A Dark Room | AppleVis

Description of App

**Want Amir or Michael to speak at your school about game development and coding? Reach out to us! We'd love to inspire young minds.** Awake. Head throbbing. Vision blurry. Come light the fire. Official release of A Dark Room. #1 RPG, Game, and App *overall* in the US, UK, Australia, Singapore and Canada. Ranked as one of the top 10 games in 17 countries worldwide. 100% accessible and playable via VoiceOver. Critical Acclaim: "The game creates an enthralling parallax effect that can keep devoted players dosed, for hours, on the pleasurable sense of immersion..." - The New Yorker "A Dark Room will blow you away with its evolving depth and variety. It’s exciting to discover something so unique and refreshing on the App Store. 5 stars" - Cult of Mac "These are the twists you'll find in the corners of "A Dark Room" -- a game that's always unpredictable and always intriguing." - Huffington Post "If Cormac McCarthy made an iPhone game, it would be this one... an unlikely but thoroughly deserving bestseller. And it’s as compelling as it is unsettling." - Slate Magazine Paste Magazine, Maddy Myers: Top 20 Indie Games of 2013 Forbes, Daniel Nye Griffiths: Top 5 Anti-Games of 2013 Giant Bomb, Zoe Quinn: Top 10 Games of 2013 Giant Bomb, Cara Eillison: Top 10 Games of 2013 (honorable mention) Indie Games: Top 10 Game Dev’s Favorites of 2013

Version

2.33

Free or Paid

Paid

Apple Watch Support

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

8.4.1

Accessibility Comments

This game is 100 percent accessible.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

If the description above confuses you, this game combines interactive fiction with resource management. You start off with nothing and work to create a village which will range in size the farther you go.

App Store Link

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-dark-room/id736683061?mt=8

Developer's Website

http://amirrajan.net/a-dark-room/

Developer's Twitter Username

@ADarkRoomiOS

Recommendations

18 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Rafaela Freundt 1 week 4 days ago

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Comments

Thank you to the developer

It's such a unique gameplay, plus the game itself is adictive! I love everything so far.
How to make the builder happier again? Like she went from hopeful to worried and now saddened. Any way to know what I need to do? Like by mistake I went on the boat, got killed by a bird and she resurrected me. Now I have random beasts killing half of my slaves so I'm desperately playing catch up... But honestly one of the best game I tried, I didn't know it existed! It's so cool.

How to save the game properly?

The game used to save properly but that is no longer the case.

Didn't think this game was still a thing

Yeah, didn't think this game was still going.
Given this was last tested on ios 8 something. lol
But I assume there are issues now?
The post above mentioned issues with saving.
is it still being developed?
At least for bug fixes and the like?

@TheBlindGuy07

A couple of tips for you, and perhaps spoilers as well.
First, try to do everything yourself. Instead of having your people do everything for you. Eventually this will change the overall personality and behavior of your friend/companion/whatever the lady is.
Second, for an interesting style of gameplay, don't use any weapons except your fists. Sooner or later you will unlock a monk style of gameplay. It is Pretty interesting once it is unlocked, but expect a lot of deaths early on…

Saving Issue Fixed

Just redownloaded the game and had a look at the What's New section. I can confirm that the game now appears to be saved properly once you quit it from the App Switcher and then reopen it. Other notable changes since I last played it include the following:

You have to barter supplies one by one.
Supplies you need in the village like leather, teeth etc. are automatically taken out of the thing in which you carry your items during the journey so you don't have to remove them yourself to empty it in order to get more free space or replace those unnecessary items with others.

Some issues

Some issues I've encountered include:

Your stats and location, and the relative positions of nearby landmarks/destinations are not updated properly during a journey, after you leave a certain location and are placed on the map to resume traveling. They are updated once you move one "click" in any direction though.
Two-finger double-taps, which are referred to as "magic taps", don't work, meaning you can't pause a fight or access the map while traveling.
Announcements during combat like "fists ready" or "heal ready" are not spoken at the right time. I have to wait for some 3-4 seconds to double-tap the relevant button in order to actually be able to perform the action.