Indigo Lake is an intelligent psychological horror game that mixes first person combat, driving and puzzle solving. Explore an open world, translate ancient American Indian pictograms and dispel spirits with unique rituals. The Story Reports of unusual sightings at Indigo Lake are commonplace but recently a spate of suicides has triggered an investigation by paranormal specialists. Your good friend Dr Everett was sent to the lake to find out the truth behind the recent activity but he has failed to report in. It is now your task to find him and put to rest any supernatural activity for good. Gameplay You are able to freely move anywhere within the environment to search for clues and dispel the spirit forces. With such a large environment a 4X4 vehicle can be used to manoeuvre quickly around the map. As ghost hunting is a risky business you are equipped with a hand gun loaded with tracer rounds that can scare away the spirits, blast through doors and trigger puzzles. You are also given a pair of smart glasses which can highlight clues and items as well as and record every terrifying step of your adventure along with a picture in picture reaction camera. Recordings are saved to camera roll for uploading to YouTube or other video sites and can be edited with iMovie. Design Indigo Lake has been loaded with the latest 3D graphics techniques to produce a living world. Trees, vegetation and even the rain moves in the harrowing wind. Advanced particle effects fill the environment and distant lightning strikes light up every surface. Indigo lake shows off some of the most impressive weather effects ever seen on a mobile device with each rain drop creating a splash when it strikes the terrain. Full screen blooming, per pixel lighting and chromatic aberration enhance the game visuals to a level not usually seen on a mobile platform. True physics have been applied to the vehicle dynamics with each wheel possessing independent suspension. The complex physics also extend to the player model allowing you to be pushed, knocked and even thrown around the environment. Features -Per Pixel Lighting on all surfaces even on slower devices. -Destroyable objects. -True projectile based hand gun. -Physics based drivable vehicle. -True particle collision physics. -Live Reaction Camera. -Inbuilt video recorder (720p recording straight to camera roll). -Retina support. -Universal app -iPhone 5/iPod touch 5G screen support. -Large free roaming map. -Elegantly designed first person controls. -Supports iPod 4g and up. -Saving. -Full game (No Ads and No IAP). Requirements iPod 4G, iPhone 4, iPad 2 and up (live reaction camera and recording not available on iPod 4G and iPhone 4). iOS 5,6 and 7 supported. ******Visit our website for support****** ****You may need to Reboot iPod 4G **** iPhone Screenshots Indigo Lake Indigo Lake is an intelligent psychological horror game that mixes first person combat, driving and puzzle solving. Expl… TouchArcade Rating: $1.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsIndigo Lake is an intelligent psychological horror game that mixes first person combat, driving and puzzle solving. Explore an open world, translate ancient American Indian pictograms and dispel spirits with unique rituals. The Story Reports of unusual sightings at Indigo Lake are commonplace but recently a spate of suicides has triggered an investigation by paranormal specialists. Your good friend Dr Everett was sent to the lake to find out the truth behind the recent activity but he has failed to report in. It is now your task to find him and put to rest any supernatural activity for good. Gameplay You are able to freely move anywhere within the environment to search for clues and dispel the spirit forces. With such a large environment a 4X4 vehicle can be used to manoeuvre quickly around the map. As ghost hunting is a risky business you are equipped with a hand gun loaded with tracer rounds that can scare away the spirits, blast through doors and trigger puzzles. You are also given a pair of smart glasses which can highlight clues and items as well as and record every terrifying step of your adventure along with a picture in picture reaction camera. Recordings are saved to camera roll for uploading to YouTube or other video sites and can be edited with iMovie.Design Indigo Lake has been loaded with the latest 3D graphics techniques to produce a living world. Trees, vegetation and even the rain moves in the harrowing wind. Advanced particle effects fill the environment