One Upon Light
One Upon Light is a monochromatic styled top-down puzzle game with a photophobic protagonist. Trapped in a world of shifting shadows and light, players must manipulate objects in the environment to create a…
One Upon Light is an indie developed by SUTD Game Lab, released 28 October 2014 on PlayStation 4, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What One Upon Light is
One Upon Light is an indie game developed by SUTD Game Lab and released in 2014. It was published by Rising Star Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
"For progress, for humanity… for science! Responsible for many of mankind’s greatest achievements, science has done many wonderful things. But experiments to harness the power of shadow? If it sounds dangerous, that’s probably because it is. Especially if something goes wrong and harmless light becomes the deadliest thing imaginable…"
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
One Upon Light holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What it launched against
One Upon Light launched on 28 October 2014, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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