth Carol Reed Mystery and kept using it until Quarantine Diary: The 16th Carol Reed Mystery. In 2021, Nyqvist switched to EgoVenture, a custom framework for first-person point and click adventures co-developed with Dennis Ploeger based on Godot, with its source code released under the MIT License on GitHub. Mikael has made it a design philosophy to not be too ambitious, and only plan things he knows he will be able to pull off. There isn't any blood in the games and he avoids a shock/gore effect; while adventure gamers deem Carol Reed a 'non-bloody detective [series]", Mikael thinks that if the same games had been shot in night time rather than sunny summer days they would have been classified as horror games. Release The games are exclusively available via the MDNA Games website. The team has had various American publishers, but prefers to work without one. Reception Remedy - An Adventure Game: The first Carol Reed Mystery (2004) Just Adventure gave it a B and B+ in two separate reviews. Adventure Classic Gaming gave it a positive review. Adventure Gamers gave it 3/5 stars. ''Hope Springs Eternal: The second Carol Reed Mystery (2005)Just Adventure gave it a B+ Adventure Classic Gaming gaver it a positive review. Adventure Gamers gave it 3/5 stars. Time Stand Still: The third Carol Reed Mystery (October 12, 2006)Adventure Classic Gaming gave it a positive review. Adventure Gamers gave it 3/5 stars. East Side Story: The fourth Carol Reed Mystery (2007)Quandaryland gave it 3.5. Just Adventure gave it an A-/B-. The game has a rating on Mobygames of 73% based on 4 critics. Adventure Classic Gaming gave it a positive review. Adventure Gamers gave it 3/5 stars. The Color of Murder: The fifth Carol Reed Mystery (2008)Gamezebo gave it 3.5/5 stars. Adventure Classic Gaming gave it a positive review. Adventure Gamers gave it 3.5/5 stars. Black Circle: The sixth Carol Reed Mystery (2009)Just Adventure gave it an A−. Adventure Classic Gaming gave it a positive review. Adventure Gamers gave it 3.5/5 stars. Blue Madonna: The seventh Carol Reed Mystery (2010) Gamezebo gave it 2 out of 5 stars. Adventure Classic Gaming gave it a positive review. Adventure Gamers gave it 3/5 stars. Amber's Blood: The eighth Carol Reed Mystery (2012) Adventure Gamers gave it 3.5/5 stars. Cold Case Summer: The ninth Carol Reed Mystery (2013)Adventure Gamers gave it 3.5/5 stars. Bosch's Damnation: