1001 app

On August 2, 2019, Pixelberry announced on its website blog that they were working with Chinese company Tencent to produce adaptations of its properties for a Chinese audience. The app 1001 (一零零一) started with three series, The Crown & The Flame, High School Story, and The Royal Romance, and has since expanded its library to six series. As Pixelberry noted, these adaptations should be considered "inspired by" adaptations for the Chinese market, not direct translations.

As noted by kungming2, the 1001 app also contains other stories from various non-Pixelberry entities. This page focuses only on the 1001 novels inspired by the Choices series.

As of August 2021, the production and release of the app seems to have stalled. After chapter 1 of "Please be Careful, Medical Intern" was released, chapter 2 did not appear until around December 2022 and has coding issues. As of December 2022, diamond choices no longer work and diamond outfits no longer appear. The app has also been removed from Chinese app stores (Tencent MyApp App Store) and can no longer be downloaded.

On February 8, 2023, 11am China Time, Tencent officially stopped the operation of the app 1001. Players are unable to login and play any stories on the app.

## 1001 Stories

### The Crown & The Flame

烈焰与王冠 translates as "The Flame and the Crown". It was formerly called 恋与火之歌 (which translates as "A Song of Love and Fire").

* The Flame and the Crown, Book 1
* The Flame and the Crown, Book 2

### High School Story

零时差心动 translates as "Immediate Attraction".

* Immediate Attraction, Book 1
* Immediate Attraction, Book 2
* Immediate Attraction, Book 3

### The Royal Romance

王室恋爱法则 translates as "Rules of Royal Love".

* Rules of Royal Love, Book 1
* Rules of Royal Love, Book 2
* Rules of Royal Love, Book 3

### Bloodbound

以齿痕为契 translates as "With a Bite as an Oath". It was teased and then its first book was released in October 2020.

* With a Bite as an Oath, Book 1

### Red Carpet Diaries

红毯日记 directly translates as "Red Carpet Diaries". Its first book was released in January 2021.

* Red Carpet Diaries, Book 1

### Open Heart

实习医生请小心 translates as "Please be Careful, Medical Intern." It was teased in June 2021.

* Please be Careful, Medical Intern, Book 1

## Similarities and Differences

* The general plots of the books are the same as their English counterparts.
* The music played may be different from the original, even to the point of having completely new, unique soundtracks for the adaptation. (e.g. *Blades of Light & Shadow* and *The Elementalists* music in "The Flame and the Crown")
* In "The Flame and the Crown", it is still a dual role game, where the player plays as both Kenna and Dominic. The player earns prestige, army, and fire points.
* In "Immediate Attraction", the plot follows the main character who is a Chinese exchange student at a university instead of a high school. Although the setting has changed, all the other aspects of American high school (principal/vice principal, homecoming, prom, etc.) that do not exist in the university remain.
* In each book, the player can earn romance and/or relationship points. In addition, the player can earn "hearts" to rank their favorite characters higher in a per-book ranking. It is basically a way to represent your favorite character. The player can also use the hearts to rank their favorite canon and non-canon pairings. This includes same-sex relationships, even if they are not canon.

Hearts to RankHearts to Rank

Notable differences include:

* Free first "diamond" outfit and scene. In "The Flame and the Crown", you can choose Kenna's first ball gown for free (which is also free in The Crown & The Flame, Book 1) and rescue Tevan for free (which costs 💎12 in Choices). In "Immediate Attraction", you can comfort Emma for free in Chapter 1.

Free Kenna outfitFree to Save Tevan

* No same-sex relationships. So dialog and actions have been changed to platonic or friendly between Kenna and female characters and Dominic and male characters. For example, in *The Crown & The Flame* Chapter 7, the options between Kenna and Annelyse were "kiss her or not kiss her". Here it translates to "hug her or avoid her". Similarly, in "Rules of Royal Love", your character cannot tease Hana about her underwear, but instead suggests that she wear a red dress to look more stunning. In "Immediate Attraction", male main characters can romance Emma and Maria, while female main characters can romance Aiden, Caleb, and Michael. For example, the original English for the third choice is "I'm only into girls, Brian". However, the Chinese third option translates as "Watch what you're saying, Brian". Also, while you can spend diamonds to help Mia and Sydney repair their relationship, it is friendship, not romance, that you are encouraging.

