I'm very proud to announce our action-puzzle game Lums. Lums world was invaded by Vampires and your task is to kill them by exposing them to the light. We have implemented quite innovative touch based control and manage to run realtime dynamic lighting with soft shadows at 60 FPS on iPhone4. The game is almost finished and we will be releasing in few weeks. Launch date will be announced soon www.lumsgame.com Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel
So this has been in development for over a year now? Video looks great, game seems interesting even if I was hoping for a more serious vibe but it certainly has a charm I feel the need to thank you for a) no zombies! & b) for your effort to have a game that runs at that framerate with nice graphics on old devices - but that remains to be seen. Will it be universal build and can you share what price you have in mind? I'll pick this up once it's available.
Thanks It won't be universal. iPad version will be available as a separate app. We are still not sure about the price, but it won't be more than 1.99$ on the iPhone.
@sicksilvo: Actually the first line of code was written more than two years ago I remember that we talked about releasing Lums in "Summer 2012"... I must laugh hard now how naive we were back then But those were crazy times - things like writing our own engine, multi-threaded architecture, or complete rewrite of rendering pipeline had probably something to do with the fact that it took so long to finish the game. We'll do better next time @Andre: Unfortunately we haven't decided on release date yet because of some things which still need to be done... we will be announce it when everything will be ready.
@m0ncrieff: Glad you like it And to answer your question: yes, the engine is our own. It is custom C++ based 2D engine with OpenGL ES renderer for better portability to other platforms. Making you own engine is fun (and I recommend everybody to try it at least once) but it takes quite some time to produce a solid product so we consider using something like Unity next time so we can finish our future games in shorter time span
Vampires have invaded Lums world. You are going to be the one to send them back from where they came. Discover the beautiful atmosphere of the Lums World. Available for iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Touch devices on the App Store on July 24th, 2013. Trailer: http://youtu.be/zRK8H7QK2ws Get the latest news on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lumsgame
Looks amazing The game looks brilliant! I love this kind of physics puzzles where you combine logic approach with a good execution. The atmosphere reminds me one of my favorite games Contre Jour. I am really looking forward to the next Wednesday, guys!
Looks great, now I just would like to know the price! This is going to be a crazy week with all the releases!
There will be version for iPhone and for iPad Lums (iPhone): 0,99 USD Lums HD (iPad): 1,99 USD And free versions with just few levels for both platforms too.
Split82, you planning a worldwide release by any chance or should Lums already be available in New Zealand?
Yes we are doing worldwide release at 0:00 CET (GMT + 2) Which is in 3 hours Super excited already!!!
