From Light

Devlog

• The future for From Light
  April 26, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Thank you so much for all your help Hi everyone, In spite of our best efforts, the campaign deadline has came and went, and we were unable to meet our goal. and we managed to raise a total of $36,170,... Continue reading
• #SaveClarifly - Only 2 Days Left!!!
  April 24, 2018 by Faffinabout

  oh no! it looks like our resident street artist, Numbskull, has some dubious plans for our tourbot Clarifly in the event the campaign fails to meet its goal! We need your help to save Clarifly from... Continue reading
• 5 More Days!
  April 21, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Hey Starfriends. This is it. the last 5 days before our Fig campaign comes to an end. We're still working hard towards our goal. But to meet it WE NEED YOUR HELP. Our campaign ends on Thursday April 2... Continue reading
• We've passed 50% of our goal! Let's talk about our development process!
  April 14, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Thank you so much for helping us get to this point! We've made a video exploring our dev process to celebrate! Please check it out! We had our first ever #FanArtFriday!!! A big thank you to talraz2... Continue reading
• We need Fanart!!!
  April 10, 2018 by Faffinabout

  One thing we'd really like to take part in during the Fig Campaign is #FanArtFriday ! So if anyone sends us some fanart these coming weeks with #fromlightgame , we'll share our favorites! If it's popu... Continue reading

  
• last day to sign up for our Thunderclap!!!
  April 09, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Our Thunderclap campaign goes out tomorrow so today is the last day to sign up if you already haven’t! This is the best way to support our crowdfunding efforts if you don’t have any money to spa... Continue reading
• #ScreenshotSaturday - April 7 2018
  April 07, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Happy #ScreenshotSaturday ! This week we're working on a video on how we build our levels! We'll be releasing that once we get to 50% so please share our campaign with as many people as you can! Camp... Continue reading
• We've reached 30% of our Goal! & Launch Day Press Roundup
  March 31, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Launch Day Press Roundup! We had a really great response to the launch yesterday! There's an interview up at VentureBeat with our Producer Sherveen Hardcore Gamer called us "Picture-Perfect" ! I hav... Continue reading
• #ScreenshotSaturday - March 31 2018
  March 31, 2018 by Faffinabout

  #ScreenshotSaturday - March 31 2018 Happy #ScreenshotSaturday everyone! Here's a link to our tweet if anyone wants to retweet it! We're up for another Award! We just found out that we're nominated... Continue reading
• Fig Campaign Goes Live Tomorrow!!!
  March 26, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Our Fig Campaign goes live Tomorrow!!! Get ready to share our campaign page! ✨ You can use this link: https://fig.co/from-light... Continue reading

  
• Post GDC Update
  March 25, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Hey Guys, sorry for no weekly update this week. We were at GDC and just got home exhausted. We're in the process of writing an extended devlog post that will go over our GDC experience (it's a fun one... Continue reading
• Another use of Freeze Frame
  March 17, 2018 by Faffinabout

  A couple of weeks ago we made a post about "A Mean Wall." This was a wall that was pushing Lumen back and not letting him get through. This time we wanted to show the puzzle in a different part of the... Continue reading
• Updated trailer! Successful Thunderclap and GDC plans
  March 16, 2018 by Faffinabout

  We just released a new trailer to build some hype for our fig campaign and celebrate our super quick completed Thunderclap campaign!! Let us know what you think! We hit our Thunderclap goal in 4 days!... Continue reading
• Thunderclap
  March 12, 2018 by Faffinabout

  We're launching a Thunderclap campaign to go with our fig campaign! You can support the campaign here! A Thunderclap campaign is like a crowdfunding campaign, but instead of pledging money, you pledge... Continue reading
• Long Exposure gif
  March 10, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Last week we showcased our freeze frame gif, so it's only fair that this week long exposure is on the spotlight. We had a bit more internal discussion about what would be the best way to showcase the... Continue reading
• Freeze Frame Mechanic Gif
  March 03, 2018 by Faffinabout

