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Game dossier

Heart of Darkness

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A cinematic side-scrolling platformer with puzzles, exploration, and intense creature combat.

The briefing

About this game

Heart of Darkness follows Andy through 127 locations across eight distinctive worlds. Each side-scrolling screen presents a specific challenge, combining environmental puzzles, careful movement, platforming, and combat against attacking shadow monsters.

Andy can climb walls, duck beneath obstacles, push objects, and perform short or long jumps. His Plasma Cannon fires in seven directions, while strange helpful creatures grant ordinary and special powers as the adventure progresses. Choosing the right movement or ability is essential, since a poorly judged jump or encounter can prove fatal.

Key Features

  • 127 locations spanning eight worlds
  • Side-scrolling platforming with environmental puzzles
  • Combat against hordes of shadow monsters
  • Seven-direction Plasma Cannon
  • Wall climbing, ducking, object pushing, and variable jumps