Mistlight — A Quiet Puzzle at Sea

A little light. A long way home.

The islands have gone dark. Turn the forgotten lightways, wake the lanterns, and guide a quiet coast toward morning.

Mistlight is a complete, small browser puzzle game with 18 fixed islands. Start with a 3 × 3 network and work your way toward a 6 × 6 archipelago. Every island is open from the start: explore in order, or choose your own route.

Carry the light

Click or tap a tile to rotate it. Connect every lightway to the fixed golden source, leaving no open ends. Light travels through matching openings; connected lanterns glow, and pink dots mark unfinished connections.

• 18 islands with a short keeper's journal and a final ending.
• No timer or lives. Undo, restart or use a hint to align one tile.
• Local progress saves and best-turn records for attempts without hints.
• English and Simplified Chinese available in the game.
• Optional gentle synthesized sound. Muted by default.
• No account, ads or external game services.

Controls

Mouse / touch: click or tap to rotate clockwise. Right-click to reverse.
Keyboard: Tab to the board, arrow keys to move, Enter / Space / E to rotate clockwise, Q to reverse.

Play for free; support if you like

The full 18-island browser game is free to play. A voluntary contribution is welcome if you enjoy the journey. Payment does not unlock extra levels. An offline ZIP is also available: unzip it and open index.html.

About saves and compatibility

Progress stays in this browser when website storage is available. It does not sync across devices; clearing website data removes it. If saving is blocked, the game remains playable and shows a warning.

Tested in desktop Chrome, including narrow portrait and landscape layouts. Touch controls are provided; physical phones and other browsers have not been verified. The game respects reduced-motion preferences.

Credits

Made by VincentChanXX with generative AI assistance for code, original geometric vector artwork and text. No stock artwork, third-party JavaScript libraries, external font files or recorded music are bundled.

谢谢你，让灯火一直亮着。 / Thank you for keeping the lanterns burning.