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Blackout
Blackout
https://freshgames.itch.io/blackout
Blackout is a Halloween-themed point-and-click adventure game that you can play in your browser or download for free.
You play as a teenage witch who falls from the roof of a house while trying to snatch a feather from a crow. She loses her memory during her tumble to a second-floor balcony, and she’s surprised to find that the house is filled with corpses. The electricity seems to have been cut, and it’s too dark to see anything clearly. Your job as the player is to guide the witch through the haunted house and get the lights on so she can figure out what happened.
Once the lights are back on, you’re free to explore the house a second time to see what’s actually going on. This is a super fun twist, and it’s what really sells the game for me. The tone completely shifts, and the ending is fantastic. I hope it doesn’t spoil the story to say that it’s just as much comedy as it is horror.
Even though your character is in the dark, the game’s 16-bit pixel art is bright and colorful. Each room in the house is a pleasure to explore, with enough points of interest to provide flavor while still highlighting the important puzzle pieces. The puzzles are mostly self-explanatory – use the footstool to reach the key on the higher shelf, etc. – but some are silly and surprising. The writing in this game is just as charming as the art, and I really enjoyed the time I spent in this weird little house.
Blackout probably takes twenty minutes to play if you know what you’re doing. Since there’s not much guidance, I got stuck a few times, and it took me about 45 minutes to finish the game. I’m grateful to ( this ) short video walkthrough on YouTube for helping me figure out the endgame puzzle, which is brilliant but only makes sense in retrospect once the lights are back on.
https://freshgames.itch.io/blackout
Blackout is a Halloween-themed point-and-click adventure game that you can play in your browser or download for free.
You play as a teenage witch who falls from the roof of a house while trying to snatch a feather from a crow. She loses her memory during her tumble to a second-floor balcony, and she’s surprised to find that the house is filled with corpses. The electricity seems to have been cut, and it’s too dark to see anything clearly. Your job as the player is to guide the witch through the haunted house and get the lights on so she can figure out what happened.
Once the lights are back on, you’re free to explore the house a second time to see what’s actually going on. This is a super fun twist, and it’s what really sells the game for me. The tone completely shifts, and the ending is fantastic. I hope it doesn’t spoil the story to say that it’s just as much comedy as it is horror.
Even though your character is in the dark, the game’s 16-bit pixel art is bright and colorful. Each room in the house is a pleasure to explore, with enough points of interest to provide flavor while still highlighting the important puzzle pieces. The puzzles are mostly self-explanatory – use the footstool to reach the key on the higher shelf, etc. – but some are silly and surprising. The writing in this game is just as charming as the art, and I really enjoyed the time I spent in this weird little house.
Blackout probably takes twenty minutes to play if you know what you’re doing. Since there’s not much guidance, I got stuck a few times, and it took me about 45 minutes to finish the game. I’m grateful to ( this ) short video walkthrough on YouTube for helping me figure out the endgame puzzle, which is brilliant but only makes sense in retrospect once the lights are back on.