Little Big Adventure news & patch notes

Dear Twinsider, The time has come—we’re finally revealing the title of the LBA2 remake:

Little Big Adventure – Purple Empire

Like we did with Twinsen’s Quest, we’ve chosen a new title to clearly distinguish the remake from the original. Purple Empire sets the tone for what’s to come: a reimagined journey through Zeelich, full of mystery, absurdity, and cosmic ambition.

What’s new today?

🎮 The Steam page is live and ready to be wishlisted: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2352230/Little_Big_Adventure__Purple_Empire/ 🎨 We’re sharing the first concept artwork: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43801538/35279c4401938a19dd9d22cac8ea726d3dc7eff9.jpg

Want to support us?

Here’s how you can help bring Purple Empire to life: 💜 Wishlist the game on Steam 📣 Share the news with fellow fans and friends 🎫 Become a member of the Elves Club to follow the dev journey: ko-fi.com/littlebigadventure So, what do you think of the new title? Can you guess what “Purple Empire” really refers to? Drop your thoughts in the comments—we’d love to hear from you. Thanks for being here, Ben

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📖 Discover a compelling story with deep themes 🎮 Navigate through Twinsun with a revamped level layout and redesigned controls ☄️ Defeat foes with an enhanced Magic Ball 🎨 Enjoy a brand new artistic direction 🎶 Immerse yourself with a new soundtrack by the original composer {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43801523/d239e9791c0f05a3335015a7d2681f87a14fffe7.png ☄️ Play Little Big Adventure - Twinsen’s Quest now https://store.steampowered.com/app/2318070/Little_Big_Adventure__Twinsens_Quest/

Dear Community, A year ago, we invited you to try an early version of what would become Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest. Since then, a thousand things have happened: challenges overcome, ideas refined, and adjustments made to create something truly unique. Today, we’re just weeks away from the official release, deep in the polishing phase where every bug fixed and every detail perfected brings us closer to our final vision. Throughout this journey, your feedback—whether enthusiastic or sometimes more skeptical—has been our guiding star. We understand your concerns, as some choices may seem surprising. But rather than endlessly debating what does or doesn’t make an LBA game, we decided to give you a concrete taste of our work, even if it’s not yet finalized. That’s why, for one week only, from September 25 at 2:21 AM (CST) to October 2 at 2:21 AM (CST), we’re offering you the chance to dive into Chapter 1 of the game. If you enjoy the experience, please leave a positive review on Steam! This will help us reach a broader audience beyond the loyal community you already represent. 🙏 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3021340/Little_Big_Adventure__Twinsens_Quest_Demo/ Thank you for your unwavering support, and enjoy your journey on Twinsun! See you soon, Ben

Dear community, A few months ago, we explained the importance of maintaining geographical continuity in outdoor environments. Now, it’s time to show you the results on the first island: Citadel Island. Citadel Island is where Twinsen and Luna come from. But it’s also home to a tavern, a port with its lighthouse, a “cure facility” guarded by soldiers… and the starting point of your adventure in Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/10539297/665df5312227103a3bb15b73d7bcb309c6f835ea.png What do you think? Are you excited to (re)discover it? Ben PS: you can have a better look at the island here

Dear Community, After our first trailer, we are thrilled to reveal more about Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest. Check out our new gameplay video: What do you think about it? ☄️ Add Little Big Adventure - Twinsen’s Quest to your wishlist now https://store.steampowered.com/app/2318070/Little_Big_Adventure__Twinsens_Quest/ 📬 Stay connected! Official LBA Website - Official LBA Twitter - Official LBA Facebook - Official LBA Instagram - Official LBA YouTube Channel -

Dear Community, In May 2023, we presented the first images of our game. One year later, many things have evolved:

• We changed the game engine,
• We signed with a publisher,
• We shifted from a remaster to a remake,
• We recruited a full team (and worked hard)!

We are now proud to present the all-new first images of the LBA remake! Help us make some noise by sharing, liking and commenting the video: We want to warmly thank our publisher Microids, who believed in us from day one and is helping us bring Twinsen back to life. We are happy to announce that you will be able to find Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest on PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series! We will also offer a physical edition for PS5 and Nintendo Switch. What do you think of this very first trailer? Feel free to let us know in the comments. We can’t wait to show you more. Ben

Hello everyone, We're eager to share an exclusive teaser trailer for our upcoming demo. It's a sneak peek that we think you'll appreciate, offering a glimpse into the exciting journey that lies ahead. If you've not done so already, we recommend adding our game to your wishlist. This way, you'll be among the first to receive all the latest updates and news. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2318070/Twinsens_Little_Big_Adventure_Remastered/

