The eerie launch trailer for Lightmatter, a creepy Portal-ish first-person puzzle game where shadows equal death, has arrived (watch it above), and it explains exactly what lightmatter is in the game’s fiction and where it came from.

For more, check out the gallery of screenshots below, and if you missed the announcement trailer last month (which showcases a bit more gameplay), you can watch that too.

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Lightmatter launches on Steam for PC on January 15.

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Source: IGN.com Lightmatter (Portal-y First-Person Puzzle Game) Gets Creepy Launch Trailer