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Photopia by Adam Cadre app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 1600 ratings )
Games Book Adventure Role Playing
Developer: Adam Cadre
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.0.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 08 Aug 2015
App size: 1.49 Mb

Photopia is a short text game that launched a revolution in interactive storytelling as the medium entered the 21st century. Take on the roles of several different characters, in settings ranging from an alien world to a suburban backyard, and discover how their stories fit together. The iOS edition of Photopia adds a gorgeous, intuitive touchscreen interface... and a few surprises!

• First place, 4th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition
• Xyzzy Awards for Best Writing and Best Story
• Voted best interactive fiction of all time, 2015 intfiction.org poll

"This is a work so hugely influential to interactive fiction development that anyone interested in the history of the form should try it." —Emily Short

"Photopia is important to video games as a whole, to the advancement of our understanding of the interactive medium." —necessarygames.com

"I dont think any other work of art has ever affected me to the extent that Photopia has." —playthisthing.com

(Credits: Photopia was written and programmed by Adam Cadre, in the Inform programming language created by Graham Nelson, and ported to iOS by Carter Sande.)

Latest reviews of Photopia by Adam Cadre app for iPhone and iPad

I havent even played it
But Bret Victor recommended it so Im sure it will be amazing. Besides $0.99 is less than I make in an hour so its not a big risk, is it?
Extraordinary
One of the most original, powerful and moving narrative experiences Ive ever had.
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