Lumino City is a super cute little game of the point-and-click puzzle variety. It's a pretty familiar story, in that you are trying to find your grandfather [the Handyman] who has disappeared, and figure out why the power has gone out of the city. Puzzle are kind of what you'd expect--lots of dials and gears, blinky lights, rotating platforms, decoding cyphers, circuits, and mostly just trying to figure out how to get power flowing in each particular section of the city. I definitely wished they'd been more challenging or thought-provoking; they were mostly linear, with lots of finding a clue/code in one place and using/replacing it in a different place. [note: overall definitely slow-paced] However, the thing that makes this game unique is the art style, particularly in the way it was crafted: They actually built a 10 foot tall model city, made out of cardboard and glue, and then filmed the scenes stop-motion-like. The lighting, transitions, and shifting depth of field, as the world rotates is absolutely stunning. It's whimsical and fun, and I enjoyed my time climbing around this miniature world.

Lumino City is a super cute little game of the point-and-click puzzle variety. It's a pretty familiar story, in that you are trying to find your grandfather [the Handyman] who has disappeared, and figure out why the power has gone out of the city. Puzzle are kind of what you'd expect--lots of dials and gears, blinky lights, rotating platforms, decoding cyphers, circuits, and mostly just trying to figure out how to get power flowing in each particular section of the city. I definitely wished they'd been more challenging or thought-provoking; they were mostly linear, with lots of finding a clue/code in one place and using/replacing it in a different place. [note: overall definitely slow-paced] However, the thing that makes this game unique is the art style, particularly in the way it was crafted: They actually built a 10 foot tall model city, made out of cardboard and glue, and then filmed the scenes stop-motion-like. The lighting, transitions, and shifting depth of field, as the world rotates is absolutely stunning. It's whimsical and fun, and I enjoyed my time climbing around this miniature world.