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A dark gamebook-inspired RPG where your choices, luck, and blade decide what the sea keeps. Climb a cursed lighthouse and uncover the name buried beneath the bell.
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The Lighthouse of Black Salt
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The Lighthouse of Black Salt
Long ago, the lighthouse was built not to guide ships — but to bind something beneath the sea.
Now the light has gone dark.
The binding has weakened.
The Lighthouse of Black Salt is a dark fantasy interactive novel inspired by classic gamebooks in the style of Fighting Fantasy.
Each run is a self-contained descent into a cursed coastal town and the dead lighthouse above it.
Every decision matters.
Some paths lead to truth. Some lead to death.
And death is permanent.
⚓ A Narrative-Driven Roguelike Adventure
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Multiple branching paths
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Meaningful choices
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Permanent death per run
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Randomized outcomes through Luck tests
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Turn-based combat encounters
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Inventory and resource management
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Multiple endings (both tragic and victorious)
A single run lasts around 40 minutes, but uncovering all paths, secrets and endings will take far longer.
🎲 Test Your Skill. Test Your Luck.
Combat is resolved in classic gamebook fashion:
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Compare Skill
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Roll to determine advantage
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Risk your Luck to deal more damage — or suffer the consequences
Push your luck too far… and the sea will claim you.
🌊 Atmosphere & Presentation
Experience:
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Hand-illustrated dark maritime backgrounds
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Narrated story segments
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Stylized parchment interface
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A haunting, minimalist soundtrack
The sea does not crash here.
It breathes.
Will you restore the light?
Or will you answer the bell?
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