Observed arrival · 2026-10-30
I Am the Light: A Lighthouse-Keeper Playtest
A free browser story game about keeping a lighthouse on a Maine island in 1984, with twenty days of duties, radio calls, and decisions.
○Open
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$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Players of atmospheric narrative games
- Worth noticing
- The logbook writes each night in Gordon’s voice, drawing on what the player actually did.
Field notes
The daily routine includes winding clockwork, cleaning salt from the lens, logging weather, and handling a cracked lantern-room pane. Radio characters include a lobsterman, a storekeeper taking orders, a boy learning the radio, and Gordon’s wife, who calls on Fridays. A sample keeper’s log shows the game turning those encounters into first-person entries, including a checkers loss Gordon pretends not to mind.
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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