and distant lightning strikes light up every surface. Indigo lake shows off some of the most impressive weather effects ever seen on a mobile device with each rain drop creating a splash when it strikes the terrain. Full screen blooming, per pixel lighting and chromatic aberration enhance the game visuals to a level not usually seen on a mobile platform. True physics have been applied to the vehicle dynamics with each wheel possessing independent suspension. The complex physics also extend to the player model allowing you to be pushed, knocked and even thrown around the environment. Features -Saving (rotate device in-game to open save/load menu)-Per Pixel Lighting on all surfaces even on slower devices. -Destroyable objects. -True projectile based hand gun. -Physics based drivable vehicle. -True particle collision physics. -Upwards of 6 hours of gameplay. -Live Reaction Camera. -Retina support. -Large free roaming map. -Elegantly designed first person controls. -Supports iPhone 4s and up. -Full game (No Ads and No IAP). Reviews www.toucharcade.com - 4.5/5 Stars - "A a superb first-person survival horror game ... Indigo Lake will leave you wanting more". www.148apps.com - 4.5/5 Stars - "Indigo Lake is a chilling experience which fans of the horror genre can not afford to miss". www.appsmile.com - 4.5/5 Stars -"This game legitimately weirded me out... We haven’t felt this uneasy about a horror gaming experience since Dead Space". www.pocketgamer.co.uk - 4/5 Stars -"Indigo Lake surprises by being a genuinely scary and atmospheric adventure-puzzler".www.ifanzine.com - 4/5 Stars - "If it’s scares you’re after, look no further. 3 Cubes Research’s game is freaky in all the right ways".www.cnet.com - Game of the week- "I guarantee you'll have goosebumps".www.appstorearcade.com - Game of the month - "Indigo Lake. This is one of the few iOS horror games that delivers a scary time".www.sirloinapple.blogspot.co.uk - "Indigo Lake is an incredible piece of work and is truly a masterpiece". Hints At the bottom of our website. Click on the support link or go to:- www.indigo-lake.blogspot.co.uk Requirements iPhone 4, iPad 2 and up (live reaction camera and recording not available on iPhone 4). iOS 6,7,8 support. *Not advised for iPod 4G* Information Seller: Genre:Action, Adventure Release:Oct 17, 2013 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (28) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal ThreeCubes Well-Known Member Oct 13, 2012 743 0 0 #2 ThreeCubes, Oct 16, 2013 Last edited: Oct 18, 2013 *********Save Issue********* After you have clicked new game and reached the beach load the game once by rotating the device to portrait and clicking on the file icon with the up arrow then the green confirm button. This will ensure all future saves are correctly stored. (basically you need to load the game before you die at least once and there will be no further issues). If you are finding that you are being placed back at the start of the map on load please re-save the game straight away and reload and then save again. This should ensure that the next time you save your position will be correctly saved. This error only occurs if the very first time you play you die before loading save file. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Thanks Sanuku! Sanuku Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2009 11,954 4 38 Austria http://www.touchgameplay.com #3 Sanuku, Oct 16, 2013 Last edited: Oct 16, 2013 Filsize: Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Hoggy110 Well-Known Member Jan 11, 2012 2,670 0 0 Student The rainbow-fuelled nightmare of my mind https://twitter.com/Hapmatic #4 Hoggy110, Oct 16, 2013 Large free-roaming environment...destructible environments...consider me intrigued tso5818 Well-Known Member Sep 13, 2011 2,892 0 0 iANiMeX's left ear #5 tso5818, Oct 16, 2013 This game is definitely going to tickle my pickle after I am home from college NOEN Well-Known Member Jul 31, 2012 3,245 0 0 U.S. #6 NOEN, Oct 16, 2013 Kind of a small file size for an open world game. I guess if you know how to do it right though. Been waiting for this one. undeadcow Well-Known Member Dec 4, 2010 9,486 2 36 Houston, TX #7 undeadcow, Oct 16, 2013 Last edited: Oct 16, 2013 I beta tested Indigo Lake, completing the game in about 8 hours, and can easily recommend Indigo Lake. I can honestly say this was the most genuinely scary experience I've had in iOS gaming, I'll try to highlight some of my thoughts without ruining or discussing anything