1001 app



On August 2, 2019, Pixelberry announced on its website's blog that they were working with the Chinese company Tencent to produce adaptations of their properties for a Chinese audience. The app 1001 (一零零一) started with three series, The Crown &amp; The Flame, High School Story, and The Royal Romance, and has since expanded its library to six series. As Pixelberry noted, these adaptations should be thought of as “inspired by” adaptations for the Chinese market, not straight translations.

As noted by kungming2, the app 1001 also contains other stories from different non-Pixelberry entities. This page only focuses on the 1001 novels inspired by the Choices series.

As of August 2021, production and releases appeared to be stalled in the app. After Chapter 1 of "Please be Careful, Medical Intern" was released, Chapter 2 did not appear until approximately December 2022 and has coding issues. As of December 2022, diamond choices no longer work, and diamond outfits no longer show up. The app has also been removed from Chinese app stores (Tencent MyApp App Store) and can no longer be downloaded.

The Crown & The Flame
烈焰与王冠 translates to "The Flame and the Crown". It was formerly titled as 恋与火之歌 (which translates to "A Song of Love and Fire").
 * The Flame and the Crown, Book 1
 * The Flame and the Crown, Book 2

High School Story
零时差心动 translates to "Immediate Attraction".
 * Immediate Attraction, Book 1
 * Immediate Attraction, Book 2
 * Immediate Attraction, Book 3

The Royal Romance
王室恋爱法则 translates to "Rules of Royal Love".
 * Rules of Royal Love, Book 1
 * Rules of Royal Love, Book 2
 * Rules of Royal Love, Book 3

Bloodbound
以齿痕为契 translates to "With a Bite as an Oath". It was teased and then its first book debuted in October 2020.
 * With a Bite as an Oath, Book 1

Red Carpet Diaries
红毯日记 translates directly to "Red Carpet Diaries". Its first book debuted in January 2021.
 * Red Carpet Diaries, Book 1

Open Heart
实习医生请小心 translates to "Please be Careful, Medical Intern." It was teased in June 2021.
 * Please be Careful, Medical Intern, Book 1

Similarities and Differences

 * General plots throughout the books are the same as their English counterparts.
 * Music played may be different as compared to the original, even going as far as completely having new unique soundtracks for the adaptation. (eg. Blades of Light & Shadow and The Elementalists music on "The Flame and the Crown")

In "The Flame and the Crown", it remains a dual-lead novel where the player plays as both Kenna and Dominic. The player earns prestige, army, and fire points.

In "Immediate Attraction", the plot follows the Main Character who is a Chinese exchange student at a university instead of high school. Even though the setting has changed, all other aspects of American high school remain (principal/vice principal, homecoming, prom, etc) which do not exist in university.

In all books, the player can earn romance and/or relationship points. In addition, the player can earn "hearts" to rank your favorite characters higher in a per-book ranking. It is basically a way to rep your favorite character. The player can also use the hearts to rank their favorite canon and non-canon pairings. This includes same-sex relationships even though they do not appear in canon.


 * Fewer persons-of-color. Examples include Leon Stirling, Caleb, Ezra, Payton, and Kiara being changed. Rowan, Principal Hughes, Nishan, and Myra remain unchanged. It appears that any love interest (or related to a love interest) are "white washed" while other supporting characters remain the same. For example, Leon Stirling may have feelings for Queen Adriana; therefore, he has been changed to light skinned; whereas Rowan is not romanceable and remains dark skinned.


 * In "Rules of Royal Love", Liam is renamable but not customizable. He remains a blond male.


 * Main character customization. In "Rules of Royal Love", you have three hairstyles to choose from but cannot change the face or skin color. In "Immediate Attraction", you have three options for each gender which offer changes in hair color/style and eye color but all six options are of light-skin tone. Once a gender/face is chosen, there are two other hair color/style options available in the closet.