  A while back we were getting your opinions to make our mechanic tutorial gifs. We now have them posted on our fig campaign page! This week we're showcasing the Freeze Frame mechanic gif, it shows how... Continue reading
• New Trailer Sneak Peek!
  February 24, 2018 by Faffinabout

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  We're preparing a new trailer for our fig campaign! We're super excited about it and are planning on debuting it the day our campaign launches. But since that date has yet to be set in stone, here's a... Continue reading
• Let's Play Highlights
  February 17, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Today we're releasing a compilation of let's players who enjoyed themselves while playing our demo! Are you in it? Also, remember to back us on Fig. We need your help!!... Continue reading
• $3,000 Update
  February 14, 2018 by Faffinabout

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  We hit $3,000 on our Fig Campaign!! Thank you all so much for your support, we really wouldn't be able to do this without you. To celebrate we're releasing hi-res wallpapers of our postcards on our fi... Continue reading
• Ferris Wheel Gif
  February 10, 2018 by Faffinabout

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  Here we have a ferris wheel with a bunch of lights. Like any other light on From Light, they will draw their path. However, since they're spinning they create a circle, trapping Lumen. We made this gi... Continue reading
• Fig Campaign Backstage Pass
  February 08, 2018 by Faffinabout

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  #fig, #crowdfunding

  Even though we officially launched the fig campaign yesterday afternoon, we wanted to go a bit more into our campaign since yesterdays post was more about our demo optimizations. First of all, here... Continue reading

  
• Fig and an Optimized Demo
  February 08, 2018 by Faffinabout

  It's a bit late in the day but we managed to get our currently super secret backstage pass fig campaign finished in time! You can find it [here]( https://www.fig.co/campaigns/from-light?r=1&utm_source... Continue reading
• Backer Reward Gifs
  February 03, 2018 by Faffinabout

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  For our campaign we're going to be putting in backer reward gifs. These are short gifs that show Lumen playing around with the rewards you can get by backing our campaign at certain tiers. Here's Lume... Continue reading
• We're Launching a Fig Campaign
  January 29, 2018 by Faffinabout

  We're super excited to finally announce that we'll be launching a Fig campaign. What's a Fig campaign? A Fig campaign is very similar to a Kickstarter campaign. We're turning to you guys to help crowd... Continue reading
• Teaser!
  January 27, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Here we have a very quick gif of Lumen and Clarifly coming together, and it looks like they want to make an announcement. Monday should be exciting!! Not much more to say today the post in Monday will... Continue reading
• The Welcome Billboard
  January 20, 2018 by Faffinabout

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  When arriving to Paradise 252-B through the spaceport you'll be able to take a look at the old traditional touristy attractions the skelk built to get you to buy their souvenirs. One of the most famou... Continue reading
• The Statue Hall at the Three Trunks Resort
  January 13, 2018 by Faffinabout

  In this section of the Three Trunks Resort, the skelk have put some statues, depicting their history and culture. The large statue with the blue background should look familiar if you've played our de... Continue reading
• A Mean Wall
  January 07, 2018 by Faffinabout

  Hello folks! We realized that we totally missed our saturday update, which we do since we get to take advantage of the popular twitter hashtag screenshotsaturday. But leaving you guys hanging is obvio... Continue reading
• Work in Progress Cutscene
  December 30, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Here's the first pass at one of our in-game cutscenes. In this one, like many others in the game, Lumen presses a button and a gate opens up somewhere else. In this iteration of it the camera just qui... Continue reading
• Happy Holidays
  December 23, 2017 by Faffinabout

  A while back we got a request to add hats into the game, although we are not yet sure if we'll be able to add the feature to the full game, we did want to add something special to help Lumen feel the... Continue reading
• The Elevators at the Three Trunks Resort!
  December 16, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Here we have a very early work in progress for the elevators at the Three Trunks Resort. What's a hotel without elevators, right? Currently it's just two of our moving platforms spaced out, we're work... Continue reading
• Another Puzzle!
  December 09, 2017 by Faffinabout

