Lumote: The Mastermote Chronicles

Lumote is a unique puzzle platformer with 2 worlds, 2 playable characters and a bunch of collectibles exclusive to the first world. The first world is huge with 6 towers and 60 puzzle rooms total. Once completed, a second world is unlocked with a new character. That one has 25 puzzle rooms, the puzzles are slightly less complex, favouring platforming and timing a bit more. The game’s graphics/style is absolutely dreamy. I think it’s supposed to convey underwater which is pretty convincing. I prefer to play the game at night with the dark backgrounds and neon light colours. The puzzles are generally satisfying. At first, I was still trying to figure things out and wasn’t sure what was happening, then it clicked with the second world and I was eager to replay the game for a couple of achievements. The sound effects are generally very high quality, although I don’t remember if there was any music used aside from a few specific moments. The game is pretty polished all things considered, since the puzzles can get complex and require lots of testing from game testers. The game does have some flaws, a few are more severe than others. Let’s start with the minor ones: the story and graphical style not offering enough variety. The story is shown with 2 cutscenes (the beginning and ending) and they don’t make sense or don’t say much. It’s such a small part of the game that I would have rather we had none when it’s that vague. The graphics look absolutely beautiful but they don’t change at all, whatever you see in one screenshot is all you’re getting. The severe flaws are the exhaustion caused by some puzzles and the speedrun achievement. Look, I’m a pretty big fan of the puzzles, more than other reviewers complaining about them. But there were a few that required many steps. It’s already tedious having to go through those steps, but imagine dying and having to redo them from scratch. Some of those rooms needed some trimming to keep this annoyance to a minimum. As for the speedrun achievement, I’m not just talking about it as a person who dislikes these type of achievements anyway, this one is super awful because world 1 is long. If my memory is right, it might have taken me between 8 and 12 hours to complete world 1, 12-14 hours the entire game the first time. The devs want you to beat world 1 within 1 hour and 23 minutes. Beating all the 60 levels with 2 minutes each would be around 2 hours and believe me, that is still incredibly fast in an uncomfortable way. They called the achievement beat the devs or something similar. Just because they can do it, it doesn’t mean it should be added as a challenge. A 2.5-3 hour speedrun achievement would have been far more appropriate for world 1. I managed to get it on my third run with an exploit that allowed me to skip tower 4 and 5. I wouldn’t have been able to do it otherwise. Lumote is definitely a good game that can be appreciated by puzzle platformer fans. But it requires patience and dedication due to its flaws and a few demanding achievements. I understand why the devs went with the price of €20, but €15 would have been fairer imo. It’s a game to get on sale or with a bundle if you know what you’re getting yourself into and you’re okay with the things I mentioned. According to steam, it took me less than 19 hours to complete the game and get all the achievements. This includes completing the game fully 2 times, doing world 1 a third time and restarting world 2 for the no death achievement.

Wholesome. Creative. Pretty.

[h1]世界を塗り返せ！[/h1] [spoiler]「パズルは品切れ」[/spoiler]の実績を解除するくらいやり込みました。 「ルモート」というメンダコみたいな生物を操作して進む3Dパズルプラットフォームです。 地面を走る「赤」色のラインを、「青」色に塗り返すことで先に進みます。 [h3]海洋感あふれるギミックの数々[/h3] イソギンチャクやクラゲは、色を変えることで作動させられます。 どれもシンプルなギミックですが、組み合わせることでパズル性が深化。 後半の難易度がけっこう高いのですが、ギミックに対する知識と経験が活きるはずです。 [h3]マスターモートの助言[/h3] プラットフォーム的な技術を磨くのも、けっこう大事だと仰られておる… 具体的には[spoiler]ギリジャン[/spoiler]なのじゃ…

This game is so perfect for me! Please keep surprising people with more puzzle games!

This semi-hesitant recommendation is predicated on the game being cheap enough that you don't mind tapping out at the "halfway" point like I did. I finished all of Lumote's base content, feeling relatively satisifed. I felt like the visuals and music were overly repetitive and some of the later puzzles pretty finicky, but I had an alright time overall. Unfortunately, World 2 continues to have largely the exact same visual and musical aesthetics, and did not provide any indication that there would be new mechanics to keep things fresh (but *did* provide indication that things would be significantly more finicky) - so, not wanting my opinion of the game to tank, I stopped playing. For $4, 5 hours of reasonably challenging (albeit very visually repetitive) puzzle gameplay is a plenty good deal, so I feel comfortable recommending the game on that basis.

