#interactive books

[tnbc-thoughtsandheadcanons]

"Featuring flaps, pull-tabs, and other interactive elements, this uniquely illustrated tour of select locations from Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas will be a year-round treat for any fan. But beware! Just because the banner says “Welcome,” doesn’t mean it won’t be a ghostly experience.

"Welcome, welcome dear visitor! I’m Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town. I’m so excited to show you around! But beware—there are tantalizing things hiding everywhere…"

With Jack Skellington as their guide, young readers will discover hidden surprises in beloved locations from Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Look around the Town Square, watch Sally make a potion, search the graveyard below Spiral Hill, and more. But beware! Just because the banner says “Welcome,” doesn’t mean it won’t be a ghostly experience. Peek behind curtains and gravestones in this unique book containing flaps, pull tabs, and other interactive elements that will make it a year-round favorite.

Releases July 9th this year! Preorders up on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc.!

#the nightmare before christmas #nightmare before christmas #tnbc #jack skellington #tim burton #disney #henry selick #welcome to halloween town #interactive books #the mayor of halloween town #lock shock and barrel #oogie boogie #zero skellington #sally skellington #you can def tell disney had their hands on this. i never like sally drawn this way #but it looks cool! #halloween town residents #dr finkelstein #doctor finkelstein

[valcubust-writes]

Read the Demo here! / art account is @valcubust​ / Da Spotify

...

2027, A voice transcript found on a recording device:

"...can be killed with fire, testing done in..." A french accent. "September of 2025. If I am counting correct."

. . .

"Now, with more testing I can hopefully learn more about them. Learn advantages. Sending someone out to rile them up. Will check in later."

...End transcript.

You're alive.

One survivor amongst thousands of dead. The actual death toll (if there was ever a record of it) is unavailable now. The world ended in 2026.

Now, four-hundred and twenty-three days later, you're here. In the outskirts of Scarswater, Ohio; you live in what used to be a small farming community. Once full of life and a bustling economy, but even before The End, the area had been steadily gentrified. Dead fields, closed businesses, and now, a beautiful wasteland of parking lots and unused plazas.  

Whatever caused it is unknown. Of course, you could ask everyone you know and they would all have their own ideas about what happened.

All that you know for certain is that in January of 2026, everything stopped working. Cellphones, computers, televisions... all electronics went on the fritz before shutting down entirely. After that, people started disappearing. Animals, too. And then went the crops, mass death of acres and acres of valuable foods and materials. All gone within six months. Mass hysteria ensued, people got scared, started hoarding goods. Everyone and their mother had a gun pointed right at the road, just in case anyone got any funny ideas.

And all of that was before the bizarre sightings.

The... things. Gooey, tar-like. They absorb, and absorb, and absorb.

You wondered, for a bit, how they could eat so much. But that thought has long passed. They have no limits, no voices, no care in the world except consume. How long until they finally consume you, too?

FEATURES

Play as a nonbinary, male, or female character; straight, bisexual, or gay.

Custom Pronouns (I'm considering adding duo pronouns as well. like, she/they etc.).

Choice for a ‘common’ name or something bizarre. In which characters will definitely recognize that you have named yourself something batshit.

Asexual routes (this is very important to me)!

A mildly customizable backstory

Several love interests

LOVE INTERESTS

Miles/Mindy (He/they, She/they): A surprisingly bashful stranger with a farmer's tan, M has the means to keep to themself alive and safe, so why are they bothering to make sure you make it, too? Circumstances have thrown the two of you together, whether or not they stick around is up to you.

Audria (They/them): Goofy and a little out of touch, Audria is a certified genius, not that it matters anymore. The key to your protection — and your group's — is them. They often head out of the camp to scavenge, and  know how to keep a car running. Audria is one of the few people still around who knows anything about electronics. They often seem preoccupied with something important, but Audria always makes time for you.

Calvin/Carissa (He/him, She/her): The unofficial leader of your group — not that they'd want to claim the title — C is in charge of food collection, distribution, and growing. They have a chill attitude about life, and a whole mess of conspiracies. Still, you wonder what's hidden behind all of the easy smiles.

Lola (She/her): Lola is an unfriendly, hot mess. You've never met someone so flighty in your life. She is distrustful and stubborn, and you suspect even the name she told you might be fake. It might be hard to get to know her.

