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Knite & the Ghost Lights delivers a mixture of adventure, storytelling, and action from games we know and love, with handcrafted feel.

Knite & The Ghost Lights - Wii U - PC - Mac - Linux

Knite & the Ghost Lights delivers a mixture of adventure, storytelling, and action from games we know and love, with handcrafted feel.
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Mobot Studios
Mobot Studios
1,774 backers pledged $43,768 to help bring this project to life.
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Why no news anymore?

Just wanna apologize for the lack of updates. 

I think the biggest reason is just simply it's not fun for anyone when there isn't any good news. 

Anyone following from... Read more

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Our supporting game

Hey everyone!

As we mentioned in our last update we are not only working on Knite but also doing some other smaller projects to keep the lights on so we... Read more

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2 of 2 - State of the project

(be sure to check out our last update from earlier today! It's more fun and has a video)

State of the project

Despite the lack of updates we are still... Read more

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1 of 2 - Stop motion and character control

Hi everyone! We’ve got a couple things to cover so, I will have a "state of project" coming in the next few hours as well! For now here is the... Read more

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Kicking up the development

Quick update for everyone. Not much to show but some awesome news to hear!

We have our original lead dev back. Oh... That would be me! 

So what happened? It... Read more

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Music of Mistland, Luceria, and the Ocean of Sunset

Hey!

While the team is working hard on sculpting, photographing and programming, we've got a surprise for you.

Waiting is always easier when you have nice moody music to listen... Read more

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Masonry

Xavier is online! While everyone is busy doing their job, I was sent here to tell you about the things I recently saw.

Well, chicos, I've just got back from... Read more

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Some Ones

Good morning, starshine... Mistland says hello!

In today's update we will get more familiar with some of those who make Mistland not so deserted place. Despite the fact that Mistland... Read more

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Knite and the Ghost Lights: Official Game Trailer

Hey!

So, it's #50. And this is definitely the update we have been waiting for. I think, this is, actually, the most desired update right now.

It's quite hard to... Read more

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Team Mistland

Hello everyone,

After a series of major changes and setbacks that you all are aware of we had to reorganize our plans in order to finish what had been started.... Read more

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Other Worlds

Hello everyone!

When we talk about Mistland we don't always mean magnificent woodlands and mountains hiding in clouds of fog. Yeah, there are, for sure, many places that lie in... Read more

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Saturday 11

Sounds not scary enough, I guess. :-\

Let's repeat it using some old school technology.

Seems just right this time!

Ok, this is not a huge update, but you will... Read more

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Going Deeper Underground

Hey!

We all know that every good platformer should have a really cool dungeon level. Or many. The greatest secrets are always hidden underneath. And we all know how both... Read more

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Cosmogony

Hello everyone!

Today you will know what happens after the Big Bang and how the world of Mistland is being created. Of course it would be a very long and probably... Read more

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Knite and the Ghost Lights: Video Introduction

Hello dear backers, Lex is here, and I would like to finally share some news with you.

From now on it seems that I (Lead Artist) and Tisha (Sculptor/Photographer) are... Read more

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Official Trailer with gameplay getting close

Sorry for the delay between updates! We have multiple things to share so, the next few updates won’t be so far apart!

For today……

We are very close to finish... Read more

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Update 42 - Platforms and Traps!

Hey everyone! Happy thanksgiving (if you are in that part of the world). Being a Seattle native, I like to think of it as game day. Go Hawks!

We just wanted... Read more

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Update #41 - A Bad Guy

Just a quick update to share a bad guy from the first level we are working on.

The images below show you how he starts as a concept and becomes... Read more

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update #40 - Some Wii U side news

Wow! Update #40!  

This is just some side news but we are just way to excited to not share it!!! :D

We just released our first Wii U game:... Read more

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Becoming Playable

Wow. It's almost been a year! Thanks to everyone for your continued support! A major publisher would have probably dropped us at the first sign of trouble. This is why... Read more

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Dev Diary #10: New characters and books

Just a quick update. 

While we have been busy importing assets into our first real playable "chunk", we have also been working hard on some new characters and book illustrations.

... Read more

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Dev Diary #10 - 887 Trees!

Well despite all the drama we shared with you last week, we have been moving forward.If you aren't sure what I'm talking about, please read the last update (its... Read more

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Sorry for the delay - Important update

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For backers only

update on the mini-game, Spotify soundtrack and more

This is an update on that mini-game mentioned in the update before last.

The Mini-game (AKA Demongeon) is moving right along. Even though we mentioned it was pretty much ready... Read more

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Dev Diary #9 - Knite's house.

The game starts in Knite's town. To be more specific, it starts in his house.

Here is a look at what it takes to build Knite's house before bringing it... Read more

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A surprise for our backers!

Playable mini game for your phone while you wait?

What is this mini-game?

Lex and I worked on a couple smaller projects a while back. We knew we would be... Read more

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Dev Diary #7 - Attention to detail

Just a little behind the scenes -  making some more items for the "first area" demo. (more on that is coming)

So that you can see more of the detail... Read more

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dev diary #6 - Surveys and Maps

Surveys are out!

Common Questions:

"I don't want a portrait of myself, can I use a name or picture of a pet instead"?

Of course. We are happy to do just... Read more

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Dev Diary #5 - Whats been going on with Knite?

