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A new competition page: IntroComp 2026 created August 10, 2026
The Veil, by Josh Hamelin
Twine
The Mermaid's Mystery, by Vance Chance
ChoiceScript
Stories of Stars and Woods and City Jungles, by Maxrem
Twine
Onion Hugs, by Alex Birch
Quest
Made with Real Forest Scouts, by Tessa Lee Ren
Twine
CoreOS, by Julian
Godot

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Reviews

Dan Fabulich reviews CoreOS: "Solid database search game" - See full review
kqr reviews Tristam Island: "Fun exploration at just the right difficulty level" - See full review
Ordon reviews Help! I am Locked in a Fortune Cookie Factory!: "Wonderfully creative" - See full review
Ordon reviews The Woodcutter's Quest: "Middling" - See full review
Mike Russo reviews The Most Valuable Card in the World: "Swap, meet" - See full review
Mike Russo reviews The Priest and the Rennes Alignment: "Et in Arcadia egrue" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

IntroComp 2026 created August 10, 2026
1st Annual Thinky Awards 2023 created August 3, 2026
Neo-Twiny Jam 2026 created July 3, 2026
ParserComp 2026 created July 1, 2026
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - Dishes are served! May 29, 2026 Details
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - The battle has begun! May 24, 2026 Details
Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2) created May 24, 2026
(No) Dialogue Jam 2026 created May 6, 2026

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Friend recommendations (WIP) by Unearthly, 10 items
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Infocom Games by Difficulty, in Rated Order by Fred A, 35 items
A Few Personal Favorites/ Games I Really Love as of July 2026 by ArloElm, 10 items
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New walkthroughs for May 2026 by David Welbourn, 9 items
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Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky
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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...

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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