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[Lumenox_Games]

Hey guys

My name is Johann and I'm the Marketing Director of the indie game Aaru's Awakening. The game is a project of Lumenox - an Icelandic based start-up video game developer.

Aaru's Awakening is a 2D action platformed where players take control of Aaru. The gameplay revolves around completing missions and exploring the world of Lumenox using Aaru's mobile skills; teleportation and charging. The game takes place in the world of Lumenox which is set up of four worlds - Dawn, Day, Dusk and Night. As Night starts to destroy the balance between these four worlds, Dawn sends it's champion - Aaru - to travel to Night's domain and restore the balance.

The games graphics are fully hand drawn. This is something that we are very proud of and we think the game looks very unique. I put in artwork from the game to give you a feel of it. I also encourage you to follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/lumenoxgames) where we will upload new information regularly for those who are interested. You can also visit our website (www.lumenoxgames.com) and download our demo, which you can also find on Steam Greenlight.

It would be great to get feedback from you guys, so ask anything you can think of and I'll answer you guys - and tell us what you think of the game!


Aaru


Aaru overlooking the world of Dawn


An in-game screen from the playable demo


Aaru charging in Dusk.

[Lumenox_Games]

Oh and here's the trailer!

[sublinimal]

Well, the visuals and audio are clearly top-notch, which leaves a good first impression. However, there are some problems with the controls (and arguably level designs).

I see potential in this, but there's one major flaw. The teleporting mechanic allows the player to traverse long distances, while the camera view is limited to short distances. There were a few places where I had no idea where to shoot the ball next. Maybe the camera should follow the mouse a bit, or the levels could be zoomed out more.

The falling slime is a particularly ugly reflex test. The camera only reveals the small gap you need to teleport through when it's too late to react. There's a lot of stuff being thrown at the player within three seconds: the moving tentacles, the slime, the gap, the spikes near the gap, and the rising tunnel after the gap. It's hard to tell what's meaningful and then you're already dead. This is especially bad with the last checkpoint being behind a part where I have to awkwardly tumble my way up by charging and spamming teleports.

[Lumenox_Games]

Thanks for the honest feedback! The demo is a bit cruel as it hasn't enabled any learning curve for players. I can assure you that the first levels of the game are much easier and gradually build up for what becomes a hard game.

But we will examine all your concerns and see if something has to be addressed!

[Conker534]

Pretty

[Lumenox_Games]

We just released some new screenshots. What do you think ?

[karlozalb]

Looks amazing! must be greenlighted right now!

[basnih]

Looks great! Liked a lot the mechanics, totally fresh as the artstyle and the traditional animation that definitely gives a plus to the game.