# Advent

> Adventure

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id284446752](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id284446752)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id284446752`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Pi-Soft Consulting, LLC
- **Category:** Adventure
- **Rating:** 3.60 / 5 (14 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2020-05-17
- **First published:** 2019-02-12
- **Size:** 14 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/advent/id284446752)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.pi-soft.com/Privacy.html](http://www.pi-soft.com/Privacy.html)

## Description

Colossal Cave Adventure (also known as ADVENT, Colossal Cave, or Adventure) (Crowther, 1976; Crowther & Woods, 1977), an iPhone version of the first text adventure computer game.

Rewrote game to implement 1000-point version by David Malmberg.  Also, added Game Center support!  In addition to leader boards, you can now invite other players and give them a virtual tour to help them should they get stuck.

## Rankings

- #318,794 — Overall

## Review summary

An enthusiastic nostalgia piece: a faithful yet buggy iOS port of Advent; praised for nostalgia, auto-saving, scrollback, and keyboard support, but plagued by crashes and gameplay bugs (water/plant issues, candle/rose puzzles), non-working commands, and version confusion. Many want the original 350-point option or a separate version, and some desire visuals. Overall, beloved by fans of the classic, but reliability and consistency need polish.

### Pros

- Nostalgic, faithful recreation of the classic Advent (Crowther/Malmberg variants).
- Solid iOS port with automatic saving and scrollback features, preserving the feel of the original.
- External keyboard support helps with typing commands on iOS devices.
- Free to download and accessible for fans to try.
- Attention to detail in the port (background image, text handling) and overall port quality.

### Cons

- Widespread bugs and crashes, including memory instability and hangs that affect gameplay.
- Specific gameplay bugs: water-in-pitcher/plant-watering issues, candle problems in the crypt, and rose puzzle not working.
- Start/play issues: disabled play button or not starting, and input focus problems hindering gameplay.
- Version fragmentation and dissatisfaction with upgrades: many users want the original 350-point version or an option to choose between versions.
- Some commands (SAVE/RESTORE/NOTIFY/HELP) don’t work or don’t persist as expected.

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