Glimmerhop press kit

About the game (short)

Glimmerhop is a 3D puzzle-arcade game about a small teal slime with a big light. Glim hops on its own; you choose every landing, lighting tiles, building Radiance and absorbing strange creatures to take their powers. Guided by the spirit Aster, Glim crosses eight handcrafted lands claimed by the mysterious Veiled.

About the game (long)

Glimmerhop is a tactile 3D puzzle-arcade game where every hop lights the way. Glim, a spirited teal slime carrying a fragment of the Heartlight Crystal, hops in a steady rhythm; the player steers each landing. Every tile Glim lands on lights up, so the board itself shows progress. Building Radiance lets Glim absorb the creatures in the way and claim their elemental movement powers.

Guided by the guardian spirit Aster, Glim travels through 120 handcrafted levels across eight lands claimed by the Veiled: the Mystical Forest, the Gloamwood, the Crystal Caverns, the Emberdeep, the Stormcrag, the Snowbound Peaks, the Ocean and, below the Deep Rim, the Deep, where the board fades into the dark beyond Glim's own glow. Each land has its own machinery to master, and each ends with a guardian, or, at the summit, an escape. Ten creatures lend Glim ten Radiance forms. Between journeys there is Heartrest, Glim's home, with a garden, a workshop and a noticeboard; 37 puzzle boards in their own menu and 16 more on the map; the endless Glimrush mode; daily and weekly missions; a wardrobe of cosmetics; original music for every land and boss; and a voiced story, with character voices generated with ElevenLabs.

About Candlewren Games

Candlewren Games is a solo indie studio in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, making focused arcade-puzzle games with tactile mechanics, distinctive characters and a little darkness beneath the glow. Small games. Big character. Glimmerhop is its first game.

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