A tiny golden firefly hides in most of our chapter paintings. Here's why a hidden light turns screen time into looking time, and how we make sure every hunt is fair.
Most screens for children are built to keep them watching. We wanted the opposite: a screen that makes children look.
So in 977 of our 1,189 Bible chapter paintings, we hid a tiny golden firefly. We call it the little light.
Looking is different from watching
When a child watches, the story happens to them. When a child looks, they do the work: scanning the waves, peering into a crowd, checking behind a tree. They notice the sheep, the boat, the bird on a branch. And because they noticed, they have something to say.
That’s the whole idea of Storyloka. The painting starts the conversation; the hunt keeps little eyes on the page long enough for it to happen.
Exodus 14. The little light is somewhere near the bottom right. Can you find it?
The rules of the hunt
We kept the rules simple and kind:
- Tap where you think the light is. If you’re close, it glows and you’ve found it.
- After two misses, you get a hint, like “look near the bottom right”.
- After three misses, a “Show me” button appears. Nobody should ever feel stuck.
Every picture also has a short look and find list (three things to spot) and a wonder question to talk about together. The firefly is the reward; the conversation is the point.
Making sure every hunt is fair
A hidden-object game is only fun if the object is really there. So each painting is checked by eye. We only turn on the hunt when the firefly is clearly painted, and not confused with a lamp, a star, the sun or a flame. That’s why the number is 977 and not 1,189: in the other paintings, the light wasn’t clear enough to be fair, so those pictures don’t have a hunt.
The rules for the paintings themselves
Finding a firefly is only lovely if the picture around it is safe and kind. Every painting follows the same rules:
- God is never shown as a person or figure: only light, cloud, fire or wind.
- Nothing frightening: no gore, nothing that looks like blood, no weapons in use.
- No writing in the pictures.
- Each painting is reviewed against its chapter before it’s approved.
You can read more about this in our editorial standards.
Try one now
There’s a new picture hunt every day on this website: one painting, one hidden light, and a little streak to keep. Find it together, then ask the wonder question. You might be surprised where the conversation goes.
