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!

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5 comments by et1337 on May 6th, 2013


After seven months of hard work, Alpha 3 is ready to play!

Some interesting statistics:

  • 28,000+ lines of code
  • 29 MB of compressed voxel data
  • 63 MB of sounds and music
  • 38 animations
  • 60+ textures and normal maps
  • 220+ revisions since Alpha 1

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!

Future Plans

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. :)

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Alpha 3

Alpha 3

May 5, 2013 Demo 5 comments

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...

Alpha 2

Alpha 2

Sep 14, 2012 Demo 13 comments

Quick demo - no tutorial or story, just gameplay. New enemies, new moves, new weapon. Please check it out and leave feedback!

Alpha 1

Alpha 1

Feb 27, 2012 Demo 6 comments

The first alpha release of Lemma! Includes a complete playable level introducing the story and gameplay.

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Wolf_Dallas
Wolf_Dallas May 13 2013, 2:22am says:

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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LordThash
LordThash May 12 2013, 11:48pm says:

YES, ALPHA 3 IS HERE!

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Giamme
Giamme May 6 2013, 1:44pm says:

Simply amazing!
Linux version?

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et1337
et1337 May 6 2013, 2:32pm replied:

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.

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brandon4117
brandon4117 May 5 2013, 5:12pm says:

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.

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et1337
et1337 May 5 2013, 5:50pm replied:

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. :/

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brandon4117
brandon4117 May 5 2013, 5:03pm says:

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.

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Cash_Stash
Cash_Stash Dec 8 2012, 3:55pm says:

Thanks.

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Cash_Stash
Cash_Stash Dec 2 2012, 12:38am says:

I cannot change the screen resolution. Am I doing something wrong, or have you not added that option?

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et1337
et1337 Dec 2 2012, 2:35pm replied:

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.

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@JaminGrey Thanks for the heads up, this seems to be a common problem, although I have no idea why. I should be able to fix it next version.

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