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Honestly, I've never heard of this game before, so I can't give an opinion about it, but I do think that its aesthetics and background score look pretty interesting. The creators clearly state they took inspiration from Limbo, but also some comparisons with Fran Bow can be made: besides the obvious fact that one of the lead characters is a little girl, the story is put in motion by an horrendous event in her house, as it's told in the following link (check second paragraph).

It's a shame it doesn't have a demo available, but for 100 lucky people that won't be a problem, since the game is taking part in the flash give-aways of IndieDB. To participate in the contest enter here and follow the instructions, just like previous times, and in a matter of hours you could be the one helping Selma to reach a secure place.

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Official site: Selma and the Wisp (Note: It's a bit slow to load)

Steam Store page: Selma and the Wisp

About the game (Official)
Imagine you were alone and afraid. Imagine you were lost with no one to help. Imagine you were a child facing its worst nightmare. In utter darkness even the dimmest trickle of light means hope.

Selma and the Wisp is an astonishing platform game with a particularly eerie feel to it. Densely packed with logical puzzles and unexpected obstacles, the game incorporates innovative gameplay, low-poly models and an spectacular animations [sic].

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Created by a group of passionate Polish developers led by a visionary artist, Selma and the Wisp stands proudly along such productions as Badland or Limbo. Still, it offers unique features, such as two characters co-dependent control system, addictive action and thrilling plot.

Follow the wisp. Collect the lights. Don’t look back. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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3 comments

PublicNuisance Aug 13, 2016
I voted for it over on GOG. Seems like something I would enjoy.
herycp Aug 14, 2016
my game crass

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/rio/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

anyone know how to fix this????
flesk Aug 15, 2016
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Quoting: herycpmy game crass

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/rio/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

anyone know how to fix this????

I don't think that's related to your crash. As far as I know, Steam always tries to preload that library for both architectures, so you'd see those kind of messages for any game; even those that work.

You might have better luck debugging the issue by trying to run the game outside of Steam.


Last edited by flesk on 15 August 2016 at 10:50 am UTC
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