Dear community, Thank you for your enthusiasm following the revelation of the concept arts for the Twinsen reboot project. Our studio is at a turning point: we finished the prototype, and are currently in discussion with several publishers to make the game possible. As you know, the road to a project of this magnitude is long and full of unknowns! We believe in the potential of the Twinsen's universe and want to keep it alive. But we also have to prove to publishers that 30 years later, these games deserve to exist in a modernized version. This is a real challenge. We believe in it... and we know you do too! The future of the reboot project will depend on the answers of the publishers. Such an ambitious and demanding game requires important financial resources. We have no control over the response delay, but one thing is certain: the more time passes, the more inevitable it becomes that we will have to push back the release date of the game. Of course, we knew it was a possibility. But don't worry: this postponement is also a great opportunity to offer you a big surprise.

There's no way we're not going to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Twinsen in 2024.

During this time of submission, our team obviously continues to dive into the Twinsen's universe. For a long time, the community has been talking about a remaster of the original games. We decided from the beginning to do a reboot because we feel that in order to reach a new generation of players, this redesign work is fundamental. But during this in-between period, we also want to experiment, to progress and obviously... to please you. So we thought: why not take advantage of the months ahead to offer a remastered version of Twinsen’s Little Big Adventure 1 and 2 Classic? While discussing this idea, Paulo Torinno proposed us some first visuals which conquered us all. Passion spoke and... a new project was born. So it's official... Twinsen’s Little Big Adventure 1&2 Remastered are underway! A demo of Twinsen’s Little Big Adventure 1 Remastered will be available during the next Steam Neo Fest, from June 19th to 26th 2023. So what to expect from these two remastered versions? Each game will benefit from a graphical and technical overhaul with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5. This means that we will faithfully rebuild both games from scratch. In order to improve the experience, we will also rework Twinsen's controls and adding new features. The option to use the original game controls will of course remain available for those who wish to play as in the original games. This work will also be the occasion to remaster the original music of the composer Philippe Vachey, to guarantee you the best possible experience. We hope you are as happy as we are! And of course, the development of the reboot continues, but in a time frame that matches the ambition we have built. We have created Steam pages for Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 1 and 2 Remastered: please pledge your support by adding the games to your wishlist! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2318070/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2352230/ In order to answer all your questions about this great news, we are organizing a Q&A on our discord, on a dedicated channel (you need to join the Discord server first). Don't hesitate to talk with us, our team will be happy to answer you. Thanks again to you for following us in this big adventure!

We are including in the game package the original game DOS files alongside DosBox that were previously available. You should find the new folder under your game installation directory. For Windows: \Speedrun\Windows you can launch the game with LaunchLBA1.bat For Mac: \Speedrun\Mac\Contents\MacOS you can launch the game with the Launcher script Happy speedruns, and thank you for your patience.

Fix audio samples pitch frequency computation Fixed crash when device Manufacturer and/or Model can't be retrieved Change in introduction Sequence

We are releasing again, as a free DLC, the 2015 version of Twinsen's Little Big Adventure, with keyboard / mouse features and easy mode.

- Fix crop issues for 1280x1024 resolution

- Upgraded SDL2 to v2.0.22

- Fixed a bug that prevented to go back from New Game menu - Upgraded SDL2 to v2.0.22 to fix a crash for Dinput supporter controllers

We are super happy to announce that the updated version of Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic is now available on Steam!

The content of the update

• Language select in menu
• Steam Achievements
• Steam Cloud Saving
• Controller Support
• Input remapping
• New Game+
• Windowed Support
• Hit by walls toggle on/off

Have fun!

Hi everyone. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Twinsen’s Little Big Adventure 2 Classic we’ve made some welcome updates to the first game as well! We hope you will enjoy this first update in 27 years!

• New Game+ Mode: start the story with end-game items like the Magic Sabre, Protopack and Magic Level 3
• Steam Achievements: try to unlock them all!
• Controller support and input remapping: play the game with the controller of your choice and remap the input to your liking
• Setting to turn getting hit by walls on/off
• Steam Cloud Saving
• Language selection
• Windowed Support

- Team 2.21

Hello everyone, In May this year, we are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Twinsen’s Little Big Adventure 2 Classic. This event is truly special for me. In 1997, I was 8 when I discovered the world of Twinsen for the first time. 25 years later, it’s now my (dream) job to bring Twinsen back. As you may know from Gwen’s last devlog, we are working on updates of the Classic games. Before digging into the details, I must confess there’s one thing we kept secret…

We are bringing a NEW GAME+ mode for both Classic Games!