  It's been a while since we shared just a puzzle in graybox rather than some of our population. So here's a puzzle from the full game. Would you have been able to solve this without our help?... Continue reading
• Ruined Section
  December 02, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Here, young Lumen discovers the remains of a train. This is going to be the most ruined part of the hotel. It’s still looking too clean but it’ll get better as we add more and more art. Do you guy... Continue reading

  
• The VIP Garden of the Three Trunks Resort
  November 25, 2017 by Faffinabout

  The Three Trunks Resort is composed of Three Tree Trunks (see what we did there? :P) On the top of the right tower are the VIP suites, and on the roof of that tower is the garden that is exclusive to... Continue reading
• October Faffin' Five
  November 22, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Here's the Faffin' Five for October. Check out these awesome games! http://faffinabout.com/faffin-five/october-2017/ Any games you think we missed? Let us know!... Continue reading
• Three Trunks Resort Progress Pic
  November 18, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We've shown highlights of certain sections of the Three Trunks Resort, but those can be fairly hard to show how the entire resort is coming out. So this week we have a full zoomed out view of how the... Continue reading
• From Light has been nominated for the Game Awards 2017
  November 14, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Proud to announce that we have been nominated by The Game Awards for the first ever Best Student Game category! Thanks to everyone who has worked on the game or supported us in any way. This is such a... Continue reading

  
• Three Trunks Resort Fireplace
  November 11, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Here we have the fireplace on the center tower of the Three Trunks Resort. The Three Trunks Resort is composed of three different tree trunks (try saying that three times fast) which were hollowed ou... Continue reading
• Three Trunks Resort Restaurant
  November 04, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Last week we showed you our kitchen, so it's only fair that today we show you the restaurant it leads to. This is the fancy restaurant of the hotel! What would you order here?... Continue reading
• Three Trunks Resort Kitchen
  October 28, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Here's a work in progress of the kitchen at the Three Trunks Resort. It's one of the areas of the hotel you'll run through in your search for Phosphor. What do you think the skelk's cook here?... Continue reading
• Blocktober! Part 2
  October 27, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We wanted to do a couple more blocktober posts, but got really busy throughout the month with Dreamhack halfway through, so couldn't do as many posts as we would have liked. So, before the end of the... Continue reading
• Three Trunks Resort Intro
  October 21, 2017 by Faffinabout#screenshotsaturday

  This is what the intro to our second level currently looks like. Lumen arrives at the Three Trunks Resort. What do you guys think? We’re trying to convey that it’s this huge hotel built into a tre... Continue reading

  
• Lumen Energy Interference
  October 14, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Here we have a small section of our new first level. In this section, as Lumen walks by the poster ads in the transportation system you can see how they begin to flicker due to his energy. What else s... Continue reading
• September Faffin' Five
  October 13, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We just published the September entry for the Faffin' Five, check it out here: http://faffinabout.com/faffin-five/september-2017/ But, it's October, why are you not publishing the October entry, you m... Continue reading
• Blocktober!
  October 09, 2017 by Faffinabout

  For those of you unaware, this month in the game dev community (primarily on twitter) it is blocktober! What this means is that game devs (like us) post grayboxes of their current in progress games... Continue reading
• New Intro
  October 07, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We've been working hard on the intro of the game, and we finally have something that begins to look like what we envisioned when we started working on it. We wanted the intro to show the same skelk fr... Continue reading
• Windows
  September 30, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We've started working on populating and decorating our second level this week, the Three Trunks Resort. Since the level is going to be primarily in doors we want it to have windows, especially since i... Continue reading
• Art Population Stream
  September 27, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Tomorrow, September 28, from 1 to 3pm we will be streaming art population for our second level! We'll be live on twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/faffinabout If you wanna see an inside scoop into... Continue reading
• Puzzle Sneak Peak
  September 23, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Here we have one of the puzzles from the levels we're working on. It requires you to move the camera to get the right picture and to think about what is happening behind the picture. Would you have be... Continue reading
• The Faffin' Five
  September 21, 2017 by Faffinabout

