Light Odyssey News

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h2]Hello, everyone![/h2][p][/p][p]We're exhibiting at PAX East![/p][p]While Light Odyssey is coming together, we’re bringing our latest demo to PAX East!
If you’re in the area, come say hi, try our demo, and bombard us with your thoughts. 😉[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]📅 March 26 - March 29[/p][p]📍 Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center[/p][p]🚩 Booth: 11025 (GRAVITY CO., LTD.)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We write down all your feedback (yes all of it) and would love to make as many improvements as we can prior to launch. [/p][p]Oh and on that note, as we're preparing for launch, we're been more busy and quiet than usual. To make up for this, we're releasing a devlog next week so please stay tuned! 😊[/p][p][/p][p]Hope to see you there![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]
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[p][/p][p][/p][h2]Hello, everyone![/h2][p][/p][p]We're exhibiting at Tokyo Game Dungeon 11![/p][p]It’s been a while but we hope 2026 has been treating you well so far! We’re excited to launch later this year but until then, you can catch a glimpse of our progress at Tokyo Game Dungeon 11![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]📅 February 8[/p][p]📍 TOKYO METROPORITAN INDUSTRIAL TRADE CENTER[/p][p]🚩 2F : 2X-2 (GRAVITY GAME ARISE)[/p][p][/p][p]As always, we’re bringing the latest demo with us. If you’re in the area, come say hi and try the newly-included features such as Overdrive, Burst, and Parry. We’d love to get your feedback on them![/p][p][/p][p]Hope to see you there![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]
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[p][/p][p]Welcome to our last devlog of 2025![/p][p][/p][p]While The Game Awards happened, Divinity got announced, and Metroid Prime 4 finally got released after its E3 announcement 8 years ago, a lot has happened for Light Odyssey. As a result, we'd love to wrap up December with you and look back at some of our favorite highlights of 2025![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Kitalpha[/h2][p][/p][p]For starters, we made a ton of progress this month on Kitalpha. It's a Colossus that we briefly showed in last month's devlog and one that has been rapidly brought to life since. (Though, those who follow us on Twitter or BlueSky might have seen the progress already piece by piece. 😁)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Kitalpha represents the star Alpha Equulei and is more dangerous than any of the previous Colossi you've seen thus far. In particular, we've iterated on Kitalpha's AI to make it both smarter and faster; ensuring you have a proper challenge as you make progress and get better at the game.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We also recognize that the Colossi don't always react to players standing close to their feet (or torso in the case of Aldebaran), which makes the boss fights easier and less immersive. Because of this, wé're simultaneously making improvements to the AI of all Colossi to resolve this.[/p][p][/p][p]Beyond this, we've been hard at work to develop 3 other Colossi. You've already met one of them in our previous November Devlog called Alpha Cen, which is nearly finished. As for the others, we ask for some patience as we'll share more updates with you in the coming months. 😇[/p][p][/p][h2]2025 in Review[/h2][p] [/p][p]All in all, It's been a hectic year but also a very fruitful one. While we worked a lot of overtime, 2025 once again reminded us how much dedication indie game development requires. Still, we’re excited about the current state of Light Odyssey and can’t wait for you all to experience the full game.[/p][p][/p][p]Some of our favorite highlights of 2025 are:[/p]

• [p]Joining Steam Next Fest and releasing a public demo[/p]
• [p]Exhibiting at gamescom, Tokyo Game Show, Taipei Game Show, BitSummit, and G-Star[/p]
• [p]Fixing so many bugs and overall gameplay issues with the help of your feedback[/p]

[p][/p][p]Lastly, we want to thank each and every one of you for all your support up until this point. We're almost entering the final stretch of our Odyssey (very cheesy, sorry) and we hope you'll stick around. [/p][p][/p][p]For now, we wish you a happy New Year![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p] Add to Wishlist[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Unfortunately, we've had to make the difficult decision to delay the release of Light Odyssey. While we had hoped to release in Q4 of 2025, we are now aiming for a release somewhere in 2026.[/p][p][/p][p]We're truly sorry for this delay and realize that this news is both frustrating and disappointing to those who were patiently waiting all this time. We sincerely hope to make amends with you over time and want to help you understand why we made this decision; and how we aim to avoid any further delays.[/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][p]In particular, 2025 will mark the biggest year yet for the indie game industry as over 18,000+ indie games are estimated to be released on Steam alone. With that, the challenges of getting noticed as an indie and being able to sustain a game’s development have increased alongside it.[/p][p][/p][p]To ensure Light Odyssey rises above the noise, we’ve had to focus a lot of our resources into attending events and showcases all across the world. As a team of 5, this means that instead of focusing solely on development, we occasionally had to step away to ensure people knew about the game.[/p][p][/p][p]This then also meant that as our community grew and more feedback came in, more time needed to be spent on fixing bugs, optimizing performance, and polishing core mechanics.[/p][p][/p][p]To compensate for all this, we worked overtime each and every day in an attempt to finish Light Odyssey on time. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we now have to face the fact that we need more time for development so that we get to release Light Odyssey with the vision that we intended for it.[/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][p]
Right now, we've reprioritized internally to accelerate development and are currently on track to release in 2026. We pledge to be more transparent with you during this process to ensure you are as confident in the development process as we are.

For now, here's our general roadmap for 2026:[/p][p][/p][h3]2026-Q1: Adding The Remaining Colossi[/h3]

• [p]3 Fire-themed Colossi[/p]
• [p]4 Additional Colossi[/p]

[p][/p][h3]2026-Q2: Adding Exploration & Polishing[/h3]

• [p]Puzzles and challenges[/p]
• [p]Cutscenes[/p]
• [p]Bug Fixes and Polishing[/p][p] [/p]

[hr][/hr][p][/p][p]Once again, we sincerely apologize and hope you understand. We know our words won't change how frustrating a delay can be and we will try our best to make it up to you. Light Odyssey is a truly special game to us and we remain devoted to ensuring it meets and exceeds your expectations. [/p][p][/p][p]We thank you for all your support,[/p][p]—The Light Odyssey Team[/p]