The Light House Keeper

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.69
He's been tending to the beacon, feeding the lanterns, and fighting off the ghosts that want to claim his lighthouse for themselves for forty years. And he'll do it for forty more if it means his one true love makes it back to him someday. He's salty, he's grumpy, and he's hungry for vengeance (maybe a little too hungry).

He is:

Featuring original, hand-crafted music, voice acting, and art! (No AI used)

It's another dark and stormy night and you, The Keeper, must get to the top of the lighthouse to relight it by any cost. One problem: the ghosts, ghouls, and other unnamed horrors beyond your comprehension have seized this opportunity to crawl out of the depths to try and take over!

Fight through hordes of enemies to make your way up the tower, lighting your way with conveniently placed lanterns. Will you save the tower from falling into the hands of your sworn enemies? Will you finally be able to guide your long-lost love back to you?

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Instructions:
WASD to Move
Shift to Dash
G to Throw Weapon
E to Pickup Weapon
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Credits:

kenevil1: developer, gameplay design

Vinnnie: developer, gameplay design, voice

Rise12600: Lead artist, character design, environmental design, animation

HalfPintofBitter: music, voice, sound

Hungsin: 2D art, level design

nextnoon: 2D art, voice, story

Comments4

LDJam user 428140
LDJam user 42814021 Apr 2026, 01:49
ITS DARKER THAN DAVYS DORMITORY!!! Fun game! The busy backgrounds made things a little hard to see but other than that you nailed the Hotline Miami feel and the bloodsplats were sick!
LDJam user 395656
LDJam user 39565621 Apr 2026, 01:50
Nice! It was a little hard to see the braziers, but I'd imagine that's mostly due to the size of the HTML embed. other than that, feels pretty good!
LDJam user 426288
LDJam user 42628822 Apr 2026, 07:52
The character and story design are really interesting, but the setup of the case is a bit awkward. It’s not very easy to press G and E to control the weapons. 🤔
LDJam user 413537
LDJam user 41353729 Apr 2026, 19:50
Loved the vibe of this one. Weird in a very good way)

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