Sulphur Nimbus: Hel's Elixir

Played this game 100%d it, I loved the movement and flight mechanics and wanted to find other games like it, but I can't find anything even remotely similar. The only thing I can find with flight mechanics with anywhere near the complexity of this game is Microsoft flight simulator, which isn't really a game. For anyone who hasn't played the game, do it, it's good. For anyone who has, please tell me if you find anything like it.

Picked this up and played for 3 hours straight today, I am absolutely in love with this game. The flight mechanics and physics are just.. perfect. Best I’ve ever seen. It can be difficult to control at times, but when it just CLICKS! It feels so good to fly! Spent like a third of my time flying around the big island :) Also just love the general atmosphere of this game. I can’t wait to play some more.

Will come back to share thoughts on the whole game ^_^

Best game we played in 2022, alongside with sonic frontiers, we couldn't pick one so they both get the number one spot.

i just started earlier today and haven’t completed the game yet, but i’d like to say this is very fun so far! movement feels good, and you’ve bested the AAAs in making a 3D camera that doesn’t suck

i’d especially like to thank you for making the source available — i spent a few hours getting a mac version working, and it was well worth the effort

Amazing game I just finished with the hard mode enabled (For basically all). Such good movement mechanics, interactions using said mechanic, bosses, & challenges. I recommend giving it a shot Its amazing!! <3 Lots of love seemingly put into it. Does a lot overall pretty good to extremely quite AMAZING!! <3 <3 <3

Once you start getting the hang of it with its indepth but well introduced mechanics it really pushes a movement system that is quite unique. Its kinda like a mix of plane / glider (limited but regerative propulsion) game but a platformer, (Give it a chance it will just might take a bit or some thoughts to click / develop) 

! Momentum is used to great effect in the usage of flight. Speed feels good and slowing feels reactive / after a tad bit natural (You need to pay attention to slowing / turning well), does be a bit light mainly on the ground lots of thoughts towards momentum and strategy with the movement goes a great way to acomplishing your goals. Recovery from slow speeds and use of walls is quite satisfying and used to great effect wth some challenges.

Lots of intresting engaging gameplay, well paced light but intriguing story,finding your tutorials through out post the basics is also a nice way of pace info. pretty decent system of collects, & many unique boss fights putting your wits and some creativity to a test.

Those reading, give it a shot if your intrigued. Keep it in mind if your busy. Quite a nice set of expierences. 

Many Kudos Kudos Kudos To you all! <3 <3 <3

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7-11-2022 1:41am

I was very pleased with this game, an interesting plot and very cool gameplay, I want to thank you very much, everything is done quite conveniently, the more you can set it up as you need, the game reminds me of Spyro, I had almost the same feeling, I think this is a separate plus, I really hope that you will release something like that, despite the fact that the game at some points lags it is not critical at all, it's still very nice to play. Especially here the characters are in the style of MLP, which is even more fun. 

Once again, thank you very much! I'll be waiting for your next projects!

To anyone using a Switch Pro controller to play this game on Windows, be sure to go into joy.cpl/Game Controllers on Windows and calibrate your joysticks. Had an issue where the axis was only going 80% of the way on the movement end and couldn't cross gaps in-game due to this issue.

Also I had the controller calibrated through steam but this game doesn't recognize the controller if you enable "Switch Pro Controller support". This is a factor regardless of having the game running through steam with its overlay.

As for other workaround for Switch Pro Controller users, I had to do manually binding for many of the controls for confort but for skins, 1 that I find matches up well enough is the "Rockfire PSX-USB Bridge" icon skin.

I truly don't think I'll ever find a game with such good flight mechanics. It kind of ruined all other games with winged-characters for me, tbh! Now I'm just disappointed when I don't need to build momentum or adjust my wing angle lol

Very good game, very fun mechanics, you can just run around and fly for hours and be entertained. The puzzles are fun and unique.

Absolutely incredible game, feels and may look like a spyro game, but it has it's own tricks up it's sleeves to make it genuinely original

This seriously was so fantastic. Absolutely amazing flight and movement mechanics that feel super satisfying. They're challenging at the start but you really get used to the nuances of it all and it just feels GREAT. The world is fun to explore and the choice of having the majority of the narrative in a foreign language added to the mysterious feeling of the game. And you still got the gist of things, especially at the end. Great final boss fight. Loved the variety in the level designs. Hooray for the Collectible Radar as well, I always appreciate when a game helps you along with that. Honestly, this was absolutely brilliant and a very pleasant surprise! More people should talk about this game!

<3 <3 <3 THIS IS AMAZING!!! <3 <3 <3

It's awesome !!!! there's so much depth to the flying and movement mechanics it's incredible ! the level design is super varied and unique and the game looks pretty good !

Overall it's a very enjoyable experience and I can see there was a lot of love and effort put into this game, I enjoyed it a lot and I definitely recommend other people to try it out

This game is great! I loved the movement mechanics and the characters are so cute <3

Find the game in 2016 called ProjectRD. Game about little Dash learning to fly with her dad. I really liked the flight mechanic. Then digging into the game files, a different maps has been founded. Castle map was strange, but even stranger that you playing as Twilight Sparkle alicorn. I flight across the map, collect blobs, fighting weird but awesome design monsters. Great game, really liked it.

