The Sun and Moon is an arcade developed by Daniel Linssen, released 20 May 2014 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and Mac.
What The Sun and Moon is
The Sun and Moon is an arcade game developed by Daniel Linssen and released in 2014. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on GameMaker.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Sun and Moon, the winner of Ludum Dare 29, is a platformer with a unique mechanic: you can dive into the ground. Momentum is conserved but gravity is reversed, letting you fling yourself high into the air or deep beneath the surface. The goal is always straightforward - collect the three orbs in the level and jump into the wormhole - but spikes, endless drops and impossible heights make this more and more difficult.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 13 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Sun and Moon holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 51% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.5 GHz, 1 GB RAM and Dedicated graphics card 4 years or younger. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
The Sun and Moon launched on 20 May 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Transistor. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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