too specific because Indigo Lake is best experienced first hand. The atmosphere on display in the app is rich and immersive with rainfall and leaves slow falling everywhere (also giving a good sense of peripheral motion engendering uncertainty and paranoia). The sound design is really great. Some of the ghastly effects are deliciously subtle it's entirely possible to miss (without spoiling it there is an element where it almost feels like something mysterious taps you on the shoulder occasionally). I don't want to ruin anything but there are some crazy “WTF!” moments that unsettled me. The horror is downright scary but sometimes campy striking me in a wonderful black comedy manner while still retaining some horribly eerie characteristics. Sometimes haunts are subtle but other times the game focuses you into some time pressure situations or makes you look at things that highlight the specters effectively. The controls are traditional first person shooter (left thumb to look/steer and right thumb to move with tap on perimeter to fire). It's a beautiful game that might be worth the price just to stomp around and check out the environment, Indigo Lake has a great sandbox feel that allows open world exploration. It is a lot of fun just roaming around and finding surprises, there's still cryptic bits that I don't fully understand (for me, odd pillars). With the slow open world pace and unlimited ammo Indigo Lake is much more like a first person adventure game that rewards exploration and puzzle solving (but at times is frantic requiring quick action). One minor quirk was the lack of a reload option, fire shots until the chamber empties then tap to auto-reload (but no reloading partial clips, ammo is unlimited). The adventure game style puzzles were challenging and Indigo Lake does not under estimate the intelligence of it's audience, something I appreciated. Even when stuck by puzzles it often felt like there were threads to follow. Being able to drive a car is a nice touch but I preferred to walk because the game is so detailed and spooky. The car can go up to 30mph and help you zip around, it seemed fun to me but more as a mini-game than a necessary feature.. your play style may vary. Some of Indigo Lake requires you to trend back and forth over the campground area and can feel fetch quest like but without spoiling I can say the “level” design is unique allowing for easy backtracking if necessary (and streamlined with a vehicle). The developers put in a lot of polished touches. The ability to video record your own games within the app is unprecedented. The menu design is nice requiring you to turn your iDevice to access settings or review objectives (this reduces virtual buttons and allows more atmospheric interface focused on game environment). There is a Google glasses tech element where prompts are displayed from a third party onto the world through your headgear that is intelligent and helps guide you early on while “in character.” Indigo Lake was a lot of fun, it does world exploration and especially chilling fright effectively so is easy to recommend. You won't want to miss Indigo Lake. If you've followed the upcoming games thread, the developers gave ingenious explanations of optimizing graphics and sound while keeping the game size lower. For example, sound design is a real highlight but based on lower size MIDI sets. There is "real" lighting/shadows (versus just pre-rendered shading drawn on textures). I never got the impression they cut corners and the graphics/sound were top notch. master lee Well-Known Member Jun 19, 2009 1,029 0 0 Greece kos island #8 master lee, Oct 16, 2013 INSTA buy tonight! awp69 Well-Known Member Oct 30, 2009 8,249 0 36 Greenville, SC #9 awp69, Oct 16, 2013 Too long to quote but mega thanks to undeadcow for his detailed impressions. I'm sold! Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #10 Exact-Psience, Oct 16, 2013 Same here. Well, im actually sold on this already from the previews, but UC doubled the certainty. metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,065 1,342 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #11 metalcasket, Oct 16, 2013 Quite a no-brainer for me. Hate to do this, but is an Android port anywhere in the pipeline ThreeCubes? David1953 Well-Known Member May 26, 2013 476 40 28 #12 David1953, Oct 16, 2013 Thank you, undeadcow, for an excellent review, and this game looks like a sure buy for me when it is released in NA in a few hours. Hopefully, it will run well, with reasonably high graphics settings, on my iPad 3rd generation. ThreeCubes Well-Known Member Oct 13, 2012 743 0 0 #13 ThreeCubes, Oct 16, 2013 Thanks Undeadcow, Im glad you liked it! - the sound quality has been increased from 16k samples to 44k samples for the final version. Metalcasket - Yes there will be an andriod version but we are waiting to see if the ios one is bug free before finishing that off. will have a better idea by the end of the week when the release date will be. David1953 - it runs with all the effects on an ipad 3! the first update will add even more effects for iphone 5s and what ever they announce on the 22nd. ThreeCubes Well-Known Member Oct 13, 2012 743 0 0 #14 ThreeCubes, Oct 16, 2013 Just a quick note to ipod 4g users, you may need to reboot your device to make sure there is enough memory also the opening sequence on the boat is a little slow but the frame rate improves when your finally playing. Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #15 Exact-Psience, Oct 16, 2013 Last edited: Oct 16, 2013 Holy crap... Umm.... Guys? You need to play this. First iOS game that actually puts a bit of fear in me for real. The game's atmosphere is pretty intense. Good sound effects accompany it, although at first i though the car ride needs more sound effects like screeching on sand, or something like that. But, once i got out of the car, I forget about this minor flaw coz the rest of the game really sets the mood. The sounds, the visuals, the blurs, the weather effects, the random leaves, everything. The tilt to access menus or objectives is a brilliant choice, IMO, as it removes unnecessary clutter on the game screen, which significantly helps in keeping the game's atmosphere solid. One thing i'd like to comment on is, if possible, remove the tap-to shoot on the left side of the screen. Also, when you have your right thumb touching the screen, the movement has an added inertia, which doesnt seem necessary in my opinion. Everything else in the game is so well done. Im also really impressed that this game is less than 150mb installed, and this much mood and tone incorporated in it. This is easily one of the best $2 purchases EVER. I still have to play my other purchases, but this looks like a strong GotW candidate already. Connector Well-Known Member May 6, 2012 15,512 1 0 In the Chatroom http://thechatroom.freeforums.net/ #16 Connector, Oct 16, 2013 Looking forward to trying this one, the atmosphere looks really gloomy. ColeDaddy Silver Supporter<br>Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Mar 20, 2010 4,234 131 63 Male Sojourner Washington D.C. #17 ColeDaddy, Oct 16, 2013 undeadcow, thanks for you review. I usually dismiss games of this genre since the over-saturation of slenderman-type games, but this sounds like a much more rewarding gaming experience. Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #18 Exact-Psience, Oct 16, 2013 @ThreeCubes: I bought the game, but got a message about having my device jailbroken. Will that affect the game at all? ThreeCubes Well-Known Member Oct 13, 2012 743 0 0 #19 ThreeCubes, Oct 16, 2013 Don't worry it does not affect the game at all and once you click close it will never show again on that device. Thanks for your initial impressions. Out of interest what device/ios version are you using? Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #20 Exact-Psience, Oct 16, 2013 Im on iOS 6.1.2, iPad mini... No slowdowns whatsoever. Even the intro on the boat played flawlessly. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 20 1 ← 2 3 4 5 6 → 20 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
*********Save Issue********* After you have clicked new game and reached the beach load the game once by rotating the device to portrait and clicking on the file icon with the up arrow then the green confirm button. This will ensure all future saves are correctly stored. (basically you need to load the game before you die at least once and there will be no further issues). If you are finding that you are being placed back at the start of the map on load please re-save the game straight away and reload and then save again. This should ensure that the next time you save your position will be correctly saved. This error only occurs if the very first time you play you die before loading save file. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Thanks Sanuku!
Kind of a small file size for an open world game. I guess if you know how to do it right though. Been waiting for this one.
