If you were lucky enough to attend EGX here in the UK recently then you may have spotted a lovely-looking indie title by the name of Lumo.
This isometric offering is packed with references to gaming's past, and was born out of a Twitter conversation between its creator - former Ruffian, Lionhead and Bizarre Creations staffer Gareth Noyce - and Ste Pickford, one half of the legendary British coding duo the Pickford brothers (that's not just a name they use, they are actually brothers). Pickford pointed Noyce in the direction of YouTube speed-runs of the cult Pickford brothers-developed SNES Equinox, and tasked him with making his own mark on the genre.
The result is Lumo, a game which takes inspiration not only from Equinox, but also other classic isometric titles like Jon Ritman's seminal Head Over Heels. It's being published by Rising Star Games, and is currently slated to arrive on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation Vita, PC, Mac, and Linux in 2016.
You can check out some footage of the game in action below, courtesy of our friends at Eurogamer (we love them so much that we'll forgive the fact that they shamelessly steal our Alex's "lovely people" catchphrase at the beginning):
Most interesting of all is that Eurogamer has hinted that a Wii U release could be on the cards - this has since been confirmed by GoNintendo:
https://twitter.com/korruptor/status/652211392448172032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Would you be interested in playing Lumo on your Wii U? Let us know by casting your magic over the comments section.
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Heck yeah I'm intrested, looks neat.
100% buying this in the vita. Thanks for sharing, had no clue it was even coming out!
Definitely interested,fingers crossed he'll bring it over.I must say these Youtube adverts are getting ridiculous,I just had a unskippable 30 second one for skin lotion before I could watch that video.
This game looks excellent! It reminds me of a mix of SNES & PS1 RPG's and has kind of a retro feel, which I love. If this comes to Wii U I'll most certainly pick this up.
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I'll get it on Vita.
There's something mildly disturbing about the model used in the picture.
I'd love to have this game on the Wii U. I came into this generation pretty lukewarm on indies, feeling their games weren't all that great. But here recently I've been playing a lot of Indie titles on my Wii U and I gotta say, I've really been missing out.
huh, must have missed this one at EGX - the best game there hands down though was Last Fight - a glorious Power Stone style brawler. Would love to see some coverage on that one.
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@Damo Nice, the game really deserves some attention it's so good for an indie and the developers were pretty friendly. I corresponded with them briefly and managed to (hopefully) secure a press release key - so excited
@Kingrat Yeah, they came up to us to say thanks for covering the game on the site previously, apparently it helped them get more attention. The game is looking seriously good!
@Chaotic_Eevee Same here. I used to think that most of them were just the same old "NES style platformer" type of game, but I've really come to respect indie games over the years. I'd love to see more indie support on the Wii U!
Looks interesting.
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