“Black & White”: A Unique Dystopian Adventure Game

“Black & White” is a visual novel + war chess game developed by Lionhead Studios. It presents a dystopian world of black and white, like a painting with symmetrical composition. The game has more than 250,000 words of game text, and players will observe the memories of the twelve main characters as they communicate with a mysterious girl.

The game offers players the choice between two camps: the White Church camp, which symbolizes order, fairness, and reason, and the Black Cinder Crow camp, which symbolizes freedom, culture, and sensibility. The art style of “Black & White” is extremely unique, with nearly 100 characters and more than 400 CG or story maps in the game. The game also features turn-based war chess level elements, with more than 30 level maps in the game.