As of 7/10/19, Mobile Creator has officially been retired from Episode.

You can still access, continue writing, and publish any stories you created on your phone by logging in to the Writer Portal. 

 

When we built the Mobile Creator in 2016, it was because we wanted to find a way to make storytelling on Episode easier for more of you. Learning to create a visual story by writing donacode is like learning to code, and that can be a steep learning curve if that gets in the way of you being able to tell your story.

At the time, we were incredibly excited about where we could go with the Mobile Creator after we launched. However, the reality is that over the last couple of years, the pace at which we were able to update the Writer’s Portal has far exceeded our ability to keep up with those updates on the Mobile Creator. As one of our oldest features, even an update to the code base to get it compatible with our upcoming app changes takes a lot more effort and time on our part than it should.

Even though we also really wanted to give you Limelight, new animations, and other features you’ve asked for, when we took a step back and looked at the big picture, it didn’t feel right that making these changes could come at the expense of us working on other projects that you’ve also asked for.

We survey our Creators to learn more about HOW you worked – if we were to spend our time improving YOUR creator experience, then we also wanted to be able to make the most of the time that we have. Thanks to the incredible responses we received to our Creator Tools Survey, we discovered that:

  • About 86% of you work exclusively or mostly on a PC.
  • 97% of your time is spent on the Writer’s Portal when you’re working on your story.

We know some of you will be sad to see it go, and we are too! However, we want to be able to invest in creating and supporting tools that are useful and helpful for the largest number of authors that we can, and we hope that you will continue to support us in this endeavor.

If you have feedback, comments or questions you can send in a support ticket.