Alice in Limbo-land
Indie games. Symbolism. There can be no limit to them apparently, but that’s because people can’t get enough of them. For fans of games that leave you wondering and stuck on deeper meaning, the Taiwanese rhythm game Deemo may be right up your alley. And now would be a good time to play it, if you haven’t already, because the developer Rayark Games just announced a sequel with a Deemo II teaser. Deemo was original released as a mobile game, then re-released on PS Vita and then Nintendo Switch as Deemo: Last Recital.
The original Deemo was about a young girl named Alice who enters a strange world from its sky. In order to return to her world, she must use her piano skills to encourage a large tree to grow and bring her back from where she came. A mysterious character named Deemo helps her return home, but they are obstructed by a character named the Masked Lady. The ending reveals the true identities of Deemo and the Masked Lady, and the tragic circumstances that brought Alice to this world.
Just as the story of the original game was a bit of a mystery, the teaser does not indicate what Deemo II will be about, though it may follow similar rules about the world. At the end of the teaser we see a young child approaching a building with a tree growing in the background, so it may be a continuation of Deemo. No release date or platforms have been announced. It is just a teaser after all.
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