Loose Strands
© 2014 Darned Sock Productions
Featuring an innovative "choose-your-own path" branching navigation system, this is a 70,000 word fantasy novel about a young boy's quest outside his family's barbershop in search of a birthday celebration. The pages are organized in two or three paragraph chunks (one per screen) that you control by swiping up, down, left or right. At various points in the story, you help the boy make a decision, such as follow a friend, or go with an old man. Each choice has irreversible consequences, although it is possible to back through the story to the last decision point. Illustrations are meager, but well done, and the pages look like real parchment. There is no sound. Progress is auto-saved. Content includes illustrations, and dozens of decision points (we only made it to Chapter 4). Learn more at http://darnedsock.com/2014/05/27/game-elements-in-loose-strands-developer-diary-2/
$4.99, iPad, Android
Teaches: reading, reading comprehension
CTR Rating: 87.5%