Octolight Festival

A multiplayer cooperative underwater adventure to reclaim your home and revive a lost culture!

Game developed during the LGN Winter Wonder Jam (https://itch.io/jam/lgn-winter-wonder-jam)

Reclaim the Deep, Revive the Light

In Octolight Festival, you take on the role of a clever and resilient octopus, part of a community fighting to reclaim its underwater home. Once a thriving utopia, your world has been plunged into darkness and chaos by the arrival of ruthless sharks. These invaders have overrun the depths, suppressing your culture and dismantling the heart of your society: the Octolight Festival, a radiant celebration of unity and light.

Now, it’s up to you and your fellow octopuses to bring the light back, restore your home, and reignite the cultural spirit of the festival.

Illuminate Your Home

The deep sea is a world of mystery and beauty, and the only way to survive and reclaim it is to bring light back to the darkness. Scattered throughout the underwater landscape are Light Nodes, powerful glowing orbs capable of restoring life and energy to the ecosystem. To activate them, you and your team must work together, pooling your efforts to outpace the relentless dangers of the deep.

Outwit the Sharks

The sharks are more than just predators—they’re oppressors who have claimed your world for their own. They stalk the waters, ready to strike at any sign of rebellion. These invaders thrive on fear and chaos, but you won’t let them win. Use your wits, teamwork, and the power of light to evade their attacks, outsmart their instincts, and reclaim what’s yours.

A Festival Worth Fighting For

The Octolight Festival isn’t just a celebration—it’s a symbol of your community’s resilience, creativity, and spirit. By restoring the Light Nodes, you’ll reignite the bioluminescent beauty of your home and bring your community back together for a cultural revival. Light is more than survival—it’s your legacy, your art, your voice.

Key Features:

• Play as an Octopus: Navigate the world with fluid movement and clever tactics, embodying the adaptability and intelligence of these fascinating creatures.
• Cooperative Multiplayer Gameplay: Team up with friends to explore the depths, activate Light Nodes, and evade predators.
• A Richly Themed Underwater World: Immerse yourself in a bioluminescent wonderland, filled with glowing flora, mysterious ruins, and the remnants of your lost culture.
• Thrilling Shark Encounters: Outwit and outmaneuver the sharks that have overrun your home in dynamic and tense gameplay.
• A Story of Resistance and Revival: Experience a heartfelt narrative about reclaiming your home, restoring your culture, and standing together against oppression.

How to Play:

1. Explore as a Team: Use your skills to find and activate the glowing Light Nodes scattered throughout the depths.
2. Survive the Sharks: Watch out for predators that seek to keep you from restoring your home.
3. Work Together: The more octopuses you gather at a node, the faster it activates—cooperation is your greatest strength.
4. Bring the Festival Back: Reclaim the underwater world and reignite the cultural magic of the Octolight Festival.

Control Scheme

Movement

• W / A / S / D: Move forward, left, backward, and right.
• SHIFT (Hold): Move faster (dash).
• SPACE(Tap): Jump!

Camera

• Mouse Movement: Rotate the camera to look around.
• Mouse Scroll Wheel: Zoom in and out (if supported).

The Light Awaits

The sharks have cast their shadow over your home for too long. Now is the time to rise, reclaim the depths, and illuminate the dark with the brilliance of the Octolight Festival. Stand together, outsmart the oppressors, and let the world know that the octopuses will never be silenced.

Will you bring the light back to your world? The festival awaits. 🌊✨

Developed in Unity Game Engine 6
Multiplayer via Photon Fusion 2 

Assets Used in Game:

• Octopus - Quirky Series by Omabuarts Studio (http://www.omabuarts.com/)
• Shark - Quirky Series by Omabuarts Studio (http://www.omabuarts.com/)
• Thalassophobia: Stylized Oceans by Distant Lands (https://distantlands.space/)
• Clean Multiplayer by Avocado Shark (https://avocadoshark.com/)