Made by a team of university graduates with an average age of 23, Lumione is a impressive platformer that serves as the debut game for Glimmer Studio. With obvious inspiration from other hard-as-nails platformers like Ori and the Blind Forest and Celeste, Lumione takes the genre in a different direction: underwater.
"The game’s major themes are chasing dreams and having hope. Players will play the part of the beloved deep-sea fairy, Glimmer, as they escape from darkness and follow the path of the Light.
Faced with trials of wisdom and courage, they will need to prove they have got what it takes to bring the light of hope back to the darkness of the seabed."
The game features around 170 levels, full of challenges, new techniques, and platforming puzzles to solve, as well as slowly increasing difficulty. There's currently a demo available on Steam, but the full game will release on the 13th of October for $12.99 ($11.99 on Steam), with a 10% launch discount for the first week.
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This game looks so pretty 🤩
The underwater genre variety sounds refreshingly cool to me, however "the themes are chasing dreams and having hope and players will play the part of the beloved deep-sea fairy" makes it sound more like a therapy session. I have no interest in that. 😅
Visually looks great, and reminds me of Celeste. I have quite a backlog so I probably do not need yet another tough platformer.
@Clarice
After dealing with my aging parents, whom have both recently passed, a wife with major health issues like 8 spine surgeries, and covid making it all harder than ever, I think the "therapy session" is the part I need most! 🤣
I hope it turns out good.
Looks good. As well as Ori, it also reminds me of Evergate, another tough yet beautiful and creative platformer.
A little too much ori. If you didn’t know from the article it was a separate game you’d think this was just gameplay footage
@Luigisghost669 Agreed. If the team really is that young they are probably tapping into their childhood nostalgia.
Celeste playability with Ori visuals? I am in.
Spikes ... why does it have to be spikes? Does look good, but may have too many spikes to navigate for my interest.
Worried me when i read that it takes something from a game like Celeste, cuz i always HOPE it's not the graphics, lol. Pong had very similar style to that game's look, with probably a little more pizzazz.
@Kang81 More than i hope that this game turns out good, i hope everything turns out okay for you :/. I hope you're doing alright. And if not, that's perfectly fine and valid too!
@Kang81 lol my sympathies brother. I'm not going to divulge my hardships in (family) life but it will make you stronger if not wiser. I guess my 'therapeutic' games are games that do not remind me of hardship at all. The always charming and lighthearted Nintendo games first and foremost.
I don't need even more games I want to buy in October, but it's so gorgeous. 😖 It's hard for me to resist a pretty platformer and it's affordable, so I'll likely get this one.
Been keeping an eye on this one for a while. Excited to see reviews! Hope it's as fun as it is good-looking.
I know it's odd to just blurt out random life issues, but I honestly think it helps just to get it off my chest.
Not that I do it looking for sympathy or anything, but its appreciated regardless. 👍
@Clarice
Appreciated, and as I replied to another person, I dont blurt them out looking for sympathy or anything, I think it's just a way to get it off my chest. Particularly since covid has limited my interactions with family and friends as of late.
I'll say this, I'm really glad for video games. They're one of the few things that can totally absorb my mind. TV, reading, playing or practicing music just doesn't occupy the same amount of my thoughts as games.
I'll say this, it does make you wiser, and unfortunately older, but I know how to avoid things in the future now. Haha
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