Child of Light

This week I've found out about a new game named 'Child of Light' that is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal.

Here is a link to their website: http://childoflight-game.com/

Watch trailer on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXBbB4sfEpQ
YouTube video of Child of Light Walkthrough Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkljZTI2ryA

Developers Tumblr blog: http://childoflightgame.tumblr.com/


What is known so far about the game:

It is a platforming role-playing genre game with a strong focus on narrative and atmosphere. Art style draws inspiration from artists from golden age of illustration, art nouveau as well as Studio Ghibli and Yoshitaka Amano.

Available modes: single as well as multiplayer.
Developer team is using UbiArt Framework engine (used for another Ubisoft game: 'Rayman').
Expected release date is sometime  2014.


‘Child of Light’ game is about a child called Aurora who falls asleep and in her dream visits mythical world of Lemuria. There she must bring back the sun, the moon and the stars from 'Queen of the Night' captivity to be able to return to her home located somewhere in 1895's Austria and her duke father.

I think the most amazing thing about it is the fact that this type of art style game is being developed by big game development studio. In my opinion, if Ubisoft will manage to make it a really good game (gameplay and story wise) it’s going to be a major step towards 'art house' games taking their place in mainstream game development field. Possibly, it will fully open doors to a 'traditional art' inspired art games because so far we have only seen only very few indie companies dabble in this kind of art style for games. I think it certainly shows that game development industry is maturing and especially 2D game developers, starting to explore 2D game potential: looking at more interesting ways how it can be presented to their player base.

My favourite quote that came from the blog:
‘Video games are cultural products as much as movies or music. We have the opportunity to bring to life content that enriches people’s lives and is as diverse as the reality we all live in.  We must seize this opportunity! ‘ by Mélissa Cazzaro

Some  game screenshots


Ubisoft. 2013. [online image]. Available from: http://www.xb1.co.uk/features/child-of-light-hands-on-with-xbox-ones-first-jrpg-like-game/ [Accessed 30 October 2013]


Ubisoft. 2013. [online image]. Available from: http://www.writeca.com/2013/09/14/child-of-light-ubisoft-montreal/ [Accessed 30 October 2013]



Ubisoft. 2013. [online image]. Available from: http://www.writeca.com/2013/09/14/child-of-light-ubisoft-montreal/ [Accessed 30 October 2013]

Online article 'Discover “Child of Light”, the Playable Poemabout' the game  can be found here: http://www.writeca.com/2013/09/14/child-of-light-ubisoft-montreal/