Dark Light (2021)

Even if you're 22iq you'll love this game!

amazeing game . the aspect of this game is super unique with really good level design and really good speedrunning potential if youre into that short form : mid air box jump go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I'm not gonna lie and say I finished the whole game before writing this review. I didn't even get close, I can't get past the first batch of levels. However, I believe a lot of my observations probably hold for the rest of the game. The basic idea is a little flawed. It's 3D Closure, but being in 3D is really not an advantage. In Closure, most of the spotlights extend for an infinite distance, at least until they hit something. You know, like light does. I can only assume that this couldn't be implemented in Dark Light, because it's infinitely more intuitive than the way Dark Light does it, where light extends a fixed distance and then just stops. This system is really awkward to work with. There are certainly interesting puzzles that this limitation leads to, but most of the time, it's a hindrance and an annoyance. Being 3D also makes the platforming very difficult. There is a reason the platforming in 3D puzzle-platformers usually doesn't demand much. Executing puzzles should never be the hard part, so if a puzzle requires a precise solution, setting it up should be easy. There are all sorts of tricks great games use to accomplish this. One of the more obvious ones is Quantum C…

Fun To SpeedRun

cool game, fun to speedrun, bugs make it much more interesting

A clever little puzzle game that requires a fair bit of creativity to finish. The hardest part is working around the platforming to achieve what you've imagined. I'm positive that my solutions for some of the puzzles were not intended, but it was quite fun to push the limits of the game. Definitely worth buying on sale, but I wouldn't be mad if I paid full price. I'm excited to see what this dev creates in the future.