First Light

First Light is a story-rich arcade brick-breaker built around a century of one family's memories. You play classic paddle-and-ball levels, breaking walls to undo the Fog's work and protect things that would otherwise be lost without a witness. The story spans 132 memories across four acts, with one memory told before each level.

The family's memories

Five narrators voice the memories. The acts cover a grandmother's river town, a father's patient hands, a boy's 1986 arcade summer, and a fourth story about the machine built to keep them all. Four paintings are hidden behind the four bosses and are revealed brick by brick. An original 64-song soundtrack runs for nearly three hours, with each memory paired with the song that agrees with it.

Break through the walls

Play with a paddle and ball, using reflexes, angles and nerve. A capsule economy rewards risk: build multipliers, bank speed and grow the light cannon, or deliberately catch the black pill. Boss walls let the Fog fight back, and can be brought down with patient play.

There are four difficulty settings, from a gentle telling to one-life INSANE. The game also includes 33 achievements, three save campaigns and a high-score board with one name already on it: M-E-G.

After the story

The story takes 6–8 hours to complete. After finishing it, you can return in AFTERGLOW, an endless mode with just the music and no stakes, pursue the achievements, or try to beat MEG's score on the board.