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A new competition page: Neo-Twiny Jam 2025 created July 3, 2025
Liquid Demonology, by Aaron R.
Twine, Paint.net
Heart Friend, by honigCake
Despoina, by Lapin Lunaire Games
Twine
Mouse Train: Overland, by solipsistgames
Twine
黃鶴楼, by PublicDomainFriend
Twine
i hate trains, by totsu
Blender, Godot, Adobe Photoshop, FL Studio

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Reviews

ChanceOfFire reviews A Game of Twenty-One: "My luck isn’t the best" - See full review
Drew Cook reviews Blood and Sunlight: "Either dying to get out, or dying to get in" - See full review
MathBrush reviews EYE: "Riddle-type puzzles with letters and numbers" - See full review
Naarel reviews The Butterfly Dreams: "Dream of a butterfly, or is life a dream..." - See full review
MathBrush reviews Quotient, The Game: "A spy game with a lot of puzzles, treasures and pop culture references" - See full review
Tabitha reviews The Deluge: "Literal and emotional exploration" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

Neo-Twiny Jam 2025 created July 3, 2025
ParserComp 2025 created June 30, 2025
Dialogue Jam 2025 created May 12, 2025
15th IF Grand Prix 2025 created April 16, 2025
Spring Thing 2025 created April 2, 2025
Nebula Awards 2024 created March 13, 2025
French Comp 2025 created March 11, 2025

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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...

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...

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