Some time later i hear about Sulphyr Nimbus, download demo and play it. It was the same game i played before, but with new cute character.
And now the game is fully finished i want to say: that project is absolutely awesome, greatest game with mlp reference. The plot is also great with notes of sadness. OST is nice to listen.
Thank you for not abandoning the project, and thank you for all the great games you made.

I loved it, it has a lot of unique and good ideas. The fact that almost all the elements in it are only used one or two times and not reused many many times is excellent. You don't get the feeling of "oh this again?". Music great and as with all elements its not reused anywhere. The flying mechanism's balance of "you can control this many things" and the limited amount/limited ways of inputs (eg mouse + keyboard) are done well, I only had trouble a few times (eg landing on the walls sideways, rolling is not needed at all, etc).

And wow its long if you want to do it 100%. And in a good "wow" way.

To say something negative: replayability is basically nonexistent besides "collect everything". I don't think the language barrier added anything. The main menu looks great on a 5" screen but on a 27" monitor its bad but great again on a 65" tv (relative element size is too large on a normal desktop monitor as you sit "close" to it).

If you ever plan to do a "chapter 2" I'll sure buy that too.

Just finished the game, had a decent amount of length to it and I absolutely adored all of it.

The physics of flying are so smooth and fun. Even though it can be hard to complete certain challenges, I always felt like my failures were my own. It's all very consistent and solid, both on the ground and in the air.

The atmosphere is wonderful as well. Throughout my time playing I always had this sense of wonder, unsure of what I would see next, thinking about what all these strange words and pictures might mean.

I love the visual style and characters too, and the way they're animated is impressive and extremely convincing (and often adorable as well of course). The music is also great, so wild and varied!~

I could really go on and on about everything I liked, instead I'll just say my only disappointment is that I still want more ;P

Surprisingly a fun and charming game! The momentum based flying was enjoyable to gradually improve on throughout, even as I stubbornly tackle hard mode from the start. Freely exploring the island was nice, and the story and music were great. Also those tutorial sequences were cute with him picking you up. Thank you for making this game!

I'm bit late, but congratulations on the release. I'm going to finally play it and I'm excited to see what the full game is like.

Flying is nice.

Now, this might not have anything to do with the country Oddwarg was born in, but for some reason a majority of this game(ESPECIALLY the underground rooms of the castle and bosses) reminds me of the Nine Lands of Scandinavian mythology.

The two rooms in the first basement, as well as the rest of the island; feels similar to Midgard, the human realm. The castle itself feels akin to the Aesir's domain, Asgard. The ravine is akin to the Vanir's world, Vanaheim. The Hydroelectric power/pumping station feels like the realm of the mountain giants; Jotunheim(Maybe it has to do with the propeller creature you encounter at the end of it, but I dunno), and the lava cave level feels similar to the realm of the fire trolls; Muspelheim. The air pump level reminds me of the light elves' realm of Alfheim(presumably because it leads to the inside of a great tree after) and the weapons factory reminds me of the domain the dark elves and dwarves share; Svartalheim. As for the ice cave level? you can pretty much see quite a few parallels to Niflheim, the realm of mist and cold. But then, that just leaves the chasm level. I fail to find a more fitting world for THAT level than the one that can only house the dead; the notorious Helheim. This final choice is especially fitting when not only the name "Hel" is in the title, but is also part of the game's story as well.

Then again, hey; that's just a theory. ...A GAME THEORY! (I'm so sorry. Had to do the reference.)

I've followed the game since the first demo came out and been excited to try out the full version since then. By now I've finished the game and made sure it was 100%. 

I must say I had a blast, the flight mechanics certainly takes some time getting used to given how realistic as possible it's been made, but you can pull off complex maneuvers to get through certain places with enough training. Once you nail it down, you won't hesitate to do tricks on your own.

The levels aren't too difficult to navigate or complete, some are easy and others are challenging. They're pretty linear so you know where to go and what to do and I love the soundtrack, they're all catchy and diverse so you won't hear the same or similar soundtrack between each area. 

The combat is very reactive and a bit difficult but I enjoyed it nevertheless, just the animation of attacks are cool to look at. All the enemies and bosses require learning their attack patterns and when to strike.

Wish there were more endings, it is what it is. Looking forward for more updates if there'll be any. The game was very enjoyable and worth the money spent!

I'm also hoping there's going to be an extra area where you can spawn/fight regular enemies to hone your skill! The boss room is a nice touch but I'd like that too, considering all the enemies you defeat will be gone from the game world permanently unless you restart or revert your save.

It's hard to imagine what it's like for one man to pursue his dreams and make a game from scratch. The art style, the characters, the soundtrack. It's a lot of work and many in his place would had given up on their project, especially fan games. Oddwarg is one person with years of experience as a game developer and he delivers it with help of backers and supporters.

Great game I've been waiting for a long time. I really recommend playing if you like momentum based movement, experiencing freedom of flight and mysterous atmosphere. All enemy encounters are unique and very creative and as you progress they get more and more epic. I'm in the middle of my second playthrough and I've decided to complete everything 100% and found there are many secrets in the world. What I've enjoyed the most are the flying mechanics. Even though I've had some problems during tutorial, after spending some time in the game world I've found myself zooming everywhere through all levels and rarely touching the ground. Flying became very comfortable and when you combine it with all the jumping and running on walls you can get anywhere with style. This nice learning curve makes my first steps I took in the game as Sulphur look like babybird flailing around :) Again, great game and I'll definitely complete it.