Trial of the Clone
But you are not like the rest of your clone brothers. You have been chosen for a special destiny. Make the right decisions and you'll complete your training, explore a universe full of adventure, and prove yourself a hero. Make the wrong decisions and you'll be dead. Really dead. Its hard to emphasise just how dead you will be. So here's a pro tip for you: try to make the right decisions."
Written by Zach Weinersmith, creator of the hilarious award-winning comic strip 'Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal'.
You're a clone who sets out to find your place in a cold, uncaring, but also kickass and ridiculous futuristic world, solving challenging puzzles and fighting monsters along the way. It's like D&D for people who are too cool for other people!
PLEASE NOTE
- Due to mature content this app is for users who are 17+ only. It is not recommended for children.
Exclusive new features in the app:
• Wil Wheaton voice over! Listen to Wil Wheaton whisper things like "love", "plasmaster", "moral ambiguity", and "disappointment" into your ear.
• All new death endings, written by Zach himself. Not available in the print book!
• Achievements to find throughout the gamebook
• Play the gamebook following all the rules, or cheat all you want!
Trial of the clone has been brought to Android using Tin Man Games’ critically acclaimed Gamebook Adventures Engine featuring:
• An automated Adventure Sheet to keep track of stats and inventory.
• Artwork gallery. Find an illustration in the gamebook and be able to access it full-screen forever.
• Bookmarking system which saves your position in the gamebook, much like putting your fingers between the pages to remember your previous page when reading the paperback!
• Specially composed soundtrack
• Landscape support for larger devices
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* REVIEWS **
"A hilariously entertaining new addition to the gamebook genre, Trial of the Clone is a brilliant way to spend a rainy afternoon."
- POCKET GAMER, 8 out of 10
- Silver Award!
"I've finally gotten around to reading my copy and it's an absolute delight."
- BOING BOING
"I won’t dawdle with getting this out there: I love Trial of the Clone. It made me laugh numerous times and it made me want to replay it many, many times just so I could see how things could work out differently. It's simply brilliant."
- 148APPS, 4.5 out of 5
- Editor's Choice!
"If I really wanted to be lazy, I could summarize my review for Tin Man Games’ newest app Trial of the Clone like this: Buy the damn thing
- NOW."
- JUST PRESS START
"This story touches so many GeekDad hotspots, there is a possibility that this post may self-implode in the awesomeness described here. Page after page, choice after choice, Trial of the Clone is very funny. The result is a glorious experience."
- GEEKDAD
Category : Role Playing
Reviews (26)
The writing and the jokes are bad. And by bad I mean really bad. All the "strange sounding names" in the game are in fact just silly Czech words that does not help the experience at all. "Silene" means crazy, and what "Sourek" means is not suitable for a public review. I have played many text games, and I have purchased this only on the premise that Wil Wheaton would not lend his talent to something that is utterly horrible. Turns out I was wrong, but on the positive note. his narration is the best aspect of the game. Too bad it's not enough to push the rating higher, because it's the only good thing about this game. Wasted money, totally down the drain. Elementary-school style humor, silly plot and little else.
I know it's a cliché but my side was actually hurting after playing this. This isn't geek humor. It's THE geek humor. The full narration by Wil Wheaton was the cherry on top of an already delicious cake.
The time ...$5, $10even 15 dollar games...its not the money as the fact the it just wont play! Grrr. Gonna spend my money somwherr else from now on. Not thru there guys again! Oh my phone is LGStylo.. So no reason it shouldnt work
The jokes were like jokes that weird uncle( that you are afraid to be alone ), would tell, not funny and uncomfortable silence. Mature rating , but immature and amaturely writen .
Hilarious and engaging. If you liked the hitchhikers guide, you'll love this.
I played it, and it was great!
That is all.
Does not work on modern android versions
It's cute and funny. If you don't find the content your cup of tea, grow up and stop complaining about that. Some media have silly and slightly off color humor. Get a sense of it. As for the game technically, I am 1/2 way thru and haven't had any real issues. Wil's voice does start repeating in certain page turning scenarios. I'm not going to gripe about it. Thanx for making me chuckle, Tin Man.
The humor in this game really misses the mark. Mechanically: It takes too long to load, changing the font size messes up the text in places, it doesn't stop the screen from locking (which is bad for a game you in which you spend 90% of the time reading) and the voice over loses sync with the page you are on.
Ran very smooth on my Razor phone. The app is well done, looks good, and is easy to navigate. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the actual content. I like SMBC, but the story and jokes in this app were immature and uninteresting and the main character was just soo pathetic.
Great game but the app consumes a lot of battery.
The "funny" i think is not funny.... and the story is kinda boring....save your money
In the kind of nerd who enjoys games that require many levels of play. In this case we have the game, gaming the game, and enjoying the journey. I have mapped the decision tree DG o
No effort was put into the story, it was obviously written in haste with no concern for substance or continuity. The worst ripoff on Googleplay, I am never investing in Tin Man Games ever again.
Funny chain of events given by a page turning D & D style story. Multiple paths to choose from, all made me laugh. Would i spend 4 dollars on this if this wasn't supporting SMBC? Probably not, but then again I'm not a big app customer
Bought the book on kickstarter but didn't get the Wil Wheaton read along. 3 dollars is definitely worth it.
This had me laughing pretty much non-stop throughout. It was like reading a super extended SMBC comic, and had the usual humor that comes with. I've recommended it to all of my friends.
The decisions were always interesting and fun to play through. The bookmark system encourages playing around just to see what some of the more "interesting" choices lead to. Highly recommended.
A hilarious story. Zach Weinersmith's humor translates well to long-form work. A worthy investment for anyone who likes SMBC. Also, the app runs smoothly on my Droid 3.
The story is excellent, clever without taking itself very seriously. Presentation is solid; RPG elements fit right in. Voice acting is spot on and a wonderful addition.
I have the book but it gets thedious to add and remove items and stats. The app automatices this, plus, it has Weathon!
There is zero excuse for the battery drain this mostly static app creates.
Lots of content
This app is great, minus one thing. The developer didn't think to stop the phone from locking. This is very very anoying when Will is interupted mid sentence. Story is brilliant otherwise.
Does not work on modern phones