Under The Moon

Tried this game as I love puzzle games. Pros: - Easy for most computers to run - Simple controls - Voice acting is present Cons: - The translations are off - It is mostly running back and forth - The game had the characters clipping through themselves I commend them for the attempt made but it really isn't super polished or anything. It's not that I think it's bad, I just don't think it's necessarily worth the price. I give it 2/5 riddles.

I will start by saying that I recognize that game development is a tough road to travel, especially when the development team is small. It takes time, perseverance, faith, vision, and a love of games. Sometimes the result is magical. But, in the case of this game, the magic was missing for me. Under the Moon is a walking simulator with riddles. The premise is ” boy meets girl, girl challenges boy to follow her and look for clues, boy solves riddles and finds girl.” The story is told in a wee bit of dialog at the beginning and the end of the game. Gameplay consists of solving a handful of riddles on each of six levels. A level consists of a single street with a unique theme (Egypt, China, Russia, Scotland, etc.). The streets are busy with pedestrians, vendors, houses, and parked cars. It is obvious that a lot of attention went into building the different environments. Most of your travel is linear but, on occasion, you can briefly vector off the street to visit a market, a field, a graveyard, etc. To solve a riddle, you must find and interact with the object in the environment that is described. Sounds interesting and, for the most part, the riddles were well thought out. The …

Completed the game multiple times. It is a short hunt for the answers to riddles game that has a small story to go along with it. The riddles for the most part are pretty simple as well as finding the objects to complete the riddle. There are times that the object is small enough that you are guessing that it is what answers the riddle. I had no technical issues and should run easily on just about any system. Graphics are good for an Indie game.

Interesting experiment that doesn't work. The game has you running up and down four streets, each in a different city, and searching for items. Your only clue is a riddle that fits the item most of the time, but some need work; English isn't the main language here. To avoid frustration, switch to easy mode that marks all items with a glow. Even though items are random for each new game, they're still picked from a limited number of items per street. The problem is that nothing interesting happens and it feels like it's always the same long street despite different art. There are people walking around in clothes appropriate for the city, but they don't feel "alive". Also, achievements don't work.

silly childish game with mostly easy riddles and basic graphics. there's broken english but nothing that can't be understood. it somehow managed to raise my GPU to 84C, even after turning down some of the detail levels, something no other game has managed to do. the game was not enjoyable in any case and i have requested a refund. oh by the way, no, the pyramids, at least the giza pyramids, were not built by slave labor.

Under The Moon is a spin on the hidden object genre, incorporating riddles into finding the hidden objects. The game is relatively short (~1-1.5 hours) and straight-forward, and is thus most appropriate for younger players. There seems to be some minor translation errors making some riddles difficult to understand (particularly given that many incorporate puns, and thus the wordplay is rather important), but you can relaunch the level and hope you don't get that particular riddle again if you can't figure it out. The developers are responsive to feedback as well. Given the length and complexity of the game, I think the price as-is is too steep. I would recommend the game to younger players at a fairly steep discount (~50+%). If you regularly play puzzle games or are looking for something longer/even moderately difficult, I think you would be disappointed with the game.