The tutorial's sun waits for you (Gitea #5): the afternoon goes no later than 16:30 until the torch step brings dusk

scripts/core/guide.gd

@@ -324,12 +324,34 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 		if d > 0.01 and d < 5.0:   # (not a teleport or a respawn)
 			_count("walk", d)
 	_last_pos = p
+	hold_daylight()
 	_marker_t -= delta
 	if _marker_t <= 0.0:
 		_marker_t = 0.5
 		_marker = find_marker()
 		poll()
 
+## The sun waits for you (Gitea #5): until a step that sets the clock comes
+## up (the torch step, at dusk), the afternoon goes no later than
+## DAYLIGHT_UNTIL, however long the earlier steps take. Then dusk comes on
+## when the tutorial means it to.
+const DAYLIGHT_UNTIL := 16.5
+func hold_daylight() -> void:
+	if not active or world == null or not is_instance_valid(world) or world.day_night == null:
+		return
+	if _clock_step_reached():
+		return
+	var latest := DAYLIGHT_UNTIL / 24.0
+	if world.day_night.time > latest:
+		world.day_night.time = latest
+
+## Whether the current step, or one before it, moves the clock on.
+func _clock_step_reached() -> bool:
+	for i in range(mini(index + 1, steps.size())):
+		if Dictionary(steps[i].get("setup", {})).has("time"):
+			return true
+	return false
+
 ## Goals that are states, not events: checked twice a second.
 func poll() -> void:
 	if not active or world == null or not is_instance_valid(world):