The Lost Son
Cross Coder · 2024 · Side Scroller, 2D Platformer, Puzzle Platformer, Puzzle, Platformer
PC
Positive94% · 17
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About The Lost Son
Story
Sean and Belle are on their way to visit their son for his birthday but suddenly they wake up in a mysterious world. Lost and confused, the couple ventures out into the unknown to find out where they are and where their son is.
Gameplay
In The Lost Son is a puzzle platformer where you play as two characters that you can switch between. Each character has a unique interaction with color. The blue character can only collide with blue barriers and pink circle can only collide with pink barriers. As simple as this constraint is it can create some interesting puzzles where you have to use both character's unique abilities to progress!
Solo Mode
Ready to take on the challenge all alone with that big brain of yours? In solo mode character switching is the key. Make sure to use both character's unique attributes and abilities to advance through the levels!
Work Together
Want to play with a friend? We've got you covered! In The Lost Son you can connect a controller to the game and it will automatically enter split-screen! Work together to beat the stages and have a blast! (Only works is there is one keyboard and one controller at the moment).
Required - Keyboard & Mouse
Co-op - A Keyboard & Mouse for the first player, and a controller for the 2nd player
Keyboard Controls
Move - Arrow Keys/A and D
Switch Characters (only in single player mode) - Tab
Pause - Escape
Jump - Z/Space
Stomp Attack - X/S
Air Dash - C/Left Click
Gamepad (2nd Player Only)
D-Pad/Left Stick - Move
Button South - Jump
Button North - Air Dash
Button East - Stomp Attack
Sean and Belle are on their way to visit their son for his birthday but suddenly they wake up in a mysterious world. Lost and confused, the couple ventures out into the unknown to find out where they are and where their son is.
Gameplay
In The Lost Son is a puzzle platformer where you play as two characters that you can switch between. Each character has a unique interaction with color. The blue character can only collide with blue barriers and pink circle can only collide with pink barriers. As simple as this constraint is it can create some interesting puzzles where you have to use both character's unique abilities to progress!
Solo Mode
Ready to take on the challenge all alone with that big brain of yours? In solo mode character switching is the key. Make sure to use both character's unique attributes and abilities to advance through the levels!
Work Together
Want to play with a friend? We've got you covered! In The Lost Son you can connect a controller to the game and it will automatically enter split-screen! Work together to beat the stages and have a blast! (Only works is there is one keyboard and one controller at the moment).
Required - Keyboard & Mouse
Co-op - A Keyboard & Mouse for the first player, and a controller for the 2nd player
Keyboard Controls
Move - Arrow Keys/A and D
Switch Characters (only in single player mode) - Tab
Pause - Escape
Jump - Z/Space
Stomp Attack - X/S
Air Dash - C/Left Click
Gamepad (2nd Player Only)
D-Pad/Left Stick - Move
Button South - Jump
Button North - Air Dash
Button East - Stomp Attack
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
⠀11 found this helpful
Pretty cool game! Its giving me similar vibes to fire boy and water girl, in a good way. There were a few sections that felt tricky playing as a solo player. I really like the secretive theme around the final level, but I almost didn't even play it! I went into the chapter select only to finish the last collectible I missed, but the ending of level 17 wouldn't have led me to believe there was anything left to do. Overall, I had a good time with it and it was refreshing to play a simple puzzle game that didn't get bogged down with ads or unneeded complexity c: I'm excited to see what else you work on!3 found this helpful
"The Lost Son" is a poorly made minimalist 2D platformer hammered out with Unity. It lacks polish, it's awkward to play, and the phoned in graphics are offputting. The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?). Gamers don't spend thousands of dollars on gaming rigs to pretend they're mobile phones or Commodore 64s. Not every "free" game really is. There's often MTX, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of things that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuable. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 2 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free g…2 found this helpful
I enjoyed the game, would be cool to have a challenge mode or some such though. Lvl 18 was my favorite for this reason as well as those with map elements that encouraged speed. All in all it was pretty nice and chill. Def good for an hour or so.2 found this helpful
This is a great game, but I wish whenever we hit reset, we'd be reset back to the very beginning. Additionally, we should have the crystals reset each time we attempt a level or time mode. Finally, fix the full screen issue please. Overall, pretty satisfied1 found this helpful
Release the sequel soon please1 found this helpful
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