## Description

Despite using the AGS adventure engine, _The Jackyard_ is actually a third-
person platform game based on exploration. Entirely designed in black and
white with a typical noir style, the game has no clear goal, although it is
possible to finish it. Instead the player is encouraged to explore the
different environments, set both indoors and outdoors, with certain
surrealistic elements. The game shows points the amount of acquired points in
the bottom left corner of the screen.

_How can we enjoy the flavor in our mouths, when, already, we’re dreaming of
the taste of the next bite?_

As there are no puzzles, players can move about freely, although some
locations are hidden and require precise jumping. Players can choose to dream,
read a portion of the novel _The Old Oaken Bucket_ by Samuel Woodworth and use
strange devices. The game uses rather complex layers that often scroll at
different speeds. Many of the levels are interspersed with quotes integrated
into the environment with an unusual amount of attention to the typography,
although no meaning or explanation is given at any time. Certain game
elements, including the music, vary with each session.

The Jackyard