- Controller support and updated engine released! - 21 July 2024
We have released the controller support & engine updates advertised last year on the main branch! As previously discussed, this adds support for controllers in line with the support added to our recent Xbox release. It also updates the game to the latest version of Visionaire, which has been shown to resolve some CTDs that people were experiencing before. In addition to those core changes, it also addresses a few minor art issues and smooths certain puzzle solutions. Nothing major. If you experience any new crashes with this build, please let us know. The "legacy" branch can be activated in the Steam beta branch settings at any time to switch back to the pre-update code.
- Coming Soon: Update 1.1.0 (now in open beta) - 6 October 2023
Hello detectives! As mentioned quite a while ago, we've been working on a new update for NNL. The primary goal for this update was to upgrade our engine to the newer version to hopefully address some of the more fundamental bugs that players have run into, such as odd cursor behaviour on Mac and various rare crashes. Since we haven't been able to replicate these ourselves, an engine update is all we can really do in terms of addressing them. While that was in progress, we also got an opportunity to add controller support to the game. Progress on that is going extremely well, and is more or less complete. Some puzzles (such as the KK peanut grab) have been streamlined to be more accessible on controller, hotspot sizes have been increased as needed, text has been increased in size to be readable at TV distance, and lots more! Note that only Xbox controllers are officially supported throug…
- The Steam Awards 2022 - 22 November 2022
This is what it's all been building up to. All the writing, the editing, the characters...all if it was calculated with surgical precision to make us maybe have a chance at this award. Remember, when you vote for us, you're not just voting for a rich story...you're voting to make one exhausted writer's life have meaning.
- Mac update - 15 November 2022
A small fix has been released to resolve a rare crash on some audio lines on Mac only.
- Patch 1.0.2 - 24 September 2022
Fix for art overlapping Cuddles in Bartholomew's office. Fix for Cuddles switching to his regular outfit when using certain items on Tybalt while in pickle form. Fix for art overlapping character in amusement park. If you encounter any other issues while playing, please report them on our discussion forum or Discord. Thanks!
- Patch 1.0.1 - 20 September 2022
Patch 1.0.1 will be going out soon, and includes the following changes: Upgraded Visionaire to the latest version. This is expected to fix a number of small issues, including flickering inventory items and inconsistent mouse click behaviour. Fixed some German translation issues for "Bill". Fixed a z-index issue with some art in the Knitty Kitty Club. Fixed a line in La Boule de Poils incorrectly hinting at a puzzle solution. If you encounter any issues with the new patch, please be sure to report them on the discussion forums or on our Discord. Thanks for playing!
- Comedy point and lick adventure Nine Noir Lives is out now - 7 September 2022
Take on the detective role in Nine Noir Lives, a new "point and lick" comedy adventure game out now. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/09/comedy-point-and-lick-adventure-nine-noir-lives-is-out-now
- The Cast of Nine Noir Lives - 1 September 2022
For those of you not following our Twitter, you may not have seen us introduce the many voice actors from Nine Noir Lives. While Cuddles (Lucas Gilbertson) and Tabby (Carol-Anne Day) will be familiar from our demo and trailers, there's many more voices to discover as you play - fourteen in total! So, sit back and enjoy these short vignettes giving you a taste of each of the voice actors you'll get to experience when Nine Noir Lives releases next week! SungWon Cho (ProZD) Nancy Situ Brendan Hunter Caleb Gordon Megan Baldrey Dallas Soonias Caitlynne Medrek Hans Wackershauser Brett Bauer Onalea Keith Hamill Michael Shepherd
- Adventure game Nine Noir Lives seems to let you lick everything - 9 August 2022
Nine Noir Lives is an upcoming point and click adventure game that follows feline private investigator Cuddles Nutterbutter. A new brief trailer is out, showing off a very important game mechanic. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/08/adventure-game-nine-noir-lives-seems-to-let-you-lick-everything
- Point and lick adventure Nine Noir Lives releases September 7 - 11 July 2022
Cat lovers and adventure game aficionados alike may want to keep an eye on this one, as the point and lick (get it?) game Nine Noir Lives releases September 7 along with Native Linux support. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/07/point-and-lick-adventure-nine-noir-lives-releases-september-7
- Nine Noir Lives releasing September 7, 2022 - 7 July 2022
Pretoria, South Africa (July 7, 2022) — Today, independent developer Silvernode Games is purring with delight, as they are announcing that their comedy-noir “point-and-lick” adventure game, Nine Noir Lives, will claw its way onto PC via Steam and GOG on September 7, 2022. Cat lovers and adventure game aficionados alike are invited to pounce into the furry, delicate, yet capable paws of Cuddles Nutterbutter and unravel a fun — and occasionally fiendish — feline mystery set in the beautifully hand-drawn city of Meow Meow Furrington. The story, themes, and tone of Nine Noir Lives draws its inspiration from several very different sources, including classic film noir, Shakespeare, and the absurdist comedy style of writer and director Taika Waititi. This unlikely combination allowed Silvernode Games to craft a unique, comedic adventure grounded by more serious subject matter. In Nine Noir Liv…
- Creating the world and characters of Nine Noir Lives - 5 May 2022
Join the developers, voice actors and beta testers of Nine Noir Lives as we discuss the story and worldbuilding that went into making the game.
