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Light From Within

Light From Within is a top-down action-adventure focused on exploration, dungeon crawling, and discovery. Traverse a handcrafted world, solve puzzles, uncover hidden paths, and collect relics that expand your abilities, boost your stats, and alter how you interact with the environment.

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Atarath Games
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Atarath Games
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About the Game

Light From Within is an action-adventure game that explores themes of love, loss, and acceptance, inspired by classic 8-bit adventures. The story follows Ella, a young girl who, on her deathbed, awakens in Atalia—a land of magic and mystery threatened by a crumbling moon and a spreading darkness.

The worldspirit, Eayona, is dying. Guided by a fading spirit named Eirian, Ella must seek out the lost crystal shards that once sustained Eayona’s form. Only by restoring them can she push back the corruption consuming the land and uncover the truth that binds her spirit to this world.

As the journey unfolds, the boundary between Ella’s reality and Atalia begins to blur, revealing a deeper connection between the fate of the world and her own.

Features & Scope

  • 7 main dungeons

  • 2 side quest dungeons

  • Numerous side quests, riddles, and puzzles

  • 16 passive relics — boost stats and unlock abilities

  • 12 weapons and items — each with distinct uses for combat and exploration

  • Expansive overworld spanning 255 screens — towns, shops, mini-games, and hidden secrets

  • Completion tracker — monitor progress toward full discovery

  • In-game map system — tracks player location

  • Detailed digital map and instruction manual included — designed in classic 8-bit style

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