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Lightbender is a bright, colorful, and fun puzzle game based on the physics of light. For PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android.

Lightbender is a bright, colorful, and fun puzzle game based on the physics of light. For PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android. Read More
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Lightbender is a bright, colorful, and fun puzzle game based on the physics of light. It’s about manipulating beams of different colored lights to hit the targets. Use prisms to split the lights, mirrors to bend the lights, lenses to combine the lights, and dark matter to invert the lights!

Lightbender comes out of the box with 240 levels (+60 exclusive levels for all Kickstarter Backers).

Place a mirror on the grid to bend the light. You can rotate mirrors to redirect the beams toward the goal.

Prisms split lights into their components. Hit multiple targets by breaking one one beam of light into multiple colors.  

  • White becomes Red, Green, and Blue. 
  • Yellow becomes Red and Green.
  • Magenta becomes Red and Blue.
  • Cyan becomes Green and Blue.

Lenses combine lights to produce a new color. Place them on the grid to transform two or three beams of light into one new color. Think of them as the opposite of prisms.

Dark Matter turns a beam of light into the opposite color.

  • Red to Cyan
  • Green to Magenta
  • Blue to Yellow 

As the levels progress in difficulty, you'll have to use all of these tools in combination with one another to hit all of the targets!

Think you've got the skills to outwit your friends? Create your own levels using one or all of the tools listed above. Submit your levels to the Lightbender database and your work could end up featured in a future (FREE) DLC level pack! The top user-created levels for each month will be featured as DLC levels for everyone to download and play.

In the meantime, share your levels instantly with friends and family. You can also save your levels on your device's Lightbender account for free play anytime.

Download Lightbender onto your phone from the App Store or Google Play to take the game with you! Sync your accounts to save your progress and continue gameplay on your mobile phone!

Lightbender will be released via Steam for PC, Mac, and Linux.

Lightbender will also be released as both a companion app for users with the Steam version and a standalone app for users without the Steam Version.

 All reward tiers include lesser reward tiers, not including duplicate rewards, limited rewards, or same price rewards, unless stated otherwise.

Example: Choosing the $20 BEST FRIENDS reward includes the $1 tier, the $10 tier, and the $20 tier, but not the $5 tier, as that has a duplicate item in it.

If you have any questions about rewards, please send us a message or post a comment on the project page.

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Already backed the project, or going to? That's wonderful! Your help means the world to us! You should go click that button too and tell all your friends about the exciting new game you're backing!

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The biggest challenge for this game is Steam Greenlight; we need a good amount of yes votes to get Greenlit (help us out and go hit the yes button!).

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    Pledge $1 or more About $1.00 USD

    SUPPORTER:

    Thanks for backing our project! Your name will appear in the credits.

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    Pledge $3 or more About $3 USD

    EARLY BIRD:

    SUPPORTER + For being early, you get a full download of the game for the desktop AND mobile platform of your choice! Get 60 additional Kickstarter-exclusive levels that will not be released to the public once the game is launched!

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    Pledge $5 or more About $5 USD

    NOT-SO-EARLY BIRD:

    SUPPORTER + You get a full download of the game for the desktop AND mobile platform of your choice! Get 60 additional Kickstarter-exclusive levels that will not be released to the public once the game is launched!

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    EARLY MUSICIAN:

    EARLY BIRD + You get a full download of the 6 track score of Lightbender! Aren't you thrilled?

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    MUSICIAN:

    NOT-SO-EARLY BIRD + You get a full download of the 6 track score of Lightbender!

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    FRIENDS:

    2 X NOT-SO-EARLY BIRD: You get two copies of Lightbender for Desktop and Mobile so you can share one with a friend!

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    Pledge $20 or more About $20 USD

    BEST FRIENDS:

    2 X MUSICIAN: You get two copies of Lightbender for Desktop and Mobile and you get two copies of the score to share with a friend!

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    ULTIMATE DIGITAL FAN:

    MUSICIAN + You get everything a fan needs to show off your love for our game, including wallpapers, cover photos, avatars, concept art, and more!

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    AUDIOPHILE:

    ULTIMATE DIGITAL FAN + You get 2 Kickstarter-exclusive bonus tracks for the score.

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    JUST FOR YOU:

    AUDIOPHILE + You get a special handmade avatar designed just for you! No two people will get the same avatar!

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    EARLY ULTIMATE FAN:

    JUST FOR YOU + You get an exclusive Kickstarter-only Lightbender T-Shirt and Baseball Cap!

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    ULTIMATE FAN:

    AUDIOPHILE + You get an exclusive Kickstarter-only Lightbender T-Shirt and Baseball Cap!

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    AREN'T YOU SPECIAL?:

    ULTIMATE FAN + We will compose an additional track in the score just for you! No two people will get the same track. (This may take a while depending on how many people choose this tier).

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    Pledge $500 or more About $500 USD

    COLLECTOR:

    AREN'T YOU SPECIAL? + An exclusive, signed, hand-numbered collector's edition of Lightbender and an exclusive, signed, hand-numbered collector's edition poster! We will only be doing one run of these, so get it while you can!

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    SPONSOR:

    You get your company name and logo featured prominently in the credits as a sponsor of Lightbender!

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    INFORMED AND INFLUENTIAL:

    COLLECTOR + Help us design our next game! We already have it in the works, and you can be a part of the early design phase by sharing your ideas!

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