Starless Umbra

Starless Umbra is a character-driven, couch co-op action RPG about discovery, the moral ambiguity of loyalty, and confronting the unknown.

The world of Alcuria is enveloped by a noxious, seasonal fog known as the Umbra. You play as Amalia, a tracker from the colony of Tulron protected from these dangers, until your best friend is kidnapped. But as the search twists deeper into the unknown, what begins as a simple rescue mission unravels into something far greater.

Real-time Combat

• Start battles as you approach enemies on the field. No map transitions, no turns, just real-time combat.
• Choose from a variety of cooldown-based skills; there's no "magic points" to worry about replenishing. HP replenishes after battle as well, provided your party is in good spirits.
• Manipulate enemy focus (aggro), encourage your teammates, and master skill rotations in a battle system reminiscent of classic MMORPG combat and modern action RPGs.
• Play with either intelligent computer-controlled characters or friends (couch co-op) for even more chaos.

Plenty of character customization

• Select your character's abilities to bring into battle, customizing them with augments: discoverable gems that adjust the characteristics of skills.
• Learn passive abilities from the equipment your characters use. These abilities may give buffs at the start of combat, give you a boost of strength while your allies are down, or
• Combine skills to build your own devastating combos.

A focus on fun

• Experience a 15-25 hour main story that focuses on interpersonal relationships and the world they've been born into.

• Enjoy gameplay variety: minigames, puzzles, quests to complete. Your decisions and performance affect the game's difficulty.

• Encouraged item usage over hoarding. Potions may be replenished by refilling empty bottles in towns.

This project is the product of slow, deliberate development effort over a span of 20 years, multiple engine attempts, story do-overs, and an encouraging (and patient) community.

• zexyu - Story, engineering, some graphics (tilesets, characters)
• sako - Character portraits
• puking rabbit - Monster sprites