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IFDB site news January 6, 2025
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Basement Rats, by Mad Hatter's Daughter
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Eros, by Mad Hatter's Daughter
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Mission Sunshine, by Mad Hatter's Daughter
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manonamora reviews An Admirer: "It gets under your skin" - See full review
ccpost reviews Restore, Reflect, Retry: "Meta-horror game with great writing" - See full review
Coe reviews Dance With Me: "A Tale of Resilience and Beauty in Brokeness" - See full review
manonamora reviews Museum of Paranormal Phenomena: "I guess they called you?" - See full review
Cerfeuil reviews The Fifth Sunday: "Unplayable" - See full review
Cerfeuil reviews Taipan: "Primitive resource management that doesn't hold up" - See full review

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News on Short Games Showcase 2024: Short Games Showcase 2024: Voting is Open! January 1, 2025 Details
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Partim500 - Edition 2024 created December 30, 2024
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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...

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...

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...

Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe...

Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that...

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IFDB is managed by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation. It is funded by the donations of IF supporters like you. All donations go to support the operation of this web site and IFTF's other services.