- Nine Noir Lives in the Game Development World Championship - 12 April 2021
Nine Noir Lives has been picked to be part of this week's GDWC Fan Favourite vote 😻 Voting would really help us spread the word, so please drop by https://thegdwc.com to do so - and let others know, too! Meow! 😽
- Nine Noir Lives - 6 February 2021
Join the creators, cast and artists of Nine Noir Lives as we play through our demo and chat about all things Meow Meow Furrington! 6PM GMT, this Saturday the 6th of February!
- THE BIG ADVENTURE EVENT: Nine Noir Lives developer stream & chat - 18 January 2021
Welcome to The Big Adventure Event! Join the designers, artists, voice actors and composer of "Nine Noir Lives" for a relaxed, mostly-unplanned romp through our demo as we chat about the game, discuss what's coming in the future, and answer your questions! We'll be live this Saturday, so drop by and say hello!
- Gamescom! Demo! AMA! - 26 August 2020
Hey everyone! As you may or may not know, Gamescom is this week, and Nine Noir Lives is part of it! https://indiearenabooth.de/gamescom2020/games/show/1910 After the opening ceremony tomorrow, you'll be able to visit a digital expo and over two hundred booths showcasing all the games participating - including ours! And as part of that, from tomorrow until Sunday, you'll be able to download and play our sparkly new demo! *shiny* If you played our old demo, you'll want to check this one out to see what's changed. Namely: it's not 2 years old anymore. This new demo gives a much better idea of what you can expect from the full game, with our new intro, better flow, and extra puzzles and areas to round out the introduction! Beyond that, we have some live events coming up, starting with an AMA on our Discord tomorrow. Drop in anytime throughout the day to chat to the devs: https://discord.gg/…
- Nine Noir Livestream II: Here We Meow Again - 24 August 2020
Join the developers, writers, artists and voice actors of Nine Noir Lives for a playthrough of our new demo! We're going to have a lovely relaxed time answering your questions and showing off all the improvements we made to our demo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhmJOfCJlQA
- Casting call: Henchtigers - 27 June 2020
Intro We have some characters we need to cast - and we're opening it up to under-represented voices! We’re especially interested in lesser-known accents and dialects, people with speech impediments or vocal handicaps, or any vocal flavour that has made you think your voice isn't beautiful. We want you for our game, and we'll pay you! We’re paying 150 CAD for about 360 words of recording. Because everyone deserves to be heard. Character Description The henchtigers are the muscle for one of the nasty criminal elements that operate in the cat city of Meow Meow Furrington. Due to a shortage of actual tigers, most of them aren't tigers at all, but just orange tabby cats. They keep using the name, though, because it's more intimidating. However, they are still ordinary cats at the end of the day, and the lines in this audition show that through a very mundane, low-stakes interaction. Deadline…
- Mewsletter 5 - 18 June 2020
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- Cats, comedy, and crime...welcome to Nine Noir Lives! - 16 June 2020
Nine Noir Lives is a comedy-noir "point-and-lick" adventure game, set in a city of talking cats. Play as Cuddles Nutterbutter, second-best PI in town and owner of two definitely normal-sized paws. Armed with your wits, your assistant Tabby Mashmallow, and a tongue that's ready for anything, you'll talk, puzzle and lick your way across the cat city of Meow Meow Furrington to solve a murder that threatens to upset the delicate balance between the Montameeuw and Catulet crime families. Our demo is a thirty-minute slice from near the start of the game, selected to give you a taste of what you can expect when the full version releases next year - without spoiling anything 😺 It includes full English voice acting, and text translations into both German and Afrikaans. NNL has been a four-year labour of love for Silvernode, with just the two of us working on it in our spare time, with assistanc…
