The Lantern's Oath

Controls

• Arrow keys or A / D: move
• Z, W, Space or Up: jump (release early for a short hop)
• Down: crouch, ducks under the Machine's beam
• Down + jump: drop through a platform
• X, K or Enter: throw the glimmer (crouched or Down: throw low)
• Hold X after a throw, then release: charged glimmer, 3 damage, pierces
• C, L or Shift: dodge roll, invulnerable while rolling
• Esc or P: pause and options (music, effects, language)
• M: sound

On a phone, use the on-screen buttons.

What you will meet

• One big map, eight zones in a row: the Waking, the Ledges, the Descent of the Roots, the Pilgrims' Gong, the Deep Path, Serrure's Tavern, the Graveyard of Machines, the Arena.
• The Pack: wolf-shaped masses of ash that sleep by the deep paths and throw themselves at any light. Crouched, your lantern hides: you can slip past. A charged glimmer on a sleeping beast hits twice as hard.
• The Sleepers: cocooned in the roots. A blow or a lingering light wakes them; they are slow but tough. Ash moths fly to your lantern. Glowing beetles crawl the ground: throw low or stomp them.
• The Scaled Ones watch from the shadows and vanish when approached: they are not enemies. The polite jellyfish of the pit serve as platforms. The roots of the Source Tree break through the moss after a tremor.
• The pilgrims' gong and Serrure's tavern mend the armour and serve as checkpoints. At Serrure's, three lilies are worth a heart. The Machine, at the end of the graveyard, stomps, fires a beam and calls the beetles at half health.
• Esc opens the in-game options: music, sound effects, language (French or English), controls. Three hits and the armour sinks into the moss. Lanterne never speaks.