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ShortStories Mobile Apps

ShortStories Apps Lets look at a useful phone app called ShortStories. This app has been released by Nick Rout Casual. The app description in Google Play read as "ShortStories provides a platform to play text-based games using the various elements of the Android System UI" Notifications indicate scenarios in a story, posing a situation in which a choice is required App Shortcuts provide a means of making a choice, and making a choice poses a new scenario Dialogs provide a means of viewing a list of achievements, gained by exploring various paths in a story Unique colors, icons, vibration patterns and sounds exist for different types of scenarios, and are used to theme the Notifications. Emoji provide a contextual icon for scenarios and choices. Stories are defined in XML. A basic structure of Story, Choice, Scenario, Achievement and Finish tags allows ShortStories to parse and play almost any kind of text-based, multiple choice game. Available on Android 7.1...