Nihilumbra (2012)
Play as Born as he escapes the Void and learns who he is in this platformer.
First released
Jun 28, 2012
Developed by
BeautiFun Games
Published by
BeautiFun Games
Platforms
Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, Android, Wii U, PlayStation Network (Vita), Linux, Nintendo Switch
Genres
Puzzle, Platformer
Themes
Fantasy
Releases
- IPHN - Nihilumbra United States
- NSW - Nihilumbra United States
- PSNV - Nihilumbra United States
- WiiU - Nihilumbra United States
- WiiU - Nihilumbra United Kingdom
Community reviews
*Warning: spoilers* Amazing little puzzle game with gorgeous artwork
Nihilumbra is a great puzzle and platform game with a really original and fun way of playing.
You are Born, an shadow entity that needs to escape from the Void that is chasing you and threatens to banish you to eternal emptiness. You need to find your way out of the wicked, Void tainted world and find redemption.
In this game, instead of killing enemies and beating bosses, you need to avoid your enemies at all costs and use your magic colors, with different effects to make your way through to safety.
You can paint the environments with the different colors in order to block, avoid or mislead your enemies and the way this mechanic is implemented is done excellent.
The different magic colors all have their on special ability. You got a blue color that makes surfaces slippery, green color that makes stuff bounce off the surface, brown color to make the environment sticky and slows objects and enemies, a red color that burns enemies when walked over and a yellow color to conduct electricity to objects and enemies.
The way that you use the different colors, and where to use them, requires some good thinking on your part. You know soon enough of your plan worked, but if it didn’t, then you try again with a different approach.
The artwork in this game is stunning. It is simple in a way, but looks really beautiful. The atmosphere this game creates with this artwork works really well and enhances your feeling of vulnerability. You are dependent on the perfect outcome of your magic painting of the environment with nothing else to defend yourself if it goes wrong.
The ambient sound and music of this game is glorious. It makes this game even stronger, and although it gives a vibe of sadness, this is perfectly fitting for this specific game.
Nihilumbra is hard, really hard. The normal stages are doable and with some practice, you will beat them.
But then there is Void Mode. This is basically the same stages in order, but with some “added challenge”. This mode is one of the hardest things I ever completed in a video game and the feeling of satisfaction when I finally did it, was overwhelming.
It is said that not even the developers of this game could beat their own creation, it is that frustratingly, and brutally hard. But you get rewarded with a nice ending, an achievement and the feeling of eternal glory.
Although an Indie game, and thus, not that long, it still is a very good puzzle platformer and I had so much fun with it. It is a nice change after all the killing in other video games and still a unique concept that (as far as I know) has not been matched yet.
Definitely recommend it.
You are Born, an shadow entity that needs to escape from the Void that is chasing you and threatens to banish you to eternal emptiness. You need to find your way out of the wicked, Void tainted world and find redemption.
In this game, instead of killing enemies and beating bosses, you need to avoid your enemies at all costs and use your magic colors, with different effects to make your way through to safety.
You can paint the environments with the different colors in order to block, avoid or mislead your enemies and the way this mechanic is implemented is done excellent.
The different magic colors all have their on special ability. You got a blue color that makes surfaces slippery, green color that makes stuff bounce off the surface, brown color to make the environment sticky and slows objects and enemies, a red color that burns enemies when walked over and a yellow color to conduct electricity to objects and enemies.
The way that you use the different colors, and where to use them, requires some good thinking on your part. You know soon enough of your plan worked, but if it didn’t, then you try again with a different approach.
The artwork in this game is stunning. It is simple in a way, but looks really beautiful. The atmosphere this game creates with this artwork works really well and enhances your feeling of vulnerability. You are dependent on the perfect outcome of your magic painting of the environment with nothing else to defend yourself if it goes wrong.
The ambient sound and music of this game is glorious. It makes this game even stronger, and although it gives a vibe of sadness, this is perfectly fitting for this specific game.
Nihilumbra is hard, really hard. The normal stages are doable and with some practice, you will beat them.
But then there is Void Mode. This is basically the same stages in order, but with some “added challenge”. This mode is one of the hardest things I ever completed in a video game and the feeling of satisfaction when I finally did it, was overwhelming.
It is said that not even the developers of this game could beat their own creation, it is that frustratingly, and brutally hard. But you get rewarded with a nice ending, an achievement and the feeling of eternal glory.
Although an Indie game, and thus, not that long, it still is a very good puzzle platformer and I had so much fun with it. It is a nice change after all the killing in other video games and still a unique concept that (as far as I know) has not been matched yet.
Definitely recommend it.