The Indie Gamer #14

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“Use lateral thinking to solve mind-bending puzzles with lights, shadows, beams, platforms, and lightmatter.”

LIGHTMATTER Article by | Joseph Fortune

| $19.99 | Lightmatter is a first-person puzzle game based inside a mining facility. Inside the mining, the facility is a plethora of shadows that will swallow you whole, tunnels, and corridors to navigate through, and light to aim and to point to help keep you alive. The only communication you have in this game is through your walkie-talkie that you start out with or the tape recordings you find hidden throughout the game. Each room contains a different and unique puzzle to solve; using moving objects, lamps, and your character’s own agility to maneuver

through. The movement in the game is fluid, with very high response time so you won't be deterred by lag filled inputs. The graphics are bold and have a cartoonish feel to them. There is a lot of blue, black, grey and red that all fit really well together. The sci-fi storyline has that Portal feel, where you are trying to escape the facility against the odds, but is different enough that it's new and interesting. With the only dangers in the game being the shadows, and you not paying attention to where the light is, Lightmatter gives you the feeling of being in total

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Developed by | Tunnel Vision Games control of your outcomes. Lightmatter is available on the Steam store right now for $19.99, but as an added bonus for you, the developers have put in a free demo for you to try. The demo lets you play right up until halfway, giving you a great feel of the game but leaves you wanting more. As a lover of puzzle games, I would definitely recommend you give this game a playthrough.


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