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Lantern
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The Lantern

A tiny engine for hand-made interactive adventures โ€” pick a thing up, carry it, and change the world with it. Point and click, by lamplight.

Every Lantern tale is provably winnable โ€” and provably softlock-free. A solver re-derives a winning path before the tale ships, and proves the dawn is always still ahead of you. Wander freely.

The tales
The Lamplighter

Dusk, and not one lamp lit โ€” and the morning waits on the lamps now. Walk the round, lowest to highest, and let the dawn answer.

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The Ferryman

A river with no far side, a hooded ferryman, and a toll to be found. Read the old tablet, stoop, and be ferried.

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The Clockmaker

Midnight, and the great regulator has stopped โ€” the town's hours with it. Light the pit, find the keys, and set the clock beating again.

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A foundation, not a one-off. The engine is written once; the tales, forever.

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