LUMEN — the light that remains

You wake in the ruins of a temple with no memory. The world around you is being consumed by the Veil, a violet corruption that twists rivers upward and folds mountains in on themselves. A distant voice whispers: "You need to finish what you started."

LUMEN is a tight, fast precision platformer about memory, guilt and acceptance. Purify the corrupted cores in each room, and slowly piece together who you were — and why this world seems to remember you.

Features

• Precise, forgiving movement — coyote time, jump buffering, corner correction, instant respawns.
• A light in your chest — it shows when your light dash is ready.
• Threads of Light — hook onto points of light and get flung across chasms.
• Elemental powers that change how you move
  • 🔥 Fire — a burning rush that cuts through the Veil's roots.
  • ❄️ Ice — freeze corrupted water, or conjure a foothold in mid‑air.
  • 🌑 Shadow — slip through marked walls and walk on bridges only shadows can see.
• Purification you can see and hear — each room shifts from corruption to color, and the music crossfades with it.
• 10 hidden memories and optional inscriptions for those who explore.
• Assist mode — slow the game down, infinite dash, invincibility. Play however you like.
• English & Português · keyboard, controller and touch.

Controls

	Keyboard	Controller
Move	Arrows / WASD	Stick / D‑pad
Jump	C / Space	A
Light dash	X / Shift	X / B
Thread of light (hold)	Z	RB / RT
Element	V / E	Y
Pause	Esc	Start
Fullscreen	F11	—

This is a demo: Prologue + 3 chapters (Furnaces, Winter Cathedral, Sunless City). More to come — feedback is very welcome!