Al'ulA

About Al'ulA

Al'ulA is a single player casual platformer game. It was developed by Astrolabs Entertainment and was released on March 23, 2026. It received very positive reviews from players.

[This game is a Vertical Slice created by a team of students over the span of about 7 months]THINK ✨Mariam, a Moroccan astronomer, is trapped in a realm of impossible geometry. Use your perception of space to navigate shifting staircases, twisting corridors, and non-euclidean structures where reality no longer follows the rules. ROTATE Use the Artifact to bend the world around you. Select rows …

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90%Audience ScoreBased on 21 reviews

gameplay3 positive mentions

graphics3 negative mentions

Visually polished with attractive environments and cutscenes, contributing to a strong atmosphere and aesthetic.
Unique and creative puzzle mechanics based on rotating rooms like a Rubik's cube from the inside, offering satisfying and challenging brain teasers.
Engaging storyline and lore that enrich the gameplay experience, with a balance of plot, puzzle, and mystery.

Performance issues including low and inconsistent framerate, stuttering, and graphical glitches, even on high-end hardware.
Lack of key quality-of-life features such as video/graphics settings, keybindings, FOV slider numbers, and proper controller support.
Audio problems like abruptly cut narration and reverb samples, as well as occasional input lockups and controller-related bugs leading to softlocks.

graphics
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions
The graphics are praised for their concept, atmosphere, and aesthetic, but some objects exhibit visual issues during movement. The game lacks comprehensive graphics settings and suffers from low frame rates, leading to a suboptimal performance experience. Users hope for improved graphics options and keybinding in future updates.
- “I love the concept of the game, along with its visuals and music.”
- “Atmosphere and aesthetic is cool.”
- “Some objects appeared to have graphical issues while moving.”
- “Key sliders for FOV (but no other graphics settings?) have no numbers.”
- “Game runs a bit like poopoo; sub 40 frames most of the time and no graphics settings.”
gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The gameplay is visually polished and features engaging mechanics that evolve over time, such as immovable corrupted tiles, requiring fresh strategic thinking without becoming repetitive. Overall, it offers a well-balanced and thoughtfully presented experience.
- “Visually very polished and an interesting mechanic that doesn't overstay its welcome.”
- “The game also introduces new elements over time, like corrupted tiles you can't move, forcing you to think about the game's mechanics from a new perspective.”
- “Also, not only is the gameplay great, but the presentation is also top-notch.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The story is engaging and enriched with intriguing lore revealed through snippets during gameplay, adding depth to the adventure. It features a unique, challenging narrative structure akin to solving a Rubik's cube with fixed elements. Additionally, the visually striking cutscenes enhance the storytelling experience.
- “There's an actual story here, and I got quite interested in learning more about the lore, which you find snippets of throughout the adventure.”
- “It's basically solving a Rubik's Cube from the inside, but with a storyline, and where some pieces cannot be moved (which makes it more challenging).”
- “The game visually looks very cool, especially during the between-level cutscenes and story parts.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game's optimization appears to be suboptimal, as users report tearing and stuttering despite using high-end hardware like the RTX 4070 Ti, resulting in only tolerable performance.
- “I noticed issues of tearing and stuttering even though I ran it on an RTX 4070 Ti.”
- “The performance is tolerable, it feels.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
Users appreciate the game's music, praising it alongside the concept and visuals for enhancing the overall experience.
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
Users find the game's atmosphere and aesthetic to be cool and visually appealing, contributing positively to the overall experience.