Games Like Wickling

The Kingdom of Brightmere has never known night.

Its people, the Wicklings, have candles for heads and a Sun that never sets. Today the Procession barge came for Pip's little sister. It is a great honour to be chosen. Everyone said so.

Pip is going to catch that barge.

It plays exactly like the platformers you grew up with. Eight worlds of tight, hand-built levels. A world map with chapels, memory panels and wandering lamplighters. Seven suits: Moth Wings that let you fly when your P-meter fills, a Wax Mask that turns you into a statue, a Newt Suit for the lakes, a Bell Suit that rings enemies off the screen. Fortresses with crushers and ghosts. Barges full of cannons. End-of-level cards that pay out in spares.

And every one of those systems has been turned a few degrees toward dread.