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Past Mistakes – Science Fiction dystopian Book app – Books Game Review
Past Mistakes – Science Fiction dystopian Book app is a Books/Strategy/Simulation game from Living a Book Inc., first launched in 20th July 2014.
It’s rated 17+ and currently has 68+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Past Mistakes – Science Fiction dystopian Book app Stand Out
SCIENCE FICTION. This is an interactive book with multiple endings. "Living a Book" is a new approach of interactive books where the reader’s decisions change and trigger new situations and a different ending.
Dystopian future science fiction detective Pathbook.
"Past Mistakes” Commissioner Collins, a veteran agent of the law that rules over the new Total Order the world is in, will find, by accident, a time capsule buried back in the XXI century. In this capsule, he will find the origin and solution to the totalitarian state under which the oppressed XXV century lives: several plans on how to build a time machine, and a card with the story and location of the tyrant who would start World War Three, allowing all his descendants to continue the Great Dictatorship, the Total Order under which Collins lives.
An Interactive Book App with images, music, decisions and multiple endings.
Dystopian Interactive Gamebook App with images, music, decisions and multiple endings, a great story book online for people who likes to play interactive story hunger games.
"Past Mistakes" is available today, you get to choose the course of the story, become the main character, choose your path wisely and discover our multiple endings.
Commissioner Collins, a veteran agent of the law, fifty years old, from Novopolis, in Great America. He does not agree with the system he lives in, but he has no other choice than to abide by the law, Lex Code, imposed upon the world’s population. The Supreme Leader oppresses World War 3’s survivor states. Upon finding the time capsule, which will reveal how to avoid the planet’s current situation, he chooses to help correct the past and erase the present.
Have you ever wanted to change the ending of your favorite book? Now you can! Good, bad, unexpected, sad, and of course happy endings, original storiesonline, tales, classic book adaptations, short stories, tales for children and novels are available in this living books app.
This gamebook app is available for iPhone, iPad or iPod devices, Download for Free and decide later if you want the full version, This Interactive Book App is published by Living a Book.
LIVING A BOOK, books with decisions and multiple endings, create a unique and immersive experience by combining technology and a good read. Our Pathbook apps create the best reading experience ever.
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This Interactive Book App is published by Living a Book.
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Ordinary people, book lovers and writers from around the world are writing our books. Be part of this adventure and become the author of your own interactive book. You just need to write the story and Living a Book will design, program and publish it as an application.
This Books game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Past Mistakes – Science Fiction dystopian Book app is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 28th July 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
New images
Download & Availability
Past Mistakes – Science Fiction dystopian Book app is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This is a clever idea and the first story was written well enough to keep our attention and didnt suffer from the malaise that the original CYOA books of the 80s were plagued with.
A great story, and creative endings, but it would be much better if it was longer.
Reminiscent of the PBS Dr. Who series. Great depth in the story but as others have said .. Comes to an ending too soon we will read it with different options and see how things change but it will likely still be very short. Good job on the story line.
Its a short story but its awesome.
The story was great. We wish it was longer. We would love to have more choices. Great job.
It is a little short, Id like more choices. The graphics are very nice. We shut off the music, it was not necessary to our enjoyment of the game. Ive only gone through it once, so interested how different choices may affect the story.
Would have like more. More of everything. It was fun.
S a fan of this type of story we long to read the rest. It has captured our imagination.
Interesting story but way too short and really?…a baby from the past brought to the future to be raised by a nice family wouldve worked too…just saying.
This might be good, but the author needs a good copyeditor. There are too many awkward sentences and other structural issues. We simply got tired of trying to follow it and quit.
The concept is good. The mechanics are fine. The writing was terrible.
Good artwork, but lame book. Glad it was short.
We like the game but it played fine until we made the choice for Collins to open the container and then the screen turned black and went blank so we shut it down and rebooted our iPad thinking that would fix the problem but instead now it just sits on the main page with no sound and doesnt do anything and wont go back to the story or anything else! It just stays where its at if we cant play the game whats the point in keeping it.
Storylines are very short. Just as it starts to get interesting, the story ends abruptly, and changing your choices has relatively little effect on the storyline. On multiple playthroughs with different choices selected, we only discovered three different endings, all quite grim. Additionally, there are very few choices in total per storyline. Interesting world building, competent graphics and sound, but falls far short of its potential. We would say the writing and short length are its main downfalls. Additionally, once you complete a main storyline, the app is overly insistent in asking for a 5-star review, to the extent you have to click 'No' on three increasingly pointed screens before it will accept your response. Not cool.
Would've preferred graphics/video – not just long pages of dialogue that went on for too long and a more interesting storyline.
Open the app, it crashes. Deleted, reinstalled. Same problem.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.0.1
- Size: 57.66 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References, Frequent/Intense Mature/Suggestive Themes, Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: [Living a Book Inc.]()
Last updated: 28th July 2017 | Genre: Books, Strategy | Developer: Living a Book Inc.