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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedA new competition page: Spring Thing 2025 created April 2, 2025
Games
Add a game listingIncantations, by Abby Blenk Twine |
Succor, by Loressa and Matthias Speksnijder and Dactorwatson Twine |
Thousand Lives, by Wojtek Borowicz Custom |
Portrait with Wolf, by Drew Cook Inform 7 |
Marbles, D, and the Sinister Spotlight, by Drew Cook Inform 7 |
A Bottle from the Future, by SKIT Twine |
Reviews
OtisTDog reviews BlueScreenCrisis: "Seems more like an incomplete training tool than a game"   |
MathBrush reviews Affronter le silence: "A heartfelt game about family history, silence, and homosexuality" |
MathBrush reviews Et il fallut donc: "A brief game reflecting on unity vs individuality" |
Competitions
Add a competition listingIF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards
News on Short Games Showcase 2024: Short Games Showcase 2024: Results are out! January 26, 2025 Details
Polls
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IFDB Recommends
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| Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but... |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog. |
| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky "Join the Patrol, and see the Galaxy!" You took the poster's advice, bait and all, and marched right over to the recruitment station near... |
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon... |
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