A Bright Light in the Middle of the Ocean

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)