appisode

plural appisodes

1. An episode of a show in the form of an interactive software application.

   Also the minor characters of a drama series can become somewhat more famous as the hero in a web series or “appisodes” for mobile devices.

   2017, Sergio Sparviero, Corinna Peil, Gabriele Balbi, Media Convergence and Deconvergence, page 166

   2 more examples

   Unlike a webisode, an appisode often incorporates interactive features. Players can tap on characters on the screen to make them talk, find hidden objects, or collect items as part of a quest.

   2014, Carolyn Handler Miller, Digital Storytelling, page 334

   Indeed, summative research on the first four appisodes found that, even after less than one hour with each appisode, children improved in all four topics, […]

   2018, Dafna Lemish, Amy Jordan, Vicky Rideout, Children, Adolescents, and Media