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[et1337]

Update May 6, 2013: Alpha 3 has been released and is available on the website!





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.

Video archive

• Speed Run Gameplay
• Alpha 2 Gameplay Trailer
• Release 1 Gameplay Trailer
• November 2011 Gameplay
• Old video, messing around with destruction

Links

• lemmagame.com
• et1337.wordpress.com - Development blog
• @et1337
• facebook.com/lemmagame
• IndieDB project page
• YouTube channel

Any and all feedback appreciated. Thanks for reading!

[JoGribbs]

Looks pretty good so far. I'm wondering though, does Mr.Ninja only have 8-way movement?

[et1337]

Yeah, I don't have my Xbox controller right now, so using the arrow keys, he's limited to four directions + diagonals. When you're in the air and there's more acceleration involved, other angles are possible even with arrow keys.

[Conker]

What charity ^_^?

[et1337]

My bad, shoulda posted that first off. It's Mocha Club, they work in Africa. I donate to them because they seem to understand the whole "teach a man to fish" thing.

[Conker]

Awesome. What a great way to raise money for charity. ^_^

Good luck!

[billythegoat101]

I really liked the little part in your first demo where the blocks followed you around, I know it seems annoying and in the way but theres something about it that seems fascinating >_<
Maybe the pure white look had something to do with it, I really dont know, so feel free to ignore me

Anyway I like everything youve done so far, and for charity no less! Looking forward to seeing the result :D

[et1337]

Thanks guys!

I really liked the little part in your first demo where the blocks followed you around, I know it seems annoying and in the way but theres something about it that seems fascinating >_<
Maybe the pure white look had something to do with it, I really dont know, so feel free to ignore me

I know what you mean. It was fun to watch, but it didn't really add much to the gameplay. I'm going to try and get the best of both worlds (eye candy and gameplay) by making the enemies act like that (swarms of blocks).

I would have already gone farther with the concept, but I discovered that the Xbox's CLR implementation has terrible floating-point performance, which basically eliminates "real" physics like I had in the first video. So I'm going to have to emulate with some kind of flocking algorithm.

I do sort of miss the pure white look too; I might go back to something similar. The visuals are nowhere near finalized. If anyone has advice, I'd like to hear it!

[et1337]

Bump for a new speed run video with vaulting, wall-running, and swinging. It took like 20 tries before I nailed it lol. Watch for an alpha release here soon!

[Danrul]

Just some feedback based on the video:

I feel like, really, for a game about forward motion, freerunning, momentum....whatever...the jump is too vertical.

The wallrunning looks good, but that jump is killing me.  It nullifies any sense of weight or movement you have going before you jump.



This also has some good sideviews of people doing some nice jumping.

[et1337]

Excellent point. And thanks for the expertly-crafted Paint diagram. I'm tweaking the jump as we speak...

[et1337]

The first playable alpha is available for download!

Please play and let me know of any technical issues or critiques you might have. I'd appreciate it!

[et1337]

Resurrecting this old topic to post some new info! The game has taken a new direction since the last post. It's now a PC-only game and it uses an immersive first-person perspective (immersive meaning you can see your arms and legs and whatnot). But it's still about parkour and it still features lots of cubes. Here's another screenshot!



There's also a gameplay video here. Thanks for reading!

[eigenbom]

Wow, thats awesome. I stupidly downloaded the old alpha and was like wth! Any word on an alpha for this new version?

[et1337]

Yes, I am shooting to release a new alpha over Christmas break!