Hilda (video game)

Hilda is a first-person exploration adventure video game developed by Blooper Team and published by 505 Games for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, Steam Deck, Amazon Luna, Windows, Meta Quest, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Android. Based on the graphic novel, the game is a separate canon for a different demographic.
Hilda was formed with a first-person format in mind, for reasons both financial and creative. Player feedback influenced the adjustments made. Story and character arc serve as the central point in the game. Unlike the graphic novel and the TV series, the game has recieved a "Teen" rating from the ESRB due to blood, mild language, mild violence, and suggestive themes. The decision of having a T rated Hilda game was made so that developers can get out of their comfort zones and think about deeper topics.
A prequel, Hilda: Before Trolberg, will be released three years later, in that prequel we'll play as young Hilda, and the game will tell the stories when she used to live in the wilderness. and a sequel, Hilda 2 will be released two years after that, and it will be a continuation of the third season. An additional installment to the series, Hilda and The Watercolors, will be released three years after that. Other Hilda games will be released in the future.
A free downloadable content pack titled Myst developed by Cyan, Inc., serves as a crossover between Hilda and the Myst series.
== Gameplay ==
Hilda is a first-person Exploration Adventure game, played as protagonist Hilda from a first-person perspective. The player can examine and interact with objects, which enables puzzle solving in the form of fetch quests and making changes to the environment. Items that are collected will be kept in the inventory.
The player can explore various locations of Trolberg and communicate with non-playable characters. Dialogue exchanges can be rewound while branching options are used for conversation. Once an event is reset, the details provided earlier are permitted to avail themselves in the future. In some instances, choices in dialogue will alter and affect the story through short or long-term consequences. For each one of the choices, something good in the short term could turn out worse later. The player is able to collect many items and weird objects for many uses, heal, defense, and some magic powers.
On some of the worlds are many enemies to fight, like salvaged vitras, and other enemies that never appeared in the original books, and the series. Like evil thunderbirds, pig monsters, etc. The player can use some items to confront some mini bosses, like the bloodthirsty trolls, who are not like the normal trolls since they have red eyes, and they are bigger. Among the weapons Hilda can use are swords, harpoons, and also some ancient weapons.
There are collectables to earn extras like bonus cutscenes where we see how Hilda is having fun with her friends by many forms. Unlock extra modes like a time attack mode where the player can play the levels he played before and try to complete them as soon as possible, and the best part is that once the player completes an episode at 100%, the game will reward you with giving you one of the books of Hilda.
Once you get the 100% in episode 1, you'll get the graphic novel of Hilda and The Troll. Once you get the 100% in episode 2, you'll get the graphic novel of Hilda and the Midnight Giant, once you get the 100% in episode 3, you'll get the graphic novel of Hilda and the bird parade, once you get the 100% in episode 4, you'll get the graphic novel of Hilda and The Black Hound, once you get the graphic novel of Hilda and the Stone Forest, plus the three first tie-in books. But sadly, The Mountain King book and the other three tie-in books are not available in this game, which was somewhat disappointing for some people, but is forgivable since this game will have a sequel after the prequel game.
The player can explore various hub worlds which are basically the known locations from the original books, such as Trolberg, the forest, and among others. In every hub world there are some entrances that will send you to fun levels where you can explore and find many awesome things like creatures, locations, and ancient objects to have them in your collection. In some of these levels there will be a mini boss to beat and earn many coins and items for your inventory. And when you meet the creatures, the friends, and the enemies' mini bosses and the big bosses, you'll note them in your diary to know more about them and see a description of these characters given by Hilda.
And for last, every character has his own skills and weaknesses.
=== Hilda: Myst Gameplay ===
The gameplay is similar to realMyst and the 2021 remake of Myst. Only this time the playable character is Hilda, who explores Myst island, and later meets Sirrus and Achenar.
== Synopsis ==
The synopsis is a curious case. This game was supposed to contain the stories of the original books and the series, but for some reason they decided to make it a separate canon from the original product. Where events occur that never happened in the graphic novels, the novel series, and not even the tie-in series. The story tells us how a blue-haired girl named Hilda, together with her mother, her pet Twig, and an elf known as Alfur, move to a city called Trolberg, a city where people were sheltered by the protection of the trolls, beasts made of rock that were very dangerous, so in the city were created huge walls to prevent the passage of those creatures. Now Hilda must adapt to her new life, where many adventures await her along with her new friends Frida and David. She must also go through many adventures and also go through several situations like dealing with a giant dog that was in the city, save her friend David from the trolls, and also meet Victoria Van Gale and her laboratory. But it won't be easy, because lately many strange creatures have been appearing and also other creatures like the vitras have been becoming wild for some reason.
