Ahead of Loddlenaut’s release on 16 November, developer Moon Lagoon and publisher Secret Mode have confirmed that every game sale of the cosy creature-raising and pollution cleaning adventure will result in a donation to Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Secret Mode’s official charity partner of the year.
This pledge builds upon the Loddlenaut team’s charity work already undertaken in 2023, including Urban Beach Cleans, Climate Giant Project donations, and World Oceans Day Steam Sale participation.
Secret Mode will donate 0.05GBP per sale of Loddlenaut to WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation). This pledge covers all net game sales over the next three years.
Loddlenaut is a creature-raising survival game that takes place on an ocean planet. Play as an interstellar custodian who is sent to clean up an abandoned planet polluted by a mega-corporation. Befriend local axolotl-like creatures and explore sunken corporate ruins as you revive the planet’s lush ecosystems.
To celebrate this week’s launch, Secret Mode has also partnered with local UK artist Michelle Costello, aka Smartie Lids on the Beach, for a special, eco-conscious art project. Michelle has been combing Cornish beaches for litter over the past ten years and has painstakingly recreated Loddlenaut’s colourful key art exclusively using reclaimed ocean plastics and materials.
The artwork, pictured above with artist Michelle Costello, will be viewable to the public from February 2024, when it will be housed as a temporary art installation at WDC’s refurbished Scottish Dolphin Centre.
The full list of collected plastics used for the artwork:
1x Yellow bucket base
1x Turquoise bucket
1x Blue bucket
1x Orange bucket
1x Green bucket
1x Green football
1x Yellow football
2x Blue fisherman’s gloves
1x Grey canvas
1x Blue canvas
1x Green fishing crate
1x Orange spray bottle
1x Water bottle
1x Purple hair gel container
1x Purple biscuit pack wrapper
1x Chocolate wrapper
1x Purple fabric
1x Pink wellington boot insole
1x Purple foam lily pad
1x Green body board
Multiple lolly sticks
1x White container
1x Black beach shoe insole lining
1x Black flower pot
1x Blue & green plastic sheet
A miscellaneous collection of other smaller plastics of unknown origin
Loddlenaut will release on PC and Mac via Steam on 16 November 2023. A demo featuring the Flotsam Flats area of the game – and several loddles waiting to be befriended – is available on Steam.
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