Instructions
Lantern Lake
One quiet evening on a jetty. Cast, wait for the bobber to dip, then keep the marker on the fish while you reel. Thirty fish to find in a journal, and lantern upgrades to buy with what you catch.
- Year
- 2017
- Era
- Indie Pocket
- Genre
- Cozy / Fishing
Free, no sign-up. Keyboard, touch or gamepad.
How to play
- Up/Down pick how far to cast, A casts, hooks a bite and (held) reels.
- Left/Right + Enter buy an upgrade, B opens the journal.
- P to pause.
On touch
- Tap the water to cast there.
- Tap when the bobber dips, then hold anywhere to reel.
- Tap an upgrade to buy it.
Every run starts on the title screen. Pause any time with P or the pause button; calm mode removes flashes and screen shake.
Maker’s note
Kids' rules: a fish that gets away just swims off, there are no streaks and nothing nags. The only clock is the sunset: a fixed evening of about eight minutes. The weather and the fish come from the daily seed. Spending on upgrades never lowers your score. The journal of 30 fish is kept in your browser.
The Eracade workshop
Target scores
- 1250
- 2600
- 31,000
- 41,500
- 52,000
- 62,500
- 73,000
- 83,500
Each target is a step up. Beat them all and you have outplayed the workshop.
The Indie Pocket era, 2015–2019
Flat pastel colour, chunky friendly shapes and a hop that squashes when it lands: short runs that fit in a pocket.
High scores
The top ten runs are saved in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded unless you submit a ranked run, so clearing site data clears the table.
