‘Nelumbo’ Solves Platforming Puzzles With a Magical Water Lily

Nelumbo helps a small, misplaced woodland creature via an ever-changing array of pure puzzles that stand in the way in which of their journey dwelling.

Nelumbo is a platformer filled with mild puzzles and considerate environments that encourage some playful exploration. There’s a type of story that occurs together with it, however not one of the narrative moments are advised via phrases or textual content. As a substitute, all the pieces is converyed via photos and reactions from the primary character itself.

You play somewhat forest creature of the identical identify as the sport. This critter is trying to make their means dwelling. This sounds straightforward sufficient, however you aren’t fairly certain the place you’re or the place dwelling even is. Because it seems, there was some type of unusual occasion that has prompted you to finish up fairly removed from your personal dwelling and now you have to work out what’s going on in your world to raised discover your means again to your own home with out getting misplaced additional.

The entire sport is hand drawn and stuffed with plenty of beautiful moments and exquisite puzzles. It adjustments stage by stage as you’re employed via wild environments which might be stuffed with tough interactions so that you can work out. Should you can resolve the makes use of of the assorted wildlife, you need to be capable of a means ahead and hopefully make it that a lot nearer to your private home. From utilizing bubbles to get greater to swimming in ponds to ready for platforms to alter, there’s a lot to find and make use of.

I acquired the possibility to play a demo of Nelumbo at BIG Conf, the place I discovered myself within the visible fashion. The world is simply cute and pulls you in! The builders defined that their larger image is to attempt to create an atmospheric, type of enjoyable sort of puzzle sport that attracts the participant into it. The sport is on the smaller aspect, however nonetheless actively being labored on, so we should wait to see the place the story goes ultimately.

Nelumbo is at the moment out there (without cost) on itch.io.

About The Creator

Jupiter Hadley

Jupiter is a prolific indie sport journalist, writing for Metro UK, Large Boss Battle, AlphaBetaGamer, and plenty of extra, all with a give attention to smaller indie gems. She covers 1000’s of sport jams and indie video games on her YouTube channel, letting each sport have a second within the highlight. She runs indiegamejams.com, a calendar of all the sport jams happening on the planet, judges many jams and occasions.