Loddlenaut

A charming game about cleaning the ocean while dealing with your insufferable manager and cute fishes. Very cozy to play at night before bed! With some neglectable hiccups while running in ProtonDB, I can recommend this to other Linux users too.

This is an excellent cleaning sim. It's very therapeutic to scrub an area clean, to pick up all the trash, to rehabilitate adorable little axolotls. Everything feels smooth and intuitive. The graphics are incredible, although I am admittedly partial to PSX aesthetics. I wish I'd been able to get more time out of it, but it was still an immensely satisfying experience. I was a little put off initially by the gunk-respawning mechanic. Eventually, if left alone, areas will deteriorate back to dirtiness. Even 100% clean areas do it. This is largely a me-problem as I understand it, but I vastly prefer when cleaning sims don't require maintenance. I like to know that an area I've cleaned will stay that way. Luckily the respawning of trash was very slow. It was barely a problem. This game is fun, cute, and cozy. The creature collecting mechanic is entirely non-stressful. There's no punishment for neglecting your loddles. Cleaning is addicting. I can't explain it. Much of the game is literally just holding right trigger, yet the animations are so mesmerizing. It's definitely a great game, but I'd recommend waiting for a sale. $20 is a little too much for how short it is.

A bit mixed review but I think I had fun for 3 hours so more towards recommend. Pros: game runs smoothly. the game design is very cute. It is satisfying to watch nature return after you clean dirty spots. Little creatures thriving and eating food were wonderful to watch. gathering trash was rewarding as they are used to upgrade cleaning tools. I liked the mild post-apocalyptic vibe cleaning a polluted and abandoned ocean without other humans in sight. Finding employee cards was enjoyable as well. Cons: the gameplay got a bit tedious especially when I had to use the floor scrubber and microplastics remover. It was a bit annoying that the microplastics remover had to be emptied when full at home base only. Even with the booster and plants it felt pointless having to go back and forth other than to catch missed spots here and there. Fast travel is only unlocked at 100% of each biome. I also wish there was a bit more depth to the general world and lore of previous occupants and us.

and they loddled away, loddle loddle, til the very next day :)

This game is so cute and cozy. I enjoy playing it at the end of a long day as the tasks are mindless, but rewarding. Restoring the ocean and supporting its inhabitants is fulfilling. I am not recommending it because the game has crashed frequently for me so far. I have to save constantly in fear of losing my progress.

Cozy sea cleanup game with retro visuals and a ton of charm.

Overall: A fantastic, enjoyable, and relaxing cleaning game that I'd 100% love to see more of this world or other planets if they choose to make more! [h1] Postives [/h1] [list] [*]Colours: The use of colours allows players to identify interactable gameplay elements at a distance and contrast well against the environment. [*]Graphics: The graphics are both simple and charming while still maintaining both a pleasant feeling when roaming around and uneasiness when descending into the Metzi Trench. [*]Loddles: [b]They. Are. So. Cute.[/b] They are absolutely endearing to have follow around, play, pet, and even watching them mimic back the helmet flashes with little chirps. [*]Gameplay: It is very relaxing and of no difficulty beyond the Oxygen mechanic which I never had issue with. Time will pass by quick when you're immersed in cleaning. The tools provided are fun to use and I didn't feel too frustrated when using them. [*]Achievements: It's mostly easy to get 100% Steam achievements for this game, with some effort to get the more difficult ones but nothing stressful. [*]Story: It's very silly and lighthearted and I do enjoy reading the Holo-Badges and the dialogue from our assistant. [/list] [h1] Negatives [/h1] [list] [*]Resource Facilities: There are 5 different recycling facilities and I would constantly forget which trash would be taken in to the Green and Blue bins as some of the trash looks similar to one another that is accepted into one but not the other. [*]Vacuum: This one I really like, but the one gripe I have with it is that it's a mood breaker having the vacuum be full and needing to return to the home base to empty it out before it can be used. [*]Scrubber: This one is probably my favourite of the tools, the issue I have with it is having Loddle followers get covered in goop again whenever I use it as I can't set them to stop following me when the zone isn't clean enough for them to allow me the option to do so. [/list]

Excellent therapeutic and relaxing cleaning game. A little expensive at $25.00 for the 10 hours to 100% it but overall is worth it's price. I would recommend waiting for a sale if you are wanting to try out this game for yourself. Summer sale seems to consistently bring down the price to $8.50 if you are interested in waiting for a solid sale. 10/10 would recommend, very satisfying. My one piece of criticism is for the developers to remove the trash coming back once the area surrounding a biome is clear as it is annoying to have to reclean areas nowhere near possible pollutants.

Cute game. Beat it lil over 3 hours but it was a good 3 hours. Nice stuff.

Cute little game thats worth its money<3 go clean, n get lottled on