In this mode, you will experience the full story starting with end-game items like the Sabre, the Protopack and Magic Level 4! Note that you still need to collect all items to progress through the story as you would in a regular playthrough. Look at these amazing GIFs! What would you do with the sabre? https://media.giphy.com/media/euQaeBZMz2MUqKsz8Z/giphy.gif Who needs to jump when you've got a protopack? https://media.giphy.com/media/LrULGhLHzN5jr96Ait/giphy.gif

So how did we end up with that mode?

Since our work on porting the games on Luna with Seb, we were able to really go deep under the hood of the games. During one meeting, Seb told us about a debug mod of TLBA2 Classic that enables you to play the games with all items of the game. I couldn’t resist asking him to play this debug mode! After a few minutes, I realized I couldn’t stop smiling. After a discussion with Gwen, Roy and Seb, we decided to create a proper New Game + for both Classic games. A few months later, the result is finally here! I really hope you will like it as much as we did.

The content of the updates

• Language select in menu
• Steam Achievements
• Steam Cloud Saving
• Controller Support
• Input remapping
• New Game+
• Windowed Support
• Hit by walls toggle on/off

These versions will be released on May 31st. A Mac version is not yet planned. Should you prefer to play the original version of the games (no DosBox emulation required anymore), they will be available as a free DLC. Regarding the Enhanced version of TLBA1 Classic, we decided to turn it into a free DLC. For the occasion, we renamed it “2015 Edition”. However, we will not support this version, as we wish for current and future players to experience the game with its original difficulty and behaviour changes.

Another change on the 31st of May

For those who already own the games, the updates are free. However, these updates represent a big investment for a small studio like us. We then decided to increase the prices of both games to 9,99€. These changes will occur on the 31st of May, so you still have plenty of time to buy the games beforehand (or to offer it to a friend). After that, should you wish to buy at a lower price, please add the game to your wishlist to know about future discounted sales. Thanks for supporting us in our adventure of bringing back TLBA to the forefront. Special thanks to our beta testers, who helped us with their amazing precise and thorough feedbacks. See you on May 31st for a happy 25th Anniversary! Ben @

It has already been 5 months since we announced Twinsen’s return… Seems like yesterday! We’ve been busy with starting the studio proper, chasing funds and recruiting new people to join our happy little family! The main news from the past weeks is that the studio is working on rebooting Twinsen’s story: Twinsen’s Little Big Adventure. Be sure you read Didier’s letter to understand the reasoning behind this choice. In today’s devlog, I’m going to talk to you about the Classic development plans. If you missed the news about what stands for Classic editions, you can check this blog post.

Our plans for the Classic Games

We want to bring the legacy games to more players, so we are working in parallel on the Classic versions with a former Adeline developer: Sébastien Viannay. We scoped each version carefully to -hopefully- reach a wider audience as well as keeping the game as authentic as possible. Let me explain a bit more about them.

Give me all the versions !

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10539297/4a3c7a0b6ac44e5ac510497269c9faa255b45b2c.png Assembly This is the original engine code that we open-sourced last year. We cleaned the code and reencoded the characters but we won’t work on this version in the future. Retro Edition Except for the in-game language selection, you’ll be able to play the original game as it was developed, but playable on Windows (no DOSBOX). Classic + This was our main focus the past months : > Complete C port for both games => required to consider other platforms that don't support Assembly code > Controller support > UI changes (new options in the menu) > Platform SDK implementation : achievements, cloud savings Console Currently not planned, but we are considering several target platforms. This sounds good but you may ask, where will I be able to play those versions, and how much is it going to cost me? Good question, thanks for asking! 😏 The best news is that if you already purchased the games on Steam, you will get those updates for free: https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10539297/bfed7415e1f4616e4f45dcb957b4b278a001578a.png And if you’re new to the game on Steam, you’ll get the Retro Edition on top of the Classic + version as a free DLC. Easy and simple. Right? Don't miss the release by adding the DLC to your wishlist! You can also expect new releases in the following months on different platforms.

Focus on In-game language selection

Depending on the platform you used to play the games it was not obvious at all that you could play the game in different languages. On Steam, you had to guess that you could use the game properties to switch languages and on GoG there was a small language switcher shipped with the game. Some players thought it was an English-only build … That’s why we integrated the language selection in the game so you can switch to your preferred language and benefit from the great dubs from the past.

📉 The end of mobile support

One of the downsides of being a very small team is that sometimes we have to make some hard decisions that will lead to disappointment. This one was not easy to make but we decided to stop supporting the mobile versions of Twinsen’s Little Big Adventure Classic game (iOS / Android) as we want to focus on PC and Consoles and we don't have the capacity to support mobile platforms anymore. The mobile app won’t disappear from your phone though, unless you remove it yourself or the OS installed stop supporting it (it was already the case with latest Android releases).

