Khlong Won

KHLONG WON · คลองวน

the canal that loops

Loy Krathong night. You are Nok, rowing Yai's boat home along the old canal, the way you have a thousand times. But tonight the khlong does not lead home. Every bend brings you back to the shrine pier.

"The khlong keeps the ones nobody floated a krathong for," Yai's voice says from the bank. "Carry them where they want to go, child, and it will open the gate for you."

HOW IT PLAYS

- Row the ring of black water. A candle on a jetty marks a pier where someone is waiting.

- The dead can only be seen in the dark. Put your lantern out, stop by the jetty, and a spirit steps aboard. Carry it to the place it names: the market, the teak house, the old banyan, the school, the rice mill...

- The Hungry follow lantern light. In darkness they lose you, unless you get close or make noise.

- But your fear grows in the dark, and the logs and weeds are hard to see. Too much fear and the lantern lights itself.

- When everyone is home, the sluice gate opens. It will not let you through for nothing. Give it something: the lantern wick, your warmth, your shadow, your heartbeat... Each gift costs you something real and gives you something back.

- Then the khlong brings you round to the shrine pier again, and the night is deeper.

Five loops. About 15 to 25 minutes. Each freed spirit leaves a krathong drifting on the water, a little more light for every night that follows.

CONTROLS

W / Up: row · A D / Left Right: steer · S / Down: back-paddle

Space: lantern on / off · P / Esc: pause · M: mute

Headphones recommended.

Made for Thailand Horror Jam 2026.

Theme: LOOP. Limitations: #1 LIGHTFALL (darkness is your advantage) and #3 FAUST (sacrifice something to gain something else).

CREDITS

Made by Clovrr Studios

Art: Modern Exteriors by LimeZu (https://limezu.itch.io/modernexteriors)

Fonts: Mitr and Sarabun by Cadson Demak (Google Fonts, OFL)

Code, music and sound: made for the jam