A small garden, a fence, and neighbours who heard everything. The most compact scene in rotation — beginner-friendly, with short rows that collapse quickly once the first suspect is placed.
One of Kludoku's 23 crime scenes. The rules never change — place every suspect from testimony alone, and whoever ends up beside the victim did it. What changes is the map, and the map is what decides whether a case falls open or fights back.
9 rooms: Pond, Garden, Backyard, Shed, Sunroom, Bedroom, Living room, Kitchen, Patio.
14 features the testimonies point at: tree, flower bush, armchair, sofa, bed, bookshelf, stove, floor lamp, desk, chest, window, painting, carpet, boombox — 8 block a square outright; 2 a suspect can sit on; 1 long enough to lie on, covering two squares; 2 mounted on a wall edge, taking no square but anchoring "beside" claims; 1 flat underfoot, which a suspect can stand on.
The Backyard Garden has hosted 18 days of shared cases, first on 26 July 2026 and most recently on 4 September 2026. 152 investigations have been opened on it, and 87% ended in the right accusation. The fastest anyone has closed a case here is 0:12.
| Difficulty | Board | Rooms | Testimonies | Assumptions | Liar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| beginner | 5×5 | 3–4 | 7 | none | — |
| easy | 6×6 | 4–5 | 7 | none | — |
| medium | 7–8×7 | 5–6 | 10 | 0.4 | 14% |
| hard | 8–9×8 | 6–7 | 14 | 1.0 | 33% |
| expert | 9–10×9 | 7–8 | 16 | 1.7 | 71% |
Board is columns × suspects, and rooms is how many regions that grid is cut into — both set by the difficulty, not by the scene. Testimonies is how many statements it took before exactly one arrangement survived, assumptions the assume-and-test rounds needed once plain elimination ran dry, and liar the share of cases hiding an accomplice whose every word is false. Those three are The Backyard Garden's own, measured over the 18 days it has hosted.
Days played in The Backyard Garden, each with its solved boards and a full walkthrough of how every case was cracked: 4 September 2026 · 1 September 2026 · 30 August 2026 · 29 August 2026 · 25 August 2026 · 24 August 2026.