About Finding Mama

What is Finding Mama about?

A tiny adventure for start.ng: a little girl searches the market, river and forest for her mother in a yellow headtie. You play as your own start.ng character.

Plain HTML/CSS/JS, no build step. Leaderboard columns are defined in startng.json.

Finding Mama at a glance

• Made by Harrylever

• On start.ng since October 2026

• Play it in your browser at finding-mama.start.ng, with nothing to download

• Categories: Markets and street life

• Leaderboard: yes, ranked by Keepsakes found and Time to find Mama

• Controls: Move: arrows / W A S D, or tap to walk · Talk & pick up: walk into things · Space / tap: next line

What Finding Mama says

Some of what Finding Mama tells you as you play:

• “The road east is dark. I should get a lantern first.”

• “Ah, little one! Lost? Do not cry, the market is big but I see everything.”

• “A woman in a yellow headtie bought pepper here this morning. She went east, towards the river!”

• “But night comes fast on that road. Bring me a coin and I will trade you my lantern. I dropped one near the crates, I think.”

• “A coin! You are a clever girl.”

• “Here, take my lantern. It will light the dark places.”

• “Now go east. Find your mama!”

• “Go east, little one. The river is waiting.”

How scoring works

Players are ranked by Keepsakes found (highest first). If two players tie, Time to find Mama (fastest first) decides it. Only your best run counts. Sign in with start.ng to save yours.

Play Finding Mama

Finding Mama is free to play in your browser on start.ng, with nothing to download. It was made by Harrylever.

It is a game for people who like markets and street life.