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Hadean Lands

Hadean Lands

Interactive Alchemical Fiction

⭐️5 / 5
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📼4 scs
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📦w/o updates
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🗣❌ unsupported
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All Versions of Hadean Lands

1.2.3

December 31, 2018

Updated for newest devices and current iOS.

1.2.2

January 24, 2018

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

1.2.1

January 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.)
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1.2

January 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.
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1.1

November 10, 2014

Optimized for iPhone 6 and 6+. (This update does not include gameplay fixes or typos. Just the iPhone 6 support.)
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1.0

October 30, 2014

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Description of 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
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Hadean Lands: FAQ

Is the software for Hadean Lands compatible with iPads?

Yes, Hadean Lands works on iPad devices.
Andrew Plotkin is the developer of Hadean Lands.
To function properly, the app requires at least iOS 8.0.
The average rating for the Hadean Lands app is 5.0.
The Primary Genre Of The Hadean Lands App Is Games.
1.2.3 is the latest released Hadean Lands version.
The latest Hadean Lands update was rolled out on July 5, 2024.
The Hadean Lands app launched on February 5, 2023.
This app is rated for ages 9 and up, and may contain some mild violence or suggestive content.
You can use the Hadean Lands app in English.
No, Hadean Lands is not on Apple Arcade.
No, Hadean Lands does not integrate in-app purchases for users.
No, Hadean Lands does not support compatibility with Apple Vision Pro.

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Reviews of Hadean Lands

  • Unique and absorbing

    This game is unlike any other adventure game I have ever played, combining a mystery adventure, puzzles, a new take on the sci-fi genre.

    Think Myst meets WH4K crossed with Simon the Sorcerer.
  • VERY DIFFICULT

    This game is brilliantly crafted, the mountaintop of Interactive Fiction. I found it to be very difficult and time consuming. I’ve considered myself to be fairly adept at Interactive fiction, but I eventually had to resort to walkthroughs, as I had run out of personal time (and energy) to play this.

    The play is fair, creative, forgiving and well written. The alchemical aspect, as well as the unique time-space malleability make for a world with almost an almost dizzying array of options, and a dimension of problem solving (layers of cascading dependencies) I hadn’t encountered before.

    If you are a beginner at Interactive fiction, or (like me) you enjoy a casual puzzler now and then, you may want to skip this for now, and save this title for later. But DO PLAY it when you can dedicate a level of time, concentration and dedication that a master puzzle requires.
  • Incredible work

    This is one of the deepest and cleverest pieces of interactive fiction every created. The iOS version has some very nice ease of use features, like being able to see a log of things you have learned, a map with tap-to-move, and the option to tap a word in the text to insert it into the prompt. This might be my favorite version of the game, but I recommend playing it with a Bluetooth keyboard if you can.