Story Pieces Review
Price: FREE
Version Reviewed: 1.1
Device Reviewed On: iPhone5, iPod Touch 5th Gen
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"Tell me story!" says the son. "No, let's write a story!" replies the mom.
"It all started on the way to school..." This was the first sentence in a story titled "Prison." That's all I had to work with. My job was to come up with the next sentence. Then, the turn would pass to the next person in our little trio. That person would not be able to see the first sentence; she would only see my sentence and the title. After adding her sentence, it would pass back to the creator, who could read hers, but not mine. And so on, until we completed the nine sentences of our collaborative story. Once finished, the entire story was revealed to all three of us. And it was quite hilarious!
Story Pieces is a little "Mad-Libby," for those who enjoy that type of game. Players work together to create a funny story without being privy to all the juicy details until the big reveal. It's a simple, quick game that challenges a player's creativity and hopefully inspires a full-bodied use of the English language. An app like this would be quite fun in the classroom; many teachers play the paper and pencil version already.
Nothing at all to pick on here, except the random game creator not working. This is a great little game to pull out at a family get-together, in line at Disneyland with the kids, in L.A. traffic on the way to Grandma's, and so on. Trust me, giggles will ensue! And parents may have a hard time prying it out of your child's hand. Just a warning.