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PataNoir, a new "interactive fiction game" by SiChris Productions, is out now on Steam."The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle."
PataNoir is a homage to the classic stories of hard-boiled private investigators with a knack for describing everything with complex similes and metaphors. In PataNoir, you solve problems by manipulating the hard-boiled metaphors used by the main character to make sense of the world in which he lives. Each metaphor used to describe the game world becomes an object that the can be used by the player to solve problems.
The game is structured like a classic text-adventure game. The game world is described with prose juxtaposed with high-quality illustrations, and the player interacts with the game by typing in simple commands.
PataNoir is already available for iOS and Android, but the PC version features a much more sophisticated interface and a never before seen map of the game world.
Features
• An interactive noir mystery to experience and solve
• Innovative interactive fiction gameplay in which the metaphors you live by become tools to solve the mystery
• Simulated book interface
• Atmospheric illustrations by Lauri Ahonen and Tom Siddell
• Original theme song by postmodern rock musician William Steffey
PataNoir is a homage to the classic stories of hard-boiled private investigators with a knack for describing everything with complex similes and metaphors. In PataNoir, you solve problems by manipulating the hard-boiled metaphors used by the main character to make sense of the world in which he lives. Each metaphor used to describe the game world becomes an object that the can be used by the player to solve problems.
The game is structured like a classic text-adventure game. The game world is described with prose juxtaposed with high-quality illustrations, and the player interacts with the game by typing in simple commands.
PataNoir is already available for iOS and Android, but the PC version features a much more sophisticated interface and a never before seen map of the game world.
Features
• An interactive noir mystery to experience and solve
• Innovative interactive fiction gameplay in which the metaphors you live by become tools to solve the mystery
• Simulated book interface
• Atmospheric illustrations by Lauri Ahonen and Tom Siddell
• Original theme song by postmodern rock musician William Steffey
(I tend to buy at 50+% off with the price being the new record low for ITAD, so the current 30% off isn't enough for me. For instance, I bought Framed for a buck, and I don't regret it, because the game regularly freezes up and crashes for me probably due to Android 4.4.4's wonky audio configuration. And I still managed to finish the game in an hour with no replay value. Without crashing, I'd finish it in half an hour. So I feel like I bought what it's worth.)