Another thing that was criticized was that the video game used several elements from the tie-in series. Like the big raven being amnesiac for several days and he has to recover his memory back by eating blue nettles, and the order of how the chapters of the original series go being changed. At least several events from the tie-in series do not happen. Like Frida and David getting mad at Hilda for having to get them in trouble in the part where Hilda and Frida go to Cauldron Island to save David from Bartell's clan, or that the rat king does appear. But also, there are many events that never happened in the series, like the explanation of what happened to Hilda's father and where is he now, the revelation of how the marras got their powers, and also, it's revealed why Hilda has blue hair instead of a normal hair color.
The story also adds characters never seen before, such as a girl named Gravis, who is David's cousin, and the wood man's family.
The DLC pack Myst adds Myst Island where Hilda was transported at.
== Plot ==
After their home in the wilderness has been destroyed, Hilda, along with her mother, her pet and an elf named Alfur, now move to Trolberg to have a new life there. However, what they didn't know is that many things would happen once they arrived in the city. This episode doesn't actually have the story of any of the episodes of the first season. This is more like an episode 0, because this episode tells a new and original story that was never told when Hilda and her family came to Trolberg.
Hilda goes to school for the first time, but once she finishes her studying, she finds out Trevor with his friends attacking a bunch of birds, and a black raven gets hit. She quickly saves him and takes him to her home. After giving him a temporal home for now, she decided to help him to recover his memory, to do that, she'll have to feed him with blue nettles until he finally remembers everything. But it won't be easy.
After Hilda's deer-fox companion, Twig, leaves home, Hilda and her mother set off on a search that stirs up bittersweet memories. The trip won't be easy because of the many dangers that the wilderness has in it. And besides, she still needs to help the raven to recover his mind, so she had a very big trouble in that moment. And also, Frida and David we're mad at Hilda because she dragged them in an adventure where David almost got captured by the clan of bartell. Well, David didn't yell at Hilda, but Frida did. So, she only had her mum to help her.
Hilda explores the Trolberg Watchtower. During the exploration she finds David's cousin Gravis, she told her that she was coming to see David, because her old house got burned 2 weeks ago and she needed a home to live. Later on, after taking her to David's home and talk with David, she could apologize to David for making him get captured by Bartell's clan, and he actually forgives her, telling Hilda that no matter what she did, he wants to be his friend, who made Hilda so happy. Hilda then figures out what happened to her father and where is he now. and the revelation of how the marras got their powers, and also, it's revealed why Hilda has blue hair instead of a normal hair color.
Hilda is having a tough time trying to adapt to her new life. She could restore her friendship with David and also know about more of his life and past. But she still had a big problem, and that problem was, the raven. Trevor somehow was able to lie to Johanna and tell her that Hilda was his friend and she sent him to pick up the raven for the school exhibition. And worst is that she realized that David had a baby troll rock for his exhibition, and now she'll have to not also save the raven from and return the baby troll to his dad. But also, she'll have to deal with something else. "The Lightingbird". Before she could go to the school exhibition, she realized that The Lightingbird was coming to Trolberg to ruin the bird parade and try to take over the city after years of his defeat. Only the great raven was the only one who could stop him, she discovered that thanks to a VHS that tells the story of the great raven and how he beats the lightingbird for the first time, and the great parade was born. She had to do this right now, she had to help the great raven, save the school of that baby troll and try to take him with her mom. And also save the city from the return of the lightingbird before it's too late. 
=== Myst ===
During the events of the game, Hilda stumbles across an unusual book titled "Myst". Hilda reads the book and discovers a detailed description of an island world. Placing her hand on the last page, Hilda is transported to the world described and is left with no choice but to explore the island.During the first day or two, she was all alone with no one to talk two. During the course she swam to eat fish, and drank fresh water out of the fountain. Later on she meets Sirrus and Achenar, finally someone to talk two. The group began solving puzzles together. After they solve puzzles, the group have to locate where the last page is. Upon returning, Atrus returns to his writing and allows Hilda to explore Myst and its Ages at their leisure, while also asking her to be on hand to help in the future, as he was contending with a greater foe than his sons (setting the stage for Riven). Upon returning to the library, Hilda finds the red and blue books gone, and burn marks on the shelves where they used to be.
