Cozy ocean cleanup adventure Loddlenaut available now!
The pre-launch checks have been completed, and the final coordinates are locked in: Loddlenaut, the wholesome underwater pollution-cleaning and creature-raising adventure is available now for PC and Mac. Early clean-up operatives can take advantage of a 10% launch discount during its first five days on-sale.
Loddlenaut has players dive deep into the underwater world of GUP-14, where they must clean up after an intergalactic megacorporation and its polluting ways. On their quest for cleanliness, players will meet, feed, and care for axolotl-like creatures known as loddles, helping them grow and evolve into special new forms.
đ Explore an open-world alien planet đ Raise aquatic critters called âloddlesâ that grow based on what they eat đŤ Clean up icky goop and floating debris with your bubble gun đ Unlock special gadgets to clean different types of ocean pollution đ ď¸ Recycle collected trash to craft useful items and upgrades
As announced earlier this week, Loddlenaut publisher Secret Mode will donate 0.05GBP per sale of Loddlenaut to WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation. WDC is a UK registered charity no. 1014705. This pledge covers all net game sales over the next three years.
Loddlenaut team pledges charity donation for every sale
Ahead of Loddlenautâs release on 16 November, we are very pleased to announce that for every game sale of Loddlenaut, the cosy creature-raising and pollution cleaning adventure, the game's publisher Secret Mode, will make a donation to Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), their official charity partner of the year. This pledge builds upon the Loddlenaut teamâs charity work already undertaken in 2023, including Urban Beach Cleans, Climate Giant Project donations, and World Oceans Day Steam Sale participation.
Secret Mode will donate 0.05GBP per sale of Loddlenaut to WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation. WDC is a UK registered charity no. 1014705. This pledge covers all net game sales over the next three years.
To celebrate this weekâs launch, Secret Mode has also partnered with local UK artist Michelle Costello, aka Smartie Lids on the Beach, for a special, eco-conscious art project. Michelle has been combing Cornish beaches for litter over the past ten years and has painstakingly recreated Loddlenautâs colourful key art exclusively using reclaimed ocean plastics and materials.
The artwork, pictured above with artist Michelle Costello, will be viewable to the public from February 2024, when it will be housed as a temporary art installation at WDCâs refurbished Scottish Dolphin Centre.
The full list of collected plastics used for the artwork:
1x Yellow bucket base
1x Turquoise bucket
1x Blue bucket
1x Orange bucket
1x Green bucket
1x Green football
1x Yellow football
2x Blue fishermanâs gloves
1x Grey canvas
1x Blue canvas
1x Green fishing crate
1x Orange spray bottle
1x Water bottle
1x Purple hair gel container
1x Purple biscuit pack wrapper
1x Chocolate wrapper
1x Purple fabric
1x Pink wellington boot insole
1x Purple foam lily pad
1x Green body board
Multiple lolly sticks
1x White container
1x Black beach shoe insole lining
1x Black flower pot
1x Blue & green plastic sheet
A miscellaneous collection of other smaller plastics of unknown origin
For more news about reclaimed ocean plastics artwork, please follow Smartie Lids on the Beach on Instagram and Facebook.
Loddlenaut breaks the surface on November 16
It's the final countdown - Loddlenaut will be surfacing on Steam on November 16!
It's World Cleanup Day and together with Developer Moon Lagoon we're excited to reveal a November 16, 2023 launch date for Loddlenaut, the cozy pollution-cleaning adventure awash with creature-raising and survival systems.
Loddlenaut started out as a NYU Game Center thesis project in 2019 and has been in full development since May 2020.
We're recruiting Loddlenauts to save the ocean planet GUP-14 by playing as an interstellar custodian sent to a polluted ocean planet. While cleaning up the mess, players will need to recycle trash to build and upgrade powerful purification tools.
Loddle creatures respond to your ocean restoration efforts with affection and soon youâll be surrounded with new best friends to name, feed, pet, communicate with, and even evolve.
Play the demo, wishlist on Steam and you may just find a little Loddle friend along the way...
Gamers vs. Pollution!
Today is World Cleanup Day!
