Lorelei and the Laser Eyes stands out for lots of causes. It has deviously tough puzzles and a definite ambiance that seems to be impressed by noir filmmaking. You play as a lady named Lorelei who wanders round an extravagant resort and solves its many mysteries. The sport packs in a great deal of convoluted secrets and techniques, however that’s not really what intrigued me whereas taking part in. The largest enigma from my playthrough concerned one distinctive merchandise: a tampon.
Lorelei can retailer a wide range of objects in her elegant clamshell briefcase. If you begin the sport, you’ll discover helpful objects like your automotive key and a tampon! Its inclusion stood out to me as a result of tampons are such a standard on a regular basis merchandise and but they not often seem in video video games. I’ve been taking part in video video games for many years and have encountered 1000’s of various objects, however I solely bear in mind seeing tampons in a single different sport (that different instance being the fantastic clutter-arranging sport Unpacking).
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes was developed by Simogo, the identical group behind the pop-infused racing sport Sayonara Wild Hearts. Polygon requested the studio’s co-founder, Simon Flesser, about why the group determined so as to add the merchandise to the sport. Flesser famous that widespread objects like tampons might help create a selected ambiance or feeling throughout the sport.
“These on a regular basis objects and actions, like utilizing the restroom and taking the elevator, are all there to ascertain a way of mundanity, or normality,” Flesser informed Polygon through e-mail. “The extra absurd and surreal parts of the sport really feel even stranger when introduced along with these abnormal components.”
![The item page for the tampon item in Lorelei and the Laser Eyes describes it as follows: “Bought in a pharmacy in a town near the hotel. Made out of absorbent cotton. Wrapped in wax paper.”](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/43cq1_GkkIUEwqK0LUx66EEiNS8=/0x0:1920x1080/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1080):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25460082/Stardew___Stardew_Valley_2024_05_22_12_34_36.png)
As for the concept, it didn’t come out of any developer assembly, however at dwelling. “It was instructed by my accomplice, who merely simply requested why the girl doesn’t carry tampons in her purse,” Flesser stated.
Each my colleague Nicole Carpenter (who reviewed the sport) and I had not been capable of finding a use for the tampon. As I’ve performed, I’ve been content material to attempt to stick the tampon in random holes and slots. This has not labored. Nonetheless, this did make my co-worker and I’m wondering if the tampon did have any sort of sensible software for a puzzle. Because it seems, the tampon isn’t some galaxy-brained answer to any of the sport’s puzzles. As Flesser stated, “It merely exists.”