Hey everyone!

We have quite a bit going on and a lot to share today. 

TIMELINE:

Obliviously we aren't gonna have this game out anywhere near our original goal. In... Read more

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Dev Diary #4 - Some Inspiration

A few more character concepts.

As we mentioned before, the concept art will also be part of the physical books that many of you will be receiving. We are getting... Read more

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Dev Diary #3 Concept and Book art

More concept art to share.

Most concept art starts with simple sketches (as you have seen in the last update)

If many of these concepts look a little more polished,... Read more

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Ghostlights on Steam and reward info

Hi everyone. This is just a quick info update. We'll get back to the regular dev diary stuff next update. 

Knite on Steam - LINK IS HERE - We have set up... Read more

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Developer Diary #2

Hey everyone! This time around we are sharing a couple ghouly baddies.

#1 - Name Pending

Background: This is a character based on Russian mythology. These are ghouls that once were mothers... Read more

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Developer Diary #1 It Begins

It has begun. 

Welcome to the first of many entries into our developer diary.

What to expect?

We are very thankful for your support. We don't have any plans on simply disappearing while we develop the game.... Read more

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Halloween Rewards Pack

Timing seemed perfect! We have our digital thank you pack and it's Halloween!

Well, we did say that we would get everyone a bonus pack within the first week if... Read more

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Rewards, steam and more

Some info and upcoming stuff....

Again a quick thanks to everyone! 

Be sure to follow us  twitter.com/MobotStudios and/or facebook.com/mobotstudios or our youtube channel

Rewards:

- Thanks you pack for everyone - ... Read more

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Day of the 1773 Ghost Lights

Oct. 26th declared “Day of the 1773 Ghost Lights"

Thanks you to our 1773 backers. Because of you Knite has been funded and is on it’s way to Wii U,... Read more

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Successfully raised $43,768 with 1,774 backers

Final Hours - Next, Steam

Ok everyone, we are down to the final couple hours, this is it!

We've come a long ways in the last two days and even  hit our first two add-on... Read more

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Last day!!

As you know we hit our goal yesterday day and we can't thank you all enough!!!

We are just a couple hundred away from hitting our first mini stretch goal.... Read more

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Thank you - Knite is now a reality.

Thanks to you, Knite and the Ghost Lights is officially funded and a reality we can't wait to share! 

We will continue to keep things going until the very end!... Read more

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Final 48 - New stretch goal just for you!

We are now in the final 48 hours! 

We are getting really close and are going to remain positive. In fact we are gonna throw a really easy stretch goal... Read more

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Some avatars to say THANKS!

We are so close to hitting out goal and we have a few more things planned but we thought we'd whip up some avatars to say thank you!

To make... Read more

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Two new thank you rewards!

More ways to say thanks! 

We are in the final few days and it looks like we are gonna make it. It's still too early to call, so we still... Read more

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Personal portrait from Xavier

Here comes Xavier to give us a hand!

He is a terrible painter but he wants so bad to make it happen and help us hit our goal! So, now... Read more

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Clarifictation - Retroactive

This isn't a major update but it is VERY important. I just wanted to clarify something for our backers.

All tiers are retro active.

For example if you pledged $100... Read more

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Your Own Personal Melody

Enjoy your own personal melody from the ghost piper himself, Knite. All of the melodies will be used in songs on the soundtrack and the name of your melody will... Read more

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Photo and Art Book (Physical)

The Real Book!

This is the one you have been asking for.

The book will contain:

• Over 40 full color and hi res photos including behind the scenes and... Read more

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Correction - Four Books!

We're gonna get this right. 

I accidentally posted all "three" books instead of all four! There are FOUR books. Maybe it's from starring at javascript for 12 hours but, sometimes... Read more

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Set of three Character books

The $25 pledge level will get you all three character books(digital). 

This one may not be a surprise. As many of you noticed we sort of accidentally slipped and... Read more

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Wii U download now available for Reward tier

We added a new $35 tier. You will now get a download of the game from the Wii U eShop when it comes out. You of course still get everything... Read more

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Early access and Knite's new Facebook

Couple things we wanted to cover.

Knite's New Facebook Page: Tisha just made a new facebook page just for knite. This is seperate from the mobot page. Think of is... Read more

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Wii U support at launch

We will support Wii U at Launch. Well... close to it anyways, it's not like there is a magic port button.

We're really excited about this and have been waiting... Read more

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A sample of the music

Here are a few selections from The soundtrack performed by our lead artist Lex. We are planning on around 15 or so full songs for the sound track. Currently we... Read more

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A little something for October

In the process of fleshing out the adventures we have tried to fill in the holesby developing the characters and their personalities as much as possible.

We have a lot... Read more

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Project milestone: First Knite doll

This may not be the biggest news for everyone, but it's a milestone for our project and we are pretty excited!

We have our first backer who will be receiving... Read more

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A little more on gameplay and light mechanics

We are getting some questions about more on the gameplay and how the will light mechanic work.

First, I went into a little more detail on why we dont show... Read more

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Adding art book

The art is a large part of this world and the game. It was suggested that we do a book of art. Great suggestion and thank you. We have added... Read more

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Linux support

We are getting a lot of people asking about Linux. Linux will be supported and will be part of the first reward tier. So anyone at $5 or more will... Read more

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