📈 And a 10 years old audio bug finally fixed *wink Seb*

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10539297/b692d17fd12d4003d07d042955d847b18edb7160.png When DotEmu released the enhanced version of TLBA1 in 2012, an audio bug was introduced and was never fixed. The voices were lower than in the original version and no one could figure out why. In the Assembly version, the audio files were boosted by an x4 factor. But when porting the code to C, the developers, not aware of the fact, didn’t take this into consideration. Now it’s finally fixed! Yay to Seb for finding the needle in the haystack! 😁 https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10539297/8fd57e49474c9c0dc41c0d4e9856cdb7ca1e802c.jpg Thank you for reading this far and don’t forget to leave us some comments down below! Gwen

After our “LBA returns” announcement beginning September on Twitter, the community response was truly amazing. We anticipated a bunch of cool reactions but not so many and not with so much love and support!!!! Again, thank you. So, what have we been up to since our last talk?

Going a little bit deeper into the rabbibunny hole...

The past couple of weeks, I’ve discussed with people close to the original games, being either the programmers working at Adeline Software or the game creators themselves. I also started talking to fans that initiated personal or community projects during the past years. And I had an epiphany. So dramatic … *insert 🥁 roll here* **even if the title already gave me up but … hey… ** The programming work done by the original teams is not only tremendous but exceptional for the time. It can’t be kept on old CDs in suitcases in the programmers' homes (*wink* Didier 😏). https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10539297/02bd4637320fc58305a77e72dd153c60a8a3fb25.jpg This codebase can benefit developers as a source of knowledge / education, Little Big Adventure fans or retrogaming communities. And then, just like that, we decided to OPEN-SOURCE THE CODE OF LITTLE BIG ADVENTURE ENGINES AND TOOLS that have been trusted in our hands, so it can outlive all of us, somehow. Our objective is to preserve those pieces of technical mastery and true groundbreaking vision. We also want to give back to the LBA community who kept cheering on the games during all those years. I'd like to invite all fans to keep expressing their passion for the game through different means. We're especially excited about bringing modding capabilities in the future! Follow the github link to check how you can contribute. For each game, there is:

• An “historic” repository where only ex-Adeline developers or myself will contribute (if we forgot a file or a mention somewhere),
• A community repository that is open to pull requests

We also invite the community to contribute to the general “engines” documentation. If you want to discuss our projects in general or the open source specifically, we opened an official Discord server. By the way, this code was never meant to be seen by anyone outside the Adeline Software team. The source we are releasing is mainly untouched (only the developers names were removed) including bad french, variable names in “frenglish” and some comments that are just too funny not to share. Enjoy 😁 https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10539297/277bfa9d5574381516f8d77a240e9e4ff9853c39.png read infostest if object has animno too bad bye https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10539297/3bf66401ed848c4d9d0ca3b38302ac154435a4b0.png It’s over… What ?!!! already ?!!This compression method is stupid !But it works ! https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10539297/19c59b3109f9d57e5925fe6228e4189998ddb76e.png Let’s sound the situation with a little *chbooing*

I’m so grateful for...

I am very thankful for the people helping me recover the source code and working on those files : Seb, DBug and Vincent. Not forgetting Didier Chanfray for driving 2h30 to my place with the famous “suitcase” full of CDs and Frédérick Raynal for his true passion for technology. I want to thank both of them for their trust in me with this initiative! Lastly, cheers to Alexandre, Adrien, the good people from ScummVM and our french friends from the M05 association who were kind enough to answer my questions!

And next ?

In the future, we also plan to release Time Commando engine code. Stay tuned! Gwen

https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/41587569/e52f0924de1c6f4fee237afa86b878da1a3d7d07.png Dear LBA fans, For years, you have been waiting for a new Little Big Adventure. Your wait is almost over. Thanks to the loving support of Frédérick Raynal and Didier Chanfray, we launched a new studio to bring Twinsen and Zoé back to PC and consoles. We would like to thank all the fans around the world, especially the Magicball network, for keeping the fire burning during all these years. The development of the game has not started yet, so let’s stop squirming! This is just the beginning of a new Adventure. The team at

Because we know how much you love Little Big Adventure and that some of you prefer the classic version, we decided to offer as a gift the original Little Big Adventure to everyone that have (or will) puchased Little Big Adventure - Enhanced Edition ! Just update your game and enjoy. :) Please feel free to leave a comment or a review if you like Little Big Adventure, we’d love to see what you think of those amazing titles. Have a nice game !

Because we know how much you love Little Big Adventure and that some of you prefer the classic version, we decided to offer as a gift the original Little Big Adventure to everyone that have (or will) puchased Little Big Adventure - Enhanced Edition ! Just update your game and enjoy. :) Please feel free to leave a comment or a review if you like Little Big Adventure, we’d love to see what you think of those amazing titles. Have a nice game !