Yesterday evening, Black and The Pet insisted to go out in the backyard and take a picture for the Christmas postcard. They even took the time to build a snow-sentinel, to keep up appearances and avoid any suspicion related to confronting the state-controlled status. Also, the sooty snow helped with creating such a realistic Sentinel...we're impressed! Always thankful to Comrade Nature.

Anyway, what they'd really want to tell you, on behalf of everyone here, is that we're grateful for all the amazing people we've met in the past years. We're sending you all our best, prosperous and well-structured thoughts, as approved by The Party. Wishing you the very best for 2017!!!

Oh, and talking about 2017, that's when we'll release Black The Fall on Steam, PS4 and Xbox One. We hope that this will be one of the hundreds of smile bringers next year :)

Beginning of this month we started revealing a series of visuals from the Beta version of our very own puzzle: Black The Fall. After getting a sore throat in the dusty Factory, surviving the shadows Into The Dark and taking a breath of The Mire's fresh air, Black is now getting his share of civilization in The City.

Or is he? Abandoned control rooms, alert guards, windows closing and streets full of fear is what a communist city has in store for him. Looks like hope is slowly fading away for him. But you can't know for sure unless you walk in Black's shoes.

Black The Fall, the communist puzzle game, will be released end of Q1, 2017 on Steam, PS4 and Xbox One. Don't miss the date:

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Last month, we began a visual journey within Black The Fall's bleak world by sharing with you the latest sneak peeks from The Factory and Into The Dark.

While you might have been familiar with the first two chapters thanks to the trailer and the the myriad of screenshots we have shared this year, the last two will be rather surprising.

This week we present you The Mire. Below are some visual hints of what and whom Black will encounter outside the factory.

Next stop? The City. But until then. IndieDB is looking for the Indie Game of the Year 2016. If you feel like nominating us, just leave a vote here. Thank you!

*** Black The Fall is the communist puzzle game, developed by Sand Sailor Studio and published by Square Enix. It will be released in the first quarter of 2017 on Steam, PS4 and Xbox One, so beware and prepare.

As the story unravels, more and more it's revealed of our distopyan world. These are the latest screenshots of Black The Fall's first two chapters: The Factory & Into The Dark.

The story begins as Black finds the opportunity to escape from the factory and try to run away from the oppressive system. Below are some sneak-peek images of this breaking-out-of-the-factory odyssey.

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