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SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2011: Choice of Games, a quirky independent games company, has released their newest interactive novel, “Choice of the Vampire,” for Amazon Kindle. At more than 160,000 words, “Choice of the Vampire” is one of the longest works ever written in the “choose a path” style, allowing players to choose their gender, sexual orientation, ethnic background, and feeding habits. Play as a young vampire, from the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 through the end of the Civil War in 1866. You’ll meet (and possibly feed from) Andrew Jackson, Marie Laveau and Jefferson Davis along the way.

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We’re going to try something that (to the best of my knowledge) has never been done before: we’re going to try to play some interactive fiction in a combination online/offline event. Every Saturday at 11am Pacific, ClubFloyd meets online to play interactive fiction together in ifMUD. On Saturday, June 4th, the San Francisco Bay Area IF Group will meet in person (location TBD) in front of a big monitor and a streaming webcam; we’re going to try playing Choice of Broadsides on ClubFloyd, together with everyone playing online. Will it work? Will it be a catastrophe? Nobody knows. That’s why

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Writing a game in ChoiceScript is easy, but, like any work of fiction, finishing it can be hard. If you want to try your hand at writing just the first part of a game in ChoiceScript, consider submitting your game to IntroComp 2011, an annual interactive-fiction competition in which entrants submit only the first part of their games. Players vote for the winning game. The requirements of IntroComp are deceptively simple: All entrants must submit the beginning of a new, never before seen work of IF. This can be as short or as long as the author likes, so long

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I was at the Game Developer Conference this week in San Francisco; on Monday, Michael Todd (@thegamedesigner) gave a short presentation about his personal battle with depression. It was the best presentation I’ve seen all year, and I’d like to use this space to blog my notes about it. EDIT: The video of Michael Todd’s presentation has been posted for free online. Depression is common among independent game developers. Working on a large creative project all by yourself is a huge emotional challenge. Indie game developers work notoriously long hours, often in isolation. You’re constantly facing the outer limits of

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We are excited to announce the release of Choice of the Vampire v1.2.2. This finally brings the new_orleans_rapport scene to iPhone, as well as introduces the player to Memphis. More importantly, though, v1.2.2 sees a new User Interface for Choice of Games, as well as iOS-specific animations (page-curls, etc).

We are happy to announce that we have added forums to our website. We welcome you all to sign up there and discuss our games, both current and future, as well as ChoiceScript and… really… whatever else your hearts desire. It should be noted that, for security reasons, we recommend using your GoogleID, Facebook or Twitter account to access the forums.

PRESS RELEASE SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22, 2010: Lovers of interactive fiction, rejoice! Choice of Games, a quirky independent games company, has just released their first two interactive fiction titles for Amazon Kindle. Both games are available now in the Amazon Kindle Store. In their first game, “Choice of the Dragon,” you play as a dragon who kidnaps princesses and sleeps on gold for fun. You’ll dominate the local kingdom, loot and pillage, and inspire terror in the hearts of your enemies. Their second game, “Choice of Broadsides,” is a swashbuckling naval adventure, in the spirit of C. S. Forester’s Hornblower

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The Independent Games Festival (IGF), the prestigious GDC-held video game industry event highlighting and awarding the talents of independent game developers, has announced the finalists and honorable mentions for the 2011 Nuovo Award, which honors “abstract, short-form, and unconventional game development.” Our swashbuckling naval adventure Choice of Broadsides earned an honorable mention from this year’s jury! Stay tuned for a big announcement about Dragon and Broadsides in the next day or so. 😉

Four of our games are now available for Palm webOS! Download them from the Palm App Catalog on Palm Pre or Palm Pixi: Choice of the Dragon: Play as a dragon who sleeps on gold and kidnaps princesses for fun! Choice of Broadsides: A swashbuckling naval adventure, in the spirit of C. S. Forester’s Hornblower or Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin books, with a dash of Jane Austen. Choice of Romance: As a young courtier who has caught the monarch’s eye, will you gain a crown or lose your head? Choice of the Vampire: Begin your two hundred year journey in New

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