Panjgoosheh · a game for the longest night
NightForge
A dark industrial hall at the bottom of the longest night of the year. You carry a lantern. Shadows move where your light does not reach. Everyone online feeds one fire, and when it is full, the dawn breaks for all of us at once.
01 · The night
The longest night
On the longest night of the year, before the winter sun turns back, people in Iran stay up together until morning: pomegranates, watermelon, poems and company, so nobody is alone in the dark. NightForge is that night inside an abandoned industrial hall. The bass is the heartbeat of the building, red light leaks from the speakers, and the dark is full of shadows that hate light.
You are a knight with a lantern. The embers scattered in the dark are what is left of the warmth; carried to the fire in the middle of the hall, they keep it alive. Fill the fire and the dawn comes.
02 · How to play
Gather, carry, burn, survive
- 1MoveDrag anywhere on the screen (a joystick appears) or use WASD and the arrow keys. Your lantern throws a beam where you walk.
- 2Gather embersThey glow red in the dark. You can carry six at a time; an arrow points you back to the fire.
- 3Feed the fireWalk into the light around the fire to hand them in. Inside the red ring, shadows cannot reach you and you heal.
- 4FlareShadows burn in your beam. When they close in, flare: every shadow around you burns at once. It needs a few seconds to come back.
If the dark takes you, your embers fall where you stood and you rise again by the fire.
03 · The hall, online
Never alone in the dark
04 · Trophies
Trophies on TON
You play without a wallet: sign in with Telegram, with NightKing or with the code we email you. A TON wallet (Wallet in Telegram, Tonkeeper or any other) is optional, only to claim your trophies as collectibles.
First EmberCarried an ember out of the dark to the fire.
Lantern BearerA hundred embers to the fire.
Dawn BringerIn the hall when the dawn broke.
Keeper of the Longest NightFive dawns brought in together.
Win a trophy, then claim it: your wallet signs for that one trophy and the team mints it to your wallet as a collectible that shows in Telegram.
05 · The sound
Industrial techno, made live
There is no recording: your phone plays the track itself, at 136 beats a minute. Distorted kick, a rumble under it, metal, an acid bass and a drone. It gets harder as the fire fills and when shadows are close; the red strobes and the speakers in the hall move on the kick. Headphones on.
06 · Demo and full game
The demo is a taste
| Demo | Full game | |
|---|---|---|
| Who | Anyone | Approved members |
| Length | A three-minute night | As long as you like |
| The fire | A small one of your own | One fire for everyone online |
| Other players | — | Their lanterns, flares and beams, live |
| The dawn | Yours alone | Together, counted for everyone there |
| Hall chat | — | Yes |
| Trophies on TON | — | Four, claimed to your wallet |
07 · Safe by design
Built to be safe
- Other players only ever see your game name: never your Telegram name, username or number.
- The chat takes plain words only: links, @handles and phone or card numbers are refused, and it is slow on purpose.
- Anyone can report a line; three reports hide it until the team looks. The team can mute anyone.
- Signing with your wallet never moves money and never gives anyone access to your funds.
- Scores are checked on our side, so nobody can cheat their way up the fire.
08 · Questions
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. The demo is open to anyone, and the full game is free for members.
Do I need a wallet to play?
No. The demo needs nothing, and the full game needs only a sign-in: Telegram, NightKing or an email code. A TON wallet is only for claiming trophies.
Does it work on a phone and in Telegram?
Yes, it is made for phones first, and it runs inside our Telegram bot as well as in any browser. It turns its own detail down on slower phones.
How do I become a member?
Panjgoosheh is a private collective. You join with an invite code from a member or after the team approves you in our Telegram bot.