말랑말랑 퍼즐풀기 (매일 업데이트되지는 않으며, 작성자가 원할 때마다 업데이트됩니다.) [1일차] 밑으로 내려가면서 퍼즐을 풀고 붉게 변한 주변을 푸른색으로 다시 밝히는 게임입니다. 플레이어는 민달팽이같은 말랑말랑한 친구로 플레이하며, 기본적인 이동과 2단 점프가 가능하죠. 다른 능력으로 푸른색으로 굳어지는 능력이 있는대, 이를 활용해서 주변의 식물들을 작동시킬 수 있고, 꽃에 푸른색의 에너지를 흐르게하여 꽃봉우리가 피어나게 할 수 있습니다. 단, 이는 일시적이며 달팽이가 위치를 벗어나면 다시 원래 모양으로 돌아가게 되죠. 다음 지역으로 향하는 통로는 꽃이며 동시에 체크포인트 역할도 수행합니다. 한 번 지나가면 다시 되돌아올 수 없기에 수집을 목표로 한다면 미리미리 찾아두고 퍼즐을 진행하여야 하죠. 참고로, 꽃봉우리를 피운 뒤 다음 지역으로 넘어가지 못하게 추락이나 압사를 당하면 해당 지역을 다시 처음부터 해야 합니다. 미리 수집을 찾아두고 진행하는 것이 좋음. 그냥 수집품 먼저 찾아야 함. 각자의 특성을 가진 다양한 친구들도 등장하며 상호작용이 가능합니다. 먼저 젤리같은 통통한 친구가 있는대, 이 친구에 탑승해서 굳히기를 하면 푸른색으로 만들어서 조종을 할 수 있죠. 이 친구의 색은 특정한 상황이 아니면 고정되기에 꽃으로 이동시켜서 푸른색을 고정시켜 꽃 봉우리가 다시 닫히지 않도록 할 수 있습니다. 열쇠나 고임목 같은 친구? 이동발판을 등에 메고 있는 친구도 존재합니다. 이 친구는 중앙의 조종대에 있는 친구와 동일한 색상의 레이저를 따라서 이동이 가능한 친구이죠. 플레이어는 굳히기로 직접 조작이 가능하며 오직 푸른색의 레이저를 따라서만 이동을 할 수 있습니다. 젤리 친구를 중앙에 배치하면 자동으로 경로를 따라서 이동을 하는대, 동일하게 젤리의 색상에 따라서 자동으로 이동을 하죠. 플레이어가 위치시켰다면 푸른색의 레이저를 따라 자동 이동하고, 중간에 붉은 레이저를 맞았다면 붉은색으로 변하여 붉은색 레이저에만 반응하여 자동 이동을 합니다. 그리고 거대한 젤리 친구도 등장합니다. 기본적인건 작은 친구와 동일하며 이들을 거대한 꽃으로 이동시켜서 각 탑을 활성화할 수 있죠. 뭐... 별다른건 없는 듯? 초기에는 그냥 젤리만 이동을 시키면 되지만 후반으로 진행될수록 주변의 식물들의 밀쳐내기를 활용해야하기도 하고, 발판 벌레에 탑승시키거나 자동 운행을 시켜서 진행하는 구간, 레이저를 활용해서 젤리의 색을 변형시켜야하는 구간 등 복잡도가 상승하게 됩니다. 난이도가 올라감에 따라서 머리가 아파지는... 추가로, 수집품들도 숨겨져 있으며 이를 수집하려다가 추락사하는 경우도 가끔 발생하죠. 포기하기엔 어찌어찌 생존해서 주울만한 위치에 있으니 수집안하기는 아까운.. 문제는 찾으려고 화면을 이리저리 움직이니 멀미가... [아쉬운 점] -은근 멀미남

nothin crazy, deserves more attention tho

fun

a good game with cool atmosphere and funny little jelly thing

I LOVED Lumote! What a fun, adorable game. It was the perfect level of challenging. The puzzles were unique and interesting, and I had a really great time getting through it. The atmosphere was totally my aesthetic, and all the cute little noise the Mote made had me smiling so much. If you love fun puzzle games, this is definitely worth your while!