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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedNews on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - Dishes are served! May 29, 2026
The games produced by the competing chefs have been released for play: Time Swap by challenger Onno Brouwer, and Arkanen by defending Iron Chef Max Fog. Both are available to play at the intfiction forum... - Details
Games
Add a game listingEclipse, by Gianluca Girelli Inform 6 |
News on Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis: New verbose walkthrough Details |
ST4T/TŚDT, by Naarel Decker |
The Last Mystery, by Colin Sanders, Andrew Greenhill, Garrett Dowdy, Chris Ormstrup, Megan Hollowell Inform 7 |
Perpetūra, by Lacunae HTML/JavaScript |
Smoking Hot, by HHRichards Twine |
Reviews
Denk reviews Time Swap: "Nice puzzler (updated version), could use a bit more pollish"   |
Jo the Plunderer reviews Nikola Tesla: War of the Currents: "Bit of a slow start that built into something beautiful" |
Jo the Plunderer reviews Rent-a-Vice: "Okay, but not the most philosophically compelling" |
MathBrush reviews Samurai of Hyuga Book 5: "Be traumatized and discover Christianity" |
MathBrush reviews strings: a (bug)folk song: "Charming ritualistic bug mythology musical" - See full review |
Competitions
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News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - The battle has begun! May 24, 2026 Details
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IFDB Recommends
| 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... |
| Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to... |
| Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman You are online. You are fire and order. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a... |
| Disco Elysium - The Final Cut, by ZA/UM Disco Elysium is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to... |
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