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A new competition page: Neo-Twiny Jam 2025 created July 3, 2025
News on Quirky Test: Quirky Test version 2 released! Details
News on The Trials and Tribulation of Edward Harcourt: The Trials and Tribulations of Edward Harcourt - Completed Game! Details
Meena, by Sahil Bajaj
Twine
Liquid Demonology, by Aaron R.
Twine, Paint.net
Heart Friend, by honigCake
Despoina, by Lapin Lunaire Games
Twine

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Reviews

Naarel reviews Habeas Corpus: "Abandonment, imprisonment, rust" - See full review
ChanceOfFire reviews i hate trains: "i hate 'em too" - See full review
MathBrush reviews Lockout: "Solve an intricate puzzle in this one-room nautical game" - See full review
manonamora reviews Coins of Gold: "You get a maze, and you get a maze and..." - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

Neo-Twiny Jam 2025 created July 3, 2025
ParserComp 2025 created June 30, 2025
Dialogue Jam 2025 created May 12, 2025
15th IF Grand Prix 2025 created April 16, 2025
Spring Thing 2025 created April 2, 2025
Nebula Awards 2024 created March 13, 2025
French Comp 2025 created March 11, 2025

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Never Gives Up Her Dead, by Mathbrush
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the...

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...

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

Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that...

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