Project Black Sun
A young boy is out doing his daily jogging in the forest when suddenly he steps on a hidden trap and falls headlong down a hole and passes out. When he wakes up two hours later he finds himself in an abandoned…
Project Black Sun is a platform developed by Starflower Games, released 17 October 2011 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Project Black Sun is
Project Black Sun is a platform game developed by Starflower Games and released in 2011. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
A young boy is out doing his daily jogging in the forest when suddenly he steps on a hidden trap and falls headlong down a hole and passes out. When he wakes up two hours later he finds himself in an abandoned well. Now he has to find his way out again. Project Black Sun is an explorable platformer inspired by classics of the genre like Super Metroid and Castlevania. To find a way out from the mines the player has to find keys to unlock doors, gain new abilities to reach otherwise unreachable places and defend himself against the creatures that try to kill him.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Project Black Sun launched on 17 October 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Battlefield 3 and Super Mario 3D Land.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Battlefield 3, Super Mario 3D Land.
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