Whenever a new creative sandbox appears, it's only a matter of time before it's compared to Minecraft. Despite the higher polycount, UemuU invites the comparison more than most. At times, it feels like a direct response to Minecraft's limitations as a community building platform; with flexible tools that are geared towards letting creators define, shape and share their ideas.
GameZone: "Ultimately I think that may be what sets UemeU apart from the Unity engine it’s built upon. You could argue that with this much freedom, players may as well just learn how to program and design their own games. UemeU seems to be offering that kind of freedom, but without the technical headaches of a programming language or complex math. In addition, it will be the crafted aspects of the first full release that will ensure UemeU is a true sandbox game and not a tool. What they’re going for sounds impossibly ambitious, but they’re already off to a good start. Its name might not roll off of the tongue, but I think UemeU will be talked about for a long time to come."
(CriticalIndieGamer) Creative sandbox style games have been popular for many years now. When Second Life launched all the way back in 2003, it was an instant hit; users could create vast and unique worlds of their own, and even program functionality into them using the built-in scripting language. Today, however, Second Life shows it’s age. It still offers deep content creation , but its interface is a chore to navigate, and its tools are not user-friendly. Recently Minecraft has been the go-to creative sandbox, offering many of the abilities that Second Life does, but in a more approachable, user-friendly package. Even with the bar set so high, Omnigon Games have their sights set on the sandbox crown with their debut title Uemeu, so how does it stack up?
(CriticalIndieGamer)Omnigon games debut title/build ‘em up is an ambitious sandbox game with seemingly limitless potential. Uemeu (pronounced You-Me-You) gives players the creative freedom to build mega structures, beautiful vistas, and pretty much anything they can think up – and they can do it all collaboratively! Omnigon Games founder, Jeremy Hindle, hopes to turn Uemeu into a safe creative online space where people can build games and structures together. Having played the game, we are very excited to see what the future holds.