  If you've been poking around our website you may have noticed the Faffin' Five section. This is a new section we're starting that we mentioned at our talk at PAX if you guys were there. Our goal for t... Continue reading
• The Faffinabout Website
  September 20, 2017 by Faffinabout

  After getting headache after headache trying to resolve conflicts with our webhost in order to get our company website up and running (we've been trying since PAX!) It finally went up last night! You... Continue reading
• Third Level Graybox
  September 16, 2017 by Faffinabout

  This week we completed the graybox for our third level. The puzzles are now starting to get complex! We love seeing the crazy ways our level designer can set up a layout to make players think. You can... Continue reading
• A deeper look into our development
  September 11, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Now that we’ve recovered from PAX we wanted to go in depth into our development process, what we’ve been up to, and what’s coming up from Faffinabout, the From Light team. First, let’s go into... Continue reading
• Post PAX Recovery
  September 09, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We got back from PAX on Tuesday night and took a brief break to have our feet recover. We'll be making a big post to make up for it on Monday, stay tuned! In the mean time, enjoy Lumen chilling near a... Continue reading
• PAX Setup
  September 01, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We made our way to Seattle today and began setup for our booth! First we went on the plane ride from LA to Seattle, you can see here how energetic the team was on the way there. Then we went straight... Continue reading
• Clarifly Plushie Raffle!
  August 29, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We're going to be raffling off these Clarifly plushies at PAX West! If you're around just stop by our booth to sign up for our raffle. We'll be raffling one plushie per day, so whichever day you're at... Continue reading
• Mandarin Version
  August 26, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We are extremely excited to announce that we've localized our demo into Mandarin! You can download the Mandarin version right here!! Are there any other languages you'd like us to translate the demo t... Continue reading
• New Vending Machines
  August 19, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We updated our vending machines in game to look more alien and futuristic. In this one you can see the available options. What drinks do you think this vending machine sells?... Continue reading
• National Tell a Joke Day
  August 16, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Today we saw that #NationalTellAJokeDay was trending on twitter and decided, hey, why don't we contribute? So, here's the joke we posted on twitter: Why is Lumen on a diet? Because he wants to stay l... Continue reading
• Level Design Stream
  August 15, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Hey there starfriends! We want to start streaming our development process so, starting this Thursday at 2pm Pacific we will be live on twitch here We're going to be streaming the grayboxing for our th... Continue reading
• Waterfall Particles
  August 12, 2017 by Faffinabout

  On the full game we want the vista where you learn long exposure to be even prettier. In fact, there's gonna be a waterfall in the background and you'll walk over the bottom of it. Here's a small gli... Continue reading

  
• Game Jolt Party
  August 11, 2017 by Faffinabout

  Game Jolt will be throwing a party at PAX West and they are inviting us to be one of the 9 games they will be showcasing!! Here's the eventbrite so you guys can stop by: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/i... Continue reading
• Instagram!
  August 07, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We finally opened our instagram. Took us waaay too long considering we're a game about photography xP. It's empty right now, but it will soon be filled with pictures and gifs From Light (see what we d... Continue reading
• First Level Skelk
  August 05, 2017 by Faffinabout

  This is the skelk for the first level of our game done by our fantastic artist Dean Tammachat. The demo currently has a different one. We wanted to go back and graffiti it up to show how Paradise 252-... Continue reading

  
• 2nd Level Graybox
  July 29, 2017 by Faffinabout#second, #2nd, #level, #three, #trunks, #resort, #graybox, #progress, #development

