Lanternfall

Survive the night. Keep the lantern lit.

Lanternfall is a bite-sized pixel survivor-like (bullet heaven). Move through endless hordes while your weapons fire on their own. Collect experience gems, level up, pick from 3 random upgrades and turn a lone lantern into a storm of blades, orbs, lightning and fire. Each stage is an 8-minute run that ends with a boss.

Features

• 4 heroes: Lira the Keeper (Magic Bolt), Bram the Warden (Spirit Blade), Nyx the Moon Witch (Moon Orbs), and a secret fourth hero to unlock
• 3 stages with bosses: Moonlit Forest (Elder Treant), Sunken Crypt (Drowned Lich), Ashen Wastes (Demon of Cinders)
• 8 weapons with 5 levels each: Magic Bolt, Spirit Blade, Moon Orbs, Lantern Aura, Iron Axe, Storm Call, Frost Nova, Ember Flask
• 9 relics (passives): max HP, speed, cooldown, area, extra projectiles, pickup range, armor, damage, experience
• Permanent upgrade shop: spend gold from every run on 9 upgrades, including Revival
• Elite monsters drop treasure chests, swarm events, 6 enemy types
• Retro chiptune music and sound effects
• English and Brazilian Portuguese
• Keyboard, mouse or touch (drag anywhere to move). Progress is saved automatically

How to play

Download the ZIP, unzip it and double-click Lanternfall.html. It runs offline in any modern browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari) on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Controls: WASD / arrow keys (or drag) to move - Esc to pause - weapons attack automatically.

Try before you buy

A free browser demo with the first stage, one hero and 4 weapons is available: Lanternfall (Free Demo).

Credits

By Prof. Leonardo Gomes Guidolin. The game's code, pixel art (drawn in code), music, sound and text were created with the help of an AI assistant. No image-generation model was used. Marked as AI-assisted for transparency.