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Self-luminance

Video game concept

The protagonist, for some obscure reason, emits light around him- or herself. Usually done as substitution of awareness or ability to pick up cues (silhouettes, sounds, sound occlusion, touch, and such) on what's near you in low light situations.

65
games
15
platforms
Dark Souls II (Windows)
Dark Souls II
WIN 2014-04-24
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (Windows)
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
WIN 2015-04-01
Bound by Flame (Windows)
Bound by Flame
WIN 2014-05
DuckTales: Remastered (Windows)
DuckTales: Remastered
WIN 2013-08-13
Divinity: Original Sin (Windows)
Divinity: Original Sin
WIN 2014-06-30
Darkwood (Windows)
Darkwood
WIN 2017-07-17
DuckTales: Remastered (PlayStation 3)
DuckTales: Remastered
PS3 2013-08
Diablo (Macintosh OS Classic)
Diablo
MAC 1996-12
Ys: The Oath in Felghana (Windows)
Ys: The Oath in Felghana
WIN 2005
Tokyo Jungle (PlayStation 3)
Tokyo Jungle
PS3 2012-06
Diablo II: Resurrected (Nintendo Switch)
Diablo II: Resurrected
SWTC 2021-09-23
Wake (Windows)
Wake
WIN 2010-03
Especially interesting in cases where the protagonist does not carry any identifiable light sources.

Common in top-down games where awareness of immediate surroundings is harder to deliver than in 1st or 3rd person games via other means. Such as lighting differences in the environment don't reveal silhouettes.

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The first Self-luminance video game was released on December 1996.

Blizzard, Kalypso Media Digital and Capcom published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 29
Linux 12
Mac OS X 4
Mac OS Classic 3
PS3 3
Pandora 3
X360 2
PS4 2
PS5 1
Xbox One 1
Xbox Series X 1
PS 1
Wii U 1
Android 1
Switch 1