Sandy (She/her, He/him, They/them (genderfluid)): Sandy is a transfer from the West Coast. during a yearly visit to family, they got caught up in an unfamiliar setting. Sandy floats about life, taking very little seriously. They remain fickle in just about every category in their life; they have an easygoing attitude and a tendency to make everything into a joke.

OTHER CHARACTERS

Bea, Preston, Courtney

Bea (She/her): Bea is soft and caring. Not just to you, but the other people in your group as well. Being the only person around with any knowledge about healthcare, she is charge of medical.

Preston (He/him): Preston is a proper hill-billy, not the most likeable of people, but you can't deny he's a good shot. Preston keeps watch and hunts for the group.

Courtney (She/her): The younger sister to C, Courtney juggles many tasks, usually helping out with what others are doing. She always wants to go with you when you leave.

The rest will join later!:)

WARNINGS

 Definitely some bad language, and slang that might not immediately understood by everyone. I’ll most likely include a glossary if it is too ‘Ohio’ of me.

A warning that there is definitely going to be reference to death and hardship (often), as well as active death among background/side characters.

I’m still waffling over a couple of the names I’ve chosen, but for now I think I’m satisfied with them. We shall see!

General warning for horror elements, there’s for sure going to be body horror in the future, and as well as I can write grotesque imagery.

Mentions/explicit depictions of drugs/alcohol/addictions/guns

content/trigger warnings for gender and body dysphoria, plus mild transphobia ( NOT EXPLICIT, it is implied, referencing a point in time in the past )

This setting is (obviously) very specific to me, as I’ve always wanted to tell a story about the type of scenery I see often. I’ve gotten to see a fun mix of rural yet urban in the area I live in that I haven’t seen someone really tackle before.

I’m also super busy, so writing will come pretty slow for me.

Important note: This story may be enjoyed by people who have the same tastes as me, but it’s mostly being written for myself! I love my characters dearly and it absolutely tickles me to see them finally coming to life in text. But it’s very sculpted to my preferences. This story is for me, and it is about my experiences and those I know closely. Give or take a few monsters.

#split if #valcubust #choice of games #interactive books #interactive fiction #split intro sheet #no one has ever been this nervous #as i am right now

[nemfrog]

Foldout anatomy. La nuova medicina natural. 1895.

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#pregnancy #female anatomy #human anatomy #foldout #interactive books #nemfrog #1895 #19th century #back to back #human reproduction #fetus #body

[greekmythcomix]

Couldn’t help myself…

✨Odysseus has landed on the Moon.✨

Not actually a choice in my choose-your-own-path Odyssey retelling, but hey, you can go with Menelaus to Egypt!

(I was going to make a tired joke about how Odysseus *really* got lost this time, but have this shameless plug instead: https://ljenkinsonbrown.wordpress.com/you-are-odysseus-signup/)

#greek mythology #tagamemnon #greek myth #illustration #greek myth comix #odyssey #homer #odysseus #greek myth retellings #interactive fiction odyssey #interactive books #interactive book #interactive story #moon #moon landing

[picturebookshelf]

The Wizardology Handbook: A Course for Apprentices (2007)

Text: Dugald Steer -- Art: John Howe, Anne Yvonne Gilbert, Tomislav Tomic & Helen Ward

#wizardology #the wizardology handbook #ology books #wizards #merlin #2000s #00s #lift the flap books #interactive books #dugald steer #john howe #anne yvonne gilbert #tomislav tomic #helen ward #kid books #kidlit #children's books #children's literature

[elliepassmore]

