The Case of the Dark Strangler
A downloadable game for Windows
THE CASE OF THE DARK STRANGLER
The Dark Strangler has been killing the victims of the bizarre "black lightning incident," and the cops refuse to do anything about it...
It's up to private investigator Magnum Johnson to save the day, aided by his trusty companion Gizmo!
Fly your hat around! Shoot homing missiles! Replace most of the oxygen in a room with lead! All that matters is that justice is served!
CW: Writing about suicide, body horror, a really scary lookin image of the dark strangler, and other such frightful things.
Made in roughly 7 days for Devzone's Bootleg Jam 2025.
This game is based on Schwarzerblitz by Andrea Demetrio, though very little of the source material leaked through. This game is lethally tongue-in-cheek, hence the indie voice acting and psychotic tonal inconsistency.
Thanks to:
- Holly, who voiced both Gizmo and The Dark Strangler
- Andrea, for putting so much passion into a setting just for me to butcher it
- Devzone, for being such a great community
- Felipe Di Poi, for the detective video that informed Magnum's writing
- MDK for existing, it was my muse during the making of this
- The Dark Strangler, who provided his likeness for this project
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Fun game. Can't wait to see more from you in the future.
There's quite a few titles already on their main page.
Always love the games and the work you put into them! Was short and sweet and fun!
really loved the passion you put into this game, I wish bigger titles had even a 3rd of the heart. it really brings me back every time I play something like this to a time where people cared about what they made, thank you ^_^
Played through this and... eh it was ok. Honestly though I didn't like it as much as Orbo's Odyssey.
I never thought that this noir shooter game was actually a horror platformer. I like it and complete the game without a single retry and no death
Fun game as usual. I liked the ending.
goated as hell
Black lightning room was kinda weird. Break the ceiling in front of the lightning door. Dunno what that meant.
spoilers
It shows the personal motive behind the Dark Strangler's actions. Someone close to him was also a black lightning victim and the germination took them too, though it's unclear what happened to them after that. The Dark Strangler was killing the black lightning victims not only to stop the spread of the germination, but also to prevent anyone else from losing someone they care about to it.
COOL AND WANT OTHER STAGE ...
johnny you've done it again. made a weird game
Still waiting for Nowhere but this looks cool!
The Dark Strangler stole my Kidney Stones and he Strangled them until they Exploded in his hands.