Emerald City Confidential

Release Date: February 19, 2009

Adventure, fantasy, noir, point-and-click, 2D, indie games, singleplayer

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A classic two-dimensional point and click adventure. The action takes place on the streets of the eponymous Emerald City, a city that is a kind of reflection of the magical land of Oz from Frank Baum's novel transferred to the atmosphere of noir films from the forties of the last century.

The magical land of Oz, as written by L. Frank Baum and visualized by MGM, is put through the gritty filter of 1940s film noir. Harsh city streets, grey rainy skies, femmes fatales, tough guys, trenchcoats, fedoras and plot twists. It's Oz, seen through the eyes of Raymond Chandler.

You are Petra. Emerald City's only private detective. One dark night, she is approached by a strange woman named Dee Gale. It appears Dee's fiancé is missing, and Dee is willing to pay high and above the going rate in order to find him. Lacking any other prospects, Petra agrees. What starts off as a simple missing person case soon takes Petra deep into the seedy underbelly of the Emerald City's criminal underground and beyond. She will encounter many characters both familiar and new, learn several magic spells, and uncover the answer to a dark secret that has haunted Petra all her life.

Features:

- over 40 hand-drawn 2D backgrounds

- over 6,500 lines of spoken dialog for 35 characters

- a story that takes place over 5 chapters.

Last updated on August 14, 2015

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