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A new competition page: Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2026 created May 1, 2026
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
Colditz Escape, by Frank Fridd
BASIC
The Pattern Beneath, by Relei
Quest
The Abbey of the Hidden Rose, by catventure
ThinBASIC Adventure Builder

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Reviews

Captstulle reviews Homunculus: "Tolle Idee gut umgesetzt" - See full review
MathBrush reviews Nils' Bohrmaschine: "Grocery checkout in German" - See full review
WorstPunk reviews Eat Me: "A poem of a game" - See full review
Jo the Plunderer reviews Posthuman: Guardians vs PSION: "A quick, energetic superhero story that lacks focus" - See full review
Passerine reviews Stooping to Diplomacy: "This game is a vampire" - See full review
Tabitha reviews Loadstone: "A fun concept that could use some polish" - See full review

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IFDB Recommends

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.

Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to...

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...

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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