Luminaria
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
A 2D side-scrolling fantasy platformer created by a small indie team at Columbia College Chicago.
Play as Aspen, a young moth who has found themselves suddenly separated from their family and thrown into a dark and mysterious world. Small, alone, and armed with only their trusty magical staff, Aspen will have to traverse unfamiliar lands and conquer new obstacles in order to find their way back home. Discover secrets and return light to the forest, all while exploring beautiful, hand drawn environments.
This is a demo version of the game, and any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you for playing!
Credits:
Art Direction: Daria Boudreau
Game Design: Ricky Bakersmith, Joseph Poselenzny, Eric Kwon
Animation: Sam Pham
Concept Art: Daria Boudreau, Sam Pham, Jeremiah Green, Karen Spriggs, Michelle Quiroz
Programming: Karen Spriggs, Duncan McDonald, Miles Prinzen
Sound Design: Carley Thompson
Font: Cardenio Modern by Nils Cordes on Dafont.com
Trailer Music: Medieval and Celtic Music | LANDS by Alex-Productions | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0_M61F81Nfb-BRXE-SeVA
Additional Collaborators: Harmoni Hawthorne, Gabriel Willemssen
Additional assets taken from Unity Technologies' Lost Crypt sample project:
Terrain Sprite Shapes
Sunlight Shafts
Firefly glow particle system
Environment parallax script
Fire particle system
Check out our developers' other work:
Daria Boudreau: dariaboudreau.artstation.com
Sam Pham: https://slamminsalmonsite.wordpress.com/
Carley Thompson: https://carley28thompson.wixsite.com/sounddesigner
Eric Kwon: https://erickwon.weebly.com
Miles Prinzen: https://milescajus.github.io/
Karen Spriggs: https://karenspriggs.work/
Joseph Poselenzny: https://fatjosephina.wixsite.com/portfolio
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Development log
- Luminaria Update: Release 3May 13, 2022
- Luminaria Update: Release 2Mar 25, 2022
- Luminaria Update: Release 1Feb 25, 2022
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Hello Luminaria, my name is Bruno, I make indie game gameplays on YouTube, here in Brazil, I want to congratulate you for the great project, the game has a lot of potential.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to playtest and upload a playthrough!! We really appreciate you supporting our game :)
The new update is a big improvement, I enjoyed it.
Thank you, so glad you liked it!
Cool!
One remark.. wasn't very intuitive that you can light the lantern platforms with the staff while standing on top (perhaps if the staff would actually move downwards towards the lantern this would justify why this works).
I agree that this needs some attention. Not sure the best solution!
Thank you so much for the feedback! That's a feature we're hoping to implement soon, likely by creating a new, specific animation for that movement so that it looks more natural. Thanks for checking the demo out!