Shardlight

About

Shardlight is a point-and-click adventure game set in a crumbling post-apocalyptic world. You play as Amy Wellard a young woman working for the government in exchange for a chance at a life-saving vaccine. As resources are hoarded by the elite Amy navigates a dangerous landscape filled with desperate survivors decaying infrastructure and oppressive authorities. The game blends exploration dialogue-driven choices and resource management as you uncover secrets about the world's collapse and search for a cure. Your decisions impact relationships and outcomes shaping Amy's path through a society on the brink of collapse. The game's stark setting and moral dilemmas stand out painting a world where survival often means making impossible choices. With sharp writing and atmospheric visuals Shardlight builds on the strengths of Wadjet Eye Games' earlier titles like Technobabylon and Gemini Rue. Players praise its layered storytelling and the weight of its consequences making it a memorable entry in the adventure genre. Available on PC Mac and Linux since 2016.

Storyline

The world ended on the day the bombs fell. Since then, it’s always been like this: disease, hunger, death. The ruling Aristocrats — a faceless oligarchy that controls all resources — have unchallenged authority. There’s never enough food, water, or vaccine to go around. The rich receive regular doses of vaccinations in exchange for their unconditional government support. The poor live in fear, superstition, and squalor until they die. Amy Wellard, a young woman reluctantly working for the government to qualify for the vaccine lottery, believes there’s a cure — and she’s going to find it. Even if it costs her her life.