Player's Handbook · Chapter 1

Welcome

About the game: Light in the Dark

The Light in the Dark play system was designed to adapt Forged in the Dark TTRPG mechanics to a single-player, AI GM game. If you are familiar with Forged in the Dark, you'll know some of its strengths:

  • Mechanics are designed to keep the story rollicking along
  • The player is a co-author and has mechanical controls to shape the fiction - at a cost

This version of the game is simplified to the core loops, with a custom and streamlined advancement system to make it fully setting agnostic. You aren't tied to specific character sheet designs or playbooks.

Manual updated Jul 29, 2026.