Episode (video game)

Episode or Episode Interactive is an interactive story video game developed by Pocket Gems.[1][2][3][4][5]

Episode
Developer(s)Pocket Gems
Platform(s)Android, iOS
ReleaseJuly 2013
Genre(s)Interactive fiction
Mode(s)Model

The app is a storytelling network and platform that features interactive stories built for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Users enter one of 84,000 stories and make choices as the storyline progresses. The product also has a UGC creation platform that enables users to create their own stories,[6] 12 million of which have registered.

Episode features three types of stories: user generated, in-house originals and IP licensed. Some IP stories include "Demi Lovato: Path to Fame", "Pretty Little Liars", "Clueless", "Pitch Perfect: In Deep Treble", "Mean Girls: Senior Year", "Mean Girls: Sorority Rush", "Cameron Dallas: It Started With a Lie", and "Falling For the Dolan Twins".

Gameplay

Once in the story, the player will be given dialogue and then the player can customize the player character in the closet. The player will then be able to carry on with the story. Some choices the player will have to purchase with the virtual currency. The game's stories are separated into chapters, after the chapter the player has completed is finished the next one will be unlocked for purchase using Episode's virtual currency. Until the player reaches a number of completed chapters, the game is locked and stories slots will be unlocked after completing a certain number of chapters. The game allows the player to create stories or view other custom stories after the game is unlocked.

Alternatives

Choices

Choices by Pixelberry is an alternative interactive story game with multiple stories to choose from. There are a ton of stories to choose from game shows to being a monarch. Most of the stories include LGBTQIA+ elements.

References
  1. "'Pretty Little Liars' Offshoot Debuts on Episode's Interactive Story App". Variety. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. "Pocket Gems' Episode brings back Clueless as an interactive mobile game". VentureBeat. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. "Pocket Gems Reviving 'Mean Girls' With New Mobile Game". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. "How Episode became the world's biggest interactive fiction platform". Gamasutra. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. "Pocket Gems Launches Episode, A Platform For Interactive Mobile Stories". TechCrunch. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  6. Cooper, Janine M. "Episode – Choose Your Story: the inappropriate game your kids have probably played". The Conversation. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
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