Earlier this year, WDC, SpecialEffect, and Loddlenaut publisher Secret Mode channeled their inner âLoddlenautâ with over 40 games devs to clean up Brighton beach during the UKâs biggest conference and expo for game developers, Develop:Brighton.
During the event, the teams collected nearly 8kg consisting of over 1500 items of litter. This included a shocking 217 bottle tops, 158 food packages, and 203 loose pieces of plastic. They also collected a staggering 347 cigarette butts, with smoking items in general (including vapes, filters and cigarette packs), constituting a massive 25% of all items found that morning.
If you are inspired by this event and would like to arrange your own Urban Beach Clean for your business or event visit https://uk.whales.org/urban-beach-clean and donât forget to wishlist Loddlenaut on Steam! (We might even have some Loddlenaut news later today..!)
New Loddlenaut trailer packs in a âlotl cuteness
The cosy creature-raising and pollution cleaning game Loddlenaut has hatched a brand-new trailer focused on the life cycle of the eponymous loddle creatures. đ
The trailer featured in the Re-MIX online showcase today shows players the basics of looking after loddles, cleaning up the world of GUP-14, blasting away pollution and collecting trash which can be turned into new gunk-fighting technology. đ
The demo featuring the Flotsam Flats area of the game â and several loddles waiting to be befriended â is available to play on Steam right now.
WDC Brighton Urban Beach Clean
Last week, we teamed up with Whale & Dolphin Conservation (WDC) and an incredible group of fellow game developers at Develop:Brighton for an Urban Beach Clean!
Together, we collected 8kg of trash that was heading into the sea. Check out the infographic below on what was recovered from the beach.
Even small items such as a discarded cigarette butt or a bit of plastic can cause immense harm to our beloved ocean creatures, so please take your litter off the beach, and dispose of it correctly.
If you want to find our more about the incredible work the WDC does, please head to their website: https://whales.org
Explore Flotsam Flats
Loddlenaut is an ocean cleanup adventure set on a vibrant alien planet. Play as an interstellar custodian who is tasked with cleaning up the pollution left behind by spacefaring mega-corporation. Befriend local axolotl-like creatures and explore sunken corporate ruins as you revive the planetâs lush ecosystems.
In this new demo players can explore the Flotsam Flats Biome, with its guyots (flattened underwater peaks), shipwreck and abandoned shipping containers.
Join Secret Mode's Agent E as he takes us on a voyage into the deep blue.
NEW Demo - Explore Flotsam Flats
Loddlenaut is an ocean cleanup adventure set on a vibrant alien planet. Play as an interstellar custodian who is tasked with cleaning up the pollution left behind by spacefaring mega-corporation. Befriend local axolotl-like creatures and explore sunken corporate ruins as you revive the planetâs lush ecosystems.
In this new demo players can explore the Flotsam Flats Biome, with its guyots (flattened underwater peaks), shipwreck and abandoned shipping containers.
Join Secret Mode's Agent E as he takes us on a voyage into the deep blue.
Explore Flotsam Flats
Calling all underwater ocean clean-up operatives; a new mission awaits at Flotsam Flats.
Operatives are encouraged to discover Flotsam Flats, an area teeming with shipwrecks and spilled cargo. Here players can discover new ways to clean up pollution, upgrade their equipment, craft new gear to help restore the areaâs ecosystem, and find and communicate with some of the native loddles.
The Flotsam Flats demo also features gameplay and UI improvements based on YOUR amazing feedback, such as an alternate control scheme supporting bumpers for vertical movement.
The Flotsam Flats demo is available to download now. Loddlenaut will release this September.
Ripple Reef Demo Retiring
Attention prospective ocean clean-up operatives!
We bring you important news from GUP-14. Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 10th (17:00 BST / 11:00 US Central), the Loddlenaut training demonstration âRipple Reefâ will be retired, and all current ocean-operative trainees will be given some much needed R&R.
We would like to thank all prospective ocean clean-up operatives that participated in this current round of training through their enjoyment and subsequent feedback of the Ripple Reef Demo. Rest assured your input and feedback has been invaluable to us and has directly resulted in changes and improvements to the game far beyond what we had even imagined. You are simply wonderful, and we thank you from the bottom of the deepest ocean.
We will have something more to share with you next month, so until then, rest easy operatives; youâve earned it!
