"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.

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
- Atmospheric illustrations by Lauri Ahonen and Tom Siddell
- Awemazing simulated book interface
- Original theme song and video by postmodern rock musician William Steffey

PataNoir is already available for iOS and Android, albeit with a less sophisticated interface.

Reviews of the mobile editions
"Two old, fantastic forms of narrative combine to form something truly unique in PataNoir." - Gamezebo

"I don’t recall any other game that does anything quite like this." - Emily Short

"Like words? Play with simile and metaphor in this unusual mystery app." - Boing Boing

"In the Internet age, any game which helps cement the curmudgeonly distinction between “literally” and “emphatically” warms my heart." - Pocket Tactics

"...a nigh on unmissable adventure that's simultaneously a perfect entry to the world of text-based gaming and refreshingly different to satisfy the most hardened of genre veterans." - IndieGames.com

More information at http://www.sichris.com/Games/PataNoir