Polar Games

Night market merge game

Lantern Bites

Night market merge game with 56 dishes

Lantern Bites

Cook, merge and serve to light up the night market.

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Cook, merge and serve to light up the night market

Lantern Bites is a cosy merge game for the browser, set in an Asian night food market. Tap a stall to cook, drag two equal dishes together to merge them into a better one and serve the customers waiting at the counter.

Coins light the lanterns of the street, lanterns give stars, and stars open more counter space, new stalls and new districts. There are 56 dishes in 7 food chains and 4 districts: Lantern Market, Harbor of Boats, Lotus Garden and Snow Festival.

How to play Lantern Bites

  1. Tap a stall to cook a dish. Each dish costs one flame, and flames come back on their own.
  2. Drag a dish onto an equal one to merge them into a better dish.
  3. Make what a customer wants and tap the green button to serve it. Spend the coins on lanterns to light up the street.

Modes: Single player

  • 56 dishes, 7 food chains

    Grill, steamer, tea, sweets, seafood, noodles and winter treats, with eight dishes in each chain.

  • 4 districts

    Lantern Market, Harbor of Boats, Lotus Garden and Snow Festival, each with its own scenery, customers and music.

  • Special customer and rush hour

    A special customer asks for your best dish and pays triple; every few orders a rush hour doubles all coins for one minute.

  • Recipe book

    Every dish and stall you discover goes into the book, and each completed page pays coins.

  • Guided start

    A tutorial explains each thing when it first appears, and one-time tips follow later.

  • 14 languages

    The interface comes in 14 languages, with music, sound effects and a Less motion option in the pause menu.

Lantern Bites has one layout for portrait and another for landscape, and it plays with mouse or touch.

INSIDE THE GAME

Lantern Bites in action

Actual game captures. Cover art is promotional.

Title screen: the Lantern Bites logo, the Play button and the cook at the gate of the night market.
Title screen: the Lantern Bites logo, the Play button and the cook at the gate of the night market.
Guided tutorial: a pointing hand shows how to drag a dish onto its twin to merge them, and the card on the right says what the stall makes.
Guided tutorial: a pointing hand shows how to drag a dish onto its twin to merge them, and the card on the right says what the stall makes.
The counter in Lantern Market: three customers with their orders on the left, the dishes to merge in the middle and the shelf, the gift box and the lantern button on the right.
The counter in Lantern Market: three customers with their orders on the left, the dishes to merge in the middle and the shelf, the gift box and the lantern button on the right.
Rush hour in Snow Festival: the banner at the top counts down the double coins while a special customer with the ×3 badge waits for the best dish.
Rush hour in Snow Festival: the banner at the top counts down the double coins while a special customer with the ×3 badge waits for the best dish.
Better stall: merging two equal stalls upgrades the Grill Stall, and the card shows what it can make now.
Better stall: merging two equal stalls upgrades the Grill Stall, and the card shows what it can make now.
Level up: a new level brings more counter space, a full tank of flames and a gift.
Level up: a new level brings more counter space, a full tank of flames and a gift.
The street of Lantern Market: Lantern Gate all lit, Noodle Alley with lanterns still to pay for, Moon Plaza locked until level 8 and the district map at the top.
The street of Lantern Market: Lantern Gate all lit, Noodle Alley with lanterns still to pay for, Moon Plaza locked until level 8 and the district map at the top.
New district: Harbor of Boats opens with its own scenery and a new stall.
New district: Harbor of Boats opens with its own scenery and a new stall.
Harbor of Boats: a blue counter, sailor customers and seafood dishes on the orders.
Harbor of Boats: a blue counter, sailor customers and seafood dishes on the orders.
Recipe Book: the Noodles page with 6 of 8 dishes found, one tab per food chain and the stalls below.
Recipe Book: the Noodles page with 6 of 8 dishes found, one tab per food chain and the stalls below.
Pause: sound volume, music volume, language, Less motion, Resume, Menu and Start over.
Pause: sound volume, music volume, language, Less motion, Resume, Menu and Start over.
The whole market lit: Night 1 complete with the orders served, the four districts, the night prize in coins and the Night 2 button.
The whole market lit: Night 1 complete with the orders served, the four districts, the night prize in coins and the Night 2 button.

FOR YOUR NEXT ROUND

Tips: Lantern Bites

  1. Merge two equal stalls: a better stall makes better dishes from the start.
  2. Keep a dish you will need later on the shelf instead of selling it.
  3. Do not like an order? Tap the round arrow for a new one.
  4. Serve as much as you can during rush hour: every order pays double for one minute.

BEFORE YOU PLAY

Questions: Lantern Bites

What is Lantern Bites?

Lantern Bites is a night market merge game for the browser with 56 dishes in 7 food chains, 4 districts, a recipe book and 14 languages.

How do I play Lantern Bites?

Tap a stall to cook, drag a dish onto an equal one to merge them, and serve the customers with the green button. Spend the coins on lanterns to light up the street.

Is Lantern Bites free?

Yes. It is free to play in your browser.

Does it work on phones?

Yes. It works on phones, tablets and computers, upright or sideways, with touch or mouse.

Is my progress saved?

Yes. Your dishes, coins, lanterns and recipe book are saved in your browser.

FOR YOUR OWN SITE OR BRAND

Want Lantern Bites for your own project?

Lantern Bites is also available as an HTML5 game template with full source code. License it for your site, portal or brand.

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