Story: Pixel Noir

Previously on the Puzzle Agency Needs to be watched before getting into the puzzle-portion.
Youtube
for those that don't like Vimeo.

After getting hit by the news of Nordh / Cipher Bin Ary's double life, you feel the need to take a walk through the city to collect your thoughts. You tell him you need a bit of time to process everything, and that when you're ready you'll come back through the doors of the Puzzle Agency.

ENDED

Pool table solution


Rewards:
18 Pre-puzzle GAs (Level 2) Check the doors of the city
8 Group Puzzle GAs (Level 1)
6 Solo Puzzle GAs (Level 2)
Gamelist 1 | Gamelist 2


Additional info
Credits

8 years ago*

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Reserved

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Disclaimer

This story involve the use of a lot of different sites, but for codes it uses ITH.

There's also a Puzzle Agency steam group where news for upcoming PA stories are shared.

Structure of this case
Animation -> City of 18 GAs -> 5 solo puzzles -> 8 Bonus Group Puzzles starting after first solo puzzle.

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Did you mean 8 GAs ? Cause I can't find anymore before the first small puzzle

8 years ago
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There are 18 doors. The city may be bigger than you think, scroll to the right to see it all. :)

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Change log
2016-05-13: Fixed Vimeo url.
2016-05-13: Added english captions to the animation. Press the CC-button and choose English.
2016-05-14: Added Youtube as an alternative. CC in English included.
2016-05-14: Statistics added.

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Statistics:
Arrived at first puzzle: 119
1 Puzzle solved: 61
2 Puzzles solved: 25
3 Puzzles solved: 20
4 Puzzles solved: 17
5 Puzzles solved: 16

Total video views: 526

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Clarified something with the iPad puzzle by dropping the first hint.

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If you're using the Extended SteamGifts script, there is a bug with the Vimeo video. Use the youtube video for now. I'm also a bit pissed that the script removes link-text, so for people using ESG, it's supposed to say "Previously on the Puzzle Agency" for the video.

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The cityscape was lovingly handcrafted by Downward Concept. From a basic idea, he visualized and inspired the setting through his grayscale mortar and brickwork. He lay the foundation for what would become the visual style of the entire story.

I can not stress enough how many whitelists he deserves to be on for his work or for putting up with my demands. He has made sure that almost 4 million pixels look like high level production quality. Including designing several characters and finalizing their animation walk cycles.

I personally created the other puzzles, which DC helped me with through ideas and discussions. I also created the fluff pieces for the animation, such as the chat bubbles, elevator, bomb and such, and put it all together.

As a final touch, CallMeKap, recorded his voice for the "detective" based on my script.

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Nord is back ! :)

8 years ago
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With a vengeance! Hope you saw the vimeo url-fix so you can actually see the video. :P

8 years ago
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I didn't see anything yet. :P not even the huge May puzzle from Jeff... hopefully I might just find a little bit of time later this month... Times are hard around here..

8 years ago
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The animation's only 3 minutes long, but well worth the watch!

8 years ago
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Nice work! Great voice :)
And nobody solved it yet :D

8 years ago
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Probably because I had screwed up the video URL, so the first people that reached the checkpoint couldn't see the video in which the answer lies. :P

8 years ago
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I watched the vid :)
I think I have to give it a second go ;)

8 years ago
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Oh, never finished PA5... let's have a look

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Good thing the animation can catch you up to speed on what happened in PA2-PA5. :)

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Love the intro cinematic you made!

It's great that my work has come to good use. When you were looking for an pixel artist I didn't expect to put in over 30 hours of work to make the city and characters, especially for free, but it turned out great and I gained a lot of experience in the process. It was fun doing it and I'm proud as fuck. This will be the first artwork to go in my new pixel art portfolio. :P

Also great job from Kap! That bedroom voice tho. I bet you gonna get some requests for dirty talk on Steam, watch out. :D

Good luck solving the puzzles y'all!

8 years ago
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thanks for this Great work and awesome talent , really loved it ,Hopefully ,i will solve the puzzle ,Hopefully !

8 years ago
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Thanks a lot for the kind words. Good luck solving them! :)

8 years ago
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Hey thanks, DownwardConcept! :D
Dont' worry, I'll put a disclaimer on my profile: No, I will NOT talk dirty to you for a dollar! :P

Fantastic job on the artwork, by the way! I had no idea what it would look like when I signed up, but the job that you and Nordh did was stunning! :D

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Thanks, Kap. :)

8 years ago
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Hey, great great work on that cityscape! You're really talented :)

8 years ago
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Hearing that means a lot to me and is really flattering. Thanks a lot! :)

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Amazing work with the cityscape! :)

8 years ago
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Thanks, Revil :)

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Good animation, but I couldn't hear well a few sentences (English is not my primary language).

