'Choose Your Own Adventure' Series Hopes to Relaunch for iPad

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By Christine Erickson2013-08-31 17:16:31 -0400

As a kid, you may have spent hours selecting the fate of characters in the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. Today, the creators want to bring that same decision-making fun to kids in the digital age.

The Choose Your Own Adventures cartoon app, called "Choose 'Toons" features interactive animations based on the original titles.

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In the first episode, users can build their own robot named "Gus" out of discarded parts. It has 20 story branches with 11 possible endings, providing more than 30 minutes of story-time animation. The iPad app is targeted towards younger readers, from ages 5 to 7.

'Choose Toons is in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign, which has raised a little over $33,000 of its $130,000 goal, with 11 days left.

Image: Kickstarter, Choose Your Own Adventure

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