Lantern Kicks
Lantern Kicks is a penalty shootout game that plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, for two players on one device, or one player against a bot.
Take turns kicking penalties and keeping goal, with five paper lanterns hanging in the goal mouth. A goal only counts if the ball passes through one of your unlit lanterns, which lights it, so keepers know exactly which lanterns are left to guard. Light all five first to win, with ten rounds and then sudden death.
How to play
- Hold on the goal to aim, then let go to kickOn a touch screen: Hold your finger below the goal to aim, then lift it to kick
- Only a goal through one of your unlit lanterns lights it
- Now keep goal: tap the lantern you think the kicker will pick
- Curl bends the ball away from the keeper, but your aim wobbles more
The game shows these steps as you play, the first time.
Controls
- Hold to aim, let go to kick
- Q and E curl
- Keeping: tap a lantern or press 1 to 5
- Arrow keys aim, Space kicks
- Esc pauses
Tips
- A keeper who guesses right still cannot reach the far edge of a lantern, the side nearest the frame, so aim deep rather than at its middle.
- Curling the ball away from the middle into a side lantern shrinks a keeper's reach, but your aim wobbles one and a half times as much.
- Kick quickly: after 1.2 seconds of holding, the wobble grows, up to two and a half times its first size.
What is a dark goal?
A goal that misses every lantern, or passes through one you have already lit, is a dark goal and counts for nothing. Only a ball through one of your unlit lanterns scores, and that lantern then glows with your mark for the rest of the duel.
How does keeping work with two players on one device?
The keeper picks one lantern to dive to before each kick while the kicker looks away, and the pick is never shown. At the strike the keeper dives there, covering most of that lantern but not its far edge.
About this game
Made by Sucia in Houston, Texas. Built with AI assistance, designed and tested by Sucia. Last updated October 9, 2026. It plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, with no download and no sign-in; your best scores and progress stay in this browser on this device. Without a pass, every game is free for 5 minutes a game and 30 minutes a day; an Arcade pass removes the limit. How Sucia makes and tests its games.
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