Strange Lands cover
Strange Lands screenshot
Steam
Genre: Adventure, Indie

Strange Lands

Strange Lands Version 0.11
This update has been a long time in the making. With a focus on polishing world 4, it also brings a number of improvements and bug fixes.


  • Major work on levels in world 4 to bring the fun
  • Reworked spring tilesets
  • Reworked castle tilesets
  • Added menu screen displaying controls and how to play.
  • When the player gains the speed powerup, the world slows down (bullet time)
  • Bats eyes now glow in the dark
  • Specters in cursed world now burn with green fire
  • Better support for different resolutions
  • Small crystal size increased

Strange Lands Update 0.10
Another small update with some big changes. This update focused mainly on bringing more fun to world 3, but also includes a few quality updates that affect the whole game.

  • Improved rendering menus at different resolutions.
  • Updated mouse cursor art
  • Updated game title art
  • Updated tile art (Castle Ice bricks, dirt, Winter rocks)
  • Fixed a bug where tile sprites would be rendered slightly off
  • Added particle effects when collecting crystals and other items
  • Fixed memory leak

Strange Lands Update 0.9
A small update that brings some bug fixes, improved level content, and updated art!

  • Improved backgrounds, making them more in line with the feel of the game
  • Improved art for ice levels.
  • Fixed bug in sprite rendering that would result in all sprites/tiles being slightly squished.
  • Fixed bug where player could throw objects through unpassable tiles.
  • Fixed Bug where player collision detection would not pick the closest blocking object to halt movement
  • Completed review of Levels 2-1 through 2-4

Strange Lands 0.8 Update

  • Introducing camera smoothing, for a better gameplay experience.
  • Levels 1 through 4 have undergone a major rework

    • Pickup and throw mechanic brought forward to world 1
    • Glass blocks to smash!
    • New enemies that cannot be defeated without throwing blocks at them
    • Use of conveyor belts
    • More lava!
    • World 1 boss battle re-imagined to make it more fun
  • Some minor improvements to existing artwork/sounds

Strange lands 0.7 update
The full list of changes includes:

  • Migrated to .Net 6

    • This brings a number of advantages, not the least of which is improved performance
  • Migrated Fixed Function Pipeline code to Modern OpenGL

    • Improved Lighting effects
    • Improved anti aliasing
  • Better error reporting
  • Potentially breaking changes

    • Strange lands now requires "Visual C++ Redistributable 2015" to be installed in order to run.
    • Controller support has been almost entirely rewritten to make use of newer libraries; I expect this to continue to work as before, but there is potential for undetected bugs.
    • Strange Lands now requires a 64 bit environment


Strange Lands v0.6 Cursed Lands
This update brings new playable content to Strange Lands! Help Sarah through the cursed world; her journey is nearly complete!


  • Four new levels of cursed challenges
  • Reworked art for player character art updated/animations smoother, pipeline improvements...
  • End of game sequence added; finish the game to see!
  • More efficient sprite resource management
  • Minor improvements to art

Strange Lands demo now available!
The Strange Lands demo is now available on steam! Play through the first two challenging worlds today!

v0.5 Minor Update 3
Various updates to content and assets, including:

  • Reworked level 1-3 entirely; Try the new speed powerup!
  • New end-of-level mechanism. Say goodby to the boring old green flag!
  • New cloud platforms and hazards to avoid.
  • Updated art for various environments.
  • Expanded levels, most notably 1-4 and 2-4.

v0.5 Minor Update 2
The update includes:

  • Added menu background scene.
  • Bigger is better: Resized 1-up and fireball power-ups.
  • Expanded levels with extra content, especially 1-3.
  • Various art updates.
  • Improved performance of collision detection.

v0.5 Minor Update 1
A minor update with major punch. This update brings a fresh new look to Strange Lands with a new art style for many areas.

  • Improved art in various places (eg: lava! stone blocks, grass/dirt, caves, menu buttons)
  • Revamped HUD, getting rid of the wooden frames
  • Fixed bug where enemies would refuse to walk over mushroom blocks
Older posts