Coming 27 Oct 2026
Pixel Nightshift: The Vesta Protocol
You work the night shift at a robot logistics facility. Ten nights. Two endings.
NorthLightPixels
Short pixel-art horror you can finish in one sitting.
A one-person studio making horror stories you can finish in a single sitting.
Our game
One short story
Built in Godot at 320×180, finished in one sitting.
Psychological horror
Pixel Nightshift: The Vesta Protocol
You are the night shift operator at Vesta Robotics. The job is simple: read the terminal, pull parts from the dark warehouse, pack the cargo, load the truck. The routine holds for a while. Then small things stop matching the paperwork.
The night shift
Distant echoes fill an empty facility. Inside there is only you, the terminal, and crates waiting to be dispatched.
A rigid routine
Read orders, collect parts, pack the cargo, load the truck. A structure that slowly begins to fracture.
System verification
Nine protocol mini games gate each shift. They test your focus, and the system grows more erratic every night.
The unraveling
Shifted boxes, flickering lights, figures in the dark. Small choices ripple forward into one of two endings.
- Release
- 27 October 2026
- Length
- 30 to 45 minutes
- Platform
- PC (Windows)
- Engine
- Godot 4 · 320×180
- Languages
- 11 — English audio, subtitles in all
- Endings
- Two
Content notice: psychological horror, jump scares, flashing lights, and mild pixel-art violence against machines. No gore, nudity, or self-harm.
AI disclosure: generative AI tools were used during development for pre-rendered assets — pixel art that was then edited and refined by hand, character voiceovers, and code. All of it is static in the game files. Nothing is generated live during play.
About
One person, one studio
NorthLightPixels is a one-person studio. One person decides what goes in, and what stays out.
We make short games on purpose. A game you finish in one sitting and keep thinking about afterwards is worth more than a long one you never finish. Built in Godot, at 320×180.
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- Studio
- NorthLightPixels
- Founded
- 2025
- Engine
- Godot 4
- Platform
- PC (Windows)
- Title
- Pixel Nightshift: The Vesta Protocol (27 Oct 2026)
- Contact
- [email protected]
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