I replayed this with my daughter today, and it was just as awesome as I remember it being when I played it many years ago.

I think this was a pretty fun game , kinda wish it had been longer and better but what is there is pretty good. I agree there should've been more places to explore.

( and more things to do )

"There were a couple of puzzles, that didn't make sense (for example the pulling of the bloody handkerchief out of the laundry tunnel...Why?)" Everything is explained in the end if you're truly paying attention.

Wow the graphics are amazing, just what i like in old adventure games plus this font :), you really did awesome job, wish you could make full lenght game, it really has the spirit of best oldschool adventure games :) now i go continue to investigate who killed Roderick may he R.I.P.

Okay, I did finish the game now, and except for the damn laundry chute puzzle I managed it without a walkthrough.
It was fun, overall, except for this one puzzle, so I recommend it. :)

The graphics are great to look at on screenshots, and still very nice in-game, yet character animations look quite stiff.

The dialogue is entertaining and quite funny.

The puzzles start out easy, but turn frustrating.
There was this piece of cloth stuck in the laundry chute that I figured I need to get out, because why would it be mentioned otherwise? I have like four items in my inventory that would be logical to use for this job, yet the protagonist refuses even a proper explanation why he won't use any of them. Since he also spouts out the same unhelpful lines over again I got quite fed up and quit the game. A shame, really.

All the music seems to be ripped from LucasArts classics. I recognized Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and a MIDI version of a Grim Fandango tune.
While these are unquestionably great compositions, they take your thoughts back to these great classics, which detracts from the originality of this title.
The graphics are very inspired by the style of DoTT, but stand on their own.

If you can live with the occasional frustrating puzzle and a protagonists that spouts the same unhelpful phrases over and over again like a robot, you might find "Murder in a Wheel" to be a quite enjoyable adventure.