Alrighty then, let's get this show on the road:
Lumin Lacuna is a game that is simply not finished. It's one of those games that makes me wish the students had gotten an extension or something, because it shows a lot of potential. Let's delve a bit deeper:
The visual style is very appealing, though I am starting to regret ever saying that I like the neon look, because it seems that many devs are relying on that to make their game look nice. The character and level design in Lumin Lacuna would be great either way, but still...
The first and most pronounced thing that tipped me off to this game's being unfinished is that there is no sound. It's not rocket science, guys, a game needs sound just like a book needs punctuation or a film needs editing. There is a button on the options screen which looks like it was meant to toggle music or sound on and off, so this certainly wasn't something that was meant to happen.
Other than that, there's really only one problem with Lumin Lacuna. Its magic system is way too easy to break. You can mix and match two types of spells at any point, which is a great concept, but it won't take too much experimentation to find out that "homing bomb" can ruin entire roomfuls of even the toughest enemies by just spamming it. I suppose you could say that you don't have to use that particular combination and that there are plenty of others to play with, but I'm going to use the same argument here as I do when I spoke against creative mode in Minecraft. Just knowing that an infinitely more efficient option exists is enough to ruin the more difficult experience. Building that giant stone castle by hand becomes much less rewarding when you see your friend's mountain-sized diamond palace populated by hundreds of wolves and ocelots. In Lumin Lacuna, clearing out a room with "field laser" or something like that is more frustrating than rewarding when you look at how much health and time you lost just because you didn't want to use "homing bomb."
That's all I got for now. Until next time, stay optimal
Links
Lacuna Latata: https://www.digipen.edu/?id=1170&proj=18587
