Platform-painting puzzler Nihilumbra gathered some affection round these elements again in 2013. Creators BeautiFun Games have now launched Professor Lupo And His Horrible Pets, a cheerful top-down puzzler about fleeing hungry alien beasties.
Lupo claims to be a scientist however strikes me as extra of an area cat girl who simply hates interns and enjoys feeding them to his pets. You’re one in all these hapless goops, human bait for no matter he’s as much as this week, when missiles hit the station and also you realise you’re 100 puzzley ranges away from freedom.
I’ve had a quick play and its trailers get throughout its narrative component, however they type of obscure what a typical degree is definitely like. So far: promising. It’s roughly one-third a case of figuring out the precise order during which to open and shut doorways, one-third timing problem, one-third exploiting the predictable behaviour of the assorted aliens, and one secret space-maths third jokes and normal plot updates from a couple of crew and the onboard AI.
“Story and puzzles” dangers getting into “nuts and gum” territory, however I used to be into Professor Lupo with the naked minimal of preamble, and it appears blissful to allow you to play and skip the textual content/voice if that’s your bag. It’s out now on Steam for a briefly discounted £11.46/$12.74/€12.74.
