Carpe Lucem - Seize the light
- April 5, 2016
- Hammer Labs
Get on Steam"Carpe Lucem - Seize the Light" is a virtual reality puzzle game that challenges players to manipulate and redirect beams of light to solve complex levels. Using a variety of tools and objects, players must carefully plan their approach to bend, reflect, and split light in order to activate targets and progress. With a striking visual style and immersive atmosphere, "Carpe Lucem" offers a unique and engaging experience for VR enthusiasts.
PC
Virtual Reality
Windows
PlayStation
PlayStation VR
Reviews
- The game offers a beautiful and calming environment with engaging puzzles that gradually increase in complexity.
- It features user-generated content and a built-in puzzle editor, providing endless replayability and creativity.
- The interaction with objects feels natural and intuitive, making it accessible for players of all ages and experience levels.
- The game does not support Oculus Touch controllers, which limits accessibility for Oculus users.
- Some players feel the game is too short for the price, leaving them wanting more content.
- There are reports of poor developer support regarding technical issues, particularly for Oculus users.
- graphics8 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game's graphics are praised for their beautiful and calming art style, which, combined with soothing music and sound effects, creates a meditative atmosphere. Reviewers describe the visuals as a sensory delight, enhancing the overall experience and making the game feel like a true gem.
“It has a nice, beautiful, and calming style with good-looking graphics and sounds.”
“Beautiful art style mixed with interesting puzzles makes this game a real gem!”
“This game is sensory heaven – the visuals and the music just melt into each other like butter on fresh toast.”
- music8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The music in the game is consistently praised for its soothing and peaceful qualities, creating a meditative atmosphere that enhances the overall sensory experience. Reviewers highlight the harmonious blend of music and visuals, describing it as a relaxing and beautiful accompaniment to the gameplay, particularly in the VR setting.
“It is a relaxing, beautiful 3D puzzle game with nice new age music, which is only possible in VR.”
“The music and sound effects are soothing as well, combining with the visuals to produce an almost meditative atmosphere.”
“This game is sensory heaven – the visuals and the music just melt into each other like butter on fresh toast.”
“Peaceful music and certainly relaxing.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay involves directing a stream toward mechanical flowers of matching colors, offering a unique puzzle experience. While players express a desire for additional puzzles to enhance value, the game is still recommended for those who enjoy this style of gameplay, especially on the Vive.
“You have to direct the stream toward mechanical flowers of the same color.”
“Of course, more puzzles added to it would always be welcome to get more bang for your buck, but I wouldn't pass this game up if you have a Vive and like this type of puzzle gameplay.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game features visually appealing backgrounds and delivers solid performance, indicating effective optimization.
“The backgrounds are also really pretty and performance is solid.”
- atmosphere2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is characterized by soothing music and sound effects that, when combined with the visuals, create an almost meditative experience for players.
“The music and sound effects are soothing, combining with the visuals to produce an almost meditative atmosphere.”
