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PLOT The game follows Andy, a regular child who hates his teacher, loves his dog, and is afraid of the dark. One day, Andy and his dog, Whiskey, head for the park to watch a Solar Eclipse . During the eclipse, Whiskey disappears. In a flurry of childhood imagination, Andy heads for his treehouse, where he keeps his "inventions," and jumps inside a spaceship to find his dog. Of course, he actually does take off, and finds himself in another world, called the Darklands. Inhabited by creatures of the night and ruled over by The Master of Darkness, the Darklands are extremely dangerous. Andy must find it in himself to rescue his dog, find a way home, face his fears, and enter the Heart of Darkness itself. GAMEPLAY Heart of Darkness is Platform Adventure Game in the vein of Another World , a game also created by Eric Chahi . The player controls Andy, who has the ability to run, jump, walk, climb and somersault. In addition to this, Andy can attack or defend himself by using either a plasma gun or by throwing Magic energy, depending on which section of the game is being played. The magic energy can be used to grow or destroy trees, and either weapon can be used in a varitey of poses. The game is Linear . The player spends the game completing puzzles, timing movements, or simply moving in order to get to the next screen. Backtracking to previous screens is rarely required, except near the end of the game while Andy is reassembling the Magic Rock. CREATION AND RECEPTION Heart of Darkness took four years to make. These four years were spent creating the game's musical score, the graphics, and the FMV sequences. There was a bidding war to distribute the game which Interplay won. The game was released to generally good reviews. The most common complaint was the short length of the piece; most of the game's two CDs were made up of the FMVs. However, the public did not take much of an interest. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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