Linelight

Linelight

Released Jan 2017

Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.

96% positive · 1,109 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Linelight launched on January 30, 2017 as a self-contained minimalist puzzle-adventure game. The store description presents it as a complete experience featuring 250+ puzzles across 6 worlds, with no mention of planned expansions or ongoing content. After launch, the developer shipped one post-launch content update: a free speed-run mode on January 31, 2018, celebrating the game's first birthday. In that same post, the developer explicitly stated "Zorro and I will now get back to work on our next game" — a clear signal that active development on Linelight had concluded. An earlier February 2017 announcement had teased a new game mode called "The Lavaboard," and the January 2018 speed-run update most plausibly represents that promised content being delivered. The only DLC listed is the game's official soundtrack, which released the day after launch. There are no unreleased DLC items, no season pass, and no roadmap pointing to future content. The game's sole developer made an explicit statement of intent to move on to a new project, and there has been no developer communication about Linelight since January 31, 2018. The game launched and was completed as a finished product with one post-launch bonus update.
Evidence
Developer shipped a free speed-run update for the game's first birthday, then explicitly stated 'Zorro and I will now get back to work on our next game' — signaling the end of Linelight content development.
news post · Jan 31, 2018 source development ending
high
Developer announced a new game mode called 'The Lavaboard' was in development. This was plausibly fulfilled by the speed-run update shipped in January 2018.
news post · Feb 13, 2017 source content planned
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Jan 2017

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
My Dog Zorro
Achievements
25
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game


Linelight is a refreshingly inventive, minimalist puzzle-adventure game. It takes the wildly simple premise of "What if everything takes place on a line?" and rockets it into outer space.

Each mechanic is immediately understandable, then gradually combined with familiar elements, leading to an exponentially large array bursting with puzzles, each with a one-of-a-kind solution.

There’s no jump button. There’s no shoot button. The way you move creates a universe of possibilities and one mind-bending experience.

Guide Dash across the game’s rich, clean, and relaxing worlds; Linelight simulates the experience of getting an A+ on an exceptionally hard test while receiving a back massage.

The gameplay is simultaneously unique and intuitive enough that gamers, non-gamers, your technology-illiterate relatives, tweens, rocket scientists, a potato with googly eyes and toothpicks for arms, and even line connoisseurs are all on the same playing field of challenge.*

Welcome to the world of Linelight.

*Okay, maybe not the potato.

Key Features

  • Bask in the soft glow of a world made out of straight lines.
  • Experience 6 hours of pure, unadulterated gameplay.
  • Solve more than 250 unique puzzles across 6 unique worlds.
  • Enjoy a Zen-like, ethereal soundtrack, and enter a state of flow.
  • Explore the intricacies of each world to uncover secret challenges.


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