Blackwood Asylum
Explore a restricted 1969 psychiatric archive to uncover dark asylum secrets.
Ziegler_Interactive made this on Mable.
Make your gameAbout Blackwood Asylum
Explore a restricted 1969 psychiatric archive, using a UV light to uncover dark asylum secrets and solve puzzles across twelve rooms.
How to play
- Tap the gold action button or labelled objects to read clues and add files to your journal.
- Toggle your UV light to reveal hidden codes painted on the walls and mechanisms.
- Solve puzzles by setting dials, valves, or gears to match the clues, then tap the confirm button.
- Select required items from your inventory and fit them into matching sockets to activate new mechanisms.
- Use the map to revisit discovered rooms like the morgue or chapel to apply newly found items.
Controls
- Touch
- Tap buttons and objects to interact, toggle UV, and navigate rooms.
- Keyboard
- Not supported.
- Mouse
- Click buttons and objects to interact, toggle UV, and navigate rooms.
More about this game
In Blackwood Asylum, your goal is to investigate twelve abandoned rooms, recover twelve classified files, and escape the facility. The core loop involves inspecting objects for clues, using your UV light to reveal hidden fluorescent codes, and solving mechanisms like breaker cabinets or steam valves. As you progress, you collect items like the Founder's seal or surgical prism to unlock new wings. The run ends when you successfully invert the portal core in the planetary vault and escape the collapsing building.
Tips
- Turn on the UV light in the Medical ward to reveal the erased diagram showing circuits 1, 3, and 4 are live.
- Check your journal's field notes if you get stuck; they provide exact hints like setting the optical projector to red 90°, green 180°, and blue 270°.
- You must revisit earlier rooms. For example, take the surgical prism from the theatre back to the morgue to find the mourning seal in drawer 7.
FAQ
- How do I balance the steam valves in Hydrotherapy?
- Ada kept the calibration in her quarters. Set the intake valve to 2, the boiler to 4, and the return to 1, then release the pressure to open the courtyard.
- What is the code for the planetary vault?
- Place the relics from nearest to farthest from the Sun: Mercury, Earth, then Saturn. Enter Vance’s emergency override code, 666-MIND, to invert the portal core.
- How do I open the chronology cabinet?
- Read the founding plaque in the chapel, then arrange the four records from oldest to newest: 1872, 1888, 1956, and 1969. This releases the founder's seal.
