More than six centuries after his introduction through poems and ballads, Robin Hood – the late-medieval outlaw of Sherwood Forest – barely requires an introduction due to his ongoing renown and fascination to modern audiences. In Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood you play as the legendary Robin, but this version of the folkloric hero […]
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Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus tells the cautionary tale of Victor Frankenstein, a gifted man of science who develops a process built on the principle of life to imbue vitality into previously inanimate matter. His humanoid creation is a truly hideous ‘abhorred monster’ with intelligence and humanity, who pursues and punishes Dr.
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Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood is a new text-based role-playing game that blends interactive fiction, resource management and base building against the backdrop of Sherwood Forest. You are Robin of Locksley. Hounded from your home by the Sheriff of Nottingham, take control of your fate in this extravagant, illustrated role-playing game. Rob from the rich
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Alcyone: The Last City (pronounced Al-Sigh-O-Knee!) is a sci-fi interactive fiction game set in the last City in the universe. Created by Joshua Meadows (a video game journalist/writer, and author of the episodic sci-fi/fantasy series Iyetra), Alcyone: The Last City is a text-based adventure where choice, influence, knowledge, moral ambiguity and consequences will ultimately determine your fate.
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Kismet Interactive Fiction (creators of Day of the Worms – the ‘gardening meets the zombie apocalypse’ text adventure) has just released a new detective noir adventure where you play a reporter in a small seaside town. Rhyl On Sea will see you caught up in the North Wales independence movement – when not dealing with
The welcomed resurgence of the Fighting Fantasy brand in this 35th Anniversary year continues to gather increased momentum with the announcement from Nomad Games (creators of the successful Talisman: Digital Edition) of their upcoming new release, Fighting Fantasy Legends. A card-based role-playing game set in Allansia, Fighting Fantasy Legends will see you exploring three classic
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Slaughter at Masada is the third release in the Heavy Metal Thunder series of apps from developer Cubus Games. This well-received interactive science fiction series is written by Kyle B. Stiff and illustrated by Marc Gonzalez. A one-week Kickstarter campaign is currently underway, raising funds so that a visual and intuitive user interface can be
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Kismet Interactive Fiction’s Day of the Worms is a new Android app featuring parasitic zombie worms, allotments, and 12 different kinds of biscuit! Urban gardening meets the zombie apocalypse! Inspired by cheesy horror flicks from the 1980s, Day of the Worms is an interactive fiction game, set at the dawn of the zombie takeover, and
Tin Man Games have now released their digital reimagining of the original Fighting Fantasy gamebook by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, on iOS. Features: A tabletop adventure come to life with figurines and an environment that assembles itself Fully interactive story, with 1000s of choices, which change for each of
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To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Westward Dystopia on Android, Greek Winter Media’s excellent post-apocalyptic Wasteland adventure is now available as a completely FREE app, featuring no annoying paywalls or advertisements! The entire Westward Dystopia story is freely accessible, however, if you enjoy the app you can then upgrade to the paid version, which contains
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Award-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates is currently seeking funding via Kickstarter for his new game project Thaumistry: In Charm’s Way – a parser-driven interactive fiction comic fantasy set in New York City. This is a text adventure with player input via keyboard using a simple interface featuring no graphics, as per the
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A text-based fantasy adventure using CYOA-style game mechanics, Saga of the North Wind is an enjoyably atmospheric drama, intelligently written in a style that brings to life the various situations, conflicts and characters encountered on your journey to reach the Valley of the North Wind. Your tribe (which you can name as you desire) roams
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Hungarian developer Hexahedron Games has now released an Android app featuring their gamebook collection of tales from the shattered world of Felorian. What would you do if you were the hero of a story? If you could choose the direction it takes and make all the important decisions? If you could decide whether to save
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MetaArcade, developers of the upcoming Tunnels & Trolls adventure Naked Doom have now opened their Sneak Peek prototype opportunity to the gaming community. This is your chance to download, play and review the current build and game features of Naked Doom (as seen recently at GenCon and PAX), providing your personal feedback to help shape
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