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Choice of Games LLC

Founded 2009 Website

Choice of Games LLC was founded by Dan Fabulich and Adam Strong-Morse in 2009. They produce text-based interactive novels for mobile platforms and the web, combining the delicious freedom of the 1980s’ choose-a-path gamebooks with the depth and scope of a bestselling novel. In addition to developing their own games in-house, Choice of Games LLC has created an easy-to-use programming language for writing text-based games, ChoiceScript, and publishes games written by other designers.

Choice of Games LLC at a Glance

Choice of Games LLC entered the market in 2009 when Dan Fabulich and Adam Strong-Morse founded the company. Their catalog on PlayPile contains 16 titles, with the company acting as a publisher for all of them and developing 12 of those projects directly. The studio focuses heavily on the indie sector, releasing 15 games in that category. They also lean into role-playing games with 12 entries and adventure titles with 9 releases. Their technical reach is broad across personal computing, with 14 games available for PC and iOS devices each. They also support Linux and Mac systems with 12 titles on each platform. Android users can find 12 of their games, while only 2 are playable in a web browser. The studio's output has shifted over the years. They released just one game in the 2000s before ramping up significantly in the 2010s with 12 titles. This pace slowed in the 2020s, where only 3 games appeared before they became inactive after 2022. Their ratings show a generally positive trend for most of their history but dipped recently. Across 12 rated titles, the average score is 73.1 out of 100. The breakdown includes five great scores of 80 or higher and six good scores between 60 and 79. There is only one mixed rating in their entire history and no poor titles. Several specific games stand out for their high quality. MetaHuman Inc. from 2015, Heroes Rise: The Hero Project from 2013, and three other entries from 2014 all earned an 80/100 score. These include Heroes Rise: HeroFall, Mecha Ace, and Heroes Rise: The Prodigy. Later releases show more variability in reception. Creme de la Creme from late 2019 scored 70, while Runt of the Litter from early 2017 got a 67.5. The Shadow Society from February 2020 dropped to a mixed 50/100. Recent activity includes Siege of Treboulain in April 2022 and Versus: The Deathscapes in May 2021. The company produces text-based interactive novels that merge the freedom of old choose-a-path gamebooks with novel-like depth. They developed a programming language called ChoiceScript to help writers create these games. This tool allows them to publish works by designers outside their own studio alongside their internal projects.

16
Total Games
73.1
Avg Rating
2009
First Release
2022
Latest Release

Genre Breakdown

Indie
39%
Role-playing (RPG)
32%
Adventure
24%
Simulator
3%
Visual Novel
3%

Platform Spread

PC (Microsoft Windows)
14
iOS
14
Linux
12
Mac
12
Android
12

Release Timeline

2000s
1
2010s
12
2020s
3

Rating Distribution

5
80-100
6
60-79
1
40-59
0
0-39