Find the heart of the world
One room, a rain-soaked terrace, a neighbor and three ways to investigate: Stillness, Craft and Connection.
Explore First LightThe public studio archive · 15 September 2026
A world in
the making.
A life-simulation game about what we notice, what we become, and what our choices leave behind. Follow its design, research and progress.
Current phaseDesign & research
First experienceFirst Light · Mac & PC
Playable releaseNot yet built
Small steps.
A clear record.
What exists, what is proposed, and what still needs to be proven. Publishing a plan is progress; it is not a completed game.
Make beauty consistent
Shared materials, canonical characters and editable art. A production system designed to preserve the world’s identity.
Read the art pipelineMake one moment feel right
A 60–90 second native scene: act, see a consequence, record it, save and return. Performance and pleasure remain untested.
See the proof planThirty rounds.
One planning baseline.
The completed review brings the game and Astro companion ideas together, preserves disagreements, and defines what must be tested next.
The review is complete. Implementation and real-player validation have not been completed. Names and engine choices remain open.
The working library
Read the full documents. Each has a plain-text edition, a stable snapshot and a clear evidence status.
6 design documents
Design / proposal
Design & evolution
The artistic vision, production systems and proposed approach to a studio that learns.
Read document ↗Design / proposalFirst Light · art & assets
A humane future made by hand. The visual direction, character performance and first asset inventory.
Read document ↗Design / proposalProve the experience
The 60–90 second proof, native performance targets and human playtest plan.
Read document ↗Research / researchChoosing the engine
Unity, Unreal, Godot and Blender: current research for a native Mac/PC experience.
Read document ↗Research / researchAI-assisted art, made coherent
Canonical 3D sources, controlled variations, motion and a practical asset pipeline.
Read document ↗Research / researchImprovement without drift
Independent evaluation, the limits of RL and a stable game supported by a learning studio.
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Examples describe intended controls. No automated game-update system is active.
For readers, researchers & AI
Open to understanding.
The same public record is available as readable pages, Markdown and structured data. Document status matters: a proposal is not a tested result.
This edition contains the design package and research. The completed 30-round planning review is published alongside the design package.
- Start herePlain-text guide
- Read the full collectionAll public documents
- Document manifestURLs, status & SHA-256
- Project statusMachine-readable facts
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