One part of the chalkboard is littered with math equations, the other has some half-erased drawings on it, and one side has been hastily cleaned between two lessons. The teacher is reading a paper of some sort, but the words all just blend together to “boring”. Then one small detail comes to your attention, and you are sure the others can’t see it: the chalkboard has come alive!
Excuse my kid’s movie introduction, but since Chalk does not really have an introduction, I thought I could as well make one up. It is a game that takes place on a chalkboard, with a chalk-drawn main character walking through all kinds of chalky dangers – and you as the player are in control of the single chalk to change their fortune!
The indirect controls work very well and give the game a sort of “interactive drawing” feel. Things happen on the chalkboard, and you can change them if you react fast enough. The little lady with the red scarf always follows the sun, so if you drag the sun to some other place, she will follow. Cute!
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1 Ben Chandler wrote:
Joakim Sandberg is my favourite indie developer.
That really is all there is to it.