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Pixel-art platformer · Ages 9 to 12

Chalk & Fog

The Fog eats the names of things. You have chalk. Run, jump and trace the outlines back into the world: the bridge, the ladder, the boat.

World 1 is free in the browser, no download and no sign-up. On Android, both islands; iOS coming soon.

Chalk & Fog title art: a hooded child on a sandy beach between a boat drawn in chalk and a glowing lighthouse

Watch the trailer

The hooded hero runs from a dark wall of Fog with a single eye, under the title Chalk & Fog

Pressing play loads the video from YouTube. What that means

An island that lost its names

A lighthouse burned on the island. Then the Fog came, and the Fog eats the names of things. A thing without a name stops working: the bridge won't hold, the ladder leads nowhere, the boat won't float. All that's left is an outline.

Someone woke up on the shore. They had only chalk. It was enough.

From the game

On the Beach the hero stands beside a boat just brought back from its chalk outline; a picture card above shows the same moment
Naming the boat on the Beach
In the Ravine a dark wall of Fog with a single eye closes in behind the hero, who jumps towards a glowing shard
The Fog chases you through the Ravine
World 2: the hero jumps through wind-streaked air between high walkways with trampolines, above shards and sand dunes
Wind over the Dunes (World 2)
In the Archive the hero climbs a ladder of small platforms inside a hidden cache, next to a pink chalk heart
A chalk heart in a cache in the Archive
Prologue: a stone well on a grey beach under a chalk sign, with the caption The Fog eats the names of things
The prologue
World 2: in the Orchard the hero jumps above a grassy ledge while, in the closed bed below, a purple creature raises an eraser beside a swing
Something rubs out names in the Orchard (World 2)

How to play

Touch controls on a phone or tablet, the keyboard on a computer.

Two islands, twenty levels

World 1 · Free, also in your browser

The island in the Fog

Ten levels, from the Beach through the Village, the Marsh and the Archive to the Lighthouse. Near the end the Fog starts to chase you, and in the finale you are the one who names the island. A secret Grotto opens after the finale once you have 20 stars.

World 2 · Google Play, iOS soon

The windy island

The wind has blown the Fog away, but it blows names away too. Find shelter behind a dune, behind a fence, in the light. Gusts push, something rubs out names behind your back, and a windmill waits on the summit. Ten levels, from the Dunes to the Windmill.

The first level is free: get the game on Google Play.

For parents

Made for children aged 9 to 12. Here is what the game does and does not do.

Pick up the chalk

World 1 runs in the browser on a phone, a tablet or a computer. Your progress stays in that browser. On Android, get both islands from Google Play.