 * Miscellaneous characters are not seen in the first three series. They may be described off-screen and given dialogue but they are not pictured on-screen.


 * Despite "Immediate Attraction" being gender-of-choice, "Please be Careful, Medical Intern" was released as gender-locked. This may be due to the fact that the app is target towards a female audience and not enough players paid for the male main character choice.

Game Design

 * The app is written in Simplified Chinese.


 * The app allows you to purchase diamonds, gain daily diamonds, and gain diamonds from referrals. However, it does not have a "diamond for watching an ad" metric nor a "diamonds for completing a new chapter" reward.


 * There are no keys. A player may read a book completely for free without premium options.


 * Players can read earlier chapters without restarting the entire book. For example, if you finished Chapter 10, you could go back to Chapter 5 and re-read it without restarting at Chapter 1. However, restarting at Chapter 5 loses all the progress made from Chapter 5 to Chapter 10 and you cannot jump forward to Chapter 10. You must then replay Chapters 6 through 9.


 * There is a "fast-forward" button to skip dialogue and get to the next choice. This may be helpful if you reread previous chapters and know the choices you want to make (as you will get no hints or dialogue to help you make the "correct" choice).


 * Premium outfits in previous books are unlocked for free in later books. For example, the premium outfits of "Rules of Royal Love, Book 1" are unlocked for free in "Rules of Royal Love, Book 2" and "Rules of Royal Love, Book 3".


 * A new feature added (June 2020) to the app is a "CG saver" (CG = computer graphic), where players can save images to the camera gallery. These CGs are noted by a QR code on the bottom left corner of the image.


 * A new feature added to the app is the "VIP purchase". Unlike the VIP monthly subscription with Choices, the VIP purchase for 1001 app is a one-time purchase which unlocks all premium outfits and all premium scenes in one book. Its cost varies from book to book and the player can use the diamonds they earned (by checking in every day) or purchase diamonds to use to redeem. The cheapest cost to get diamonds is 30CNY for 600 diamonds, apportioned out over a month: 300 diamonds to start, then 10 diamonds a day for 30 days. Although 35 CNY is approximately $5.12 USD, in terms of purchasing power compared to a middle-class income (cost of living, cost of housing, average incomes), it is more equivalent to $18-20 USD.
 * VIP purchase costs :
 * The Flame and the Crown, Book 1 - does not have the feature
 * The Flame and the Crown, Book 2 - 560 diamonds
 * Immediate Attraction, Book 1 - 500 diamonds
 * Immediate Attraction, Book 2 - 890 diamonds
 * Immediate Attraction, Book 3 - 700 diamonds
 * Rules of Royal Love, Book 1 - 850 diamonds
 * Rules of Royal Love, Book 2 - 1080 diamonds
 * Rules of Royal Love, Book 3 - 1190 diamonds
 * With a Bite as an Oath, Book 1 - 680 diamonds
 * Red Carpet Diaries, Book 1 - 977 diamonds


 * A new app interface (as of September 2020) appears to highlight Pixelberry/Choices partnership with Tencent. Every book's menu has a section that says "More by Pixelberry" with the Choices logo.

Trivia

 * The app is named after A Thousand and One Nights.
 * As of September 2020, it has been six months since "The Flame and the Crown, Book 2" ended. It appears there will be no Book 3. "The Flame and the Crown" doesn't appear popular enough with the app's audience to receive their Book 3.
 * Of the first three series, "Immediate Attraction" appears to be the most popular.
 * Even though this app only contains heterosexual relationships, it does not prevent players from voting for same-sex pairs as their "favorites".

Statistics
As of September 2020, these are the metrics called 人气值 (literary popularity value). We are not sure what it refers to (chapter views, book views, how many people purchased VIP packs, etc) but we assume "views" are similar to the Statistics previously listed for Choices titles. Book 3 for "Immediate Attraction" and "Rules of Royal Love" came out after "The Flame and the Crown, Book 2" ended and they each have double the views.