- Touch
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Controller
- Works on phones
Lantern Festival
Bounce a firefly from your boat to light every lantern over the river.
Steer a little boat on the river at night and bounce a firefly up to light the paper lanterns strung across the sky. A level is done when every lantern glows. Ten nights at ten places along the river bring thick-paper lanterns that need more than one touch, stone lanterns that never light, fireworks, gifts, keys, flickering lanterns and lanterns that drift. Play the festival at your own pace, see how far the endless river takes you, or try tonight's display, the same three levels for everyone.
Made by AYF.
Scoreboards
Endless river. Best scores of signed-in players. Scores come from players’ own devices, so this is a friendly competition, not a record.
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How to play
Light every lantern except the stone ones to finish the level. Where the firefly lands on the boat sets its angle.
- Steer the boat
- Arrow keys or A and D
- Send the firefly, use the poles
- Space
- Pause
- Esc or P
- Steer the boat
- Controller: Left stick or D-pad
- Send the firefly, use the poles
- Controller: A
- Pause
- Controller: Start
- Steer the boat
- Drag anywhere
- Send the firefly up
- Tap
- Use the lighting poles
- Hold a finger down
All controls
Keyboard
- Steer the boat
- Arrow keys or A and D
- Send the firefly, use the poles
- Space
- Pause
- Esc or P
- Steer the boat
- Controller: Left stick or D-pad
- Send the firefly, use the poles
- Controller: A
- Pause
- Controller: Start
Touch
- Steer the boat
- Drag anywhere
- Send the firefly up
- Tap
- Use the lighting poles
- Hold a finger down
Press Esc to pause. Press Shift and Tab to reach the game controls on this page.
About this game
- Status
- Showcase: a complete game
- Made by
- Made by AYF
- Published
- 6 November 2026, version 1
- Made with
- HTML, JavaScript
- AI assistance
- Built with AI assistance: code
- Suitable for
- Everyone
- Licence
- Copyright AYF. Published by AYF.
- Known issues
- Keys cannot be remapped. Gamepad play was tested with a simulated pad, not real hardware. A few of the walled levels, such as Spiral and Hedge Maze, can take ten minutes or more. On a phone held upright the 16:9 frame makes the field small; Full screen in Settings helps.
Technical details
- Download
- About 0.3 MB before play
- Runs in
- Current Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, on phones and computers
- Sandbox
- Strict: no storage, no network, no pop-ups
