Choice of Alexandria 12+
Choice of Games LLC
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Change the course of history! Can your scientific discoveries save the ancient Library of Alexandria? Will you defend the empire's legacy, or your own?
"Choice of Alexandria" is an interactive novella by Kevin Gold, author of "Choice of Robots." Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--90,000 words, without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
The year is 245 BCE; you’re a heroic polymath librarian, invited to Alexandria to tutor prince Ptolemy IV. The real Ptolemy IV fell under the sway of his evil advisor Sosibius, and brought the empire to ruin--but perhaps under your tutelage, things will turn out differently.
Or disregard your responsibilities to focus on inventions instead! With the help of Archimedes and Euclid, you can discover the steam engine, the germ theory of disease, or even robotic automata, thousands of years ahead of schedule.
Will you deplete the libraries of other cities to enrich your own? Achieve popularity for your scientific inventions, or protect the legacy of the empire? Will Ptolemy IV grow up hedonistic and selfish, or wise and just? Will you be ransomed by the pirate queen Nefertari, or can you win her over with your silver tongue?
The fate of the city of wonders is in your hands!
• Play as a brilliant inventor, a gifted speaker, or a life-saving doctor
• Make great discoveries while protecting Prince Ptolemy IV from manipulators at court
• Save famed mathematicians Archimedes and Euclid from untimely deaths
• Based on the real life of Eratosthenes, ancient genius who calculated the size of the Earth
• Save the Great Library and invent the steam engine two thousand years early!
What’s New
Version 1.0.12
Bug fixes. If you enjoy "Choice of Alexandria", please leave us a written review. It really helps!
Ratings and Reviews
Fun!
As mentioned before, it may seem a bit short and there wasn’t enough depth about my relationship with Ptolemy IV. Indeed my competition with the other tutor should have been more challenging. Nevertheless, the story was refreshing and fun and I enjoyed reading it thoroughly. Definitely recommended!
Not bad, but not Choice of Robots
While the story is quite interesting in a way, it is short and slightly lacking in depth. I don't know if I would buy it again knowing what I know now.
Then again, I am comparing this to Choice of Robots, which is probably always going to be the best of these games. I just don't think that this one has the same depth or detail, but knowing what Kevin Gold is capable of I would love another one on the same level as Robots, and if that means we have to wait longer it will be a fair price to pay.
Not impressed
The game was very short. And the choices didn't mentally draw you into the game. You don't give a damn about the kid your tutoring. The rivalry is very weak and if you decide to kill the kid when he becomes king it just briefly goes over what happened. The story telling could have been more in depth but the whole story felt very shallow. Choice of robots was a lot better in this aspect.
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Information
- Provider
- Choice of Games LLC
- Size
- 24 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 12+ Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humour Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Copyright
- © 2016 Kevin Gold
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Rest of the Game £3.99
Supports
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Game Center
Challenge friends and check leaderboards and achievements.