Lumino City
By State of Play Games
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Description
** BAFTA - Winner 2015 **
Lumino City is a wonderful puzzle adventure crafted entirely by hand out of paper, card, miniature lights, and motors.
Through this gorgeous environment weaves a clever, charming and puzzling adventure. Lumi’s grandfather, the caretaker of Lumino City, has been kidnapped. To find him, you must explore the city and figure out the fascinating mechanisms that power this unique world.
Winner of numerous international awards, including the BAFTA for Artistic Achievement alongside nominations for Innovation and Best British Game, Lumino City now finds its home on the App Store as the perfect tactile experience for iPhone and iPad.
Lumino City has an estimated 8 - 10 hours of gameplay and no In-App Purchases.
Reviews:
“An astonishing place to explore.” - Eurogamer
“Something special worth experiencing. Every scene is awe-inspiring. It's gorgeous.” - GameInformer
“The most beautiful game WIRED has seen in ages.” - WIRED
“Unlike almost any other video game you've ever played....It's wow." - Kotaku
“A benchmark for adventure game design.” - Adventure Gamers
“It's a huge, intricate world. Lumino City has a distinct and wonderful personality. Stunning.” - The Verge
“A wide range of wonders to behold... Continually engaging and often inventive puzzles.” - Adventure Gamers
Other Awards include:
** BAFTA - Three Times Nominated & Winner 2015 **
** Develop Awards - Winner **
** BIG Festival - Winner **
** Indie Prize Casual Connect **
Features:
AN ENTIRELY HANDMADE CITY. Everything you see on screen was made using paper, cardboard and glue, miniature lights and motors.
A UNIQUELY BEAUTIFUL WORLD TO EXPLORE. Venture beyond the city gates to discover gardens in the sky, boats marooned high on an immense waterwheel, and houses dug precariously into cliffs.
AWE INSPIRING PUZZLES. Play with real objects within each scene. Control windmills in the clouds, provide power to a house using only lemons plus your own ingenuity, and work out how to win at the most puzzling pinball table ever created.
A PERFECT EXPERIENCE FOR TOUCHSCREENS. With a seamless interface optimised for iPhone / iPad and tactile puzzles made from real materials, you'll feel like you're diving into a miniature world of physical playthings.
RECORD AND SHARE. New for iOS 9, use Replay Kit to screen record full motion video of the wonders you discover, then share it with other players and viewers online and on your social networks.
iCLOUD SYNCING. Switch play between all your iOS devices and pick up where you left off.
FAST DOWNLOAD, BETTER PERFORMANCE. Lumino City uses the latest iOS9 App Thinning technology to ensure you download only what you need. Hard disk space is saved, downloads are faster.
** Lumino City is designed for iOS 9 devices on iPad 2 and above, iPhone 4s and above, and iPod 5th Generation and above.
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What's New in Version 2.1
Linking back and forth to the "Making of Lumino City" app.
Customer Reviews
Pure artistic love !
This is one of those apps that changes societies view of games and apps in general. Artistically I have yet to see any game be as creative in its approach. The amount of love and passion seeps through everything you see and touch in the game. Knowing that everything is handmade, one can see the love that was put into it. Major developers can learn a lot from this game. Not for its puzzle solving or game controls or even its graphical prowess. Because let's be honest the game is great but in comparison there are many great games these days and many look better. But all the millions spent on the next big FPS will not give people the feeling that there are playing something special.
This is more a interactive work of art than anything, which in my opinion is the impression only a great game can leave.
Is this for everyone to download..no , but it does not mean that we should not appreciate it. As a fan of iOS games, the work put into this shows me that the surface has only been scratched in regards to what can be down on this platform. The game is most definitely worth 5 dollars . As we have all spent more on crappy gas station food at some point, so why not support an amazing group of artist that are willing to take risk and make there dream and art a reality.
Playable art
As so many others have said, the look and the art make this game. It's fun just to watch Lumi move around her world (would have enjoyed more freedom to explore). But at the same time, I felt sometimes that the game play was suffering in favor of the look. In particular, in the last bit with the turbine room, you view the "action" from way below and it's impossible to tell what's even going on with the character. I realize that is part of the look and the makers couldn't realistically zoom in on every little thing, but I felt like I missed a lot of details and the inability to manipulate the view was often annoying. Also, the puzzles were...weird. So many I could have scarcely figured out without the "handy manual," but with it, it felt less like a puzzle stretching my own mind and more like following complicated directions. Like building something from ikea. You don't get it, you just do it. In hindsight, that's an interesting twist on a game, but not what I was expecting. Okay, but enough negativity: it is a beautiful and fun game! I enjoyed playing and it was well worth the $5 I spent.
I don't get it sometime
And sometime I do. There's no sense of a goal here, and no hints. I really didn't know what to do first or where to go. Thzere is a manual of sketches the character carries but there are many many pages to turn to find what you're looking for, IF you know what to look for. The sketches are hand drawn in pencil so they can be less than clear. Yes this is not an easy breezy puzzler which is great. I wish there was a zoom feature as the manual material is very sm all. One can see right away this game is polished and intelligent and requires thinking. Yay! Well done. Just needs a bit of guidance and bigger letters. Or a map and a hint option. A shove in the right direction. Despite those small things, which had me in a panic, I'm moving along. Very nice graphically and never insulting to the brain. Don't miss this one if you crave more then hidden pictures puzzles
- $4.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: Dec 01, 2015
- Version: 2.1
- Size: 2.41 GB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Seller: State of Play Games Ltd
- © State of Play Games
Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Apple TV: Yes