ILLUMINI
A downloadable game for Windows
It's close to the end of the year 2000 when you wake up clueless in the middle of a dark forest with nothing on you but a torch. You struggle to retrace your steps and seek help until the forest mystery piques your interest.
You wander around the creepy forest with your guiding torch hoping to fulfill your curiosity about the quietness of such a populated forest.
Will YOU connect the pieces?
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Gameplay:
This complete demo combines a walking simulator with various puzzles/challenge aspects. This demo also has a unique aspect in that the player must rely on their cursor to see around them and progress the game. The full game will feature more content based on the lighting mechanism featured in this demo.
- The full demo is roughly 20 minutes long. Full game is estimated to be 2-3 hours.
- Your character monologue alternates depending on how you progress the game.
- This game relies on your cursor as a guiding torch to progress the story.
Controls:
| INPUTS: | ACTIONS: |
|---|---|
| WASD / Arrows | Movement |
| C / Middle Mouse Button | Extend Vision Range |
| Spacebar | Progress character monologue |
| E | Interact / Enter buildings |
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Story Behind This Game:
I am an independent amateur programmer and this is the first game I've developed. Not only was this an experience I wanted to share with others but also a learning experience and an opportunity for me to move into game development as a hobby. As I am still learning, please know that this game is far from perfect and will only improve as I spend more time learning. Expect a lot more when the full game releases in the future.
Known Issues:
Tabbing out of the game during fade transitions can cause it to crash. I haven't gotten a fix to this yet so please avoid alt-tabbing out of the game while loading between rooms. This game has an autosave feature so do not worry too much if it does crash as it will reload to the last major point of the game.
If you find any issues, please let me know.
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All songs composed are by me while sound effects are sourced from freely available assets.
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Development log
- Demo Extension31 days ago
- Featuring New Soundtracks33 days ago
- Lighting System Change34 days ago
Comments
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Cute lil game only thing that I think is a little wierd is the houses are all lit up and you go inside of them and they are dark but back outside its bright again lol. but I like it!
Thank you for playing! I'll fix the brightness of the houses!
I Loved this game! The story is pretty interesting and I like what you did with the torch mechanics. I can't wait to see what you bring in the full game.
I created an account just to say this as well, so you know I enjoyed this!
Hey, thanks a lot I appreciate your feedback and time to reply! It helps!
If you don't mind me asking, what do you plan for your full game to have?
No worries, All good! I plan to feature a lot of challenging and puzzling parts of the game that will rely on the mechanics of the torch. The majority of the game will be set in caves and some other outside areas too.
The game will be mostly an interactive walking-simulator that will slowly reveal more context and clues to the player as they progress.
This game will mainly rely on narrative along with the unique mechanics featured to help add to the story. More context of such will be revealed once I develop the full game.
Sounds awesome! I can't wait to play the full game!
I enjoyed the game's style and look forward to discovering the torch's purpose. Additionally, I found the basement to be an enjoyable maze to navigate!
Keep up the great work, I look forward to seeing future updates.
Thank you a lot for the feedback, I appreciate it! 👍
Nice visuals! The level-design is well made, and I really liked the narrative. There's some things that you need to improve though:
- There's no soundtrack, and the audio design is too simple. I personally didn't liked the textbox sound effect too.
- The light circle is TOO small. It bothered me a lot on the basement part.
This could turn into a great game, keep it up!
By the way, I would love if you could play my 2d survival-horror game and give me some feedback too! It's called "Touch of Madness". 🥸🖤
Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it. I'll improve the demo over time so I will take your feedback into account.
Yeah, I'll check out your game too!