A Bright Light in the Middle of the Ocean
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
It's not really a game, it's a place where you can just spend some time or look at the sky or the sea or enjoy the stillness of the inside of the lighthouse or the view on the top.
There's not a game length because there are no goals, you can stay as long or as little as you want. There's a day night cycle and each day lasts 8 minutes and it's enough to see everything.
My biggest inspiration for this game was Mediterranean Voidland and also this article http://reallifemag.com/a-warm-place/
Credits:
Art and code by Fi Silva. You can follow me on twitter @fifsilva
Music and atmospheric sounds by Paws Menu. Also on twitter @thesaveroom
(also thanks for being my mac tester, for all the feedback and for the abstract painting)
Other sounds:
Rustle grass by freesound userJanKoehl
Walking on water by freesound user Robinhood76
Special thanks to all my friends and people from twitter who tested it. Especially the friends who don't like games where you don't do anything but were nice anyway.
Keyboard/Mouse controls
- WASD to walk
- Mouse to control camera
- Left Click / E to interact
- Right Click / T to use telescope (when you have it)
- Space to jump
- O to take screenshot
- P / Esc to pause
Controller controls
- Left joystick to walk
- Right joystick to control camera
- A to interact
- B to use telescope
- Y to jump
- X to take screenshot
- Start to pause
It works with Xbox controller on windows, and should work on mac as well. I haven't added support to other controllers for now, because I really wanted to release this. I'll make a new build if I learn and integrate an asset for that. For now you can play with mouse and keyboard or change the input mapping in the config screen.
Sorry for the trouble.
Selected press:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/02/a-bright-light-in-the-middle-of-the-...
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/ne73nk/explore-a-gorgeous-lighthouse-hau...
http://entertainium.org/articles/a-bright-light-in-the-middle-of-the-ocean-is-a-...
http://www.gamereport.es/a-bright-light-in-the-middle-of-the-ocean/
Just a note: There are 11 drawings + 2 paintings (including the one that is not mine) + 1 book with illustrations. There are 6 titled books (+ the encyclopedia of birds)
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Loved it! Thanks!
Nice! I liked how most of the books scattered around are related to the sea, like The Odyssey, because it's a story about a man who goes on a long journey across the sea (and because he offended an important sea deity).
Es bastante relajante, si el creador lo puliera un poco más sería perfecto, hay algún que otro bug menor pero no supone ningún problema. El estílo artístico también es precioso ;)
someone put mario 64 in this bad boy
yea it looks pretty, except the FOV is so low it made me nauseous. right now i feel like im gonna puke i think i need to go for a walk and rest my eyes i only played for like 5 minutes but yea. is the fov set to like 70 or something? i think it should be at least 90
I pressed the ''O" button until my finger started to hurt.
Thank you for this beautiful experience.
Is there a 64-bit version for MacOS
love it one of my first Itch games i ever found thank you man! nice calm experience
Such a nice and atmospheric experience, the music fit really well too! Lovely game :)
grate game had a lot of fun
It sounds good but im playing it in ubuntu 20.04 and it is just showing a black screen
So this is like an anti-stress thing or smthin?
It's a great concept for a chill simulator, but there were a few things that kind of made the experience stale:
- The only things you can see out on the ocean (aside from the seagulls and city) seem to be on a 1-day only cycle; after the first day, nothing new comes out on the horizon
- There's not enough things to interact with; yes, I know that this is more akin to a walking simulator where you look around a bit, but just having some dialogue go with the books and paintings would make it that much more of an enjoyable time-waste
I will give it the credit that it definitely is a nice little getaway, but with it being void of much life, it falls flat once you cross the first day
My playthrough of the game:
Really Great Game ! how do you make this art style in unity
For some reason i can't play the game because the camera keeps panning up-left...
That's because you have a gamepad connected!
I have an obsession with lighthouses <3
not working in linux , screenshot below :)
its a nice concept , i hope you patch it
This was like a hug for my soul. Thank you for making this.
relaxing game, ı love it
I love watching sunsets with my very real and not at all imaginary girl friend. It's the best thing. We even mash face and hold hands, for real, I swear. You don't know her though, she goes to a different forum.
This is Amazing!! Its really relaxing and beautiful, thank you so much for this experience :)
hum...very nice
Made a video reviewing indie games! This game was really cute! I enjoyed :) Check out the video if you want
game has such an eerie feeling, like theres a hidden murder room or smthing
This game is gorgeous i love the view and atmosphere this game has . It just make me really relaxed good job dev :)
A beautiful experience; especially the transition from day to night. But....the light of that tower is a bit too much bright. I would suggest (if you are interested) you to make a same experience but with aurora borealis because to be honest, there isn't much beauty in an ocean if we look from above.
This is the walkthrough of the game !!
BrightLight more like Bright Darkness
LOL
Lol
Nice game
I felt a great sense of Deja vu
This may or may not be my first time playing
Somethings wrong with the game... I played, and the ocean was light blue, but the rest was black, so I couldn't make my way through the game. Either its something wrong with the game, or its cuz I got an old computer, but plz try to fix/check it.
Ya man same my too
This game is awesome! great atmosphere
I had fun playing it, very well done 👍👍👍
Me, when I launch the game, everything is black and I only see the water and smoke!
Please fix it!
hello guys I played Bright Light and I made a video to show off your cool exploration game! I hope you will enjoy. As I enjoyed walking around and in the light house. Have a great one!!