Lamplight Bay

A harbour that keeps you company.
Lamplight Bay sits in a thin strip along the edge of your desktop. It's see-through, your clicks pass straight through to your work, and it quietly keeps going while you write, code, study or stream. Or drag it anywhere and pick its width.Your light, your ships.
Every lighthouse has a character, a blink pattern sailors recognise. In Lamplight Bay you compose your own from flashes, pauses and long beams, and each pattern draws different ships: fishing cutters, ferries, tea clippers, colliers, whalers, the navy, and something that only appears in the fog. Hunt for secret patterns, answer captains' requests and fill your signal book.

From jetty to harbour town.
Cargo lands on the quay and feeds smokehouses, inns, markets and workshops. Townsfolk move in, ask for things and send you on orders. Upgrade the lens, the turning gear, the jetty and the crane, and watch a lonely jetty grow into a lively port.

Four coasts to discover.
Start on the North Sea, then set out on expeditions to a fjord under the northern lights, the tropics with their rainy season and the windy Mediterranean, each with its own ships, goods and puzzles.Made to run in the background.
Day turns to night, storms roll in, shooting stars fall. Lamplight Bay uses very little CPU, keeps working while you're away (within limits) and never asks for your attention. No timers to babysit, no ads, no microtransactions.

Features
Desktop idle game: a transparent strip at the edge of your screen, or a freely placed window

Design your own lighthouse character, and each pattern attracts different ships

Around 50 ship types, secret patterns, captains' requests and a signal book full of riddles

Grow a harbour town with production chains, orders and townsfolk

4 coasts, day and night, seasons, wind and weather events

Anchor prestige and 66 Steam achievements

Pixel art, English and German