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Bell Rock Lighthouse was our entry in the 2025 Jern Jam. The theme was man against nature with a focus on the game being educational.
We chose to recreate the building of the world's oldest surviving sea washed lighthouse the Bell Rock.
It is designed to be a cozy builder experience where you need to task the men and manage resources in order to build the lighthouse as quickly as possible.
Everything in the game has been re-created from the actual blueprints so is historically accurate.
We only had 2 weeks to do everything and little time after to tidy up but we are very happy with how it came out.
INSTRUCTIONS - Use the mouse and WASD keys to control the camera. Top right icon switches to a different camera mode which you control by moving the cursor to the edges o the screen and with WASD keys. Quickly switch cameras by using the navigation icons at the bottom of the screen. The time slider allows you to speed up or slow down the construction process.
Parts and men for the lighthouse will be delivered by boat to the rock and must then direct the men to work on construction. The first job is building a jetty, next is construction of the beacon house followed by the railway and finally the tower itself. Drag a box around a man or men then click on a build area to set them to work.
Work will stop when the tide gets too high and begin again when it has dropped.
The latest build has cheat buttons in the top right, one that will deliver new materials and the other will set the men to work.
Pause over a worker to get a little information on them. All characters in the game are based on the actual workers that built the lighthouse.
You can also access a book by pressing 'B' which has some of the drawings used to construct the lighthouse as well as more information on the the construction process. Pressing 'M' will show a map of the lighthouse and it's location of the coast of Arbroath.
