Lanternpaw
Carry a lantern and light the island's seasons
A cute pixel-art island-building card game
Coming soon to the App Store
About the game
Seasons turn on Lanternpaw. Buildings work in their busy seasons, making goods worth shells. Each season Granny Glow's lantern lights one patch, and busy buildings in the lamplight work a night shift. Every 3 years the whale ship comes for oil money. Pay it to keep the lighthouse lit.
Each round you pick cards and place buildings and residents on the island. Who lives next to whom, which season is busiest and where the lantern shines all change how many shells you save this year.
On the island
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Lantern round and night shift
Each season, Granny Glow carries her lantern over one patch of the island. Busy buildings in the lamplight work one extra time. You decide where the light goes.
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Shells and starfish
Buildings turn goods into shells in their busy seasons. Get through Whale Day for starfish, and trade them at the Whale Market for a bigger lantern, notices and crates.
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Whale Day
Every 3 years the whale ship collects oil money. Pay it and the lighthouse stays lit. Fall short, and the light goes out.
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24 residents, 60 buildings
Squirrels, ducklings, hedgehogs, fireflies... Residents move into buildings from 8 families, so no two islands play alike.
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Four leaders
Granny Glow, Ripple, Burr and Prof. Hoo each carry a different lantern, and each changes how the lantern round plays.
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Lighthouse Log
Weathering Whale Days and Brave forecasts and clearing sea states add pages to the Log. Spend pages on entries that take effect from your next game.
Four leaders
Granny Glow
Ripple
Burr
Prof. Hoo
Screenshots
Title screen: Granny Glow with her lantern 
Buildings and residents on the island; the lamplit patch works a night shift 
The seasons turn and buildings make shells 
The island on iPad
Trial (free)
- Play the first sea state, Breeze, all the way through with Granny Glow
- The tutorial, lantern rounds, forecasts, Whale Day and the Whale Market are all in
- No timers and no limit on games
Full version (one-time purchase)
- Three more leaders: Ripple, Burr and Prof. Hoo
- Five harder sea states: Swell, Whitecaps, Rough Sea, Gale and Tempest
- Harbor family buildings and every Lighthouse Log entry
- Pages and entries from the trial are all kept
Game facts
- Platforms
- iPhone · iPad · Mac (Apple silicon)
- Languages
- 简体中文, 繁體中文, English, 日本語
- Price
- Free to try, one-time unlock for the full game
- Ads
- No ads, no tracking, no account needed
Download
Coming soon to the App Store
Once the game is out, the App Store link will be here.