iPad’s upcoming launch & intense media interest has highlighted the lack of new applications (apps) that really grab potential new customers wanting new and exciting content. One UK company, mifiction , has reprised the interactive book of old & catapulted it into the 21st Century with a new service that is available on mobile devices as well as via the web. TechCrunch Europe recently reviewed the service (http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/04/21/mifiction-takes-80s-style-game-books-mobile/ ) and highlighted that they’re looking for budding new authors to contribute to the growing library of new interactive mobile books . The mobile books themselves are available through a mobile device’s web browser and let the reader make decisions related to what happens next in the storyline. Smart phones, including the iPhone, are tailor made for this type of service and it’s also available across most other mobile devices too. It’s a great idea and for a free-to-download taster then try “The Three Tears” which is a story set in a parallel universe where time travel is possible. In this story the two mighty empires, the Protectorate and the Governance, fight each other across time and space, attempting to disrupt the other’s history whilst protecting their own.
TechCrunch Europe article on mifiction launch
http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/04/21/mifiction-takes-80s-style-game-books-mobile/
Steve O’Hear posted a interesting take on mifiction’s recent launch of their interactive fiction books. See the full article via the link above.
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The Twin Keys of Lapis by Terence Wheeler
The Twin Keys of Lapis by Terence Wheeler mobile book is available for purchase.
Description: “You travel as Marvid, a teenager, to a new world, perhaps in the stone age perhaps not. Can you find your destiny with the help of Blauren and foil the plans of the evil Tramek?”
Genre: Science Fiction and Time Travel.
Uprooted by Carole Watson
Uprooted by Carole Watson mobile book is available for purchase.
Description: “A school based drama where you play the new girl starting at a new high school and fall in with the wrong crowd.”
Genre: Teen, Modern, School and College.
Helix – Vibrations by Reay Jespersen
Helix – Vibrations by Reay Jespersen mobile book is available for purchase.
Description: “As Helix, a superhero fighting crime in a violent city, you must investigate a series of connected crimes. But with the police against you as well as the crooks, it won’t be easy!”
Genre: Superhero and Crime.
Death Dances at Midnight by James Clegg
Death Dances at Midnight by James Clegg mobile book is available for purchase.
Description: “It says Jack Copse Private Investigator on your office door. You’re ready for the femme fatales, the hoods, the fighting and the smoking and drinking. But are you ready for the hordes of zombies?”
Genre: Crime and Supernatural.
Exiled by David Mann
Exiled by David Mann mobile book is available for purchase.
Description: “As Princess Cylia, swordswoman and adventuress, you must fight against the cruel Lord Harran. Can you rescue your sister from his clutches and bring to an end his evil reign?”
Genre: Fantasy.
The City of the Godbrain by Jacob King
The City of the Godbrain by Jacob King mobile book is available for purchase.
Description: “You’ve been sent from your village as ‘Godfodder’ to the city. Will you make a stand against the Godbrain and release your people from servitude?”
Genre: Fantasy
System Overload by M T Allen
System Overload by M T Allen mobile book is available for purchase.
Description: “Reality and Virtual Reality blur as you struggle through a series of worlds. Can you find out what is really going on and escape your fate?”
Genre: Science Fiction
The Promise of Paradise by Laura Martin
The Promise of Paradise by Laura Martin mobile book is available for purchase.
Description: “You’re Abby, a tough agent trained from a young age to fight crime. Can you take down Deitrotta’s crime syndicate and solve the case of the missing children?”
Genre: Crime and Action