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‘Grayout’ is a ‘Blackbar’ Prequel from Neven Mrgan and James Moore

Neven Mrgan, who has worked on games with Big Bucket Software such as the iconic The Incident (Free) and the fascinating Space Age ($2.99), also made a game separately with James Moore a couple years ago called Blackbar ($2.99). Blackbar is a text-driven game set in a dystopian future and is based around decrypting censored messages. It’s a remarkably fascinating game, and still worth checking out to this day. But now, Mrgan and Moore are due to release a new game that is a prequel to Blackbar, called Grayout.

Details on Grayout are few beyond what the reveal GIF above says, and the text, as you notice, does change. It says it’s an “aphasiac experience set in a medical dystopia," with aphasia referring to a condition that affects the ability to communicate. So, say no more: I don’t want to know any more before I play this, and I’m fascinated as to what Grayout will be. It should release on iOS soon, though it may be next year depending on if Apple approves it before the iTunes freeze around Christmas.