  Here's our first pass at the graybox for the 2nd level. This is the level we tease at the end of the demo: The Three Trunks Resort. It is very nonlinear and requires Lumen to wander all around the hot... Continue reading

  
• PAX Rising @ PAX West
  July 22, 2017 by Faffinabout#PAX, #Rising, #PAXRising, #West, #PAXWest, #2017, #PAX2017, #PAXWest2017

  We’re extremely excited to announce that we’ll be showing From Light at the PAX Rising booth at PAX West this coming September. We’ll be handing out postcards like we did at Evo and Develop. And... Continue reading

  
• PAX West Panel
  July 19, 2017 by Faffinabout

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  We're excited to announce that our team members Alejandro and Sherveen will be giving a panel at PAX West about why indie devs love 2D platformers. We hope to see a bunch of you there!... Continue reading
• Crash bug FIXED
  July 16, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We finally fixed the crash bug that a bunch of people were getting. Just download here and it should no longer happen :)... Continue reading
• Getting the box Down
  July 15, 2017 by Faffinabout#box, #puzzle, #difficult, #solution

  Here’s the solution to one of the tougher puzzles in our demo. We need to get the box down without allowing it to get smashed by the yellow moving blocks. Were you able to solve this puzzle?... Continue reading

  
• Diner Joke
  July 08, 2017 by Faffinabout

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  We’re trying to think of a visual joke for this diner that hints at the planet being deserted (or for any neon sign, really). Paradise 252-B’s supposed to have a lot of route 66 vibes. Any suggest... Continue reading
• The MIX at EVO Indie Showcase
  July 04, 2017 by Faffinabout

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  #EVO, #MIX, #Indie, #Showcase

  We’re excited to announce that we’ll be showing From Light at The MIX Evo Indie Showcase in Las Vegas from July 14 to July 16. Stop by and say hi if you’re in the area!... Continue reading
• Environmental Storytelling
  July 01, 2017 by Faffinabout#environmental, #story, #storytelling, #telling, #red, #level, #first

  In the full game we want to tell most of our story through environmental storytelling. As we work in populating our first level we think of how we can show what Paradise 252-B is without outright sayi... Continue reading
• Promotional Materials
  June 29, 2017 by Faffinabout

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  As we start getting everything ready to go to Brighton, we're preparing a whole bunch of things (among them fixing that ugly crash bug!) One of the main things we wanted to do is have handouts for our... Continue reading

  
• Ground Textures and Population First Steps
  June 24, 2017 by Faffinabout

  We started the population process for our first level today. Here we put in the ground textures, some backgrounds, and a couple of assets in. From here we will continue to add assets to populate the... Continue reading

  
• Develop: Brighton
  June 22, 2017 by Faffinabout#Develop, #Brighton, #Festival, #Finalist, #Indie, #Showcase, #Indie Showcase, #Develop: Brighton

  Hey there Starfiends, We've got some great news! We've been selected as one of the finalists for Develop:Brighton's indie showcase!! This means that we're going all the way to the UK to show From Ligh... Continue reading
• 1st Level Graybox
  June 17, 2017 by Faffinabout

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  #Red, #graybox, #gray, #box, #grey, #greybox

  We just finished grayboxing our first level this week! We're aiming to have six levels in the finished game each titled (at least internally) after the colors of the rainbow (we're pretending Indigo d... Continue reading

  
• Demo Soundtrack
  June 10, 2017 by Faffinabout#Soundtrack, #Music

  Due to the positive response we have gotten on the demo, we’ve decided to put out a soundtrack. Enjoy :)... Continue reading
• Keyboard Tooltips
  June 07, 2017 by Faffinabout

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  #From, #Light, #Photography, #USC, #Students, #Game, #Postcard, #Post, #Card, #Postcards, #Cards, #Lumen, #Clarifly, #Photo

  Hey there Starfriends, We're completely awestruck by the amazing support. We're hard at work on the full version and, after seeing how big of a request keyboard tool tips have been, we went back to o... Continue reading