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.
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.
Multiple branching paths
Meaningful choices
Permanent death per run
Randomized outcomes through Luck tests
Turn-based combat encounters
Inventory and resource management
Multiple endings (both tragic and victorious)
A single run lasts around 40 minutes, but uncovering all paths, secrets and endings will take far longer.
Combat is resolved in classic gamebook fashion:
Compare Skill
Roll to determine advantage
Risk your Luck to deal more damage — or suffer the consequences
Push your luck too far… and the sea will claim you.
Experience:
Hand-illustrated dark maritime backgrounds
Narrated story segments
Stylized parchment interface
A haunting, minimalist soundtrack
The sea does not crash here.
It breathes.
Or will you answer the bell?