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A new competition page: Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2026 created May 1, 2026
Under the Woven Sky, by A. Clearwater
Videotome
dead truths, by Naarel
Videotome
Deceitful Conception, by StoryEngineStory
None
Smuggler, by Frank Fridd
Creative Adventure Toolkit
Great-Great-Grandfather's Gold, by Frank Fridd
Creative Adventure Toolkit
Sound of HIM, by Frank Fridd
BASIC

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jakomo reviews Intelligence: "We are detective, we are select, we are detective, come to collect" - See full review
Ordon reviews Under the Woven Sky: "call me a beebody, but..." - See full review
kaemi reviews Cyclic Fruition Number One: "Spring Thing 2026: Cyclic Fruition Number One" - See full review
Rovarsson reviews Faute De Servo: "Serve-moi le cervelas!" - See full review
Lance Cirone reviews Ivanna Hitchu III: Where the Sun Don’t Shine: "Fighting against the games industry" - See full review
MathBrush reviews Ransack!: "Indiana Jones-influenced puzzle game with tutorial" - See full review

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IFDB Recommends

The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson
You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are...

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...

Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts.

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...

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