Somber

This game is beautiful with both music and scenery! The game feels great to play also coming from someone who doesn't play platformers great job devs! https://youtu.be/hwGMDCrTpcU

I uh. Well. You... tried...? Like, visually this is very pretty, I won't deny that... maybe a bit one-note but it's an aesthetic that works. And there are some platforming -ideas- here - the grapple mechanic is pretty cool and with some polish could be used in interesting ways... but the actual moment-to-moment gameplay doesn't feel great. The dash is less a "dash" and more a "add to your horizontal speed (but preserve your vertical speed)" and the wall cling is... very sticky. I was able to get pretty deep into an area I don't think I was supposed to have access to just by wall jumping, only to get hard-locked by stomp floors or key doors forcing me to backtrack and follow the intended route, so what little "exploration" is here is... limited. There are powerups, sure, but none of them feel rewarding, and the yellow dots... chickens? according to the game, do literally nothing as far as I can tell. The plot is loosely sketched and ends with a "twist" I don't even really understand. Ca...

Nice and fun game with beautiful visuals!

I really love this aesthetics: the whole environment art, character, vfx, color palette. Love the atmosphere that build in this game. Love the story feeling but I don't think I reach the true ending? Who is the bad guy? I can see the level design and game design but it's not perfect, just good And it's a little bit short I think. I hope that you'll provide more games with us like this. Longer, more story, more ability like Ori.

Before going into detail: the game runs great on the Steam Deck. I specifically picked it up to play it on the Deck and the only thing I noticed was that I had to use the touchscreen to start the very first game, everything beyond that was done with the normal Steam Deck Gamepad Controls. [b]Gameplay:[/b] The gameplay of "Somber" reminded me a lot of other Metroidvanias like Ori and Hollow Knight - abilities are unlocked as you play the game like double jump, dash, etc. Navigating the game world works fluidly and while there is an in-game map I only had to use it occasionally. Dying is a non-issue since checkpoints are plenty and it is rare that I had to travel more than a few seconds from the checkpoint to the place where I died which I loved. This helps a lot in the more challenging sections near the end. The game has some tricky bits but overall it is very accessible even for new players of this style of game. The play time is around 1 hour, more if you want to complete everything...

A fun and challenging platformer with an incredibly moody and Somber ;) artstyle!

goodie

A charming, short game - I loved the atmosphere of the world, the backgrounds are fascinating works of art.

A nice visual, easy but short platformer (felt kinda like a demo). Controls are not very user-friendly: you're bound with just the keyboard and you cannot use the mouse, which would've made the platfoming-game even easier. All in all Somber was a nice experience for me. Worth the price? I really don't know honestly. If you consider just the gameplay and the story I'd say no, if you look at how much effort it was put into the visuals and then add the gameplay and the story then maybe yes (?). I bought it with a 30% sale so I spent just around 4,50€. I'll leave a thumb up even though I really wouldn't advice you to buy this if you're looking for a real challenging platformer or for a long game. So why the thumb up? Because as I said I didn't really mind playing the game and I think this dev team has a good potential to make another great and complete game so I consider buying this game more like an investment for their next project (if they have any) other than an instrument to f...