Loddlenaut

Loddlenaut breaks the surface on November 16 Charity efforts detailed in the countdown to the wholesome ocean cleanup adventure

Developer Moon Lagoon and publisher Secret Mode can today reveal a November 16, 2023 launch date for Loddlenaut, the cozy pollution-cleaning adventure awash with creature-raising and survival systems. Loddlenaut is launching on Steam for PC and Mac.

Loddlenaut casts players as an interstellar custodian sent to a polluted ocean planet. While cleaning up the mess, players will need to recycle trash to build and upgrade powerful purification tools.

Loddle creatures respond to your ocean restoration efforts with affection and soon you'll be surrounded with new best friends to name, feed, pet, communicate with, and even evolve.

Loddlenaut started out as a NYU Game Center thesis project in 2019 and has been in full development as a commercial release since May 2020. A demo featuring the Flotsam Flats biome – and several loddle friends-in-waiting – is available on Steam right now.

Inspired by Loddlenaut's ocean cleanup messaging, publisher Secret Mode and marine charity Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) teamed up with gaming charity SpecialEffect in July to host a beach clean during games industry event Develop:Brighton. During the beach clean on Brighton's beach, more than 40 members of the games industry collected over 1,500 items of litter, including 203 loose pieces of plastic. Their endeavours were captured in the following video.