Lumo is an isometric puzzle-platformer in the style of Solstice, Equinox, or Head Over Heels. With modern design sensibilities, a fantastic design aesthetic, uncomplicated controls, a quirky sense of humor, and plenty of secrets and allusions, Lumo is a fun and original revival of a genre that’s lain fallow for nearly a decade. It’s the debut game from Triple Eh?, founded by Gareth Noyce, a veteran of such triple-AAA titles as Crackdown, Black Hawk Down, and Fable 2.

In this interview, Ken and Gareth chat about the advantages and challenges of working within an isometric perspective; the classic games that inspired Lumo’s design; how to market a game that has few, if any, contemporaries; and how Triple Eh? nearly pursued either an Advance Wars-type tactics game, or an isometric game with a time-travel mechanic; instead of Lumo. Finally, we geek out over our favorite old computers, including the ZX Spectrum, Apple II, and Amstrad CPC.

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Disclosure: a review copy of this game was provided to me by the publisher.