Alpha 3
May 5, 2013 Demo 5 commentsAfter seven months of hard work, Alpha 3 is ready to play! Includes the first five levels of the game. Teaches you the basics of jumping, climbing, wall-running...
Lemma is an immersive first-person parkour game. Every parkour move has the potential to modify the environment. Surfaces pop in and out of existence at will!
5 comments by et1337 on May 6th, 2013
After seven months of hard work, Alpha 3 is ready to play!
Some interesting statistics:
Incidentally, most of that is open source! If you're a developer, check it out on GitHub.
This version includes the first five maps. There are still some unfinished bits (the opening sequence is not yet textured) but it's come a long way in the past year.
Please play this because this release will report invaluable analytics back to me so I know what parts are frustrating. The most important thing the game needs right now is play-testing! Please let me know what you think as well, all the feedback from past releases has been incredibly useful and encouraging. You guys are awesome!
It's difficult to judge release dates, but I foresee at least another year and a half of development in order to make the game say everything I need to say. My goal is to save enough money in the next year to take some time off and dedicate myself full-time to finishing Lemma. For the first time, I have a vision for the whole game experience that is actually feasible for one person to complete. The engine is done and from here on out it's basically all level design.
Thanks for reading and playing. See you in a few alpha releases. :)
After seven months of hard work, Alpha 3 is ready to play! Includes the first five levels of the game. Teaches you the basics of jumping, climbing, wall-running...
Quick demo - no tutorial or story, just gameplay. New enemies, new moves, new weapon. Please check it out and leave feedback!
The first alpha release of Lemma! Includes a complete playable level introducing the story and gameplay.
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Hey dudes, and dudettes, i just started an LP of this game, and hey DEVS encountered a few bugs and what not so check it out :) this game is awesome and cant wait for the complete version. keep it up devs
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YES, ALPHA 3 IS HERE!
Simply amazing!
Linux version?
Eventually. It will require a switch from XNA to MonoGame. I've already contributed some code to MonoGame to fill in some of the missing features that Lemma needs, but it's still a long way off.
Okay, so there's a problem.
I got an error saying "Could not find a Direct3D Device that supports the XNA Framework HiDef Profile."
Do you have any idea why that would be?
I've looked around, can't seem to find a solution other than the fact that I need to upgrade my computer which at the time will be impossible, being that I'm poor.
Yeah, it sounds like your graphics card isn't supported. Unfortunately you need a Direct3D 10 graphics card to play Lemma at the moment. In the future I might consider supporting older graphics cards, but it would require a complete rewrite of the rendering system. Sorry. :/
I've been looking for more parkour games.
The fact that this looks VERY impressive, and I can download it for free, gives it a high rating at the start. I'll give it a go. Nice job, really, this type of game is rare and I've been dying for a new one.
Thanks.
I cannot change the screen resolution. Am I doing something wrong, or have you not added that option?
Sorry, it's not the most obvious control scheme. Mouse over the resolution and scroll with the scroll wheel. When you exit the pause menu it will change the resolution.