Incandescent

Incandescent is the sort of game name that can belong to several different things, so the safest reading is to treat it as an indie title rather than a big, clearly defined franchise. By our assessment, that usually means something mood-led and compact, with more interest in atmosphere or an idea than in broad systems. The downside is simple: with a title this thinly documented, there is not much reliable public substance to lean on. In practice that makes it hard to say more than that it sits in the space where smaller experimental games usually live. It is not the kind of name that suggests a huge, complicated time sink, and that already tells a reader a fair amount. Incandescent is the sort of game to approach cautiously if you want clear expectations and strong genre boundaries.