ThumbStruck app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Jason Lautenschleger
First release : 10 Jun 2011
App size: 14.98 Mb
ThumbStruck is the best of social-networking and storytelling. Its the mobile application that allows users to improvisationally write stories together through two methods of interaction: "Whats The Word?" and "Whats The Story?"
"Whats The Word?" allows two users to complete an ad-lib story where the first user selects a short story that is missing words, and sends it to a second ThumbStruck friend. The second user gets notified and is prompted to fill in the blanks of the story. The often times hilarious results are then sent back to both users. Its just like the classic MadLibs™, but we made it interactive between two devices for more fun!
Use the ThumbSaurus if youre stumped (ergo, "thumbstruck") for a word to fill in the blanks!
"Whats The Story?" allow users to tell a story in a group. Once a story length is chosen and the 4 writers have been selected, ThumbStruck provides the first sentence and then users complete the story by adding on to each others sentences via a series of push notifications noting that "the pen has been passed to you."