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A Dark Room

It starts with a dying fire

ByMichael Townsend (doublespeak games) and contributors

Open-source work, ported to the web by Spare · MPL-2.0

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Click buttons to act; move on the map with arrows / WASD or swipes; auto-saves

AboutWhat it is and how to play

A minimalist text adventure: tend the fire, build a village, then explore the wasteland. Auto-saves; English, French and Chinese.

#text-adventure#idle#story#exploration

DetailsSource and licence

Origin
Open-source work, ported to the web by Spare
Type
Games
Length
2–20 min
How to play
Click buttons to act; move on the map with arrows / WASD or swipes; auto-saves
Controls
Mouse · Touch · Keyboard
Licence
MPL-2.0
Source
github.com/doublespeakgames/adarkroom★ 8.3k · as of 2026-09-25
Version
1fada46
Source download
a-dark-room-source.zip
Changes
Web version only, packaged offline: jQuery bundled; Google Analytics, store/social links and cross-promotion event removed; save eval() replaced by an equivalent path parser; no sound files; Chinese and French kept, language from ?lang= or the browser; Spare save hooks added. Source: a-dark-room-source.zip

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