Heartlight

Heartlight Free Game

Rated 3.78/5 (224) —  Free Android application by ATD Apps

About Heartlight

A remake of the legendary classic "Boulder-dash" type Atari DOS game. Dodge falling boulders, avoid exploding grenades, and solve extremely challenging puzzles in your quest to get all the hearts! Expect to be challenged in ways you can't even imagine!

Heartlight is a puzzle game originally developed by Janusz Pelc for 8-bit Atari in 1990. In 1994, an MS-DOS port (Heartlight PC) was published by Epic Megagames along with two other games by Janusz Pelc in the Epic Puzzle Pack.

The game is set up on a 12x20-square grid. Some of the levels make full use of the space, others fill unused space with a moving background. The game is played as from the side (unlike some bird-eye-view puzzle games), with gravity playing an important part.

The object of the game is to help Percival, the elf character you guide with your keyboard, collect all the hearts on each level and get to the door. Different objects with unique characteristics aim to make reaching this goal more complex.

Basic objects you will see on almost every level include bombs, rocks, and hearts. While hearts are one of the goals, they can also fall on and kill Percival. Bombs blow up when squashed or dropped on a hard surface. Rocks squash Percival and can blow up bombs. There are several other objects that you come across while playing the game, and the only way to learn about them is to experiment. Several kinds of walls and empty space also have unique properties that must be tested.

Heartlight has been compared to other popular puzzle games such as Boulder Dash and Supaplex.

Programmed by Roan Cooney
New Music by Lennie Budgell

Original game released under the Creative Commons

How to Download / Install

Download and install Heartlight version 1.2.3 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Not rated
Android package: com.ADnet.Heartlight, download Heartlight.apk

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Game History & Updates

What's Changed
Fixed error in level 66, where the player would die even upon completing the level.
Fixed error where restarting the level would occasionally cause the game logic to perform twice as often as was intended.
More downloads  Heartlight reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads  Heartlight reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads

What are users saying about Heartlight

M70%
by M####:

Great levels (especially the last 2), but controls (d-pad) are SO buggy! :( If you're killed in a blast they stop working and you need to restart the level with Menu-back-continue. Also on levels when the exit is open from the beginning, sometimes it restarts close making the level unplayable - again, you need to restart the level. Also after a while the level select screen doesn't work at all. Please fix the bugs, this game really deserves 5 stars.

K70%
by K####:

As other people have noted, you have to restart the game on a regular basis because it freezes. Also the dpad makes certain levels next to impossible. I did enjoy the levels I managed to pass though.

K70%
by K####:

Constantly have to close and restart game when losing in order to start over because it freezes after each loss. Controls are horrible to hate them hard to play times ones where U have to be fast

K70%
by K####:

Loved the game as a kid and still loved it now shame about this ports controls mind completely crap

J70%
by J####:

I was SO EXCITED when I found this today May 7th 2017 but just like everyone else, having to close and open to continue is annoying. I dont mind getting blown up as long as I can gir right back up and try again. It would be hours of fun but is now just frustarting. Did the developer die?

Z70%
by Z####:

I really want to love this. I'd buy it in a heartbeat if it wasn't for the controls! How can that be so hard to fix? I'm so disappointed with this port that I changed to one star. It seems to mess up about 1:4 times when you restart the level but every time if you die. It seems it's been completely abandoned by the developer because the control complaints go back for a few years.

I70%
by I####:

Other reviews say the same: the in game D-pad stops working at random and one must restart the application.

Z70%
by Z####:

Only prefer a different controller as it works bit bad thats the game has

D70%
by D####:

Great game. I used to play when i was a little girl. The control pad is a little tricky to use at first and the add down the bottom is annoying. I'd rather pay than have the add there.

X70%
by X####:

Love it ... but level 21 is impossible. Quit playing bc I can't pass it even after watching the cheat video. Ugh.

D70%
by D####:

Enjoy the puzzles. Only bad thing is that it freezes up sometimes

Z70%
by Z####:

I've thought about this game for years and am so thrilled to find it! However the dpad will randomly stop working and I have to restart the game over and over. Frustrating, but not enough to make me stop playing. The dpad really sucks though, and makes the game much harder simply because it doesn't respond well.

T70%
by T####:

My mom use to have this game and I love it. Haven't found it til now

A70%
by A####:

Just like boulder dash

C70%
by C####:

I never played the original, but I'm enjoying it nonetheless.

C70%
by C####:

Really well done.

N70%
by N####:

Nicely made but the dpad keeps becoming completely unresponsive and needs complete game restart.

S70%
by S####:

I been lookn for this game... but ads block play field.. can see what im doing on bottom of levels so cant play right... remove ads!

Y70%
by Y####:

They just don't make games like the classics anymore. Nicely done :)

J70%
by J####:

But the controls are very frustrating on occasion especially on time critical levels but a great port.

S70%
by S####:

Just like the original game!

K70%
by K####:

Plays just like I remember it, great on the Nexus 7.

F70%
by F####:

I must turn off my tablet, because app launcher stops working! Immediately unistalled, after tablet starts.

S70%
by S####:

I would love this game if I could get past the controls, but I can't, they're just terrible.

S70%
by S####:

Awesome game. I remember it from 20 years ago and what a great time I had trying to beat it. Here I go again with this great time waster.

S70%
by S####:

The game is fun but the controls are not easy to use on an s4. Sliding too much to the left makes me hit the back button, and too far to the right causes a click on the ad, and I feel that I slide off the e-dpad too easily and find myself dying because it fails to register a change in direction on time.

W70%
by W####:

Ad interferes w gameplay. Gameplay basic but not mature. Keep working on it.

S70%
by S####:

I give 2stars for the controls, but an extra 2stars for the effort. I just love these types of games, and it's great that people try to make such games on new platforms.

T70%
by T####:

I like how he moves up haha

S70%
by S####:

Love it ... but level 21 is impossible. Quit playing bc I can't pass it even after watching the cheat video. Ugh.

S70%
by S####:

Controls are bad and there are bugs in physics engine with boulders standing in the air.

S70%
by S####:

Its exactly like i remember it on the computer in the 90's however on my phones touch screen its not as quick as using the 'ol directional keys which for me makes the gameplay slow. Maybe if u could tweak it a little ill rate it 5

S70%
by S####:

This is the game i played when i was a child

S70%
by S####:

Great game kids love it controls keep freezing

I70%
by I####:

Locked up and would not move.

S70%
by S####:

This is a brilliant puzzle game that is ruined by a rigid control scheme. It becomes unplayable in the timed segments of the game. Please make more intuitive controls. Thanks.

L70%
by L####:

use of skill and mind is thr only way to beat this game.

Z70%
by Z####:

Slow controls Its exactly like i remember it on the computer in the 90's however on my phones touch screen its not as quick as using the 'ol directional keys which for me makes the gameplay slow. Maybe if u could tweak it a little ill rate it 5

Z70%
by Z####:

Automatic Force Close It automatically force closes on my Huawei M835.

I70%
by I####:

Fun Just like the original game!


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