Face Noir Explained

Face Noir
Developer:	Mad Orange
Publisher:	Phoenix Online Studios
Platforms:	Windows
Released:	July 18, 2013
Genre:	Point-and-click adventure, puzzle
Modes:	Single-player

Face Noir is a point-and-click adventure puzzle video game developed by Italian studio Mad Orange and published by Phoenix Online Studios. It released in July 2013 for Windows.

Synopsis

The player assumes the role of Jack Del Nero, a detective who is falsely accused of killing a man who left a little girl in Jack's protection. Jack must clear his name, figure out who the little girl is, and who murdered the man.^[1]

Development

The game was developed by Mad Orange, an Italian studio consisting of Gabriele Papalini and Marco Sgolmin. It was localized by Phoenix Online Studios. Papalini and Sgolmin cited Italian cinema from the 1950s and works from actor Nino Manfredi.^[1] The game was released for Windows on October 17, 2013.^{[2] [3]}

Reception

Face Noir received a 59/100 from review score aggregate Metacritic.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indie Murder Mystery Face Noir Hits Steam. Davison. Pete. USGamer. Gamer Network. October 18, 2013. October 2, 2016. October 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018125951/http://www.usgamer.net/articles/indie-murder-mystery-face-noir-hits-steam. dead.
2. Web site: 2013-06-28 . Face Noir coming July 18th . 2022-07-18 . GameConnect . en-US . 2022-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220718105541/https://www.gameconnect.net/content/8510/face-noir-coming-july-18th/ . live .
3. Web site: Face Noir on Steam . 2022-07-18 . store.steampowered.com . en . 2022-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220718105540/https://store.steampowered.com/app/244690/Face_Noir/ . live .