Light of the Locked World

Devlog

• LOTLW Devblog #40: Aura gear
  July 06, 2025 by Phoebii

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  Hey all, Game development is slowly continuing. The news this time is that the release date will remain undetermined for another month. But the game is becoming more playable by the day! The featured... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #39: Quality of life
  June 06, 2025 by Phoebii

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  Hey all!~ For over a month now, I have been very busy doing internal testing and fixing the game's most glaring issues! In this entry, I'll share favourite of the changes I made to the game. Glaring i... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #38: A quick update
  April 28, 2025 by Phoebii

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  Hey all, It's been a tough few months, but I'm happy to say I've managed to get through it! The final quest in Light of the Locked World's story campaign quest series is finished! It's been a main hur... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #37: Towards the finale
  January 04, 2025 by Phoebii

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  Hey all, I’m now a couple of months more in developing the game’s endgame area. It’s taking longer than average area because I’m throwing all my ‘creative budget’ at this one: This is *The... Continue reading

  
• Demo update: Version 0.7.0 - And development update
  November 07, 2024 by Phoebii

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  Hey all, I've just pushed a small demo update. It has a new small tutorial to help people start the game properly, new music, and main menu artwork. Maybe more, I honestly don't remember =P Developmen... Continue reading

  
• New promotional artwork!
  August 14, 2024 by Phoebii

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  Hi all, We're proud to unveil the new Light of the Locked World promotional artwork! The artist for this piece is Mango Lizard, who has been making artwork for my games since 2016. Check out his ArtSt... Continue reading

  
• Demo update! Version 0.6.7: Balance changes and new audio
  August 03, 2024 by Phoebii

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  Hey all, I have released a small update to the demo today! Change list: Weapon rebalance: Changed weapon stats and doubled their damage to make combat more engaging. New audio: Ambient SFX, crafting S... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #36: The Stronghold
  July 15, 2024 by Phoebii

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  In this entry, we'll explore the latest addition to the game: Order Stronghold area! Read more on Steam >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #35: Spellscarred Desert
  March 11, 2024 by Phoebii

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  Large update post detailing the content I added to Light of the Locked World in 2024! Spider tanks, overpowered weapons, lethal abilities, and more! Read more on Steam >>... Continue reading

  
• The development resumes!
  December 09, 2023 by Phoebii

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  Hi all, As Magic of Spring - my other game - is going on hold, I am slowly returning to the rhythm of working on Light of the Locked World. It's been two very long years and I'm excited to be back to... Continue reading

  
• Demo update! Version 0.6.0: Small changes
  May 14, 2021 by Phoebii

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  Hey all, I've just updated a demo with a bunch of minor changes. For those who might have saves made in the previous demo version: Please start a new save. The old one will probably immediately crash... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #34: Adventurer class
  April 18, 2021 by Phoebii

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  In this entry: Making Adventurer class. Click here to read >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #33: Western settlements
  April 04, 2021 by Phoebii

  In this entry: Spore demons, making western settlements: Siw, Western Trilith. Click here to read >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #32: The West
  March 13, 2021 by Phoebii

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  In this entry: Making western Rezelot areas - Rannah's Domain and Silver Fields. Click here to read >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #31: Story continues
  February 22, 2021 by Phoebii

  In this entry: Finishing work on Luma and resuming work on story quest chain. Click here to read more >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #30: New items
  January 28, 2021 by Phoebii

  In this entry: Adding 100+ new items. Click here to read more >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #29: Items and interiors
  January 09, 2021 by Phoebii

  In this entry: Finishing Luma and starting the next task: Adding 50+ new items to the game. Click here to read the entry >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #28: Luma
  January 02, 2021 by Phoebii

  In this entry: Building Luma, Light of the Locked World's first city area, a high-level hub. Click here to read more >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #27: In the meadows
  December 18, 2020 by Phoebii

  In this entry: Eir Meadows overworld area and overworld events. Click here to read more >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #26: Quests
  December 07, 2020 by Phoebii

