Originally given the working title Escape to the Light, with some of its inspiration coming from a strange recording found in a charity shop, the latest AMCOG Games title – Light Gate – is now available to purchase from !Store.
When AMCOG’s Tony Bartram picked up the tape and went on to give it a listen, he could potentially have released demons and other malevolent spirits into our world, demonic possessions of those around him, in turn leading to a gory nightmare made real.
That didn’t happen, though, and instead he went on to develop Light Gate, in which the player takes on the role of Ash, who has fallen into a strange realm after listening to a haunted audio tape. The objective is to find a way to escape before being absorbed by the grid.
Priced at £14.99, the game features varying modes of play, with 2.5D zones, mini-games, 3D combat, conversations with non-player characters, puzzles, arcade action, and more.
If you purchased the game at the recent Wakefield Show, you should find a code included in the packaging to allow you to download free updates via !Store – and the version now available is 1.11, which includes some bug fixes, improved 3D fighting, and a number of other changes.
If you’d like to see the game in action before making your purchase, Tony has uploaded a gameplay video – and if you’re interested in following the development path there’s also a video series blogging that, with two further parts to come; an overview of the RISC OS version of the game, followed by a look at porting it to other platforms.