"Tranquility and simplicity aren’t typically things we expect from video games these days. Yet, they’re exactly what Luminesca offers. There’s no list of objectives, no overblown story or annoying characters. Just your little amphibious avatar traversing through the deep blue waters, exploring the depths and feeling immersed in the beautiful atmosphere it provides." - William Fretschl of Geekenstein.com
"Luminesca is an underwater exploration game by Matt Glanville that already looks remarkable and is available for 50% off ($4.99) during it’s alpha/pre-order stage. After preordering from the Luminesca website, you will get access to Work-in-Progress and Alpha Builds. After playing through a bit of the alpha build and first chapter, I would describe Luminesca as a charming exploration and puzzle game. It’s visuals remind me a little bit of Limbo meets Aquaria (two great indie games) and the soundtrack is charming. The big thing the game needs right now is a game map so that what you’ve explored and it would also be helpful to have some objectives or a nav point listed on such a map. The game is very playable in its current form and it will be interesting to see how the game evolves before it’s final release." - Mike Gnade
eGamer writes: "I was taking a little look at what’s happening in the indie scene when I stumbled across a very interesting project called Luminesca, an artistic underwater exploration indie game currently in development primarily by Matt Glanville. After expressing interest in the game and having a very brief chat with the developer, he was extremely generous to give me access to the early, work-in-progress build of the game without me so much as asking for it. You can imagine that I was really grateful for it, and I enthusiastically took the opportunity to download the game and play through the content so far."
