Gumshoe

Gumshoe is a cancelled PS2, Xbox, and PC game by Hiding Buffalo. It was to be a 3D action game set in the 1930s..

Plot
The setting is Wheaton City, a crime-ridden metropolis in 1930s America. You would play as J.D. Palmer, a long-time private investigator. You would take up cases from clients.

Gameplay
Gumshoe would be episodic, with a new case per episode. For added authenticity, the devs reached out to acclaimed UK crime authors.

Development
Gumshoe won the 2002 Dare to be Digital competition. This got them a £2000 grant and office space at Abertay University, and a mentor from DMA Design. It was a promising head start.

Cancellation
The original Gumshoe was cancelled around 2003. In 2004 Hiding Buffalo retooled the project into the PC Flash game Gumshoe Online, released in 2006.