Slow Glow 🐌

Slow Glow is a short puzzle game made for the Global Game Jam 2026, following the theme MASK.

You play as a firefly guiding sleeping snails through a forest at night. Snails are attracted to light, but staying exposed for too long gets them predated by hawks. Your goal is to mask light sources to keep snails safe while they move.

Gameplay

• Guide snails by controlling light
• Mask light sources using the environment
• Play at your pace, wake up snails when you are ready,  and whatch them fall asleep when they reach safe glow
• Timers track how long a snail stays exposed
• If time runs out, a hawk attacks

Puzzle solutions are about visibility, timing, and shadow, not combat.

Theme: MASK

The theme is implemented by:

• Masking light instead of removing it
• Controlling what snails and predators can see
• Using darkness as a protective layer

Jam Info

• Jam: Global Game Jam 2026
• Engine: Godot
• Duration: More than 48 hours  (about 80)
• Status: Jam prototype

Links

• 🌍 Global Game Jam page: https://globalgamejam.org/games/2026/slow-glow-3

Credits

Several awesome assets have been used for the game:

• CrayonLibre font by GGBot — License: CC0 1.0 Universal
• Board Game Icons (1.1) by Kenney — License: CC0
• Graveyard Kit (5.0) by Kenney — License: CC0
• Platformer Kit (4.0) by Kenney — License: CC0
• Leaf model by dravid1852 — License: CC-BY-4.0
• Snail model “Leminha (Pet)” by LessaB3D — License: CC-BY-4.0
• Firefly model “Lowpoly Firefly” by Caledhril — License: CC-BY-4.0
• Hawk model “Red-tailed Hawk – in Flight” by osuecampus — License: CC-BY-4.0
• Gameplay songs by 1144ghost — Informed use
• Cicadas sound by NOX Sounds — License: CC0
• Deep whoosh FX by Orange Free Sounds — Free use
• Fly buzzing by SoundBible — License: Attribution 3.0 Unported
• Hawk sound by Orange Free Sounds — Free use
• RPG Essentials SFX Free by HZSMITH — Free use
• Free Casual Game FX One Shot by Drtwelele — Free use

UI images and menus generated using AI.