Hexuma: Das Auge des Kal

DIe Höhlenwelt-Saga

A sidenote in Hexuma hinted at designer Harald Evers' follow-up project, which was announced as Dämmerung auf der Höhlenwelt ("Dawn in Caveworld"). That's what came to be the graphic adventure Die Höhlenwelt-Saga in 1994. It can be considered an unofficial sequel to Hexuma, as it continues ideas introduced in the game's finale. Evers even rewrote Hexuma's ending to allow for a neater tie-in with his soon-to-be new project. The nemesis in Hexuma, Kal, reappears as Cal in Die Höhlenwelt-Saga.

Die Kathedrale

Veteran players of Weltenschmiede games may experience an acute feeling of deja-vu when playing Hexuma. Did the tropical island adventure (world 4) seem vaguely familiar to you? That's because you've read it before - in the adventurer's manual of Hexuma's predecessor, Die Kathedrale. In this booklet, the scene served as an extensive example of a text adventure's game mechanics and typical puzzles. Writer Harald Evers thus quoted himself when he included the entire episode in Hexuma - or was it just laziness...?

Extras

The smallish game box was stuffed with extras: It contained either five 5 1/4" or three 3 1/2" disks, a crystal shard, a well-written diary that was essential to solving the game, an adventurer's handbook, a typed letter, a poster and a registration card.

Awards

• Amiga Joker
  • Issue 02/1993 – #3 Best Adventure Game in 1992 (Readers' Vote)