Stone tokes up a take on the hardboiled detective genre

Convict Games‘ narrative adventure Stone is a colorful noir, infused with Australian slang and starring anthropomorphic animals. It’s the studio’s debut title, and it will arrive later this year on PC.

The premise is familiar: Stone’s a private investigator with a drinking problem and a pack-a-day habit. After an all-night bender, he wakes up and can’t find his significant other, Alex. Someone calls his phone with a mysterious and threatening message. Now Stone must retrace his steps, discover the truth, and rescue his love. But this isn’t a gritty, grimdark detective story — because Stone is a koala in a bright floral print shirt.