Liminal Lane

I REALLY enjoyed this one. Bought it tonight and played it through tonight! (It's 3:37am!!!) Very much enjoyed and if you like this kind of thing, very recommended! I enjoy walking sims in any case, and I love the creepy, empty feel of these spaces. Like old dusty corners in the back of your mind. Definitely worth a play. :)

I enjoyed this very much but I love weird games. It's a short game, (no saves) and there is one part at the end of the office level that is very dark and it's hard to find the stairs up to the roof but otherwise I thought it was fun and strange, the ending was exactly what I hoped for.

A surreal walking simulator with low-than-average model & texture quality. [spoiler]The story seems to be a recall of the liminal life of a dead man being resurrected by aliens.[/spoiler] The game is rather immature compared to the author's newer creations. 超现实步行模拟，建模和贴图质量较低[spoiler]，故事似乎是一个死去的老人被外星人复活的过程中做的梦，关于自己阈限空间般的一生[/spoiler]。相比同作者之后的作品比较稚嫩。

🔷REVIEW🔷I'm giving the developer a thumbs up because there's potential, even if this game looks cheap and meh. ✅During the (short) time I played this walking simulator, I had a strange feeling. Everything looked weird. The graphics are a mix of polished modern graphics and old-school PS2-style geometric graphics, with some visuals reminiscent of early PC games from the early 90s. I even felt like some textures were missing. It was unusual, and thinking of it, it's a pretty good idea: it fits perfectly with the intention of wandering in liminal spaces. That's the reason why I gave a thumbs up: because this is the first time I see something like this in a game. There are some good ideas regarding the different areas. The music is well chosen, but I didn't like the noises (applause, cheers, children, etc.). That said, the alarm really freaked me out. ❌I experienced a brief freeze every time I moved from one section to another (performance issues?). Also, note that apart from walking there is nothing to do (no notes to read, no code to find...). Shadows and lights lack optimization. You cannot rebind keys (WASD and E). ⏱️It is very short (25 minutes). I bought it on sale.

[H1]Liminal Lane[/h1][hr][/hr] 1-2 hours to complete, Liminal Lane is a short walking sim with a storyline… If you’re willing to look for it. It’s a game about liminal spaces and while some areas are done really well, others were more weird than anything. I’d like the developer to make more games like this in the future, but maybe with a bigger budget or different engine, because the atmosphere is the most important thing about liminal spaces and it gets really undermined when you see obvious seams, floating objects, etc. While initially I was thinking of a positive but actually mixed review, I thought about it for a bit and really can’t let the cons go. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3776540835 While Liminal lane is essentially a one person indie project so I’d usually let AI art as assets fly, It’s really lame to see and I really think the dev could do better. Do better. Otherwise, it’s a perfectly fine indie game that’s short and easy to play. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3776540603 [code]If you liked this review and want to read about similar games or just support me on my journey of playing my entire Steam backlog, you can join my curator group, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39675075/] Rune's Reviews![/url] Have a nice day! [/code]

I went into this expecting nothing and I was still disappointed. I don't mind walking simulators or games that are meant to be simple experiences especially if they revolve around my favorite topic "liminal spaces", but this one was just unhinged in many ways I didn't expect. first off, no settings? I can't even change the volume of the game? no graphics settings? the game runs so poorly that it was basically a powerpoint slideshow by the third "level". no fov or brightness slider, at some points I just had to trust my gut and just keep walking until I find something. poor optimization + terrible fov is such a magnificent combo for motion sickness and yeah the dizziness was off the charts 15 minutes in the game. I surely don't expect this to be polished at all, but the choice of music is surely questionable to say the least. instead of a semi-eerie ambient or a low drone, we get ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ lofi beats and I wish I was joking about this. since there was no slider for the music volume, I had to lower it down using the system's own volume slider, because a joyful funky lofi song is not suitable for a game like this at all. I really wanna praise at least some aspects of the game, but I can't really find anything aside from the water slide level which was again disappointing because you have to manually walk down the slides, there's no "sliding mechanic" or at least a sliding animation, nothing. I do not recommend this game at all. not even for this price.

This game made me feel something.

for 2 bucks, this is a good liminal game! Im not sure if the creator is an older person, but this game definitely feels like you are travelling through the life of a person who grew up in the 50s-70s (hence the cutouts). This frames the game so that it feels liminal, but also give a disconnect. This and the other game both have this feel. BUT FROM THEIR UNIQUE STYLE MAKES THEIR GAMES INTERESTING. this person does their own interesting take on the liminal genre and you're either here for it or you arent. I recomend it based on price alone.

A simple, short, but excellent liminal space experience. Definitely recommend