MAD STUDIO/The Mad Murderer X

The Mad Murderer X is a survival game developed by MAD STUDIO, and a remake of The Mad Murderer. Development publically started in July 2021, and the game was released in December 2021.

Gameplay
As an innocent bystander, the player must avoid the murderer and witness his or her crimes. They can become a sheriff when they touch a revolver surrounded with sparkles after the sheriff is killed.

As a sheriff, the player must identify the murderer and them. Killing an innocent bystander will also kill the sheriff, allowing any other living bystander to become the sheriff.

As the murderer, the player's goal is to kill all the bystanders while at the same time avoiding the sheriff.

All players have access to crates where they can buy knives, guns, and pets to bring into the rounds. Items bought are cosmetic.

Players can mine coins and rubies in round by using pets to mine coin piles, coin crates, coin chests, or ruby piles.

Players can also fuse their cosmetics (knives, guns and pets) by using the fusing machine which level ups your costmetic's level. Leveling up knives and gun can help you earn more coins and rubies when you shoot the murderer or kill anyone as the murderer. While leveling up pets, they can help you mine coin crates, coin chests and ruby piles faster.

Reception
Upon the game's release for testing, the game received positive feedback by the community with some users stating the mechanics and functionality were better than Murder Mystery 2's current mechanics and functionality. The game was also praised for the player's pet functionality as they won't appear when a round starts and will only appear if you mine coin crates, coin chests and ruby piles.

Trivia

 * It is recommended to fuse your cosmetics at 85% or beyond as if you fuse them at 85% or below, you will mostly fail the fuse and lose the items as well.