Tulpa is a 2D puzzle platformer where you control two characters with different abilities. The girl can push/pull things and jump and the floating boy can interact with onscreen objects with the mouse cursor. If you've played Limbo you'll have an inkling of what you're in for, if not, that means that you will learn what to do by being killed, repeatedly. Some deaths are unavoidable the first time around. This aspect makes the game frustrating, especially coupled with the obtuse puzzles you'll have to solve. The puzzle-solving boils down to clicking any suspicious object on-screen to determine its utility. The unresponsive controls confound the puzzle-solving further, as there are instances where I knew what should be done, but the controls failed me. Despite the colorful presentation and surreal imagery, there is no story in this game. It is one of those games that throws as much weirdness at you and hope that your mind would probe for meaning, when there isn't any. If there was an underlying thread of meaning that ties up this adventure, it went way beyond me. Game duration is about 1-2hrs.

Tulpa is a 2D puzzle platformer where you control two characters with different abilities. The girl can push/pull things and jump and the floating boy can interact with onscreen objects with the mouse cursor. If you've played Limbo you'll have an inkling of what you're in for, if not, that means that you will learn what to do by being killed, repeatedly. Some deaths are unavoidable the first time around. This aspect makes the game frustrating, especially coupled with the obtuse puzzles you'll have to solve. The puzzle-solving boils down to clicking any suspicious object on-screen to determine its utility. The unresponsive controls confound the puzzle-solving further, as there are instances where I knew what should be done, but the controls failed me. Despite the colorful presentation and surreal imagery, there is no story in this game. It is one of those games that throws as much weirdness at you and hope that your mind would probe for meaning, when there isn't any. If there was an underlying thread of meaning that ties up this adventure, it went way beyond me. Game duration is about 1-2hrs.