Sweet Night

While replaying Firewatch, I realized just how much changes in lighting shape the atmosphere and the scenery of a game. We’ve therefore decided to create different lighting moods, currently based on four modes: dawn, day, dusk, and night.

It’s still a work in progress, but we wanted to share one of these atmospheres with you.

As you approach the summit, your breath nearly falters. Not from exhaustion — such a thing has no place here. The northern lights spill across the sky, and a violet moon rising on the horizon strikes a dazzling contrast against them.

You step toward the warm glow of a campfire. In the frozen beauty of this night, each footfall crunches in the snow with a strangely satisfying sound — like a thousand tiny bubbles bursting beneath your feet. Far below, the hum of a sentinel drifts upward, but at this distance its drone is almost soothing.

For a moment, you forget why you are here. You could sit down, lose yourself in the spectacle for hours, and let reality fade away.

You linger by the fire for long minutes, your eyes entranced by the shimmering curtain of auroras above, before continuing on your way.