Today I bring you another new feature, Who’s Reading My Mind, in which I scramble to take credit for an idea I’ve recently learned someone else plans to implement. Word just hit the street that Wayforward Technologies, maker of Contra 4 and Shantae, is developing a Wii Ware game called LIT. According to the press release, it’s a 3D horror puzzler about maneuvering a scary, dark environment by creating safe paths with light. That’s right, you light the way to presumably stave off whatever horrors lurk in the 3D darkness.

Well! Dudes, I had the same idea back in 2003. Here are some hastily-snapped photos from an old sketchbook.

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