To find him, you must explore the city and figure out the fascinating mechanisms that power this unique world. Lumi’s grandfather, the caretaker of Lumino City, has been kidnapped. Through this gorgeous environment weaves a clever, charming and puzzling adventure. I’m not sure if the crash could be blamed on the game or the OS (as a lot of apps seem to crash lately) but not saving is not cool.Lumino City is a wonderful puzzle adventure crafted entirely by hand out of paper, card, miniature lights, and motors. The game didn’t periodically save my progress, nor did it save my progress after completing a puzzle. Meaning I had to play the tedius ferris-wheel and guitar puzzles again. I encountered one serious problem, the crashed and, when I relaunched it, I found myself two puzzles back from where I was when I had started playing. I have no idea how the binary punchcard puzzle is supposed to work - and I used to be a programmer (and used punchcards a long time ago). There is a help manual, where you have to figure out which page to turn to by solving a math problem, but it just gives you the solution. There are no hints or clues on what you are supposed to do if you get stuck. The puzzles range from easy to practically impossible. The story is weak and pretty much hides in the background. This is a visually intriguing game based on an unusual concept and well-designed. (A few puzzles, like the Spinning House, are really cool.) I also very much appreciated the finishing touches on this game, which are the lovely 2D animated sequences at the start and finish. The difference here is that I plain lost patience with Lumino City’s puzzles: like everything else in this game, they LOOK great, but I found most (not all) of them unoriginal, arbitrary and tedious, and eventually resorted to a walk-through to get past many of them to where Lumino City really shines, which is the visuals and design. Lumino City and Machinarium have fairly similar approaches to the puzzles and are more challenging than Monument Valley. Your mileage may vary.) The obvious comparisons with this game are Machinarium and Monument Valley, which are both extremely accomplished animated stories interrupted by puzzles. (Leaving full screen mode worked around my problem. I did encounter some performance problems when running full screen on a Windows Pro that’s a few years old. Lumino City is in English only at present.īy any reasonable standard, this game is an amazing accomplishment and is utterly worth experiencing. It's not essential to play Lume before this game, but please check it out if you enjoy Lumino City. Lumino City is the sequel to Lume, also available in the App Store. Lumino City has a distinct and wonderful personality. A wide range of wonders to behold.One of the most alluring visual extravaganzas in recent memory" “Continually engaging and often inventive puzzles. ◆ State of Play collaborated with award-winning architects, fine-artists, prop-makers and animators, and each discipline brought something unique to the design and execution of the finished game. State of Play built a ten foot high model city, using laser cutting, miniature lights and motors to bring it to life. Everything you see on screen was made using paper, cardboard and glue. Explore the unusual dwellings beyond the city gates and finding out more about her intriguing Grandad's life along the way. ◆ You play Lumi, who is catapulted into an epic journey and a hunt for Grandad after his dramatic kidnap. To create the environment, a ten foot high model city was built by hand and by laser cutter, with each motor and light wired up individually, bringing the scenes to luminous life. Discover gardens in the sky, towers marooned high on an immense waterwheel, and houses dug precariously into cliffs. Begin by exploring the city, and using your ingenuity piece together all sorts of puzzling mechanisms to help the people who live in its unique world. Lumino City is a Puzzle Adventure game, and the sequel to the award winning Lume. “Unlike almost any other video game you've ever played.It's wow." “The most beautiful game WIRED has seen in ages” Lumino City Developer Description: ◆ BAFTA Winner 2015 ◆ Available in the App Store and in English only at present. Stunning and alluring visual extravaganzas with a magical atmosphere Engaging and inventive puzzles with a wide range of wonders to behold Play as Lumi on an epic journey to find her kidnapped Grandad and uncover his secrets Collaborated with award-winning architects, fine-artists, prop-makers, and animators Explore a hand-built, ten-foot high model city made of paper, cardboard, and glue Puzzle Adventure game with unique world and mechanisms to solve BAFTA Winner 2015, IGF 2015 Finalist, DICE Award 2015 Finalist, Indie Prize 2015 Finalist
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