Umbra: Journey Home Press Kit

Background/Bio

My name is Thomas Wray, a game designer/developer from Australia. Graduated university in 2018 majoring in game design.

It started off as a project that was to be done over the summer holidays between university semesters. Me and a friend would start to work on it. After a month or two they didn’t want to continue so it was either stop the project early or take it all on myself. I figured since the industry asked for experience in shipping a game the best way to do that would be to do it myself. I increased in scope and started development.

The initial idea came about when I was walking the streets during summer. I was darting from shade to shade, thinking about the angles and how shadows were cast. Avoiding light made me think ‘what if this was a game mechanic?’

Over 4 years later, countless lessons learned, highs and lows, I have come to the end of creating my first game.

Avoid Light. Solve Puzzles. Pursue Answers.

Umbra: Journey Home Description

Umbra: Journey Home is a single-player, 3D, puzzle game for PC. Entering lights will cause you to lose control of your character. Create shadows by moving objects in your environment, to pass through puzzles. You play a Stone Creature called the Gardener, in a baron fantasy world. Along the way you will discover traces of others, where they are going and what has happened. Discovering ‘Memories’ and internal thoughts provide a drip-fed understanding of the world and story.

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