And I don't think steamgift is a scam! It's a community of love and games - and puzzles and some blacklists too (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

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I can look into creating subtitles if you need them.

8 years ago
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Added. You can press the CC-button in the lower right corner to get english captions.

8 years ago
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Thank you so much!

8 years ago
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Great artwork!

8 years ago
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I see someone's made his/her way to the group puzzle and has solved the first out of 64 questions.

8 years ago
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"Papercuts R Us" :D
Awesome city btw, I love such noir-like simplistic artworks :)

8 years ago
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The name's from the case where the agent of the story discovered the place. :)

8 years ago
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Thanks , i really love the whole thing , script , design and voice , i dabbled with this kind of stuff before and enjoying this work now :) .

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Thanks. For more info on the people that worked on it, check this post.

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Bump for solving the iPad

8 years ago
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ok, now i will see how this works
thank you bump :3

8 years ago
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Bump for all solo puzzles solved!

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Well done, agent. :)

8 years ago
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Bump for iPad

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i am stuck at the ipad :(
solved it mostly, but missing one piece or the place to go afterwards sigh

8 years ago
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The place to go is written in the disclaimer up top. All codes lead to ITH.

8 years ago
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thought so...
ith is not case sensitive, right?

8 years ago
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Correct.

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Stuck for now, have a bump!

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Another bump for solving the individual parts!

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You did this animation/art by yourself??? Man amazing is an understatement, it's not even the right word, it's brilliant, it's awe-inspiring.
I also love the jazz style and the voice and atmosphere, reminiscent of great noirs from the 50s.

Needless to say, I simply and humbly bow to this great atmospheric short. Pixel or not it's Genius. Agents you have been following the case so far, should definitely check it out ASAP. Your sleeve tricks simply have no end. :O You keep surprising us!

PS1: I'm happy with just this animation. I probably won't find the time for puzzles this time, but it's ok, since I'm not interested in any of the games anyway. Actually I'm glad. All those puzzles this year have worn me down.

PS2 : I wish this was a film. :P

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Not by myself. The two biggest pieces, the cityscape and characters are Downward Concept's creation. He made my job easy by creating amazing pixel art to work with and served as a great inspiration for the pixel art I put together myself.

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Gratz to all, I'm simply flabbergasted. :)

8 years ago
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Thanks. :) And there's 4 weeks to solve it, hope you find the time somewhere. :)

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Bump for first group puzzle solved. And half solved on the next one!

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Oh wow, already 7/8 on the third group puzzle. :) Puzzle 2 went down fast!

8 years ago
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Group puzzle 6 only has 1 book left now. Adelion and lmxn are really battling it out on who can solve the most. :P

8 years ago
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Down to the last Q in the final group puzzle. :D

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Not much of a battle. Not only is he faster in typing, he also knows the difficult ones. But that Eraser proves difficult.

8 years ago
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Sorry :P Eraser is done too! Never seen him around before though.

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I won Skyrim from him. :) 2nd game I ever won. He has made puzzles. Think he solves a lot of them as well.

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No problem. I was pretty sure that I don't know him. And searching in the user list did not achieve any results.

8 years ago
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Why do i only see this now :/ Oh well, I'll be back for sure during the week end to try to solve it

(love your new avatar)

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Probably because it hasn't been out for even half a day ;)

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yes but i was around the whole afternoon. I guess i was too busy trying to fix my laptop, which was unsuccessful.

Love the video, great job to you and the others

8 years ago
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Did I spoil the fun for the rest :/

8 years ago
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Yes, shame on you. ^^

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Having 2 people I love involved in this, I felt forced to participate this time. Good work guys! Great art, great puzzles, great prizes... 10/10 would solve it again!

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And good thing is, if you solve it again it will be way easier! ;D

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Only two?
:'(

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We still don't know very well each other, that is all. Don't feel sad glowing cat :(

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Nice animation with a very good voice-over. Thanks for the giveaways, Nordh.

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I hope you solve the puzzles as well. :)

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I'm impressed. Have a bump. Yes.

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You'll be even more impressed when you find a naughty book named in honour of you behind the first puzzle. ;)

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Bump! Eventhough I won't be able to finish the puzzle. Intro Video is great however :3

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I have faith in you! If nothing else, go as far as you can and wait there for hints. ;)

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