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Hadean Lands Screenshots

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About Hadean Lands

*Winner of the XYZZY Interactive Fiction Awards for Best Puzzles, Best Setting, Best Implementation, and Best Use of Innovation for 2014.*

*Hadean Lands* is interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No menus! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.

This is the most complex puzzle structure I’ve ever designed. It’s the culmination of four years of work. I launched *Hadean Lands* as a Kickstarter project in 2010; it was a runaway success. Now it’s ready for you to play.

- Fluid interface designed for comfortable typing and reading.
- Full-length puzzle adventure with interlocking alchemical challenges.
- Pop-up palette of commonly used commands.
- Built-in game map — tap to go directly to any explored room.
- Journal tab records all the recipes and rituals that you’ve discovered.
- Full support for VoiceOver (speech output) and dictation (speech input) on devices that offer these features.

“The overall arc, for me, was that I spent the first bit of the game really excited about the possibility space, and then the next several hours feeling like my head was going to explode... This game ranks off the charts on the ingenuity measure.” — Emily Short

“The bottom line is that Hadean Lands makes great strides towards perfecting the classic adventure game — not just the text adventure.” — Steven Watson, AdventureGamers.com

What's New in the Latest Version 1.2.3

Last updated on Dec 31, 2018

Old Versions

Updated for newest devices and current iOS.

Version History

1.2.3

Dec 31, 2018

Updated for newest devices and current iOS.

1.2.2

Jan 24, 2018

Updated for iOS 11.
Support for all device sizes, including iPhone X.

1.2.1

Jan 10, 2017

- Supports all iPhone and iPad sizes.
- A single tap on the text no longer closes the on-screen keyboard. That was annoying. (You can still tap to open the keyboard.)

1.2

Jan 2, 2015

You can now exchange HL save files between devices, or between the iOS and desktop versions of the game.

Select “Share Saved Files” in the Settings tab. The Share button allows you to export save files via AirDrop, or to file-storage apps like Dropbox or Air Sharing.

To import save files from such apps, select “Open In...” and choose Hadean Lands.

When transferring save files from the desktop to iOS, you must make sure that they end with the “.glksave” suffix. Gargoyle uses a “.sav” suffix for save files, so you must rename them before importing them into the iOS app.

1.1

Nov 10, 2014

Optimized for iPhone 6 and 6+.

(This update does not include gameplay fixes or typos. Just the iPhone 6 support.)

1.0

Oct 30, 2014

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