Grand Academy for Villains
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $5.99 | Choice of Games LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
"The Grand Academy for Future Villains" is a hilarious 200,000-word interactive novel by Katherine Nehring, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Looking for a career as an evil overlord? A mad scientist? A megavillain, a wicked witch, a final boss? You’re not going to get there without hard work, dedication, and thorough education. In the space between worlds, between genres, beyond time and space itself, the Grand Academy for Future Villains trains the bad guys that every good story needs.
You, our hero--or our villain, rather--will arrive at the Academy ready to learn, but you'll quickly discover that there’s so much more to villain school than getting good grades. As you navigate the school year, you’ll have the opportunity to:
• Secure an internship with a prestigious heartless corporation or megalomaniacal dictator
• Seduce a hero to the dark side (Attention students: do NOT allow yourself to be seduced by the forces of good!)
• Put in the extra hours at the lab to become an actual monster.
• Pledge your family’s secret society and become worthy of--or defy--the grand destiny your family has mapped out for you.
• Pay off your student loans (in the blood of your enemies, if necessary).
• Find true love, deadly rivalry, or both at the same time with your fellow students.
• Save your alma mater, take it over, betray it, or drop out in a blaze of glory.
Our alumni have gone on to dominate worlds, conquer galaxies, break hearts, and succumb to the creeping darkness in their souls. The choices that you make at our school will determine whether you join their illustrious company.
Enroll today!
Reviews
Disappointing
Jjwalker100
Only covers freshman year with a very unfulfilled ending. Can't recommend.
Great fun
Agentnations
I really enjoyed this. In fact the only thing I can think to add is that it was over too quickly. I'll have to play again and see if I change my responses whether the narrative will last longer.
Really good!
poppiesblop
Hands down an awesome adventure! The only problem I have with it is that the transitions can be a bit jarring in a couple places. Other than that, a fun time guaranteed!
A really solid, fun game!
edie.andy
I'm a huge fan of Choice of Games to begin with, and I feel Grand Academy really makes the most of the program; it's enjoyable, well-written, and the kind of game I envision myself revisiting again and again down the road. I particularly enjoyed that we're able to choose our Genre as a villain; while it doesn't affect much besides aesthetics, that's really about what you can expect from Genre-driven fiction anyway. Also I would die for Xi if that was an option.
Possible bug?
Lizzykittyluv
I love this story, it turns the classic hero story into a villain story. My only real issue is a possible bug towards the end of the story, it seems to just loop through the same section until it comes to the climax and you're just thrown into it. Hope an update fixes it soon.
Excellent
LZzzbm
At first I was worried the story would be more exposition than actual choices but the narrative was extremely compelling and well balanced. Very entertaining. Would love to play more games by this writer.
Fun, as always!
Scorpio and Little Dipper
As always, this lived up to me expectations immediately. I can't wait for more! Except, might I request a new feature? I'm aware that the majority of CoG's games are kid-friendly, and the ones that aren't are because of explicit cursing and excessive gore. However, since my brain won't stop nagging me about it, would ya'll perhaps create a section dedicated to the older community, that gives you the choice whether you want to go into explicit detail about what goes down in bed? It's just a little thing that I think a few buddies of mine would appreciate because they're dirty-minded (and so am I) and wow I feel like this is going to come off as the strangest and prevented request ever. Oh well.
It was fun, but...
Tasraeles
The story was fun. All in all, I enjoyed it. What I would LOVE, Choice of Games, is for checkpoint saves so I wouldn't have to restart the whole book. PLEASE make this a thing. Cheat codes or tips for better stats at the end of a full play through would be freaking fantastic also, but I feel the saves are really important.
Amazing
Africhild
I've been playing CoG games for somewhere around 6-8 years now, and this is my first review. This game was fantastic! Had a really great time playing through it a couple times. Engaging story and solid character options for a wide variety of sinister characters you can create and pathways/endings you can explore. Definitely going down in favorites.
Nothing happens
Hipster Smurf
There are a lot of “Choice of” games that have a nice self contained narrative while still setting up for an overarching story. This is not one of them. I felt like my choices were having an effect on gameplay so I was excited to see how the story played out but it just abruptly stopped with no pay off or conclusion. Very disappointing. My recommendation would be to avoid this until the sequels come out.
