Umbra: Shadow of Death [on Steam]

Dear community, may I humbly present the results of a year of tinkering with c2 in my spare time. I hope you check it out; there's also a demo available if you're interested in how it plays. Time for a cup of tea and, perhaps, some sleep....!

Umbra: Shadow of Death on Steam.

Special thanks to — for all of his help and perseverance!

I spent the last few weeks trying to iron out an apparently never-ending supply of bugs, while also trying to improve the graphics (the backgrounds). The game has 7 levels of increasing difficulty - Warning: the respawn interval used in the last couple of levels could cause you to damage your keyboard!! Here are a couple of screen-shots to give you an idea of the final game (the Steam link above has a video showing some of the game-play):

Congratulations on getting the game finished and released, it looks awesome.

I hope it all goes well for you on Steam.

Thanks OddConfection! I suddenly have a lot of free time... Things are off to a slow start on Steam, which is not a surprise given my lack of marketing before release...

Anyway, I would like to take the opportunity to earn any feedback and/or advice on how the game plays: to find out which aspects of the game design went well and which parts 'need more work' as my teachers used to say.

To make this happen, I have a few Steam Keys to give away for Umbra - if you're interested in one then please drop me a PM - I will a key to each of the first few respondents. There are no ties for me giving these out - I only ask that you PM me back if you have the time so I can learn from my mistakes!

Thanks!

Hey buddy, hope it's going well for you. If you get feedback from players, it's a good sign because they took their time and write on the forum for you to see their opinions.

Hey buddy, hope it's going well for you. If you get feedback from players, it's a good sign because they took their time and write on the forum for you to see their opinions.

Thanks — Progress is slow but steady . What has struck so far is how few people seem to play the game after buying it (the achievements stats show that only about 1/2 of the owners have finished the first (very easy) puzzle)...

OK, it's going to be too difficult for me to decide who should receive one of the few keys I am making available. So, instead of picking out the 'winners' I have decided to publish the keys here instead - in an open lottery. Please take one of the keys below and give it a try, if it's not been activated already then you're in luck! I will delete this post in a week so that it won't serve as a monument to future disappointment.

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Most ppl buy games and play later its quite common. Time issues I guess, backlogs etc.

I do it all the time, i got about 50 games I bought and i haven't touched haha.

Grats on finishing Colludium, it looks great. Best of luck with sales mate.

Thanks GenkiGenga!

Colludium Congrats to the release!

Anyway, keep up the good work and merry christmas!

Thanks Anonnymitet! Good idea - I'll look into it!