Light guides

Video game concept

Fairly standard way to direct players to the right place is by placing bright lights near where the player needs to go, often facing towards the move direction. Alternatively colored lights that differ from other lights.

8
games
4
platforms

Alternate names: Guiding lights, Light shows the way, Lighting cues

Conversely this involves making the wrong direction darker.

This tag is for games where this is particularly obvious, not for the subtler variety where a lighter colored screen element leads to the target when it's not distinct like a spotlight set to point where you need to go.

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Games by year

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The first Light guides video game was released on May 13, 2016.

Bethesda Softworks and Playdead published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 3
Xbox One 2
PS4 2
Switch 1