Northern Lights

Northern Lights is a short story-driven adventure about a lonely robot and its destiny. You solve puzzles, investigate what happened and encounter dangerous enemies as you uncover the fate of Earth after a global catastrophe.

A changing account of the catastrophe

In 1968, scientists warned that industrial pollution was damaging the ozone layer and could bring stronger ultraviolet radiation, new deserts and lower crop yields. By 2006, some experts described the ozone-hole threat as part of political and economic conflict rather than a direct danger to humanity. In 2048, news reports called the ecological catastrophe seemingly irreversible and warned people to avoid direct sunlight unless necessary.

By 2054, radiation-driven migration from affected regions had become a serious world-security problem. In 2056, Delta Dynamics proposed using its robots to restore the ozone layer in the most dangerous areas, with more than $2 trillion allocated from the Reserve Fund. An intercepted message from an unknown year consists of binary code and was picked up by a trading ship heading to cube А3К5 in the Milky Way.