LucasArts Unveils Latest XBLA Title, Lucidity

Lucidity

Written Friday, September 11, 2009 By Dan Webb

LucasArts unveiled their newest original Xbox Live Arcade title on this week's GTTV, Lucidity.

Lucidity follows Sophie in a side scrolling, puzzle adventure game. According to David Nottingham, Project Lead, "Lucidity is a puzzle platformer game, so what we mean by that, is that it looks like a platformer but it's actually more of a puzzle game and you don't actually control the main character Sophie herself."

The game follows Sophie through these "elaborate dreamscapes" and "fancy worlds" and whilst you don't get to control Sophie, you will have to "place pieces in front of her to gain her safe passage through this dreamworld."

Nottingham and Keighley threw around comparisons to Braid and Tetris, but in fact, it's a lot more like Lemmings, but with one character, a better art style and will require quicker reactions.

Check out more at GTTV here, Chapter 3 especially.

User Comments

Forum Posts: 4	Comment #1 by Godlymansean Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 05:29:50 PM	(0)
	seems cool

Forum Posts: 444	Comment #2 by Nightbeam Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 05:30:29 PM	(0)
	Not really interested.

Forum Posts: 77	Comment #3 by coldman1 Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 05:31:30 PM	(0)
	Dont sound bad i like puzzle games

Forum Posts: 39	Comment #4 by LordRhino1981 Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 05:32:18 PM	(0)
	Puzzle game by Lucasarts? I'm interested, but I'd rather they got on with releasing the rest of the Monkey Island games

Forum Posts: 463	Comment #6 by L1E Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 05:35:10 PM	(0)
	Sounds pretty interesting, I'll keep an eye out for this in the future.

Forum Posts: 2000	Comment #8 by IEvil IMonkey Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 05:48:05 PM	(0)
	No thanks... More Monkey Islands please

Forum Posts: 12	Comment #9 by Serious Ninja Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 06:03:44 PM	(0)
	Where is mah Battlefront 3!!!

Forum Posts: 130	Comment #10 by panicky Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 07:05:37 PM	(0)
	do not want.

Forum Posts: 390	Comment #11 by ReD S1X Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 07:10:16 PM	(0)
	puzzles? At least a remake of Fate of Atlantis for the Arcade

Forum Posts: 8	Comment #12 by Homicidal_inc Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 07:11:02 PM	(0)
	Frag Monkey island! Star Wars: Dark Forces Series! Super Star Wars! Or Tie Fighter Series! Or Even Better Bring out Zombies Ate My Neighbors!

Forum Posts: 73	Comment #13 by Skid Row Trash Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 07:32:48 PM	(0)
	sounds good

Forum Posts: 8	Comment #14 by Neon Lynx Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 07:51:53 PM	(0)
	get x-wing vs tie fighter on XBLA NOW!!! Lucas should be able to smell the cash the way the mere thought of that set the interweb on fire!!

Forum Posts: 38	Comment #15 by Wiihalofan Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 08:21:41 PM	(0)
	@9 couldnt have said any better. Anyway, this seems like a pretty cool idea. I'll definitely get the trial when it comes out.

Forum Posts: 391	Comment #16 by tunaleg Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 08:50:00 PM	(0)
	how about monkey island 2?!

Forum Posts: 10	Comment #17 by ERIKDOTCOM Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 09:53:14 PM	(0)
	Meh.

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #18 by SaltTheWound Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 10:20:23 PM	(0)
	Should have been a Star Wars spin-off featuring Jar Jar Binks and Jabba the Hutt as 80s detectives/cops like Miami Vice....now thats a f'n game I wanna play.

Forum Posts: 8	Comment #19 by Homicidal_inc Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 11:23:27 PM	(0)
	@18 now that is F'n Funny....

Forum Posts: 37	Comment #20 by Pemrick69 Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 12:35:44 AM	(0)
	they'd make more money, with less work, by re-releasing their older titles, so I wonder... why bother?

Forum Posts: 560	Comment #21 by MakoBallistic Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 04:35:20 AM	(0)
	nah, i want comic jumper

Forum Posts: 138	Comment #22 by Dan On Ur Face Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 05:48:36 AM	(0)
	@20 YES, THIS. Grim Fandango needs a port to xbox 360. not some Lucidity crap.

Forum Posts: 31	Comment #23 by RabbidPanda828 Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 06:50:10 AM	(0)
	why waste time with a puzzle game when they could release classic games for us, i mean thats what we really want isn't it?

Forum Posts: 19	Comment #24 by TEN Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 10:27:14 AM	(0)
	I still want Battle Front III

Forum Posts: 139	Comment #25 by The Kenz Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 12:26:14 PM	(0)
	Welcome to the world of gamers - they'd rather buy games they either already own or can get for pennies on old systems from eBay than an ACTUAL NEW GAME (which yeah, could suck...but it could RULE).

Forum Posts: 182	Comment #26 by Dave of Canada Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 03:15:51 PM	(0)
	Sounds like a rip-off of Braid.

Forum Posts: 108	Comment #27 by plinny1984 Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 05:25:09 PM	(0)
	XBLA needs a Grim Fandango special edition

Forum Posts: 51	Comment #28 by Mordhaus Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 10:54:41 PM	(0)
	The description sounds really poor but after watching the video it looks great! Can't wait for a demo on this one.

Forum Posts: 214	Comment #29 by zyxomma100 Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 11:11:38 PM	(0)
	@ 25: Quick search reveals that $40 is about the going rate for Grim Fandango. There are lots of other classic games released that would cost a decent amount if you got an original (Gunstar Heroes, Castlevania SOTN) plus you have to own the respective system. Then there's stuff like the Genesis compilation that was released. Do you really want to spend a couple hundred+ dollars searching out rare cartridges (add hundreds more if you want the arcade machines) or would you rather pay $20-$30 or whatever on the disc?

Forum Posts: 37	Comment #30 by lord maiden Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 05:41:23 AM	(0)
	@26, it might not be like braid, because in braid you control the main character and have the power of time, and they say you don't control the character in this one I'm going to pass on this one, bring back more classics

Forum Posts: 18	Comment #31 by S q u e e t l e Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 06:58:04 AM	(0)
	I heard about this game and it sounded like an original game but when seeing the actual gameplay trailer I think I'll pass on this one... Might play the demo but I'm pretty sure it's not what I expected. I really loved Braid, N+ and some other indie games. The reason it will fail is because it's not indie imo. just my 2 cents

Forum Posts: 212	Comment #32 by Jimbob131190 Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 11:57:49 AM	(0)
	Monkey island and grim frandango (spelling) PLEASE!!!

Forum Posts: 51	Comment #33 by Geddlo Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 04:02:54 PM	(0)
	Who knows, maybe if this sells well enough, then LA will release older catalogue titles.

Forum Posts: 1434	Comment #34 by elephantd Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 06:56:41 PM	(0)
	do not want.

Forum Posts: 948	Comment #35 by ViRaLuNdEaD Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 08:48:06 AM	(0)
	Wow, this sounds like a complete ripoff of the mini games in Okami.

Forum Posts: 27	Comment #36 by shadowfeeder Monday, October 05, 2009 @ 04:52:14 PM	(0)
	Yes, please. Do want. Less Monkey Island games. Enough nostalgia, I've already played them. Give me original ideas! looks at the boiling rage in the rest of the thread But really, going to give this a go. :)