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On Friday, be prepared to download two Hosted Games: “Apex Patrol” by Allen Gies, and Part 3 of “Zombie Exodus” by Jim Dattilo! Make sure to stay tuned for links to the apps in the app store. Remember, the more downloads in the first few days, the better the ranking for our authors. Show your support by downloading them this weekend!

Choice of Games is pleased to announce the release of Wizard’s Choice for iPhone and iPad, by Sam Landstrom. Sam has already published his successful series of Wizard’s Choice titles for Android, Windows Phone, and Kindle; we’re excited to partner with him to release the game for iOS for the first time. Fortune and glory or death? Stay alive, manage your spell power, find treasure, and smite evil. Wizard’s Choice is a series of text-based adventures that will engross you in a storyline while allowing you to make the decisions that will determine your fate. We hope you enjoy playing

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Yesterday, the 2011 XYZZY Award winners were announced. Zombie Exodus by Jim Dattilo was nominated in ten categories, including Best Game; it won only one award, a “Special Recognition” award, which was devised after voting started. This happened because folks from the ChoiceScript community and/or fans of Zombie Exodus voted as a block. In the first round of voting, where voters nominated games out of a list of more than a hundred, a large number of people voted as a block for ChoiceScript games. In round two, the votes were split approximately 50/50: votes for Zombie Exodus, and votes for

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The finalists in 2012’s XYZZY awards have been announced! The XYZZY Awards are given for the best works of interactive fiction released the previous year in a variety of categories (Best Writing, Best Puzzles, and so on). Now it’s time to vote for the winners! Anyone can vote for the winner in every category, even those who did not vote in the previous round, but please play all four games before voting for Best Game. Voting ends March 2. The nominees for Best Game are: Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin) Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis (Adam Thornton) Six (Wade Clarke) Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo)

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The annual XYZZY Awards are here! The XYZZY Awards are given for the best works of interactive fiction released the previous year in a variety of categories (Best Writing, Best Puzzles, and so on). Anyone can vote in the XYZZY awards; in this round, all games released in 2011 are eligible to become finalists. In the next round of voting, starting in February, the winners will be selected from the most popular finalists in each category. This year, there are a number of fantastic ChoiceScript games on the list! (Here they are in alphabetical order.) Dead Already? Dilemma The Land

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Are you writing an interactive novel using ChoiceScript? Don’t make these common mistakes! Not Enough Delayed Branching In “By the Numbers: How to Write a Long Interactive Novel That Doesn’t Suck“, we draw a distinction between choices that branch the story immediately and choices that cause the story to branch in a later chapter. It’s impossible to write a story with lots of choices if all choices branch the story immediately; delayed branching solves that problem nicely. When authors try to write a linear story without delayed branching, the result is a game where the player makes minor choices that

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Choice of Games is pleased to announce the release of The Race, by Andy Why! Play it on the web, or download the iPhone version or the Android version. Much like Zombie Exodus, Andy developed “the Race” with extensive input from the Choice of Games Forums. You are about to go on the journey of a lifetime as you take part in the event known the world over as “The Race”. With a huge cash prize, being a participant on The Race is a great opportunity for success. You have been chosen to take part and race through Peru to

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Choice of Games is pleased to announce the release of Dead Already?, our third title by Kie Brooks! Play it on the web, or download the iPhone version or the Android version. Life is not fair, neither is this game. Another short murder mystery for you to solve following the ChoiceScript multiple-choice text-based format. The murderer is randomly selected at the beginning of each game for a greater challenge. We hope you enjoy playing “Dead Already?” and we encourage you to play it, tell your friends, and to recommend it on StumbleUpon, Facebook, Twitter, and other sites. Don’t forget: our

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Choice of Games is pleased to announce the release of Mobile Armored Marine, by Steve Cave! Play it on the web, or download the iPhone version or the Android version. Make sure to keep track of your saved games, as Steve plans to produce several sequels. Blast into action as an Imperial Mobile Armored Marine! Decide when to use stealth, diplomacy, or your armor’s incredible power as you explore a silent colony world. Gain glory, and command a squad of troopers as your choices determine how the story unfolds. Can you uncover the dark secret of Far Hope? We hope

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Choice of Games is pleased to announce the release of Zebulon, by Matt Slaybaugh. Play it on the web, or download the iPhone version or the Android version. Zebulon was originally created and released for the JayisGames Casual Game Design Competition #9, where it earned fourth place. Journey through Space and uncover the secrets of the asteroid Zebulon! Pilot a spacecraft with two loyal sidekicks and your pet goldfish Henry. Travel to the Moon, meet some interesting characters, and then blast off to the Asteroid Belt. Along the way make the right choices to discover the secrets of Zebulon and

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