  Click here to read the entry on Steam >>... Continue reading

  
• Demo update! Version 0.5.3: Improved quests and introduction
  November 27, 2020 by Phoebii

  This update adds an introduction cutscene and improves the available story quests. Other changes: - Improved Arrow Wall ability. - Added the overworld system. - Added Deserter Flat: An overworld area... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #25: The improved development plan
  November 14, 2020 by Phoebii

  In this entry: Overworld, new story content, and changes to the development plan. Click here to read about this on Steam >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #24: Drought
  November 03, 2020 by Phoebii

  In this entry: Character creation UI redesign, demo update release. Click here to read it on Steam >>... Continue reading

  
• Demo update! Version 0.5.0: Eastern Trilith
  October 30, 2020 by Phoebii

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  This demo update adds a whole new area - Eastern Trilith, tier 2 equipment for all classes, combat visual improvements, dozens of small additions, and bug fixes. I've done a lot in these four months!... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #23: Sick weeks
  October 18, 2020 by Phoebii

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  In this entry: Character creation, bug fixes, Devtober, competitive multiplayer, and me getting sick, which explains why I didn't publish an entry last week. Click here to read the entry on Steam >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #22: Big week
  October 03, 2020 by Phoebii

  Game Development World Championship, Devtober, and Eastern Trilith area completion. Click here to read the entry on Steam >>... Continue reading

  
• Devtober 2020: Postmortem
  October 01, 2020 by Phoebii

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  It's October again and I'm joining the Devtober ! Many people seem to choose the challenge of working on the game every day of October, but it's no challenge for me. I confess that I'd rather spend 10... Continue reading

  
• GDWC - Vote for Light of the Locked World!
  September 28, 2020 by Phoebii

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  Hey all, Light of the Locked World is participating in Game Development World Championship: It would be really awesome if we could make the game win this round. To vote for the game, simply go to the... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #21: Demons
  September 26, 2020 by Phoebii

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  Click here to read the entry on Steam >>... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #20: The Fortification
  September 17, 2020 by Phoebii

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• LOTLW Devblog #19: No man's land and other places
  September 07, 2020 by Phoebii

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• LOTLW Devblog #18: Way to no man's land
  August 31, 2020 by Phoebii

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• LOTLW Devblog #17: The Town
  August 24, 2020 by Phoebii

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• LOTLW Devblog #16: Eastern Trilith
  August 16, 2020 by Phoebii

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  Click here to read the entry on Steam »... Continue reading

  
• Demo update! Version 0.4.5: Combat expansion!
  June 22, 2020 by Phoebii

  This massive update adds two new classes, new items, new abilities, new weapon types, improved combat, new introduction quest, improved animations, improved enemy AI, new rogue NPCs, and dozens of sma... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #15: The last entry?
  May 03, 2020 by Phoebii

  Hey all, This might be the last entry I write because it just takes too much time. For example previous entry - "LOTLW Devblog #14: Geography of the Locked World" - took me almost a day to write and p... Continue reading

  
• Demo update! Version 0.3.0: Crafting, save system, item storage
  March 15, 2020 by Phoebii

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  The demo is still not representative of the final version and severely lacks content, but it will take a few more months to fix that, and I don't want to have large gaps between demo updates. The big... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #14: Geography of the Locked World
  March 01, 2020 by Phoebii

  This is a follow-up to "LOTLW Devblog #10: History of the Locked World", this time it's more about the locations and less about the events. The world's name is Kayos. Its title of the Locked World has... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #13: Progress report
  February 23, 2020 by Phoebii

  This is a follow-up to "LOTLW Devblog #9: The new development plan". This is how the plan looks now: Done: A huge chunk of features has been completed. Amount input system. Bartering. Inventory system... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #12: The Vision
  February 02, 2020 by Phoebii

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  A week ago I've been worried about the game. While I love it unconditionally and developing it is incredibly fulfilling, I was unsure how to explain to others why is the game worthy of attention. I wo... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #11: Crafting
  January 12, 2020 by Phoebii

