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A teachable moment, March 22, 2023by dogdennings 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. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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A short coding exercise about a lighthouse, February 10, 2016by MathBrush This is a game I played last year. You have 3 doors, 4 rooms, two keys, a container, and a button. Nothing is hidden, there are some typos, and the authors manually insert the winning text into the game without actually ending the game. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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This review is longer than the game, April 15, 2015by dosgamer Let's see, 27 moves in four minutes. That speed typing in high school really did the trick. Believe it or not, there is a Brass key and a Crystal key. Guess which one opens which door. Well, that is not hard since finding the keys is linear. The entire four minutes is three to four containers and the game would not last that long except for the number of non-consequential items (e.g. a desk) that do nothing, contain nothing, and cannot be acted upon in any way shape or form. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (1) - Add comment
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Not spectacular, but I have seen worse, December 8, 2013by Simon Deimel (Germany) This little game is not a challenge for anyone -- finding keys and the corresponding doors right after that; no further implementations, no real story. But going through it did not hurt me, and finally there is a good will behind this game, as opposed to others which were simply made to be annoying. I have seen much worse. And stuff of the same quality which got better ratings for reasons that I do not understand. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Not really a game--a basic exercise in IF, October 22, 2013by streever (America) I wouldn't call this a game: besides poor implementation, it features no challenges at all. You have 3 doors, and can only open one. If you can figure out what direction that door is, you can walk in it and obtain a key, which opens the other door, etc. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Examine Lighthouse, December 22, 2008by Aaron Mumaw (Appalachia) You see nothing special about The Lighthouse. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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8 people found the following review helpful:
no regrets about the five minutes spent on it, November 25, 2008by Jeremy Freese (Evanston, IL) I mean, if you go in appreciating this is the first game by somebody who is maybe 15 years old, it is a cute experience. It also made me smile to carry the button around and win in different rooms. I can't give one star to something that only took five minutes and had me amused, even if it was campy amusement. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Not IFcomp material., November 16, 2008by James Hall (UK) The Lighthouse is no doubt the authors' first game, as it's very basic and very, very short. The aim of the game is to switch on the light in a lighthouse and...uh...that's it. It's all over in about two minutes. No plot. No twists. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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13 people found the following review helpful:
An exercise in brevity, October 27, 2008The Lighthouse, submitted for the 2008 IF Competition, is probably the easiest IF game ever created. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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5 wasted minutes, October 12, 2008by Fra Enrico (Torino, Italy) What is this? A short exercise by people who are learning the inform language? If not, this is a hoax. A short, empty, hollow, meaningless adventure lasting no more than 20 actions, which steals away 5 minutes of your time in front of very brief descriptions and very few choices. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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