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A calm puzzle of light

Lanternity

Send paper lanterns down the river and light a sleeping city, one window at a time.

Best with sound · No accounts, no ads, no tracking.

Night map

The river is crowded

Every mooring is taken

A lantern came back with light to spare and had nowhere to tie up.

Paused

Settings Sound Slow river Shapes on windows Helping hand Calmer effects Keyboard labels

How to play

About

Lanternity

A free game from Guilt Free Games. Every city can be lit, undo is always free, and there are no timers, lives or ads.

Privacy

No accounts, no ads and no tracking. The game sends nothing anywhere once the page has loaded. Your progress and settings are saved only in this browser on this device. Clearing this site’s data in your browser erases them. Safari may also clear them if you haven’t played for a while; adding the game to your home screen prevents that.

Credits

Lettering in Nunito by Vernon Adams, Cyreal and Jacques Le Bailly. The font is used under the SIL Open Font License and is built into the game. The music and sound effects are made in your browser as you play.

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How to play

Tap a lantern in the boathouse. It drifts down the river and lights windows of its own color, the lowest window in each building first.
Its number is how many windows it can light. Light left over ties it up at a mooring; tap it to send it again.
Light every window to finish the city. If every mooring is full when a lantern comes back, the night ends.
Gold moorings: keep to them for three stars; a little over still earns two. Undo is always free.
Stuck? The lantern button at the top right suggests a move. Turn on Helping hand in the menu to have one offered whenever you pause.
On a keyboard, 1–4 send a lantern from each stack, Q W E R T send one from each mooring, Z undoes, H shows a hint and Esc pauses.

Along the way

Lighting the streets…

Turn your phone upright

The city needs a tall screen. Your lanterns are paused and waiting.