== Steam Deck and Linux compatibility ==
The game would also be verified on Steam Deck, which is a handheld gaming PC made by Valve. The Steam Deck uses SteamOS which is based on Linux. Since the Steam Deck uses Linux, many games on Windows will work with Linux using both Wine and Proton. Wine and Proton are compatibility layers that translates Windows games and applications to work on Linux, and they work flawlessly. Most of Windows games will work on Linux and on the Steam Deck via Proton, so there won't be a version specifically for Linux because… Well… There’s no need for it.
== Price ==
The game will be costing at 30 U.S. dollars, 40 dollars Canadian, 45 Australian dollars, 30 euros, 25 pound sterling, and 4,536 yen on all platforms.. The PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, Meta Quest VR headsets, and Steam. The game will be free to download for Xbox Game Pass members, PC Game Pass members, and PlayStation Plus members day-one. The game would also be available on Amazon Luna for 10 dollars a month while also being available for free for Amazon Prime members. Now with iPhones, iPads, and Macs, the game will also cost a full 30 dollars on those devices, similar to how much games like Resident Evil 8: Village, Resident Evil 4 Remake, and Death Stranding would cost on Apple devices like the iPhone 15 Pro and the newest iPad Pro.
The downloadable content (DLC) pack Myst will be free to download for all owners of the game on all platforms.
== Apple Compatibility ==
The game on Apple devices uses 20 GB of storage. For installation, the recommendation would be having at least 25 GB of free space.
iPhone:
Requires iOS 17.0 or later and a device with the A17 Pro chip or later.
* iPhone 15 Pro
* iPhone 15 Pro Max
iPad:
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later and a device with the M1 chip or later. 
* iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation)
* iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
* iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation)
* iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
* iPad Air (5th generation)
* iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
* iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation)
* iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
* iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (6th generation)
* iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
Mac:
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
== Android compatibility ==
The game on Android devices requires Android 15 or later and uses 20 GB of storage. For installation, the recommendation would be having at least 25 GB of free space.
Samsung:
* Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
* Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+
* Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra
* Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+
* Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra
Google:
* Google Pixel 10 Pro
OnePlus:
* OnePlus 12R
* OnePlus 12 Pro
* OnePlus 13
* OnePlus 13 Ultra
Xiaomi:
* Xiaomi 14 Pro
* Xiaomi 14 Ultra
* Xiaomi 15 Pro
* Xiaomi 15 Ultra
* Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro
* Xiaomi Pad 6 Max 14
* Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
* Xiaomi Pad 7 Max 14
* Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.4
* Xiaomi MIX Fold 4
* Xiaomi MIX Fold 5
Other:
* Asus ROG Phone 7
* Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate
* Nothing Phone (3)
* Sony Xperia 1 V
* Motorola Edge 50 Pro
== System Requirements ==
Windows:
 	MINIMUM SPECS 	RECOMMENDED SPECS
OS 	Windows 10 	Windows 10/11 with updates
Processor 	Intel Core i7-4790, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 	Intel Core i7-10700K, AMD Ryzen 3800 XT
Memory 	16 GB RAM 	32 GB RAM
Graphics 	Intel ARC A380, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650, AMD Radeon RX 480	Intel ARC A770, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070, AMD Radeon RX 6800
DirectX 	Version 12 	Version 12
Storage 	40 GB available space 	40 GB available space
Additional Notes	SSD recommended 	SSD recommended
== Trivia ==
# The video game universe of Hilda will be targeted to an older audience due to certain content only suitable for 13 and older.
# The game is rated T for Teen by the ESRB for Blood, Mild Language, Mild Violence, and Suggestive Themes.
# The PC, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Android versions will have controller support.
# The video game universe will be a separate canon from the graphic novel and the Netflix series.
# Physical copies will contain bonus items.
# In 2024 Reveal Project NakedToon will sensitive called Adventure of Naked Hilda is Console from The PC, Vitoplus, Switch versions will have controller support.
== Gallery ==
File:Hilda (game).jpg|Hilda retail poster
File:Hilda on PlayStation 5.png|Hilda on PlayStation 5
File:Hilda on Xbox Series X.png|Hilda on Xbox Series X
File:Hilda multiplat physical copies.jpg|Hilda physical copies
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