Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective

Moby ID: 166678
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From the award-winning studio behind Homo Machina (2018) and Californium (2016), Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective is another one-of-a-kind revolutionary puzzle.

Fun, engaging, and beautiful, Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective lets you explore the visually stunning universe created by IC4DESIGN
Playing as detective Pierre, you must find your way and solve puzzles to retrieve the magical stone stolen by the nefarious Mr. X.
On your way to getting the Maze Stone back, you will meet adorable and hilarious characters, travelling literal works of art, and interact with a world that was previously only available on paper!## Storyline

A terrible crime has been committed at the Opera City Museum! Mr. X, Pierre's sworn enemy, has stolen and fled with the Maze Stone, a magical artefact that turns everything around it into a labyrinth. Under the call of the Opera City Museum, Pierre must undertake a new adventure that will lead him from the museum, to the city streets, to a castle in the sky, a haunted mansion and much more! There is no time to lose, lest the whole world turns into a maze!## Game Features

  • Enter colorful worlds teeming with life and intricate details based on the best-selling children’s book series Pierre the Maze Detective by IC4DESIGN
  • More than 100 hidden objects and unique trophies to find, engaging puzzles and minigames to stimulate your brain
  • Over 500 interactions possible with the characters, items, and background
  • Original soundtrack
  • Each scene is based on a double-page illustration from the original work
  • All levels are tied together by an overarching narration that will fill the detectives within us with purpose
  • Available in Chinese (simplified and traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Russian

## Introduction of Darjeeling

Darjeeling is a multimedia studio based in Paris, France. Its founders, Marc Lustigman and Noam Roubah, established the studio in 2009, focusing on documentary production, animation for television, and video games. The studio first became recognized through the 2016 video game Californium. Its other notable milestones include Homo Machina in 2018, which won the Best Mobile Game award at Game Connection America and the Ping Awards.## Introduction of IC4DESIGN Studio (creator of Pierre the Maze Detective)

IC4DESIGN, creator of the Pierre the Maze Detective franchise, is an illustration studio based in Hiroshima (Japan) which was established by Hirofumi Kamigaki in March 1998. Thanks to their unique style, associating intricate worlds and scenes to colorful visuals, they have won many awards such as Bronze for Cannes Lion 2017 and D&AD 2017 wood pencil.

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  • 迷宫大侦探 - Simplified Chinese spelling
  • 迷宮大偵探 - Traditional Chinese spelling
  • 迷路探偵ピエール:ラビリンス・シティ - Japanese spelling
  • 미로 대탐정 - Korean spelling

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Adapted from the book, Pierre the Maze Detective by
  • Hiro Kamigaki
  • & IC4DESIGN
  • Published by Laurence King Publishing ©️IC4DESIGN
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Original Art & Cutscenes
  • IC4DESIGN
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Lead Game Designer
Game Designer
Lead Developer
Developer
Additional Development
Lead Art & Integration
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2D Animator Intern
Character Animator
Additional Animation
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2D Artist & UI Designer
  • Kamawan Graphic
Additional 2D Art
Additional 2D Graphism
  • Gong Studio
2D Graphist Intern
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Game added July 2, 2021. Last modified April 9, 2023.