Hearthhold

Keep the fire burning through the longest night.

The snow came early and the wraiths came with it. Gather firewood out in the dark, carry it home to feed the hearth, throw embers at the wraiths, and plant lanterns to push the dark back. Survive from 22:00 until dawn.

Made for CodeRook: it runs in the browser with nothing to install. Open index.html through any web server, or play it on its CodeRook page.

Controls

Music, sound and reduced motion can be set on the title and pause screens; the choices are remembered.

How the night works

• The hearth's light shrinks as its fuel burns. Each piece of firewood you carry home adds fuel; when the fire is full, spare logs stack in a pile beside it and feed the fire as it burns down.
• Now and then a copper log washes up among the wood: copper driftwood, salted from the wreck. It feeds the fire like any log, and for a few seconds the hearth burns green.
• Wraiths burn in any light and slow down in it. If one reaches the hearth it smothers the flames.
• You lose warmth in the dark and when a wraith touches you, and get it back near the fire or a lantern.
• The night ends at 06:00. If the hearth goes out or you freeze first, the night wins.

Files

index.html     page, HUD, settings and screens
css/style.css  look of the HUD and screens
js/audio.js    loads and mixes the music, ambience and effects with Web Audio
js/game.js     the game: world, lighting, wraiths, input and the night clock
audio/         music, ambience and effects (OGG with MP3 fallback)

Made with CodeRook. © ACCA Gaming Productions. Music and sound effects generated with ElevenLabs.