Lou’s Lagoon is a self-professed cosy open-world journey recreation coming from indie studio Rokaplay. It’s a cutesy third-person affair that sees you’re taking over your uncle’s enterprise after he goes lacking. Wanting just like titles like My Time at Portia and with what seems to be a Stardew Valley-style gameplay loop, it seems to pair the life recreation style with open-world journey. Oh, did I point out there was a aircraft? As a result of it’s additionally a aircraft recreation.
When you’re something like me, you grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons wishing you could possibly be part of no matter hijinx that occurred to be occurring that week. A selected favorite of mine was TaleSpin, a relatively unusual spinoff of The Jungle E-book, it noticed Baloo and friends operating a seaplane supply service, and, while it didn’t make a lot sense canonically, it was rad.
You’ll be tasked with the common chores that include a life-sim; gather stuff, fish, harvest, and craft items, solely this time as a substitute of trudging to the native market to promote your wares, you’ll be able to hop in your seaplane and make connections over the various islands that the world map incorporates.
Lou’s Lagoon has taken greater than a passing have a look at TaleSpin and constructed a recreation that, from the early footage we now have, seems like one thing that 10-year-old me would have completely adored. Let’s even be completely sincere right here, it seems like one thing old-me can be going to take pleasure in. I do know what I’m and I’m okay with it. If anybody is aware of of any Darkwing Duck mods for Arkham, hit me up.
There isn’t a launch date presently set for Lou’s Lagoon aside from the obscure 2023 on the Steam web page. The indie information popping out of Gamescom is thrilling and huge, with seven Humble Video games coming to Sport Cross over the approaching months, there needs to be so much to like. For extra cuteness and slightly extra farming recreation motion, there’s additionally Ikonei Island, a recreation that takes its cues from each Stardew Valley and Zelda.