I beta tested Indigo Lake, completing the game in about 8 hours, and can easily recommend Indigo Lake. I can honestly say this was the most genuinely scary experience I've had in iOS gaming, I'll try to highlight some of my thoughts without ruining or discussing anything too specific because Indigo Lake is best experienced first hand. The atmosphere on display in the app is rich and immersive with rainfall and leaves slow falling everywhere (also giving a good sense of peripheral motion engendering uncertainty and paranoia). The sound design is really great. Some of the ghastly effects are deliciously subtle it's entirely possible to miss (without spoiling it there is an element where it almost feels like something mysterious taps you on the shoulder occasionally). I don't want to ruin anything but there are some crazy “WTF!” moments that unsettled me. The horror is downright scary but sometimes campy striking me in a wonderful black comedy manner while still retaining some horribly eerie characteristics. Sometimes haunts are subtle but other times the game focuses you into some time pressure situations or makes you look at things that highlight the specters effectively. The controls are traditional first person shooter (left thumb to look/steer and right thumb to move with tap on perimeter to fire). It's a beautiful game that might be worth the price just to stomp around and check out the environment, Indigo Lake has a great sandbox feel that allows open world exploration. It is a lot of fun just roaming around and finding surprises, there's still cryptic bits that I don't fully understand (for me, odd pillars). With the slow open world pace and unlimited ammo Indigo Lake is much more like a first person adventure game that rewards exploration and puzzle solving (but at times is frantic requiring quick action). One minor quirk was the lack of a reload option, fire shots until the chamber empties then tap to auto-reload (but no reloading partial clips, ammo is unlimited). The adventure game style puzzles were challenging and Indigo Lake does not under estimate the intelligence of it's audience, something I appreciated. Even when stuck by puzzles it often felt like there were threads to follow. Being able to drive a car is a nice touch but I preferred to walk because the game is so detailed and spooky. The car can go up to 30mph and help you zip around, it seemed fun to me but more as a mini-game than a necessary feature.. your play style may vary. Some of Indigo Lake requires you to trend back and forth over the campground area and can feel fetch quest like but without spoiling I can say the “level” design is unique allowing for easy backtracking if necessary (and streamlined with a vehicle). The developers put in a lot of polished touches. The ability to video record your own games within the app is unprecedented. The menu design is nice requiring you to turn your iDevice to access settings or review objectives (this reduces virtual buttons and allows more atmospheric interface focused on game environment). There is a Google glasses tech element where prompts are displayed from a third party onto the world through your headgear that is intelligent and helps guide you early on while “in character.” Indigo Lake was a lot of fun, it does world exploration and especially chilling fright effectively so is easy to recommend. You won't want to miss Indigo Lake. If you've followed the upcoming games thread, the developers gave ingenious explanations of optimizing graphics and sound while keeping the game size lower. For example, sound design is a real highlight but based on lower size MIDI sets. There is "real" lighting/shadows (versus just pre-rendered shading drawn on textures). I never got the impression they cut corners and the graphics/sound were top notch.
Quite a no-brainer for me. Hate to do this, but is an Android port anywhere in the pipeline ThreeCubes?
Thank you, undeadcow, for an excellent review, and this game looks like a sure buy for me when it is released in NA in a few hours. Hopefully, it will run well, with reasonably high graphics settings, on my iPad 3rd generation.
Thanks Undeadcow, Im glad you liked it! - the sound quality has been increased from 16k samples to 44k samples for the final version. Metalcasket - Yes there will be an andriod version but we are waiting to see if the ios one is bug free before finishing that off. will have a better idea by the end of the week when the release date will be. David1953 - it runs with all the effects on an ipad 3! the first update will add even more effects for iphone 5s and what ever they announce on the 22nd.
Just a quick note to ipod 4g users, you may need to reboot your device to make sure there is enough memory also the opening sequence on the boat is a little slow but the frame rate improves when your finally playing.
Holy crap... Umm.... Guys? You need to play this. First iOS game that actually puts a bit of fear in me for real. The game's atmosphere is pretty intense. Good sound effects accompany it, although at first i though the car ride needs more sound effects like screeching on sand, or something like that. But, once i got out of the car, I forget about this minor flaw coz the rest of the game really sets the mood. The sounds, the visuals, the blurs, the weather effects, the random leaves, everything. The tilt to access menus or objectives is a brilliant choice, IMO, as it removes unnecessary clutter on the game screen, which significantly helps in keeping the game's atmosphere solid. One thing i'd like to comment on is, if possible, remove the tap-to shoot on the left side of the screen. Also, when you have your right thumb touching the screen, the movement has an added inertia, which doesnt seem necessary in my opinion. Everything else in the game is so well done. Im also really impressed that this game is less than 150mb installed, and this much mood and tone incorporated in it. This is easily one of the best $2 purchases EVER. I still have to play my other purchases, but this looks like a strong GotW candidate already.
undeadcow, thanks for you review. I usually dismiss games of this genre since the over-saturation of slenderman-type games, but this sounds like a much more rewarding gaming experience.
@ThreeCubes: I bought the game, but got a message about having my device jailbroken. Will that affect the game at all?
Don't worry it does not affect the game at all and once you click close it will never show again on that device. Thanks for your initial impressions. Out of interest what device/ios version are you using?
