Smiling Isle

 Smiling Isle




Welcome, adventurer!

Journey to an unknown island with a mysterious past to discover the secrets it holds. Well, you would, except you shipwrecked your way onto it and now you have to find a way to escape. Explore the island, learn its history, play with weird contraptions, and hope that maybe you can call for help.

Smiling Isle is a text adventure game that runs on your phone without an app! It is designed to be a demonstration of what can be done with the Shortcut Game System that I built. It runs using Apple's built-in Shortcut app in iOS devices, and saves data locally using the Notes app. 

To download, first make sure that you have "Allow Untrusted Shortcuts" turned on in your settings (Settings > Shortcuts > Allow Untrusted Shortcuts). Then just click the link below to download. It works best as a widget on your homescreen, so you don't have to open the shortcuts app to access it. When downloading, it will request access to your Notes app. Hit "ok" so that the system can save your game while playing.

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