Lantern Alley: Match 3

How to play

Mouse or keyboard on desktop, tap on mobile. Arrows move the cursor, Enter or Space selects, Esc goes back. 1. Tap a tile, then a neighbour — they swap. Swaps work up, down, left and right, and only if they make a line of three. 2. A swap that matches nothing costs nothing. 3. Four in a line clears a row or column. Five gives a rainbow; an L or T gives a bomb. 4. Watch the ring around her portrait. Closed and green means your heroine is ready. 5. Tap the ability button. If it needs a target, the label turns into "Where to?" — then tap a cell on the board. 6. Abilities cost no move, but only her own tiles feed the charge. 7. Double-tap a power-up to detonate it. That costs a move — decide which is worth more. 8. Goals sit in the right-hand column, or on top on a phone: a picture and a counter. 9. On the map, tap the lanterns: sparks light them and mark how far you came. Out of moves with the goal unmet? Restart the level, or take five more moves for a short ad.