Storyloom

StoryLoom, a place where stories come to life, is an interactive storytelling platform where readers can discover their new favorite worlds written by award-winning authors and creators like you.

History
In the March 2022 Choices Insider, Pixelberry announced they were working on a new product and encouraged players to sign up for the closed beta test. Players would be emailed if they were chosen for the rounds of closed beta testing, which began on or around April 4, 2022. Open beta testing for everyone transitioned from November 18, 2022, up to the maintenance on November 30, 2022.

The following information is gathered by beta testers and may not hold true when the app is available to the general public:
 * What sets this app apart from Choices is a currently-unavailable free platform to publish player's own interactive narrative content.
 * The art design is different from Choices characters.
 * Characters are non-customizable and character-locked by default, although there are male-protagonist sprites in the library. There is no closet in the stories, although writers can make them customizable for the readers.
 * Current soundtracks partially reuse older Choices books' soundtracks.
 * Some of the music were carried over from the 1001 app.
 * Current in-game currency is coins rather than diamonds and keys. There are currently no premium options in the stories, and you get coins everyday, with a limit of 500 Storyloom coins.
 * Some of the MCs have set sexualities. For example, the protagonist in Star Crossed is canonically gay and the protagonist in Hope to Die is canonically lesbian.
 * Pixelberry's own stories are shorter than average Choices books, with the shortest number of chapters currently being 3, and the largest amount being 32.
 * Similar to Choices, the stories released on the launch were released all at once. Starting with Heart's Blood, chapters of some books are updated on a weekly basis.
 * Hott House is the first story to have two chapters released weekly due to them being shorter than average chapters.
 * Despite being categorized as "Adventure" prior to release, Fake-cation is categorized by the writers as a rom-com.
 * On August 5th, Hope to Die was moved from "Mystery" to "Comedy". On the same day, Robots Can't Date premiered and was put under the "Mystery" section.
 * Similar to Choices, a new story premieres once a month.
 * After Robots Can't Date's finale, there hasn't been new books produced from Pixelberry.
 * Months later, they began to produce books under Season of Love and Choices Shared Worlds.

Note to editors:
Once Storyloom is open to you, you may add content to the wiki using Storyloom as the preface when adding new pages. Such as:
 * Storyloom/Star Crossed
 * Storyloom/Untamed

Please look at the 1001 app page titles as examples, such as 1001 app/Immediate Attraction, Book 1. Other formatting guidelines should still be used for book pages, character pages, etc.

Pixelberry's Storyloom Novels
These are official novels written by Pixelberry.

Action

 * Hope to Die
 * One Minute Mysteries
 * Still Waters

Comedy

 * Hott House

Fantasy

 * Tell Me A Tale

Romance

 * Fake-cation
 * Heart's Blood
 * Royalty 101
 * Star Crossed
 * Summer Fling
 * The Groom
 * Untamed

Sci-Fi

 * Robots Can't Date

Shared Worlds
From the creators of The Royal Romance, Season of Love is the first venture into the "Shared Worlds" space. Authors Kara Loo and Jennifer Young begin with "Season of Love: House of Cards" and invite players to join in the Shared Universe and continue the series. The stories listed below are considered "official" by the team. Later, the Shared Universe branched into Open Heart, The Royal Romance, and Bloodbound.

These are official novels written by Season of Love and Choices.

Season of Love

 * House of Cards (Kara Loo and Jennifer Young)
 * A Spinster's Guide to Marriage (Keana Malolot)
 * Knight at the Opera (Susan Harding)
 * Blooming Hearts (Esther Banks)
 * Are You a Heart or Spade? (Quiz)
 * The Queen's Birthday (A Season of Love - Live Writing Event)
 * Mr. Curtis's Scary Stories (A Season of Love - Live Writing Event)

Bloodbound

 * BB: Cold Blood

Open Heart

 * Open Heart: A Coffee Shop AU

The Royal Romance

 * TRR: The Bachelor Party
 * TRR: To the Maxx
 * TRR: Escape from Lythikos Keep

Timeline

 * July 11, 2022 - PB posted an update through Choices' media channels regarding the beta test.
 * October 14, 2022 - PB replied to a user that Storyloom will be going to open beta phase in November 2022.
 * November 18, 2022 - Storyloom is now available for open beta.
 * November 30, 2022 - PB announced the start of open beta in public.
 * September 26, 2023 - PB uses Storyloom to answer questions about Choices.
 * January 22, 2024 - PB plans to shut down Storyloom on February 29, 2024.

Links

 * Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/StoryLoom
 * X - https://x.com/StoryLoom
 * Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/storyloom/
 * Squarespace - https://storyloom.squarespace.com/
 * Bio Site - https://bio.site/storyloom