Ship of Theseus review

5/5 stars Recommended for people who like: puzzles, mysteries, annotated books, murder mysteries, dark academia This is a super interesting book that definitely gives the vibe of one of those murder mystery box games. It tells two stories: one, the 'book' story and the other the annotations written by Jen and Eric. The life of the book really comes from the latter of these two stories and takes place over an unidentified timeline, maybe a year, and includes personal writings as Jen and Eric get to know each other and writings as they try to solve the mystery of who V. M. Straka was. Along with the annotations, there are also pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and postcards, among other things, included between the pages of the book. In the world of this book, V. M. Straka is a well-known writer with an unknown identity. It's a big mystery in the literary world and there are fans and scholars alike dedicated to figuring out the mystery and finding clues from Straka's writings. Eric, one of the characters writing annotations, is an ex-grad student who was doing his PhD research on Straka and, specifically, Ship of Theseus. Despite no longer being a student, he's passionate about his research still and deeply invested in figuring out the mystery. Jen is a newcomer who finds the book when Eric leaves it in the library one night, but she quickly becomes equally invested in figuring out who Straka is, and the two bond over that. There's an element of unlikeableness to both characters at times, but I think over the course of the book that works to make them more realistic. They also both exhibit growth over the course of the book, as is clearly seen in their annotations to one another, and I liked seeing how the 'thems' differed from their earlier annotations (distinguished most clearly by different colored pens). It's also interesting to watch them grow closer through their writings, well before they ever meet in person. Along these same lines, the mystery evolves and grows as they do, and working together Jen and Eric discover things about the Straka mystery that had been uncovered, or relatively little known, until they stumble across it. I have to say, I was very invested in the Straka mystery and loved seeing the little bits of research they included in the margins and the added materials. There's also a code that runs through the footnotes, which was also cool, though I'm thankful Jen writes out what it says, lol. That being said, the Jen/Eric storyline is a little disjointed later on simply because they start meeting in person and not everything they discover needs to be written in the book. It's still relatively easy to follow what's going on though and I don't think it detracted from my enjoyment of the book. The other story, the one Straka wrote, focuses on identity and radicalism and the anonymous helpers vs. the agent in the spotlight, all wrapped up in a neat literary bow. And it is very literary. Straka's book reads like something you might read in a class on literary analysis and is quite loaded with symbolism (again, Eric and Jen come in clutch here and helpfully point out a lot of that symbolism). That literary style isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea, but I was pleasantly surprised to find I was invested in S.'s story (S. being the main character of Straka's book). Like with Jen and Eric, there were times I didn't like S., but overall I found him to be an interesting character and he certainly saw and did a lot of interesting things. When I finished this book I immediately got the sense that I wanted to start over from the beginning and read the annotations chronologically rather than page by page like I did the first time. I think it'll help me piece together certain things on the second go around and pick up on stuff that I didn't initially. This book definitely gives off the feel that subsequent rereads will allow you to pick up on stuff and figure out some of the mysteries in a way you couldn't the first time simply because it was all new to you. That being said, I feel like I got a full experience with the first read, where I read each page and annotations regardless of chronology, and I recommend doing it that way for your first read since it definitely amps up the suspense as you go "wait, why did Jen/Eric just write that? What's going on???" Overall I would say this book is the bookish version of a murder mystery or escape room game. It's got a base story, Straka's 'book,' and then it's got Jen and Eric's annotations and added materials, all adding up to a very layered story with mystery, suspense, and puzzles on all sides. This was definitely one of my most exciting reads of 2022 and very well may be my favorite.

#book #book recommendations #bookblr #book review #books #book lover #booklr #bookstagram #interactive books #jj abrams #unique book #mystery #annotating books #puzzles #fiction #fiction book #murder mystery #dark academia

[kt-turner]

Book Sculptures

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#art #art books #art history #arts #book history #book sculpture #creativity #Inspiration #interactive books #paper arts #pop-up books

[china-supplier-introduction]

Unveiling the Magic of Interactive Books: Igniting Creativity and Imagination

In the bustling landscape of modern technology, where screens dominate our daily lives, there exists a magical realm that transcends the boundaries of conventional storytelling—the realm of interactive books. These marvels of literature blend the traditional charm of books with the allure of interactivity, offering a captivating experience that ignites the imagination and fosters creativity in readers of all ages.

#interactive books

[delistravaganza]

I don't know how you feel about interactive fiction but there is an interactive book called Fallen Hero: Rebirth where the main character is the villain of the story and can have a very fucked up relationship (like attempted murder level of fucked up) with her ex ally, now turned enemy (who, just like the main character, can be gender selected into being female).

I don't think I've had experience with interactive fiction, like text only? Maybe when I was reaaaaally young and I was trying out my friends' older brothers' "video games".

I have played several visual novels so far (I loved Doki Doki and Christine Love's games), but my main issue is that I already spend too much time looking at screens during the day, and when I finish work, I'm sore everywhere and I just want to do something else.

Still, a text-based game won't make my eyes suffer so much, and it sounds very Villaneve-esque, so I might give it a go. Thanks for the rec. Leaving this here in case any of my mutuals wants to try it.

#interactive books #visual novels #doki doki literature club #love conquers all games #fallen hero rebirth

[eggsploded]

heiress eternal

#so many thoughts about her #the handmaid #the handmaid homestuck #homestuck ancestors #damara megido #homestuck #egg art #according to hussies book aradia was in contact with the handmaid to receive game instructions #which is interesting considering megidos can speak to the dead and the handmaid is one of the few ancestors alive #so either handmaid channeled a dead aradia or future aradia channeled a dead handmaid #handmaid could of also just manipulated the timeline to make sure aradia was the catalyst for the game being played #or something less more or equally complicated #and without this we just have to assume its maid powers allowing aradia to have flawless instruction of what to do or shes just a #level 3000 gigabrain girl genius at 13 years old #and instead of putting that interaction in the story we got. the dancestor flashes #so im a little miffed about it really

[readrlygh]

Interactive Books | Readrly.io

Readrly.io offers interactive books that make reading an engaging, emotional experience. Discover stories that will immerse you in a world of adventure, mystery, and emotion.

#Interactive books

[tea-cat-arts]

More doodles (ft Xianle Trio mostly Feng Xin)

#heaven official's blessing #heaven official's blessing fanart #tgcf #tgcf fanart #xianle trio #xie lian #feng xin #mu qing #hua cheng #hualian #idk how Feng Xin ended up in the most panels given he's probably my least favorite of the trio #oh well #there will be more doodles later #thought i had while drawing this: do you think they gave Mu Qing his slutty little choker as a reference to the shackle he gets later on? #i might be reading too much into that #didnt let myself interact with the fandom till i finished the books #so i got a lot of catch up doodles to do now

[valcubust-writes]

The Prologue is out! read it here

check it out!!!:)

#split if #interactive books #interactive fiction #super nervous but im glad to finally have it done #hope its okkk

[turtlespancake]

i love seeing out of context posts about long-running stories with deep lore because it's always shit like "MAJOR SPOILER WARNING!! i can't believe that the metallic athenaeum's envoy actually used never-ending dance of the 57th universe on rionne as if she's not LITERALLY the incarnate of august?!?!" it's like buddy boy thank you for the spoiler tag but all of those words are incomprehensible without at least 5 years of foreshadowed knowledge, 7 different fan theories, and 21 wiki entries

#rambling #this post was about 3 different fandoms #number 1 was my friend trying to explain to me what was happening to dazai bungo stray dogs (i have not seen bungo stray dogs) #number 2 was ominscient reader viewpoint. anything tagged MAJOR SPOILERS for orv is either completely incomprehensible or like. #an image of someone interacting with a book. and somehow BOTH manage to be emotionally devastating in context #number 3 was me trying to explain genshin lore to a friend and realizing i sounded deranged saying shit like #“after the primoridal one fought the second who came celestia used nails to supposedly heal the land but enkanomiya still sank rip” #how did the wot fandom find this i am a gaming blog mostly..

[greekmythcomix]

I’m going to get some time to work on my You Are Odysseus choose-your-own-Odyssey project this winter holiday! Woo!

If you want to know more, check out this post:

#greek mythology #tagamemnon #greek myth #greek myth comix #odyssey #homer #greek myth retellings #odysseus #choose your own odyssey #choose your own ending #choose your own path #choose your own adventure #interactive story #interactive fiction #interactive book #interactive books

[picturebookshelf]

Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons (2003)

Text: Dugald Steer -- Art: Wayne Anderson, Douglas Carrel & Helen Ward

#dragonology #ology books #ernest drake #dragons #2000s #00s #douglas carrel #helen ward #wayne anderson #dugald steer #nonfiction #......kinda? i never know how to catagorize fictional subjects presented as nonfiction #fictional nonfiction? #interactive books #lift the flap books #i was wild for these as a kid #i had dragonology and two wizardology books #my brother had spyology #my friend had pirateology and egytology #we would sit and read these and play games based on them for HOURS #maps