Play as two sibling slaves, a clever 14-year-old girl who reads and writes, and her smaller 8-year-old brother who squeezes into tight spots, in this 2.5D side-scrolling platformer. They navigate from a Georgia plantation northward along the Underground Railroad. Stealth past slave hunters and bloodhounds while tackling puzzles amid the constant threats faced by fugitives.
This indie casual adventure captures the grueling challenges of that perilous journey. Players endure environmental hardships and opposition at every turn. It suits fans of thoughtful stealth platformers seeking historical insight through precise, cooperative sibling gameplay.
We Walked in Darkness is a 2.5D side scrolling platformer where you play as two sibling slaves trying to escape to the north via the Underground Railroad. Fourteen year old Grace knows how to read and write and is very intelligent. Eight year old Elijah is smaller and can fit within small spaces. They were born on a plantation in Georgia. Both have to stealth their way through obstacles like slave hunters and bloodhounds, as well as solve puzzles to escape while enduring the hardships of traveling as escaped slaves in a place where everything is against them.
We Walked in Darkness aims to teach people the hardships of what it was like to escape through the Underground Railroad.
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