This game adapts the gamebooks from the popular Lone Wolf series (Flight from the Dark and Fire on the Water etc., 14 books converted so far), written by Joe Dever in the 1980s and 1990s (who unfortunately died recently). People may remember it from their childhoods. The game has an average rating of 4.5 on the Google Play store, with 100,000 - 500,000 downloads. The app asks for, but does not require, a donation to the author.
"This application makes use of the internet edition of the books, as collected, edited, corrected and re-published at http://www.projectaon.org
Fight your way through the minions of the DarkLords, navigate the seas of the Magnamund, and make wise use of your Kai Disciplines to survive in an hostile environment.
Use the options menu to gain access to the map, to your inventory and to all the options for the game; if you enjoy the game, please support it by donating through the in-game interface.
Create and save more profiles, select you favorite Kai Disciplines, carefully choose your way exploring the world of Sommerlund, play and replay the game for free for as long as you like; if you find any bugs, you can send me a report in real-time through the game-interface."
A screenshot from Flight from the Dark:
(Unrelatedly there's also an Joe Dever's Lone Wolf Android action game based on the series, seemingly unavailable in the UK at this time(?) which doesn't attempt to emulate the books)
Here's the cover of first book in the series:
3 comments
benji3000
18 Dec 16#1
flashback to my childhood
EQL to benji3000
18 Dec 161#2
It's like an improved version of your childhood, as the app keeps track of your inventory/hit points, and finds you the next section. Though there's no easy way to cheat as you can only restart the book you are on, or regenerate a new character with better stats, and there's no 'smell of book' provided with the app (!) :wink:
EQL
18 Dec 16#3
Reading the reviews on Google Play, I can see some complaints that 'bookmarking' (presumably saving at a specific point) is a paid-for feature, and it's difficult to complete some sections of books without it.
E.g. This 2 star review complains:
"Force me to buy it, will you? How about no? The game forces you to buy bookmarks by putting ridiculously difficult enemies at the end of the books (Cauldron of Fear, 39 CS, really?)."
If you need help, the Project Aon site has maps of paths through the books, and from looking the map for this book, it seems that this reviewer's problem enemy could be avoided or reduced: https://www.projectaon.org/en/svg/lw/09tcof.svgz
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Opening post
"This application makes use of the internet edition of the books, as collected, edited, corrected and re-published at http://www.projectaon.org
Fight your way through the minions of the DarkLords, navigate the seas of the Magnamund, and make wise use of your Kai Disciplines to survive in an hostile environment.
Use the options menu to gain access to the map, to your inventory and to all the options for the game; if you enjoy the game, please support it by donating through the in-game interface.
Create and save more profiles, select you favorite Kai Disciplines, carefully choose your way exploring the world of Sommerlund, play and replay the game for free for as long as you like; if you find any bugs, you can send me a report in real-time through the game-interface."
A screenshot from Flight from the Dark:
(Unrelatedly there's also an Joe Dever's Lone Wolf Android action game based on the series, seemingly unavailable in the UK at this time(?) which doesn't attempt to emulate the books)
Here's the cover of first book in the series:
3 comments
E.g. This 2 star review complains:
"Force me to buy it, will you? How about no? The game forces you to buy bookmarks by putting ridiculously difficult enemies at the end of the books (Cauldron of Fear, 39 CS, really?)."
If you need help, the Project Aon site has maps of paths through the books, and from looking the map for this book, it seems that this reviewer's problem enemy could be avoided or reduced: https://www.projectaon.org/en/svg/lw/09tcof.svgz