LAVALAMP

i will never skip breakfast again

a ~30 minute long walking sim, nothing spectacular, sound design is nice

i loved it, hope i didnt miss something

Genuine lobotomy but i like it

LavaLamp is the kind of weird little experience that feels like stumbling into a forgotten corner of the internet at 3AM (except in this particular case, i stumbled upon this experience at precilisely 4:51 AM (when the world is reserved for me and few other nightowls). The aesthetic is bizarre, psychedelic, and unmistakably vaporwave (you can practically TASTE the neon flamingos and cyan palm trees) , yet somehow it all feels strangely familiar —like a half-remembered dream composed entirely of old screensavers, fluorescent colors, abstract geometry, and questionable decisions (especially for a Xennial like your humble reviewer) [i] Gosh, i miss the golden age of MTV, SciFi, Channel, Adult Swim, & VH1 - that's what this experience invokes in me!. ...but I digress... [/i] The SFX deserve special mention. Every little sound contributes to the experience so much so that i wonder if one could also label this as much of a sonic experience as it is a visual one, creating this wonderfully tactile audiovisual feedback loop that makes simply interacting with the game oddly satisfying (and oh boy, there's a lot to interact with!). Dreamy, hypnotic, surreal, and perfectly matched to the game…

Very fun and lovely to look at! Reminded me of the unmatched joy of watching old windows media player visualizers and daydreaming about battleships while eating capn crunch!