Sparklite
Sparklite is an action-adventure set in a whimsical and ever-changing land. Gear up for Adventure and battle foes in top-down action using an arsenal of gadgets, guns, and gear. Explore dangerous corners of the procedurally generated world, take down titans of the mining industry, and harness the power Sparklite!
Everything in the world of Geodia is tied together by Sparklite… it’s the life force of the planet, and the inhabitants have learned how to channel it safely. The blue, glowing ore can be harnessed providing a low-level, rechargeable power source. Or, for those brave or greedy enough, it can be consumed for a surge of power with grave consequences. Geodia’s self-titled “Baron” has devised a plot to mine the world’s Sparklite core to meet his own ends. Mining Sparklite in large quantities, the Baron repurposes the ore to fuel his powerful war machines, but the pollution from the consumed Sparklite is corrupting the world. Animals have turned into violent monsters, and the environment is rotting away.
The stricken land of Geodia has a natural defence in its Sparklite core. Periodically, the core causes a Disruption which rearranges the world, setting back the Baron’s efforts. Our heroine, Ada, must stop the Baron before he can obtain the core and gain the power to create a new world in which he has ultimate power. A plucky mechanic, Ada will need to use her cunning and skills to defeat the Baron’s henchmen across five distinct zones. Ada will have to work with Geodia’s weird and wonderful inhabitants if she’s to face the Baron and put paid to his deadly plans before it’s too late.
Key Features
- Stunning visuals – Intricate pixel art aesthetic inspired by retro classics
- Original soundtrack – GameCube inspired soundtrack by composer Dale North (Wizard of Legend)
- Explore the world of Sparklite – Five beautiful, procedurally generated biomes
- Invent your arsenal – Invent gadgets to solve puzzles and defeat enemies
- Battle bosses – Take on the Baron Mining Corp and its formidable gremlin Titans
- Meet the locals – Befriend the people of Geodia and help build The Refuge
- Hunt collectibles – Discover collectibles scattered throughout the world
- Buddy up! – Rescue Ada’s robotic sidekick to play local assistive co-op with a friend
Inspired by:
– Rogue Legacy
– The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
If you loved these games, you’ll love Sparklite:
– The Legend of Zelda
– Moonlighter
– Stardew Valley
– Iconoclasts
Sparklite Review
Well, I love my top-down action-rpgs and I love my roguelites, so whenever a game tries to marry the two, I’m intrigued. And in this case this marriage does more damage to the game than it does good.
So, in itself, the game feels mostly good to play, the controls are tight and all, the enemies are mostly fun, so good job on that. But the game forces you into doing multiple runs in a world in which the screens are handmade, just randomly scattered. At the beginning you really struggle, because you die fast and the enemies are extremely spongy, then you find a couple of shield upgrades and just breeze through the game by running past all enemies, and then just clicking away the bosses, because now you are the sponge.
So all the boss attack patterns, all the environmental stuff you can do, all the gizmos you can collect and have to inconviently equip amounts to nothing.
So, I’m very much on the fence of giving the game a thumbs down, but for all it’s flaws, at least the controls are fun, the graphics are fun, the tone of the game is fun, and you don’t have a lot of inventory management to do that’s all good, all animal cruelty is only to fictional bugs, it’s only the rogue-lite progression that almost kills this game.
So, yes, I’ll still hit the thumbs up, but unless you’re really a huge fan of the genre and need your fix, wait for a sale below 10 regional credits.
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