Indie Game 'Contrast' Turns the Shadows Into Your Playground

The power of a child's imagination may be more powerful than any game engine. Compulsion Games hopes to harness that inventiveness and mystery in its upcoming game Contrast.

Contrast puts you in the shoes of Dawn, the imaginary friend of young Didi. Dawn helps Didi cope with her hectic home life — both her parents are performers in a dark and twisted vaudevillian world in the 1920s.

Dawn, luckily, isn't bound by the laws of physics, and has the ability to turn into a shadow to solve puzzles and explore the world. The game revolves around illuminating areas, and then traversing or manipulating the shadows that are created. Read more...