Ironheart
Pilot and customize a giant iron war mech in this alternate medieval history! The Papacy, Caliphate, and the Mongols are at war, and they all have mechs.
2020-02-27
About
Pilot and customize a giant iron war mech in this alternate medieval history! In 1182 AD, the Papacy, the Caliphate, and the Mongols are at war, and they all have mechs–hulking war robots, powered by energy from mysterious "skystone" meteorites.
Ironheart is a 250,000-word interactive novel by Lee Williams. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Our story begins in the far future, on a space mission to intercept a comet that can open wormholes through space and time. When your ship and the crew are sucked in and thrown backward through time, you awake from cryogenic suspension in 1182–at the height of the Third Crusade.
Trapped in the past, you must choose sides in the mech war between Saladin's Caliphate, the Catholic Papacy, and Genghis Khan's Mongolian Golden Horde.
Will you search doggedly for the rest of your crew or focus your energies on helping one of the factions in the war that rages around you? Do you seek to unite a divided land? Or use your advanced knowledge to gain wealth and power for yourself?
Along the way, you may meet historical figures such as Saladin, fight off attacks from the notorious order of Assassins and the secretive Knights Templar, or even take part in a grand tournament of mechs!
What new future will you forge now that the old one is gone?
Ironheart is a 250,000-word interactive novel by Lee Williams. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Our story begins in the far future, on a space mission to intercept a comet that can open wormholes through space and time. When your ship and the crew are sucked in and thrown backward through time, you awake from cryogenic suspension in 1182–at the height of the Third Crusade.
Trapped in the past, you must choose sides in the mech war between Saladin's Caliphate, the Catholic Papacy, and Genghis Khan's Mongolian Golden Horde.
Will you search doggedly for the rest of your crew or focus your energies on helping one of the factions in the war that rages around you? Do you seek to unite a divided land? Or use your advanced knowledge to gain wealth and power for yourself?
Along the way, you may meet historical figures such as Saladin, fight off attacks from the notorious order of Assassins and the secretive Knights Templar, or even take part in a grand tournament of mechs!
- Play as male, female or non-binary; gay, straight, bi or asexual.
- Pilot a giant medieval war machine! Choose how to equip, customise and decorate your machine.
- Take sides in the Third Crusade as a knight or emir. Rise through the ranks of your chosen faction or strike out alone.
- Hone your ability in a wide range of skills including warfare, diplomacy, medicine and engineering.
- Manage your own fiefdom. Decide how to govern, what to build and who to recruit.
- Entangle yourself with a wide supporting cast of characters, from fools and bandits to priests and princesses.
- Seek revenge, strive to build a better world or just live it up in the 12th century!
What new future will you forge now that the old one is gone?
Achievements
Soldier of God
Finish the game with a high rank in the Papacy.
Sword of the Faithful
Finish the game with a high rank in the Caliphate.
Riders on the Storm
From the East, they come…Help the Golden Horde in their westward expansion.
Storm Warning
Send them back…Defeat the Golden Horde.
Visionary
If the Old Man of the Mountain spikes you, you'll know you've been spoken to.
Namesayer
Everything has a secret name…Identify Harun al-Din as MoMo.
Slam Dunker
Win a game of basket ball.
Hidden King
Who is the Hidden King? Become King of Jerusalem.