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Review
Mr. Webster, the lighthouse keeper, has asked you to take care of his lighthouse while he is away. Are you up for the job?
According to the publication notes, this is the authors’ first game, and it certainly bears a lot of the telltale signs of a first game. The map is small, the descriptions are unhelpful, and the coding is a little buggy. While the concept of having to take care of an isolated lighthouse all by your lonesome sounds like fertile ground for a story, the entire game can be finished in about 15 turns, which squanders any narrative potential.
Even more unfortunate is the fact that this also appears to be the authors’ only game. We all have to start somewhere, and while I will admit to being unimpressed with pretty much every aspect of The Lighthouse, I can’t really fault someone for wanting to show off something that they made. I just wish that they had put more time and effort into it.
If nothing else, I hope that The Lighthouse serves as a reminder that we all have to learn to walk before we can run.
