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The Market of Light

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

A short game and tech demo created with Unreal Engine 5. The player is a small firefly that collects orbs of light scattered around the market. Experience a meticulously rendered world from a micro view point!

What works
  • Stunning and highly detailed graphics showcasing ue5 technology
  • Free to play tech demo
  • Relaxing and immersive visual experience
  • Good benchmark for pc hardware capabilities
  • Unique perspective as a flying firefly
Things to keep in mind
  • Very short gameplay duration
  • Clunky and unintuitive controls
  • Lack of graphics and control settings
  • High system requirements and large file size
  • No meaningful gameplay or narrative

What to play next

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

The Market of Light: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Experimenting. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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