Mirror Ink

The game

You get one half of a Rorschach card — paint your inkblot there and the other half draws itself, fold-line bleed and all. Then the specimen comes alive: it breathes, wanders the card, drips ink that never dries, and reacts to how you painted. Heavy blobs grow into a slow giant; a storm of small stamps makes a skittish little thing that darts from your cursor. Every creature you unfold is filed in the gallery as a numbered specimen. Black ink on a cream laboratory card, double-rule frame and red-pencil numerals included.

How to play

• Click the card (or press Enter) to open the lab.
• Drag on the "paint here" half — black ink only; the mirror half completes itself on unfold.
• Set the brush with the mouse wheel or the left/right arrow keys (6–44 mm).
• Press Enter or hit "Unfold ▸" (needs at least 3 blobs): the card opens, the mirrored blot is revealed and named.
• The creature's size and tempo come from your style — watch the BLOBS / INK / BRUSH readout; big mass means a slow Colossus, many light stamps mean a Fidgety wisp.
• Move the cursor near it to spook it, click it to poke — the ink squashes and spatters.
• "New blot" starts another specimen; click any gallery thumbnail to summon that creature back. "Clear blot" (or C) wipes your half.
• Press P or Esc to pause. There is no losing — the goal is the gallery.