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Branching narrative with readable outcomes
Interactive entertainment
The Last Lighthouse
Branching narrative, cloud progress & editorial studio
The Last Lighthouse is a cinematic interactive story experience. Readers move through atmospheric chapters, make consequential choices and resume progress across devices, while an editorial studio keeps narrative content under deliberate control.
- Next.js
- NestJS
- Prisma
- PostgreSQL
- Redux
- Docker
- Netlify
- Render
Highlights
What makes this product sing
Cloud progress across devices
Editorial studio for narrative control
Atmospheric full-stack delivery
Capabilities
Key features
Chaptered storytelling — a dedicated reader experience with endings, archive and about paths.
Cloud progress — authenticated story state and choice telemetry stay available between sessions.
Branching choices — each decision feeds readable outcome paths and editorial insight.
Editorial studio — content and chapter management for refining the narrative without redeploying the whole product.
Production delivery — Next.js frontend with a NestJS API, Prisma data model and Dockerised backend on Render; frontend on Netlify.
System design
Architecture
Client → server → data → deploy — the delivery spine behind the experience.
- 01Client
Next.js App Router — cinematic reader, chapters & account UI
- 02Server
NestJS API — story progress, auth & editorial studio
- 03Database
PostgreSQL via Prisma — chapters, choices & cloud progress
- 04Deploy
Netlify frontend · Dockerised API on Render
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Product surfaces
Product overview
The Last Lighthouse is a cinematic interactive story experience. Readers move through atmospheric chapters, make consequential choices and resume progress across devices, while an editorial studio keeps narrative content under deliberate control.
The user journey
Arrive on the atmospheric landing experience, enter the story, make chapter choices, continue through endings or the archive, and manage progress from an account when signed in.
Design analysis
The product leads with mood and clarity: cinematic environments establish the world, while the reader UI keeps choices and progress obvious. Our direction treats narrative content as a first-class system—chapters, lore and choice stats—so the experience can grow without losing coherence.
Architecture & delivery
Built as a full-stack TypeScript product: Next.js App Router on the client, NestJS and Prisma with Postgres on the API, Redux for reader progress, JWT authentication, CORS-aware origins and a Docker image that packages the API for Render. Netlify hosts the frontend with environment-driven API URLs.
Stack highlights
Core strengths demonstrated in this build:
- Interactive storytelling UX
- Branching narrative systems
- NestJS + Prisma APIs
- Docker and Netlify delivery
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