Black Drop

by ezard
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%
Black Drop is a game about shadows on an overhead projector. Play as shadow boy Faust and traverse the terrain of silhouettes to collect ink splotches and get home to your matchbox.

The fully original piano soundtrack and minimalistic art style come together to create a visually distinct and thoughtful game.

*NOTE* you can only stand on flat sections - touching rough surfaces will cause you to die.

*NOTE 2* you can draw a small surface with your cursor (drawing with a pen on the over-head-projector sheet) to help you through the levels - some levels even require you to do this!

Comments18

Javabot9 Dec 2014, 02:56
This was a fun game, but the blur was a headache.
Caspila9 Dec 2014, 02:57
With some extra polishing this could become a great game. I don't understand why you die when you touch the side of the walls though.
Wolfgang_9 Dec 2014, 02:57
Really like the atmosphere
ssheep9 Dec 2014, 02:58
this was actually really fun i love the idea
kburkhart849 Dec 2014, 02:59
It is unique. I had no idea about dying due to hitting certain sides of the shadows though.
SilentNight9 Dec 2014, 03:01
I'm liking the artstyle its very nice. The intro screen was also very useful in understanding the gameplay. Really enjoyed your game :D
abdurrahmankh
abdurrahmankh9 Dec 2014, 03:03
this is really good game, I got stuck, but you did made a good game in "one screen: ;) good mood and stuff.
Switch9 Dec 2014, 03:04
Nice aesthetics and touching music. I didn't get what was that stroke drawn when you drag the mouse in the upper panel, though
Rushout Games
Rushout Games9 Dec 2014, 03:22
Can't download the game or play online... :(
it have a message saying "This page isn't available" :\
Rushout Games
Rushout Games9 Dec 2014, 03:56
It worked now ! Must have been some problem with our pcs!
Nice music, really relaxing! The artstyle is really cool, but i took some time to realize that i needed to stroke a path to get to some places, I rushed through the instructions as always x.x but after that it played really nice !
WojWorks11 Dec 2014, 00:31
As much as I like the style and the unique mechanic, it felt pretty uninteresting gameplay-wise. Plus I didn't understand why I died.
Justin Mullin11 Dec 2014, 01:01
I'm not crazy about the platforming, but this game had a nice feel to it. Very pleasant soundtrack! =)
Rocketship
Rocketship12 Dec 2014, 13:35
This was excellent, very good atmosphere with the graphics and the music. The drawing mechanic was also very nice. Not a lot of bad to say about this one, there were a couple of bugs that got me stuck inside the walls but they didn't ruin the experience.
ViliX6412 Dec 2014, 13:59
Any chance of Linux build? It looks very interesting and I'd like to play it. If so, contact me on Twitter (@ViliX64)
(Please, the graphics looks awesome!)
Grindstorm16 Dec 2014, 05:55
Kept me challenged the whole game, I gotta say it was a nice, relaxing game :)
Kate Kligman16 Dec 2014, 05:57
I really liked it. Very original!
Omiya Games
Omiya Games26 Dec 2014, 21:59
Unfortunately, when I started on the game, I accidentally skipped the intro instructions, so it took me a while to discover double-jump. Other than that, I thought it was a competent puzzle platformer.
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