Lemma

History

Evan started work on Lemma in 2010 while attending university. He graduated in 2012 and worked for a small iPhone game studio for a year while developing Lemma part-time. In February 2014, Evan realized the game would never survive as a side project, and quit to focus on it full-time.

Lemma passed through Steam Greenlight in April 2014, but a simultaneous Kickstarter campaign failed. Evan shrunk the budget, took contract work, and dug into savings to spend the next year finishing the game.

Read more about the development process in the "Poor Man" series of articles.

Images

Download all as .zip

Lemma

Videos

• YouTube channel
• Let's Play videos
• Let's Play videos (Kickstarter alpha version)

Collaborators

• Jack Menhorn - Music and sound
• Ashton Morris - Music and sound
• Naila Burney - Sound and voice
• Antonio Yáñez - Animation
• Josh Coffey - Code and design
• Sam Gebhardt - Promotional art

Selected Articles

• "First-Person Parkour: Lemma Released With Demo"
  - Alice O'Connor, Rock, Paper, Shotgun
• "Lemma review"
  - James Davenport, PC Gamer
• "Lemma, un jeu de parkour, sort aujourd'hui"
  - jeuxvideo.com
• "Lemma: Experience freerunning without constraint"
  - Ryan Dunn, Snackbar Games
• "Parkour set in a bizarre non-deterministic universe called 'Lemma'"
  - Zues Tipado, The Stoned Gamer
• "Lemma - MiniReview"
  - Luca Cuciniello, PC Hardware Gaming Tech
• "Lemma, le Mirror's Edge de 2015!"
  - Anthony Boll, MineTeam
• "Análisis de Lemma para Ordenador"
  - Juan Rubio, Vandal
• "Lemma Review, bringing parkour gameplay to the Rift"
  - Tom Rudderham, The Rift Arcade
• "Lemma, el mirror’s edge minecraftiano"
  - Santi Fagundez, Sólo Indies
• "Parkour Without Fear Of Death With New VR Game Lemma"
  - Steven Paterson, VRCircle
• "Lemma"
  - Γιώργος Κυρενές, Greekgamer
• "Lemma Review"
  - Casey Douglass, Amongst Geeks
• "Lemma - Disponibile da oggi su PC"
  - Nikolas Lacquaniti, Z-Giochi
• "Lemma: the Indie Game that Nails Parkour"
  - David Ryatta, moviepilot.com
• "Lemma Review"
  - Michael Hutchesson, Shoddy Pixels
• "Lemma review: parkour paranoia"
  - Dario Marchetti, indie24h
• "Lemma - an immersive first-person parkour game due for release May 12th"
  - Indie Retro News
• "This First-Person Parkour Game Turns Your Movements Into Creative Building"
  - Chris Priestman, Siliconera
• "Columbus game makers: Evan Todd, Lemma"
  - Carrie Ghose, Columbus Business First
• "Kickstarter Game Lemma is Still Alive"
  - András Neltz, Kotaku

Alpha Demo Coverage

• "Please, Please Lemma Get What I Want"
  - Matt Lemmons, Indie Statik
• "It's the Portal of Mirror's Edge-Style Parkour Games"
  - András Neltz, Kotaku
• "Lemma Follows In The Footsteps of Bastion, Mirror's Edge"
  - Nathan Grayson, Rock Paper Shotgun
• "Kickstarter Profile: Evan Todd's Lemma"
  - Michael Westgarth, GameWatcher
• "Preview: Lemma by Evan Todd"
  -Alex Coccia, Greenlit Gaming
• "Lemma - first-person parkour"
  - Nikkita Healey-Loney, Kill Streak Media
• "Courons! Courons pour... Courir"
  - Zeras, P911
• "Lemma - An Early Look"
  - Nicholas Bizzozero, WTBFun
• "Parkour becomes creation in Lemma"
  - Kieffer Wilson, Pixel Shrimp
• "First-person parkour game Lemma slides onto Kickstarter"
  - Tyler Colp, BitPulse
• "Liked Mirror's Edge? Then you should check out this new first person Parkour Game: Lemma"
  - VGNaut
• "Money Shots: Lemma"
  - Adam DeMarco, AWESOMEoutof10
• "It's Hardcore Parkour In Lemma"
  - Nathaniel Liles, Cliqist
• "Lemma - Alpha Download"
  - Alpha Beta Gamer
• "Lemma es la mezcla perfecta entre Minecraft, Mirror’s Edge y Portal"
  - Santi Araujo, ALT1040
• "Lemma : un peu de Portal, une touche de Mirror’s Edge, une pointe de Minecraft"
  - David Kauffman, Moi jeux
• "Lemma: Parcours-Spiel auf Kickstarter"
  - Dieter Schmidt, 4Players
• "Lemma: El mundo del parkour"
  - Javier Alemán, Nivel Oculto
• "Lemma: An immersive first-person parkour game"
  - Neil G, Indie Retro News
• "Lemma Kickstarter and Demo"
  - Death By Beta
• "The Watchlist: Lemma"
  - Indie Game Enthusiast