Light as Air

About this collection

Every game here is about being light enough for the air to carry you. You hold a button to catch the wind and let go to fall back toward the ground, and the whole game lives in that rhythm.

In Lantern Rise you lift a paper lantern up through a thunderstorm. In Thistledown and Seedfall you guide Tuft, a fluffy thistle seed, up three dusk gardens and then all the way back down one tall one. They are for anyone who wants something calm to look at with a little skill underneath, a few minutes at a time.

How to play

All three games run in the browser, so you can pick a tile and start playing on this page.

• Lantern Rise: hold to rise, let go to drift. Avoid lightning and catch fireflies to keep the flame lit.
• Thistledown: move with the arrow keys or A and D, hold jump to fluff up and glide, and steer into the warm air over the flowerpots to rise.
• Seedfall: fluff up to float, tuck in to drop fast, and collect dandelion seeds for a better time.

Two ways to play Tuft

Thistledown and Seedfall share a hero and a garden. Thistledown climbs up three gardens to the windowsill flower box. Seedfall starts at that flower box and goes the other way, down one tall garden against the clock, so the updrafts that helped you climb are now in your way.

Pick a game above to watch its trailer and play it here.

Game 1 of 3

Lantern Rise

A cozy one-button storybook climb: hold to lift a paper lantern through a thunderstorm.

Lantern Rise is a cozy, one-button storybook climb. Hold to lift a little paper lantern up through a wild thunderstorm, let go to drift on the wind, and see how high your flame can carry you.

Your flame slowly fades as you climb. Fly through drifting fireflies to keep it glowing, and watch for the rare golden firefly: one catch restores your whole flame. The storm will not make it easy. Thunderclouds glow and crackle before they strike straight down, and pairs of storm puffs throw arcs of lightning across the sky on a steady rhythm. A strike dims your flame, and the storm keeps creeping up from below, so keep rising.

Features

• One-button controls: hold to rise, let go to drift
• Made for phones: play one-handed and hold anywhere on the screen
• Six skies to climb, from Willow Hollow and Pine Ridge up to the Starlit Ceiling
• Fireflies to gather, and rare golden fireflies that refill your flame
• Thunderclouds and lightning arcs that warn you before they strike
• Wind that changes every few seconds and nudges your lantern off course
• Painterly storybook art with rain, thunder and its own music
• Online leaderboard: name your lantern and see the highest climbs

Game 2 of 3

Thistledown

Guide Tuft the thistle seed up three dusk gardens.

A cozy pixel-art platformer where you hold jump to fluff up Tuft and glide, and ride warm updrafts from the flowerpots. Dodge thorns and swooping sparrows on the way up to the windowsill flower box.

Game 3 of 3

Seedfall

Drift Tuft from the windowsill all the way down one tall dusk garden.

A cozy pixel-art descent: fluff up to float or tuck in to drop fast, threading past thorns, swooping sparrows and updrafts. Catch dandelion seeds on the way down to shave your best time.