Shadow Burglar

Shadow Burglar is a stealth-focused adventure that builds its identity around the clever use of darkness, supernatural abilities, and a revenge-driven narrative. Developed by Ghostly Productions and published by UQAT – Création et nouveaux médias, the game introduces players to Jean, a skilled thief whose mission extends beyond ordinary burglary. She is determined to recover a priceless collection of paintings stolen from her late brother and uncover the people responsible for his fate. Set within an alternate vision of post-war London during the 1920s, the game blends historical inspiration with fantasy elements, creating a setting where crime, political unrest, and mystery naturally complement its stealth-oriented gameplay. Instead of relying on traditional sneaking mechanics alone, Shadow Burglar introduces powers that fundamentally change how players approach each mission. Jean possesses the ability to merge with shadows, allowing her to slip through narrow spaces, bypass heavily guarded routes, and remain concealed from enemies. She can also manipulate nearby darkness to create opportunities that would otherwise be impossible, encouraging players to think creatively instead o…

This has a unreal level of quality for a game developed by students. It is about half an hour long but feels and looks like a game that can easily go way beyond that with its story and mechanics. Honestly pretty damn good.

pretty fun and short , worth getting 100%

I really do think the gameplay has an interesting concept. The problem is that the animation looks incredibly badly polished, and the gameplay feels too robotic and clunky. I want guards to actually have unpredictable and faster search routes, I want to be able to have more freedom to approach the situation differently on what I think is faster. The portal absorbion makes sense as a slower stealth kill, but I think there has to be at least a direct combat system to compensate for it in return. There were also a few bugs, like how the camera didn't work until I switched my sensitivity at the start of every level, and at one point something happened that prevented enemies from moving, making sneaking past them way easier. And for the love of god, why can these short free to play games just not bloody give me the option to change my control scheme? Just let me adjust it to my keyboard setting! Why is that hard?!

Amazing job with this game! Creative light mechanics for a stealth-rogue experience. Neat little story for this game. There are neat puzzles as well. Artistic design was well done. I hope this group of students did well, and continued on with other games! Highly recommend if you want to play a neat stealth game, and support the students who made this game.

A very nice game, took about half an hour, was very well made