Mavelo: Shadow Mechanics

Mavelo: Shadow Mechanics is a creative physics puzzle where light becomes your main tool.

Move light sources around miniature scenes, transform the shadows of physical objects, and capture the right projections to complete carefully designed challenges. Every change in light position can completely reshape the scene.

Control the Light

Move, rotate, and reposition light sources to manipulate the size, direction, and shape of shadows in real time.

Capture the Moment

When a shadow reaches the right position, capture it. A captured projection becomes part of the scene and remains in place while you continue moving the light.

Build your solution one shadow at a time.

Move and rotate light sources Change shadow size and direction Capture temporary shadow projections Stack multiple shadow layers Combine overlapping silhouettes Work with different projection surfaces Use reflections and split shadows Solve challenges with multiple lights

Experiment With Materials

Different surfaces change how light behaves. Paper, glass, mesh, mirrors, and frosted surfaces can create new ways to manipulate a projection.

A mirror can redirect light. A mesh can split a shadow. A frosted surface can soften its edges.

Solve Creative Challenges

Progress through challenges focused on shape, alignment, capture, sequencing, materials, reflections, layering, and multi-light compositions. Each new chapter introduces another way to control the relationship between light and shadow.

Create Your Own Compositions

Outside the main challenges, experiment with light sources, objects, and surfaces to discover unexpected shadow formations.

Replay Your Solutions

After completing a challenge, watch the full process from the initial light position to the final shadow composition.

Mavelo: Shadow Mechanics turns a simple physical phenomenon into a tactile puzzle system where moving the light changes everything.