Lantern

About the game

Lantern drops you into a pitch-black meadow with a small lantern and a field full of fireflies. Every firefly you catch is a point, and it also makes your light bigger. A bigger light shows you more of the map, but everyone can see it from anywhere, and that makes you the obvious target.

Hold the dim button and your lantern goes out. You move a little slower and see only a few steps around you, but rivals see nothing more than a faint shimmer when you slip into their light. Touch a lit rival while dimmed and you steal half of their fireflies in a burst of light. Your meter only lasts four seconds, so pick the moment carefully.

Every three seconds all the fireflies pulse at once, a wave of light that sweeps the meadow and shows you where to go next. Rounds last two minutes, and in the final fifteen seconds every steal takes even more. Play against one to three computer opponents on three difficulty levels, right in your browser.

How to play

1. Catch fireflies. Each one is a point and makes your light bigger.
2. Every 3 seconds all fireflies pulse, so you can see where they are.
3. Hold DIM to turn your light off. You are slower, but rivals only see a faint shimmer.
4. Touch a lit rival while dimmed to steal half their fireflies (60% in the last 15 s).
5. Most fireflies after 2 minutes wins.

Controls

Computer

Steer toward the mouse cursor or use WASD / arrow keys. Hold the mouse button or Space to dim.

Phone & tablet

Drag anywhere to steer with the virtual stick. Hold the DIM button at the bottom right to dim.

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