Hearthstring Eve

Hearthstring Eve is a cosy Christmas puzzle about strings of lights. It is Christmas Eve in Emberfold, and Pippa the rabbit and Tallow the owl have a pocketful of bulbs and a whole snowy village waiting to glow.

Each board is a little picture made of tiles: a tree, a wreath, a star, a stocking, a candy cane or a snowflake. Turn the tiles until every bulb is joined to its plug and no wire is left open, and the whole string lights up with a run of light from the plug to the last bulb. Every story board you finish lights a window in the village. There are no timers and no way to lose, and undo is unlimited.

Free demo (play it in your browser above)

Emberfold Hill, the whole first chapter: boards 1 to 30 with their landmarks and keepsakes, plus the daily light, endless mode and decorations. Your progress is saved in your browser.

Full game (download)

• 120 story boards in four chapters: Emberfold Hill, Biscuitbrook Bend, Pinewhistle Rise and Aurora Vale, where the midnight aurora waits
• Two colours of string from board 31 and three from board 61 (gold, red and green), with overpasses that carry two strings across each other. Bulbs also have shapes (circles, diamonds and triangles), so the colours are easy to tell apart
• Frosted tiles that stay put, twin tiles that turn together, and lanterns that tell you the right turn for a neighbouring tile
• A village that comes alive as you play: 120 windows, 24 landmarks and 24 keepsake ornaments
• Decorations and bulb styles (stars, snowflakes and candle flames) bought with coins you earn. No purchases, no ads
• A daily light that is the same for everyone, three small daily tasks, a relaxed endless mode and a journal with 35 achievements
• Hints that refill as you finish boards, and three stars for finishing within par
• Plays offline: unzip and open index.html in your browser. Gentle music and sounds are made in the game, with switches for music, sounds, glow and motion

Controls

Mouse or touch: tap a tile to turn it clockwise. Right-click, Shift-click or a long press turns it back. On large boards, swipe the table to reach the edges.
Keyboard: arrow keys choose a tile, Space turns it (Shift+Space turns it back), Z undoes, L asks a lantern.

Made with AI tools and reviewed by Trumpify Prints. Music, sounds and art are generated in code.

Make your own

Hearthstring Eve was built from one prompt: our Christmas Lights Puzzle Game Builder for Codex. Get the prompt on PromptBase and make your own version with your own village and characters: Christmas Lights Puzzle Game Builder