The studio

We are drawn to rules you can see working. A shadow that moves because something is standing in the way of a light is not a puzzle mechanic bolted onto a room — it is the room, behaving. When a player moves a lantern and the whole floor answers, nothing has to be explained.

So we build small systems and let them be honest. We would rather ship one idea that holds all the way down than several that only work when the player is not looking. That means our games tend to be quiet, and it means they take a while.

The name is a place we keep coming back to: the hour when the light is almost gone and every decision about where to stand suddenly matters. Our first game is a room lit by one lantern. That is not a coincidence.