You knew this day would come. But this isn't about you. It's about Friday July 28, 2023. The day Endlight, after several false starts, finally releases. You're incredibly self centered. I think we all know you're going to buy Endlight. Proof: You're reading this. The problem isn't you. The problem is all of your friends who don't know about Endlight, and are upset with you for not telling them. [hr][/hr]What's new? Only EVERYTHING Forget the Endlight you knew and loved, it's dead. It's been replaced by Endlight.

• Real time lighting - check out those annoying GIFs!
• Volumetric fog
• Optimized for SteamDeck (it's SWEET)
• 16 FREE DLC Seasons (400+ levels)
• Improved post-processing colour (LUTs)
• Improved framerate, somehow still 60fps+ in 4K (120fps+ at 1080p)
• Improved collisions
• More particles, plus more particles, and some more particles
• More user controlled configurations
• Extra spectacular Outside levels
• Redesigned the "Yearly Challenge", now titled "Earn The Right To Replay"

This is great news for you! But for me... FOR ME it means redoing the video and screenshots for both the Steam page and the website. The trailer also needs to be recreated, but since it confused people perhaps god is telling me something. "What about the demo? Do you need to build a new one?" Yes and No. Yes I need to build a new one. No because I removed it. [hr][/hr]
Anything else? Only EVERYTHING Steam Keys You want one? I've got 400 for people who can spread the word. aka. reviewers, press, streamers, influencers, people of great moral fibre Are you that people? E-mail jim@bigpants.ca before we e-mail you (and you know we'll find you). Note: No natzis. Day Of The Devs - 10th Anniversary After years of submitting, in Nov. 2022 Endlight made the DOTD cut (and that version had no real time lighting!). On Nov. 5 2022 DOTD displayed Endlight at the San Francisco midway! A day before flying out I got sick and couldn't attend. They wouldn't cancel my hotel, but they did give me a credit. So looks like I'll be visiting the midway this year to ... I'm not sure. Tik Tok Last year, in a desperate effort to reach the kids, I created 30 hilarious TikTok videos. I consider the experiment a success. If you don't find them hilarious, don't worry .... I only did most of the work on Endlight. Steam Deck Did I mention we optimized Endlight for the Steam deck? It's a lovely device. I was shocked at how user friendly it is, and how good Endlight looked and played on the small screen. Tiny Endlight is a different experience, yet somehow still awesome. I tip my hat to those Steam goofballs. Worth noting we've created a native Linux build for Steam Deck. Proton is for fools. Amazing Let's Play ZeroFrameGaming plays the now-outdated Endlight demo and it's my FAVOURITE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y_a9P6A6gI Real Time Lighting and Volumetric Fog Learnings After a lot of work to enable these, It turns out that some Endlight levels look TERRIBLE with real time lighting and volumetric fog. So we needed to let each level decide whether to turn them on or off. Dynamically swapping between Endlight's original ultra-optimized shaders and Unity's PBR surface shaders was hard, but ensuring the two sets of shaders produced the same overall look (lighting, lit textures, colouring, bloom) was even harder. And we're charging what, 15 bucks?! Hidden Machine Hidden Machine says "You need to check this game out!" finalspiral replies "looks cool" Post Processing Colour Endlight's secret has always been post processed colour via look-up textures (LUTs). Last year we bought 200 more, tweaked them, and sprinkled them liberally across the levels. If you like your dish without salt, Endlight is not for you. [hr][/hr]
Remember when you said we'd never make it? You're looking pretty stupid right now. I wish I was a mirror so you could see the look on your beautiful face. WASN'T ENDLIGHT SUPPOSED TO RELEASE JULY 2022 Wasn't it Miyamoto who said, "a great game never releases."

[ 2023-06-10 23:08:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Break through and outlast shifting, twisting, chaos and whatnot
Endlight is the most chaotic game ever made. It's also strangely relaxing and quite funny. The gameplay is simple: Get 10 hoops and head to the next level. It needs to be simple because the visuals are overwhelming, and you're forced to constantly smash through everything to get those hoops. Hoops give you shields, shields let you smash, now you're getting it! Can you stay calm in a hurricane? Endlight is for you. Does a slight breeze instill fear? Endlight is also for you.



Endlight ships with 200 levels that CANNOT be replayed. Who wants to replay? Not you,. Every month in 2024 another 25 FREE levels will be released (300 more total). Spoiler: Those can't be replayed either. Even though you're terrible, we guarantee you'll beat all 500 levels. That's ~25 hours of your life.

News Flash
Season 8 (FREE) released Dec. 1, 2023 and it rules
Season 9 (FREE) releases Jan. 1, 2024. It will also rule

"The Right To Replay" Challenge
On December 9, 2024 you will have ONE CHANCE to earn "The Right To Replay". Open Endlight anytime that day and you'll receive a special challenge. Should you beat that challenge, you will win a coupon to replay the game. Otherwise you'll need to wait another year to try again.
"Cancel Christmas momma, we already got our present!"

• Hand crafted procedural generation
  
• 1 Player 30,000 particles 120,000 cubes
  
• 4K 120+fps Multi-Threaded
  
• Incredible on SteamDeck (60fps with most effects, 30fps with everything)
  
• Everything moves, everything rotates, everything intimidates
  
• Spectacular first person "Outside" levels (see video)
  
• "Surprise Chats" featuring the worst story in videogame history
  
• The Unstuck Guarantee - struggling to complete a level? we discard it!
  
• Ultra streamlined user interface - you can't even choose levels
  
• Supports controllers, keyboard + mouse, mouse only, and keyboard only (OG Doom 4Evah)
  
• Tweak everything including FOV, chaos, difficulty, performance, flashing
  
• Everything has been sacrificed to fill your screen - there are no empty spaces
  
• Never gets faster, only denser (like you)
  
• Not a game, an assault
  
• You'll Learn Nothing