Foton

early stage

A quiet pixel-art game. Foton, a small figure of light, walks through a cold void, and the world shows where his light falls. Still scenes, played with the mouse.

Pixel art: a huge dark wooden chair on a starry, rainy plain; under its seat a warm light, and in it a small red figure with glowing hair. — Scene two in the game engine, October 2026.

The plan

Chapter one has three scenes: coming out of the dark, rain under a chair, the mirror. The path leads to the mirror. The first milestone is chapter one playable from a link.

What exists

The hero and his sprites: walking left and right, standing, seen from the back, and twelve versions of his look. Scene two is drawn layer by layer in Aseprite and has been moved into Godot, the engine of the game. Its first playable version is being tried now.

What it is measured against

Machinarium, Samorost, Gorogoa, The Longing, and the cartoons of Ivan Maximov.

Devlog

6 Oct 2026start

The game is back in work. Scene two moved from Aseprite into Godot, layer by layer.

2025pause

The game stopped and waited for co-developers.

2025scene

Scene two, under the chair, drawn in Aseprite, with a 35-second clip and the line “Boundless space, and I… under a chair”.

Dec 2024idea

The spine of the story: twelve steps of one journey.