Emberwick: Relaxing Arcade

Flick a glowing ember down a dark canal and light the paper lanterns.

The wind is shown before every throw, so a miss is always yours to fix. It locks the moment you release and never changes mid-flight. Miss three and the night ends.

One thumb, portrait, no sound needed. An attempt takes two to four seconds, which is about the length of a red light — it was built to be played standing up on a moving train, with one hand on the rail.

A DAILY CHALLENGE, FREE FOR EVERYONE
The same board for everyone, every day: the same lanterns, the same winds, one attempt. It visits a different place each day and you can play it whether or not you own that place. Compare it on the Game Center leaderboard, then come back tomorrow for a new one.

FOUR PLACES
• Night Canal — paper lanterns on dark water, koi under the surface, a torii gate at the far end. Free, and complete
• Orbit — a launch corridor under a gas giant. Beat your best and the vehicle on the pad goes up
• Amazonia — a night river in closed forest, lighting rafts adrift among the crocodiles
• Midtown — a New York back alley under the Manhattan skyline, with an elevated train crossing the gap at the end

One purchase opens Orbit, Amazonia, Midtown and every place added later.

WHAT IT DOES NOT DO
• No ads. Not between runs, not anywhere
• No currency, no upgrades, no energy to wait on
• Nothing you buy changes the throw — the physics is identical everywhere
• No account and no servers of ours. It has never sent anything anywhere
• Works with no signal

Chain hits for x2, x3, x5. Beat your best and the place answers: fireworks over the canal, a launch in orbit, a flotilla of lights down the river.