Limbo

Developed by Playdead

Published by Microsoft game studios

Limbo is a puzzle 2D side scroller platform game released on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Microsoft windows through Steam. You play as a boy trying to find his sister and you have to guide him through dangerous and hazardous environments it has standard 2D platform controls, run left or right, jump, climb up and down etc, you can also make the boy interact with the environment by pushing and pulling objects. The environment has many hazards such as bear traps and multiple spike traps; there are also monster that hide in the shadows waiting for you to come along.

The puzzles and traps were specifically made that the player was meant to die on their first attempt at it; the idea behind this was that the player would learn their mistake and find the solution to the puzzle. This was nicknamed the “trial and error” method. They used gruesome imagery for the boy’s deaths, this was meant to deter the player from making the same mistake again.

Monochromic colouring, lighting, film grain effects and minimal ambient sounds were used to create a classic horror.