Dialogue SampleChanged Dialogue

* Fewer people of color. Examples include Leon Stirling, Caleb, Ezra, Payton, and Kiara being changed. Rowan, Principal Hughes, Nishan, and Myra remain the same. It appears that any love interest (or related to a love interest) will be "whitewashed" while other supporting characters remain the same. For example, Leon Stirling may have feelings for Queen Adriana, so he has been changed to light-skinned, while Rowan is not romanceable and remains dark skinned.
* In "Rules of Royal Love", Liam is renameable, but not customizable. He remains a blond male.
* Main character customization. In "Rules of Royal Love", you have three hairstyles to choose from, but you cannot change your face or skin color. In "Immediate Attraction", you have three options for each gender that offer changes to hair color/style and eye color, but all six options are light-skinned. Once a gender/face is selected, there are two more hair color/style options available in the closet.
* Miscellaneous characters are not seen in the first three series. They may be described off-screen and given dialogue, but they are not shown on-screen.
* Although "Immediate Attraction" is gender-of-choice game, "Please be Careful, Medical Intern" was released as a gender-locked game. This may be due to the fact that the app is aimed at a female audience and not enough players paid for the male main character choice.

## Game Design

* The app is written in Simplified Chinese.
* The app allows you to purchase diamonds, earn daily diamonds, and earn diamonds from referrals. However, it does not have a "diamonds for watching an ad" metric or a "diamonds for completing a new chapter" reward.
* There are no keys. A player can read a book completely for free without any premium options.
* Players can read earlier chapters without restarting the entire book. For example, if you have finished Chapter 10, you can go back to Chapter 5 and read it again without restarting at Chapter 1. However, if you restart at Chapter 5, you will lose all the progress you made from Chapter 5 to Chapter 10, and you will not be able to skip ahead to Chapter 10. You will need to replay chapters 6 through 9.
* There is a "fast forward" button to skip dialog and get to the next choice. This can be helpful if you have read previous chapters and know the choices you want to make (as you will not get hints or dialog to help you make the "right" choice).
* Premium outfits from earlier books will be unlocked for free in later books. For example, the premium outfits from "Rules of Royal Love, Book 1" will be unlocked for free in "Rules of Royal Love, Book 2" and "Rules of Royal Love, Book 3".
* A new feature added to the app (June 2020) is a "CG saver" (CG = computer graphic) where players can save images to the camera gallery. These CGs will be marked with a QR code in the bottom left corner of the image.

* A new feature added to the app is the "VIP Purchase". Unlike the monthly VIP subscription with Choices, the VIP Purchase for the 1001 App is a one-time purchase that unlocks all premium outfits and all premium scenes in a book. The cost varies from book to book, and players can use the diamonds they earn (by checking in each day) or purchase diamonds to redeem. The cheapest cost to get diamonds is 30CNY for 600 diamonds spread out over a month: 300 diamonds to start, then 10 diamonds a day for 30 days. Although 35 CNY is approximately $5.12 USD, in terms of purchasing power compared to a middle-class income (cost of living, housing, average income), it is more equivalent to $18-20 USD.
	+ VIP purchase costs:
	+ The Flame and the Crown, Book 1 - does not have the feature
	+ The Flame and the Crown, Book 2 - 560 diamonds
	+ Immediate Attraction, Book 1 - 500 diamonds
	+ Immediate Attraction, Book 2 - 890 diamonds
	+ Immediate Attraction, Book 3 - 700 diamonds
	+ Rules of Royal Love, Book 1 - 850 diamonds
	+ Rules of Royal Love, Book 2 - 1080 diamonds
	+ Rules of Royal Love, Book 3 - 1190 diamonds
	+ With a Bite as an Oath, Book 1 - 680 diamonds
	+ Red Carpet Diaries, Book 1 - 977 diamonds
* A new app interface (as of September 2020) seems to highlight the partnership between Pixelberry/Choices and Tencent. Each book's menu has a section that says "More by Pixelberry" with the Choices logo.

Daily RewardsPurchase DiamondsRefer for DiamondsReferrals SuccessfulNew CG featureNew CG QR codeVIP purchase pop-upVIP diamondsIndex with stories by ChoicesMore by Pixelberry pop-upPurchase Diamonds (for example, Immediate Attraction, Book 1)VIP Purchase page (for example, Rules of Royal Love, Book 1)

## Trivia

* The app is named after *A Thousand and One Nights*.
* As of September 2020, it has been six months since "The Flame and the Crown, Book 2" ended. It appears that there will be no Book 3. "The Flame and the Crown" doesn't seem to be popular enough with the app's audience to get its Book 3.
* Of the first three series, "Immediate Attraction" seems to be the most popular.
* Although this app contains only heterosexual relationships, it does not prevent players from voting for same-sex couples as their "favorites".

Fandom Ranking Pairs (The Flame and the Crown)
## Statistics

As of September 2020, these are the metrics called 人气值 (literary popularity value). We are not sure what it refers to (chapter views, book views, how many people purchased VIP packs, etc.), but we assume that "views" are similar to the statistics previously listed for Choices titles. Book 3 for "Immediate Attraction" and "Rules of Royal Love" came out after "The Flame and the Crown, Book 2" ended, and they each have double the views.