To Be Or Not To Be
The To Be Or Not To Be app is a mobile game that allows players to experience William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet in a non-linear, second-person format. Players can choose to play as different characters and make different choices, leading to different outcomes. The app features art from various artists, including Kate Beaton, Anthony Clark, and Mike Krahulik. Players can view a full list of artists at the app’s website.
1. To Be Or Not To Be is a mobile app based on William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, which has been restored to its original second-person non-linear branching narrative format.
2. The app allows players to make choices that determine the outcome of the story, with different paths and endings depending on the choices made.
3. Players can take on the role of different characters, including Hamlet, Ophelia, and King Hamlet, Sr., and experience different outcomes based on their choices.
4. The app features artwork from a variety of popular artists, including Kate Beaton, Anthony Clark, Mike Krahulik, Matthew Inman, Ethan Nicolle, Andrew Hussie, Zach Weiner, and more.
5. The full list of artists can be viewed on the app’s website.
Hamlet, William Shakespeare, non-linear, branching narrative, revenge, Ophelia, scientific discoveries, King Hamlet, Sr., art
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet has finally been restored to its original second-person non-linear branching narrative format. I know! What took so long, am I right? Now it’s up to YOU to decide what happens next. Play as Hamlet and revenge your father’s death. Play as Ophelia and make scientific discoveries. Play as King Hamlet, Sr. and die on the first page!
Discover sweet art as you play from some of the greatest and most attractive artists of Our Time, including Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant), Anthony Clark (Nedroid), Mike Krahulik (Penny Arcade), Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal), Ethan Nicolle (Axe Cop), Andrew Hussie (MS Paint Adventures), Zach Weiner (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) and WAY more!
View the full list at:
http://qwantz.com/tobeornottobeartists.php
** REVIEWS **
“Literally slapped my thigh” funny. “Spat water all over my iPad” funny. “Woke my girlfriend in the middle of the night” funny. Riotously, unrelentingly, brilliantly funny. – Pocket Gamer – 9/10 – Gold Award!
“Yes, it’s Shakespeare and yes, it’s easily my favorite gamebook that Tin Man has ever done.” – Pocket Tactics – 5/5 stars
“…an idea that is, by most conventional literary standards, terrible, but pushed so far past terrible that it wraps around like a comet slingshotting around the sun and comes back as utterly brilliant.” – Time
“To Be Or Not To Be truly is one of the most purely-entertaining experiences of the year, because Ryan North manages to both live up to my expectations with his take on this literary classic, and also manage to go to places that I just did not expect.” – Touch Arcade – 5/5 stars
** FEATURES **
• Tiny Yorick skulls mark the choices Shakespeare took in his play!
• Play as Hamlet, Ophelia, and Hamlet Sr., each with their own unique adventures.
• Learn things, like the meaning of the word ‘pernicious’ and the origin of the phrase ‘Till death us do part’!
• Sensibly bring evil King Claudius to justice in a court of law! Or, stuff him into a cannon and then fire him into a wall! IT’S UP TO YOU.
• Travel through TIME! Fight PIRATES! Kill a guy IN A CHURCH (it’s totally okay, he’s a jerk!)!
• View the HAML-O-METER at the end of each story to see how well you stuck to the Bard’s vision!
To Be or Not To Be has been created using Tin Man Games’ enhanced Gamebook Adventures Engine featuring:
• Dyslexic friendly font support, to aid readers with dyslexia.
• Hidden achievements to find throughout the gamebook.
• Art you discover is unlocked in the art gallery. Find all the full colour images as you play!
• Specially composed soundtrack and sound effects.