Remix: The Lamplighter

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Build a small, playable browser game inspired by "The Lamplighter" (genre not listed).
Concept: Keep the lights burning. Watch who comes home. You are a lamplighter in a snow-covered town where darkness hides more than it seems. Maintain the street lamps, watch the townspeople, and face what emerges at night. Made for Ludum Dare 60: Old Tech. The theme is at the heart of….
Tech: use an HTML5 canvas with plain JavaScript for a simplified 2D learning remix; keep it to a single page that loads instantly with no login or install.
Controls: keyboard and mouse on desktop, shown on a short how-to-play screen.
Players: start single-player (the original's player count is not stated in its listing).
Steps: 1) get the core mechanic playable with placeholder shapes, 2) add win/lose conditions and restart, 3) polish feel, visuals and sound, 4) add your own twist (setting, character or one new rule).
Make it your own: don't copy the original's name, art, text or code.

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Build, publish and optional polish

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