When it was time to decide what tone and theme the platformer soon to be known as Light Fall would have, the team at Bishop Games looked towards the Easter Islands. You know, with the big statues of heads and no one really knows how they got there or why they were built? They wanted to create a world that would imbue a sense of mystery for the player, and what they came up with was Umbra, a place of perpetual night. Within it, creatures of darkness and gods of incredible power live -- well, the gods are going through a bit of a rough patch as you'll learn in the first few minutes of the game, but still. You play as an equally mysterious boy who has lost his memory and is sent on an adventure to find out what's going on in Umbra, and help stop it.
Light Fall's premise is simple: You're a small boy who seems to have lost his memory. This world around you is shrouded in darkness. The world, called Numbra, is hidden in a darkness that only the stars pierce. Light Fall's gameplay seems to take influence from Donkey Kong Country and Super Meat Boy, but puts its own original spin on it. It also has some basic rules. There's physics, no fall damage, the ability to jump and bounce up or off walls. However, Light Fall is unique in its implementation of its original feature: The ability to instantly call a sort of ground under your character.
WTMG's Kyle Nicol: "Overall, Light Fall is a great platformer that doesn't reach its full potential. Maybe if the game was just a bit longer and had a more interesting world, as well as a better story, it could have been something special."
Light Fall is a great game with a twist in an overcrowded and saturated genre. What it lacks in level design, it sort of makes up for that through the introduction of a new mechanic. The future prospect seems good though, if the developers plan on building upon this concept and tightening the structure.
