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In life, you were a legendary hero. Now, you’ll rise from the grave as a ghost to defend your country in its hour of greatest need! Defy dragons, duel the dead, and face the nightmare at the bottom of the sea! Specters of the Deep is an interactive epic fantasy novel by Abigail C. Trevor, author of Heroes of Myth and Stars Arisen. It’s entirely text-based, 1 million words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Choice of Games editor Mary Duffy sat down with Abigail to talk about

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Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! You get fired from your job. Then your car breaks down. On the walk home, you nearly get hit by a meteor. You discover a spirit possessing a skull shaped microphone inside. He wants to make you a rich, famous metal musician. Meteoric is 40% off for a week starting today! Meteoric is a chilling 125,000 word interactive horror novel by Samwise Harry Young, where your choices control the story. It’s text-based, with occasional visual art, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.  Sam developed this game

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You get fired from your job. Then your car breaks down. On the walk home, you nearly get hit by a meteor. You discover a spirit possessing a skull shaped microphone inside. He wants to make you a rich, famous metal musician.

We’re proud to announce that Star Crystal Warriors Go!, the latest in our popular “Choice of Games” line of multiple-choice interactive-fiction games, is now available for Steam, Android, and on iOS in the “Choice of Games” app. It’s 30% off until 9/4! It’s tough fighting evil by moonlight and being an ordinary kid by daylight! Can you save your city’s dreams from monsters, halt a magical plague in its tracks, and still help your new club prepare for the best school festival ever? Star Crystal Warriors Go! is an interactive magical girl anime novel by Holly McMasters, with additional content

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When nightmare monsters invade your city, can you and your friends defeat them with your dream magic and still make it to school on time?

Coming Thursday, our latest Choice of Games title Star Crystal Warriors Go!, a 251,000-word interactive magical girl anime novel by Holly McMasters, with additional content by Brian Rushton. You can now play the first three chapters for free, and check out the author interview here. Wishlist it on Steam as well; whether you plan to purchase it there or not, it really helps. Star Crystal Warriors Go! releases this Thursday, August 28th.

It’s tough fighting evil by moonlight and being an ordinary 90s kid by daylight! Can you save your city’s dreams from monsters, halt a magical plague in its tracks, and still help your new club prepare for the best school festival ever? Star Crystal Warriors Go! is a 250,000-word interactive retro magical girl anime novel by Holly McMasters, with additional content by Brian Rushton. It releases next Thursday, August 28th, and you can wishlist it on Steam today. (Even if you don’t plan to buy it on Steam, wishlisting really helps!) You’ve spent a lot of time thinking about Choice

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We’re proud to announce that Games of the Monarch’s Eye, the latest in our popular “Choice of Games” line of multiple-choice interactive-fiction games, is now available for Steam, Android, and on iOS in the “Choice of Games” app. It’s 33% off until August 21st! Duel your greatest rival to win back your honor—or spark a revolution! It’s a tournament of steel, strategy, sabotage, or forbidden magic, in a fantasy world inspired by the Silk Road. Games of the Monarch’s Eye is an interactive “silk and sorcery” fantasy novel by Saffron Kuo. It’s entirely text-based, 238,000 words and hundreds of choices,

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Duel your greatest rival to win back your honor—or spark a revolution! A fantasy “Silk Road” tournament of steel, strategy, sabotage, or forbidden magic.

Duel your greatest rival to win back your honor—or spark a revolution! It’s a tournament of steel, strategy, sabotage, or forbidden magic, in a fantasy world inspired by the Silk Road. Games of the Monarch’s Eye is a 238,000-word interactive “silk and sorcery” fantasy novel by Saffron Kuo. I sat down with Saffron to talk about their game and experience writing in ChoiceScript. Games of the Monarch’s Eye releases this Thursday, August 14th. You can play the first three chapters today, for free! This is your first time writing interactive fiction with Choice of Games, tell me a little about

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