The Black Forest

The Black Forest is a series of tiny, experimental games that were released in December 2009, one episode per week. All episodes feature a little ghost as the main character, but have completely different game mechanics. The player takes on the ghost’€™s role who finds himself in unfamiliar, alien environments. There is no tutorial – only five small icons that indicate what keys and buttons the player can use to interact with the game world. Like sketches, every episode deliberately does not aim to be a “complete”€ game, but is rather an effort to create emotional experiences that are more personal and different from the ones traditional game design has to offer.