Games made better.

About

We are a group of seasoned game makers from diverse gaming industry backgrounds, assembled to build a world class studio. Our ambition is to deliver globally accessible games that can be enjoyed for years to come by elegantly bringing the pleasure of deep game mechanics to a mass audience.

Our core mission

The company was founded with a desire to deliver rich, easily accessible games, which we define as being truly meaningful cooperative play experiences. Alongside that we are committed to building a culture of professional inclusion where team members are empowered and supported to deliver the group’s objectives through their individually recognised efforts and input.

Product vision

We believe now is the time to start defining the gold standard for blockchain gaming. We believe we have the passion and knowledge to steer the future of games using this technology towards a positive goal for all players.

Company and Investment History

Founded in in 2018 and initially Angel and pre-seed funded by Play Ventures. Completed a Seed Round of funding in Q1 2020 lead by Korea Investment Partners and including Dune and Play Ventures.

Our Gaming Pedigree:

We’ve worked on a wide range of games during our careers and bring this huge wealth of imagination and experience together to create First Light.

The Team

First Light combines 100+ years of experience designing AAA games for mobile, console and PC. We combine our experience and talent to create a modern, progressive and inclusive studio, using industry leading production methods along with our ingenuity to deliver accessible, deep gaming experiences to our players.

Neil McFarland

CEO - Creative Lead and Co-Founder

With 20 years experience designing for specifically for mobile and as Founder/Director of Games at ustwo games (Monument Valley, MV2, Lands End VR, Whale Trail) Neil injects high octane creative fuel into First Light projects and oversees the business.

Anil Das-Gupta

CPO - Product / Design Lead and Co-Founder

Been there, got the T-shirt. Anil has worked on some of the world’s biggest games projects and has held positions as Director of Product, Lead Designer and Product Manager on a huge range of top-tier games.

Matt Ryan

CTO and Co-Founder

Having earned his immense professional status at such top-drawer studios as Natural Motion, Lionhead and SCEE Matt now ensures that our games and tech team run with buttery smoothness.

And what a team it is: