No Proper Thief Now Available on Android

No Proper Thief

In cooperation with Choice of Games, or more specifically their Hosted Games division, we at ZebraFox Games present: No Proper Thief. The gamebook is now available for download on Android and iOS (see below for the links). There are obviously some changes in the game in comparison to my previous posts on the topic. The biggest change is perhaps the user interface, including the audio that has been removed. The game now has a more readable, basic off-white back and black text interface, as is typical of the Hosted Games (HG) productions. It also has a different, less visual-heavy set up for the stats. I have also added many of the HG forum users’ suggestions to the game, including the option to run off without the team. You can check out the HG forum post by clicking the link. I did ultimately decide against the gender option after getting a mostly working option to choose gender, as I felt the choice distracted more than it added. I wanted Clyde to be a unique and memorable character as he will continue on in the non-game-book sequel, BLAME. Adding gender options also opened up a can of worms. The issues aren’t worth going into, but collectively they made the game less fun and memorable according to myself and those who tested the gendered version. On top of this, being a short story and novel writer, I fall in the camp that readers are capable of putting themselves in the protagonist’s shoes even if the story is written in second person and the character is not exactly like them. Fear not, those who are adamantly for gender options. I have learned a lot from writing a coding No Proper Thief, and though it will not have gender options, I do expect to work with Hosted Games again in publishing my ongoing project Gone Pockets. In Gone Pockets, I will make the protagonist more flexible in appearance and gender, to cater to those who really desire such choices.

Game Description

Attempt to survive your first bank heist in No Proper Thief! Befriend or betray your team of bank robbers (Zebra, Marlin, and Stag), make difficult choices, survive, possibly go insane, fall in love, and get rich if you can, where every choice you make has a consequence. You never wanted a life of crime, but it’s all you know. That doesn’t mean transitioning from a life as a cocky con artist to a rookie bank robber doesn’t scare you.  In No Proper Thief you are Clyde Lamm, the Rooster, and you have a choice to make. In fact, you have plenty of choices to make throughout your upcoming adventure. Every choice has a consequence, too. You and your team, consisting of the leader Zebra, the muscle Stag, and the heart Marlin, have many obstacles to overcome. Still, in the midst of all the dark chaos of the initial robbery, there is a flame of positivity: an attractive young bank manager. Sure you stole her gold heirloom ring a while back, but it’s a fair trade because that fox is stealing your heart. Can you  make the hard choices and survive your first bank heist?

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Above is the opening animation and song we had originally intended to use for the opening of the game with the animated title screen (scrolling drops of water, flashing police lights, as will as the sound of sirens and dripping rain): Danse-Macabre Violin Hook by Kevin MacLeod.

“Danse Macabre – Violin Hook” from Danse Macabre by Kevin MacLeod. Released: 2008. Genre: Classical.

We at ZebraFox Games decided to go with Hosted Games for their audience, as we feared that with our thus far very limited audience, we wouldn’t have the chance to share the game with as many people as we wanted. With Hosted Games we have a dedicated, supportive audience. Anyway, I hope you get the chance to check the game out, especially if you are interesting in the ZebraFox Games upcoming project, BLAME.

No Proper Thief available now on Android, Amazon, Chrome Store, and the iOS App Store: