Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home

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

19 June 2010

Adventure Puzzle Science fiction

Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home is an adventure developed by Andrew Plotkin, released 19 June 2010 on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.

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What Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home is

Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home is an adventure game developed by Andrew Plotkin and released in 2010. It is available on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Inform.

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 1 hrs.

What it launched against

Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home launched on 19 June 2010, within three weeks of Xenoblade Chronicles, Singularity, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge.

Released around the same time: Xenoblade Chronicles, Singularity, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge.