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Have You Played Flood of Light?

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.

I like little games you can jump in and out of, or play all in one go, and Flood of Light is one of those. It s a hand-drawn, 2D, adventure puzzle game. And if you know me, you know I love puzzle games. You play a small girl in a big raincoat, called “The Guide”, left in a city that is submerged in water. It looks like it s been a British summer – loads of rain. It s your job to help save the place by using light, alongside some little microwaves on legs (robots) that inhabit the city. As you go, you learn who The Guide really is, through small snippets of story played out through emails.

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