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  I have started working on crafting! The current plan is to have two crafting roles: Materialist and Alchemist. Materialists will craft items using machines known as matter kilns, which is a fancy name... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #10: History of the Locked World
  January 05, 2020 by Phoebii

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  As promised, this entry is about the game's lore. Now, the full lore is a dozen pages long, so for this entry, I'll only share the timeline of the Locked World's history. The world's map is at the end... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #9: The new development plan
  December 29, 2019 by Phoebii

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  In this entry, I'll reveal Light of the Locked World's brand new development plan! Also, sorry for the scarce entries. I'll try to post more often from now on. Anyway, the plan. Short term: These task... Continue reading

  
• Demo update! Version 0.2.0: New combat and trading
  December 19, 2019 by Phoebii

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  This update adds abilities and trading system: Now it's possible to buy and sell items. New combat Learn new abilities and unleash them upon your enemies! For the combat testing purposes, iron swords... Continue reading

  
• Demo update! Version 0.1.2: Quests, roles, reputation, new UI
  November 20, 2019 by Phoebii

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  This demo update contains over 4 months of changes. Quests The game now has two short quests with a bit of lore and adventure. Roles Gain XP and level up. Town of Locul Visit the first town of the gam... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Devblog #8: Town, NPCs, reputation, talking, controls, loot!
  November 04, 2019 by Phoebii

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  During October I worked a lot - I was participating in what is called Devtober. Without going into details - because the entry would be way too long - here are the things I've done: Interior system 1... Continue reading

  
• Devtober 2019: Postmortem
  November 03, 2019 by Phoebii

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  Devtober goal: Because it's easy for me to work on my games every day, the challenge I've set for myself was making daily tweets with progress screenshots of Light of the Locked World - my current mai... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Blog #7: R is for role
  October 04, 2019 by Phoebii

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  It's been a while since the last entry and the reason is that I was working on another game. But I've been back to Light of the Locked World since September 21. I have reworked combat - made spells ac... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Blog #6: Progress GIFs
  October 04, 2019 by Phoebii

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  UI rework is coming to an end! I'm very happy with how it looks now - buttons will move, features will be added and removed, but the style will stay the same. Another thing that will make it to versio... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Blog #5: Shadows, UI, and future of the combat
  July 21, 2019 by Phoebii

  It's been two weeks since the last entry. The first week I've been making shadows, the second - finished shadows and started making new UI. I decided to work on the UI because it has been bothering me... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Blog #4: Better graphics and other goals
  July 07, 2019 by Phoebii

  After releasing the alpha demo I've been working on improving the game's graphics. I've started with small things - cloud shadows and sand particles. Cloud shadows went through several changes: Curren... Continue reading

  
• Play now! LOTLW pre-alpha demo is now available!
  June 30, 2019 by Phoebii

  Go to game page >> The purpose of this demo is to show what the game will be like and gather early feedback. Feedback form: Link >> To complete the demo content, obtain a full set of iron equipment, c... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Blog #3: Moonrise Desert and OST
  June 23, 2019 by Phoebii

  This week I finally fixed area loading and now I'm building the first area - Moonrise Desert. Here are a few screenshots: About Moonrise Desert: It's an arid land around Moonrise Site, the place where... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Blog #2: UI and combat
  June 16, 2019 by Phoebii

  This week I've been working on UI. I've done two things: 1) Finished the first version of Items page. Items page is inventory + equipment + stats. 2) Changed the way game handles UI, fixing a lot of p... Continue reading

  
• LOTLW Blog #1: The journey so far
  June 09, 2019 by Phoebii

  Welcome to the first LOTLW development blog entry! Light of the Locked World is what happens when old school MMORPG is turned into small, but dense RPG with local splitscreen multiplayer. I have start... Continue reading

  
• Itch.io and Steam pages are now live!
  June 07, 2019 by Phoebii#Release

  It has begun! Light of the Locked World is a fantasy RPG with local multiplayer, inspired by old school MMOs like Ultima Online and RuneScape. The next important event is the pre-alpha demo release -... Continue reading