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A new competition page: Spring Thing 2025 created April 2, 2025
Incantations, 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

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Reviews

kaemi reviews Radiance Inviolate: "Spring Thing 2025: Radiance Inviolate" - See full review
Cerfeuil reviews Portrait with Wolf: "The wolf is symbolic but no less real." - See full review
jkj reviews Canvas Keepsakes: "Compelling" - See full review
MathBrush reviews Au labo des Mots: "A wordplay give-and-take game in French" - See full review
OtisTDog reviews BlueScreenCrisis: "Seems more like an incomplete training tool than a game" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

Spring Thing 2025 created April 2, 2025
Nebula Awards 2024 created March 13, 2025
French Comp 2025 created March 11, 2025
Smoochie Jam 2025 created March 5, 2025
The 2024 IFDB Awards created February 18, 2025
News on ShuffleComp 2024: ShuffleComp 2024 Results February 11, 2025 Details
News on ShuffleComp 2024: Voting begins for ShuffleComp 2024 January 27, 2025 Details
News on Short Games Showcase 2024: Short Games Showcase 2024: Results are out! January 26, 2025 Details

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In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts.

Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
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Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short
The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne,...

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...

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