
Traverse as a curious creature driven by the desire to unveil the mysteries of the realm. Consider it a lost 8-bit era game, each level with its own distinct 4 colour palette. Delve deeper and you notice the magic per-pixel lighting & immersive 2D audio which make this a unique experience.
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The first element of Tempus Bound that jumped out to me was the visual style, perfectly capturing that 8-bit aesthetically not just in the graphics themselves but in the subtle way it builds the world it takes place in, the mystery, feeling as though you're a small cog in a massive machine. It was like being transported back to being a child and being overcome with these feelings of wonder and adventure. Controls are tight and responsive for the most part, with the only little issue I had being the camera itself during certain platforming section (although this is admittedly a minor nitpick), with everything moving along at a good pace that any issues I had were pushed to the back of my mind. I really enjoyed the time I spent playing it and, honestly, wasn't really ready for it to be over and done... until I spotted the allusion to potentially a loop as it were, meaning there's more story for me to unravel. If this at all sounds appetising to you, then it's certainly worth the £4.39.
This is not a game, this is an artwork someone made out of pixel art and animated it to life in game engine, fantastic artstyle and visuals, but there is not much of a game in it. It's a very primitive "move towards right side of the screen " type of game with at least 2 platformer sections, some of the platforming melted into background so you can't tell where to go. Buy only when on deep discount. I'd probably refund it, but unfortunetelly i completed story mode, and would feel very silly for refunding a completed game.
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Languages: English*, French*, Italian*, German*, Spanish - Spain*, Arabic*, Bulgarian*, Czech*, Danish*, Dutch*, Finnish*, Greek* +91 more
Hours played at review time, across 39 reviews with recorded playtime.
what a fantastic indie gem. This is right up my ally! loved the pixel art & animations the atmosphere was fantastic, the use of lighting was great 100% recommending this gem of a game
红白机美术风格的精致像素游戏 只需要不断前进,然后欣赏每一帧艺术品就够了
Um jogo único, muito lindo e surrealista, porem bastante curto.
Definitely a case of style of substance, but that’s okay for a very short and cheap Indie like this. First level was actually mildly annoying with the use of pitch black darkness to prevent you from seeing where you are going, but the rest of the game breezes by. The forest level in particular is very beautiful. Gameplay is less than an hour.
Nice and short tech demo, not really a game. It should be distributed for free on itch.io: definitely not worth the price.
ОЦЕНКА: 2 / 5 Мне не понять эстетов, понаставивших положительные отзывы. По началу играть в это тяжело физически из-за вырвиглазной графики, но когда привыкаешь, то выглядит вполне сносно. Однако длится игра всего лишь час (и слава богу!), за всё это время не понятно ни черта, да и понимать не особо хочется. Я собрал всю карту, собрал шесть коллекционных предметов, но так и не понял, зачем и где ещё, кроме единственного места в игре ловить рыбу. После сбора предметов я не захотел перепроходить последний уровень, чтобы посмотреть, изменится ли концовка, потому что последний уровень крайне душный и длинный. Болото... ммм... и прыжки по грибам, которые не всегда работают так, как должны. А ещё разработчик какой-то душный мудак. Ему поставили отрицательный отзыв, а он в ответ выкатил телегу, где стал упрекать игрока, что он не выкупил его ГЕНИАЛЬНОЙ задумки и копаться в других его отзывах на другие игры, лол. P.S. Отмечено не только наличие русского языка, а поддержка 103 языков, но на деле текста в игре фактически нет, зато главное меню с английского на хоть какой-то ленивый автор переводить не стал.
I really want to give this a positive rating, It has beautiful pixel art graphics and physics, (a couple) cute characters, and is the first steam release from a solo dev, but there's just not enough here, and what is here isn't very good. The first area is so dark you would barely be able to tell where you were going if it wasn't so linear, and there's holes that can send you back to the start for seemingly no reason other than to annoy you and pad out the minuscule run time. The second area goes by so fast you barely notice it (though I did fall through the map multiple times), and the third area is probably the best, but has these jumping pads that disappear (again, for no reason other than to annoy and slightly pad the time spent) and are just very janky; then its over, credits roll. Very light platforming through 3 very short linear areas. No save system, barely any options, no replayability other than the "speedrun" mode or to get achievements. If you love the aesthetic and want to support a solo indie dev, yes, pick it up; but if you want an actual fun gaming experience to go along with that, I wouldn't recommend this game.
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