Novelline, Inc.Apr 8, 2016Free to playView on Steam ↗

BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer

A super high difficulty, fantastical 2D action platformer complete with an expansive original soundtrack. 20+ Levels. Multiple playable characters. Rich lore. BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer is Act One in a timeless tale of loss and redemption.

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9.0/10

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Having spent his life locked inside, protected by his sister, and hidden from an extremely hostile world, a young Sourcer named “Bleak” passed the time using his creativity and ingenuity to rebuild a destroyed C.O.G. surveyor robot name "Glitch". When his sister, Asha is discovered and arrested, Bleak emerges with Glitch by his side into this unfamiliar and overwhelming terrain. Can you traverse it?

Welcome to Glimmer

20+ Platforming levels (Multiple ways of beating levels that change the path you take)
Competitive Time Trial Online Leaderboards
Two playable characters with unique mechanics
A massive lore that spans thousands of years across seven original races
Strong focus on single-player narrative story telling
20+ original songs

Escape from Wither (est. Late 2024 w/ Remaster):

Additional 20+ Platforming levels (Multiple ways of beating levels that change the path you take)
Another playable character
Lore expansion with greater details on the origin of Pinnacle
Strong focus on single-player narrative storytelling.
Additional 15+ original songs

Player reviews (41)

Not recommended4h played13 found helpfulSep 2016

Bad platformer in every sense. You jump 5 inches off the ground, no grabbing onto ledges. Map layouts make no sense, and theres no actual minimap, nor any direction of where to go. You randomly die if you fall more than 2 feet, but you never really know if falling will kill you or if its what you're supposed to do. If you die you restart entire level. Graphics are art are bland and bad. No real interesting story. You just jump and grab onto things. Apparently every level you have to go all over the place to collect a bunch of items, so instead of a game like mario where you can collect coins, instead this is just you constantly having to go every which way to collect things, then die, then repeat. Forced scavenging to increase game length due to lack of levels. Just nothing positive in this game. 2.5/10.

Recommended6h played10 found helpfulSep 2016

[h1] BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer [/h1] DISCLAIMER: I received this product for no cost for the purpose of reviewing. However, this does not affect my views and opinions of the game. BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer is a 2D action platformer that emphasizes it's difficulty. Your character; Bleak, moves between obstacles trying to make it to the end of the stage while picking up collectables along the way -------- [b] Graphics: 8 / 10 [/b] The art-style of the game really sticks out. Although subjective, I found the design of the game to be really well done. The overall aesthetic sets the tone for the game as well as compliments the soundtrack. It conveys a very grim and slightly depressing theme, especially in it's character design, which fits very well with the story. The game is optimized well and should have no problem running on systems with a lower tier graphics card and CPU. I also found the animation quality of the sprites to flow nicely. The only complaint I'd have about the graphics is that; although the stage and level design look good, it starts to get repetitive after a little while as it feels as though the art assets just change slightly between stages. That being said, I haven't completed as many stages in the game as I'd like too, and dying repeatedly would cause the stages to become repetitive (as you start from the beginning of the stage). -------- [b] Sound: 8 / 10 [/b] The sound effect assets in the game itself are decent. They aren't amazing but they get the job done and fit in well with everything else. Where the game's sound assets really shine is in the background music/OST. The music is really well done, and has some great guitar pieces that are played within the stages. Thankfully because of how well done these tracks are, they do not feel repetitive, especially when dying over and over again would cause you to restart the stage and repeat the tracks. I was told that the game's soundtrack shares influences with SuperGiant's Bastion's OST, which is one of my favourite games as well as favourite game soundtracks. Listening to the guitars in the background music of BLEAK does remind me of the guitars in the Bastion OST. You can also purchase the OST for BLEAK as DLC in the store page. -------- [b] Mechanics: 7 / 10 [/b] BLEAK: Welcome to the Glimmer is a platforming game. The controls are very simple. You move with the WASDs or Arrow keys and jump with the space bar (there's also gamepad support). You move through different obstacles and pick up as many collectables as you can before you finish the stage. Although it sounds simple, the game is very difficult. The stages are quite long and challenging. As you progress through the game, more obstacles and hurdles will appear and you must rely on timing and skill in order to pass through them. There are no check points within the game so if you die, you must start the stage again from the beginning. You have a "willing power" count which is essentially your "lives". You get 30 when you start a stage, and after you've used all up, the game kicks you back out to the stage selection screen. Although this seems redundant as you have to restart each stage when you die anyways, you lose all the collectables that you've picked during your previous run in that stage, and have to go out of your way in some stages to get them again. Collectables are mainly for completion's sake within the game. I've read that there's another character you can play as after you complete some part of the game. This may change the difficulty depending on how the other character moves, though I have not reached that part as of yet. The game's stages also have different paths. I'm not sure if it's all stages, though some stages I've encountered have different exits that lead to different stages of the game which adds a little more variety and reputability to the game. The game also has a time trial mode and a leader-board for those interested in it. -------- [b] Final Personal Remarks [/b] The game is a lot of fun, and it's one of those games that after dying a thousand times over and over again, you keep going because getting to the end of the stage will be that much more satisfying. Unfortunately, I'm terrible at these sort of games even though I enjoy platformers. There is some replay-ability for those who enjoy speed running games (as each stage has a timer) as well as discovering/playing each of the stages. All in all, I think it's a very good title with an interesting art-style and great soundtrack. Thanks to the Devs for giving me the opportunity to review the game, as well as anyone who took this review into consideration, I hope it helped.

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No Man's Sky	$636.2M	412.8K	85%	$59.99
7 Days to Die	$425.3M	398.5K	87%	$44.99
Palworld	$415M	463.2K	94%	$29.99
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	$309.8M	294.6K	88%	$49.99
The Forest	$254.8M	679.3K	96%	$19.99
Ready or Not	$238.1M	340.1K	78%	$49.99

BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer

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Escape from Wither (est. Late 2024 w/ Remaster):

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