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"DOL-OS is less a choice-based game and more a hypertext exploration game—or more specifically, a “found document” game, with the..." - See full review
"DOL-OS is less a choice-based game and more a hypertext exploration game—or more specifically, a “found document” game, with the..." - See full reviewA new listing for The Amateur Deity Society, by Robert Carlson July 25, 2024
1998. The members of Franklin High School’s dubious, under-equipped “Computer Club” break from precedent and take on a project: programming a world-simulator. Denise Novak, the ostensible club’s alleged...
News on The Little Match Girl 5: The Hunter's Vow: Public release July 25, 2024
LMG5, once a Patreon exclusive, now enjoys a public release! - Details
News on Untitled Relationship Project: Full version released July 23, 2024
This game formerly had a different name, but has been expanded with snippets by several authors and updated with a new name. Hope you enjoy! - Details
A new listing for Tears of Tianchao, by Red Bean Buns July 23, 2024
After a decade from your home nation of Tianchao, you become Xiaowei Mao in the army involved in the intranational civil war called "DaiZai-Yige." You are sent by the Emperor of Zhongguog to another emperor...
Joey Jones reviews You Gen #9: "Promising Beginning" July 23, 2024
"This is an excellent first chapter that uses Twine in a really elegant way. The story of an enhanced eugenics movement is told quite..." - See full review
"This is an excellent first chapter that uses Twine in a really elegant way. The story of an enhanced eugenics movement is told quite..." - See full reviewMax Fog reviews Codex Crusade: "Crazy Cats, (al)Chemy Combining Coffee Creatively" July 23, 2024
"This was a strange thing to experience! It’s about a humble librarian’s assistant’s intern finding a strange and special book. Much of..." - See full review
"This was a strange thing to experience! It’s about a humble librarian’s assistant’s intern finding a strange and special book. Much of..." - See full reviewTabitha / alyshkalia reviews It can't be true it mustn't be true: "A great (temporary) conclusion" July 23, 2024
"While I didn’t call this out in my review of the prior entry, it’s true of all three games: the cast list provided at the beginning is a..." - See full review
"While I didn’t call this out in my review of the prior entry, it’s true of all three games: the cast list provided at the beginning is a..." - See full reviewmanonamora reviews La réclusion de Callisto: "It's all about the (lack of) journey" July 22, 2024
"*La réclusion de Callisto* is a short textual adventure in the style of older CYOA books, both in form and content. Embodying a..." - See full review
"*La réclusion de Callisto* is a short textual adventure in the style of older CYOA books, both in form and content. Embodying a..." - See full reviewmanonamora reviews Terra's Leap : Un rêve incombustible: "Stanger danger" July 22, 2024
"*Terra’s Leap : Un rêve incombustible* is a short sci-fi adventure, where we follow the ventures of Elio, a child in a faraway colony,..." - See full review
manonamora reviews Baston ou Ruse : L'Épopée de Krug: "W40k - Intro to the orcs" July 22, 2024
"*Baston ou Ruse : L’Épopée de Krug* is a short humoristic game based on Warhammer 40k, where you play as Krug, an orc that has no idea..." - See full review
"*Baston ou Ruse : L’Épopée de Krug* is a short humoristic game based on Warhammer 40k, where you play as Krug, an orc that has no idea..." - See full reviewvirtuadept reviews Zork I: "GANGSTA" July 22, 2024
"Zork 1 is straight up GANGSTA, yo! If you can beat this game without hints then you are, without a doubt, one of the smartest people...." - See full review
"Zork 1 is straight up GANGSTA, yo! If you can beat this game without hints then you are, without a doubt, one of the smartest people...." - See full reviewvirtuadept reviews Bradisson Rayburn's Revenge!: "Worth Taking A Look" July 22, 2024
"There is a lot to like about Bradisson Rayburn's Revenge. The premise is funny. You're on a game show. You can't win it, because the game..." - See full review
"There is a lot to like about Bradisson Rayburn's Revenge. The premise is funny. You're on a game show. You can't win it, because the game..." - See full reviewmanonamora reviews Biblioflam: "Tricks and dices for a book!" July 22, 2024
"Biblioflam is a short fantasy adventure in Moiki, where you play as an employee of a strange and magical library (where no books can be..." - See full review
"Biblioflam is a short fantasy adventure in Moiki, where you play as an employee of a strange and magical library (where no books can be..." - See full reviewmanonamora reviews Susi: "Revenge or Forgiveness" July 22, 2024
"Susi is a sci-fi story, set in the 22nd century, where we follow the eponymous character, a half-wolf half-humanoid AI, after feeling a..." - See full review
manonamora reviews L'abribus: "A magic orb and impacting choices" July 21, 2024
"L’abribus is a short fantasy story, where we either play as some sort of force controlling a magic orb (which can influence everything..." - See full review
Lance Cirone reviews The Garden of Earthly Regrets: "Garden exploration" July 20, 2024
"This is a surreal game where much of it seems to be left to the player's interpretation. You explore a garden surrounding a wedding,..." - See full review
"This is a surreal game where much of it seems to be left to the player's interpretation. You explore a garden surrounding a wedding,..." - See full reviewLance Cirone reviews Lowell's Paradise: "Even Lowell thinks that my mind is gone" July 20, 2024
"This is one of the games from Bouchercomp, a SpeedIF running in 2008. The premise involves a prison escape, and the interpretation here..." - See full review
"This is one of the games from Bouchercomp, a SpeedIF running in 2008. The premise involves a prison escape, and the interpretation here..." - See full reviewLance Cirone reviews Merk: "I know you're going to be a great typist one day" July 20, 2024
"Merk is a pretty amusing SpeedIF. You are sent a letter by an alien who requests that you bring him a 100 year-old typewriter, because he..." - See full review
"Merk is a pretty amusing SpeedIF. You are sent a letter by an alien who requests that you bring him a 100 year-old typewriter, because he..." - See full reviewTabitha / alyshkalia reviews Suspended in the air so that all of your weight is concentrated on a single point halfway down your spine: "Excellent tiny horror" July 20, 2024
"This is the second of three games (so far) in Charm’s RGB Cycle, all of which were made for this year’s Neo-Twiny Jam, which had a length..." - See full review
"This is the second of three games (so far) in Charm’s RGB Cycle, all of which were made for this year’s Neo-Twiny Jam, which had a length..." - See full reviewCalliopeFyre reviews Halfling Dale: "Brilliant!" July 19, 2024
"Okay, I LOVE choice story games like this, I've never particularly enjoyed games like Episode, or of that format, but this is nothing..." - See full review
"Okay, I LOVE choice story games like this, I've never particularly enjoyed games like Episode, or of that format, but this is nothing..." - See full reviewA new listing for Ocean Red, by Palette July 18, 2024
Sailing a surreal, alien ocean is a being with direct relationships with the Sky, Sea, and Flesh of their body. Every day they have Orders from each they must try to complete, whether they want to or not....
A new listing for Ritorno nel Castello (The Secret of the Lost Castle), by The BaK July 18, 2024
Ritorno nel Castello (The Secret of the Lost Castle) Follow the adventure of a mysterious protagonist towards a castle hidden in the forest! What will you discover? A nostalgic text adventure inspired by the...
Drew Cook reviews The Tempest: ""But this rough magic I here abjure"" July 17, 2024
"1992's "The Tempest" by David R. Grigg, which should not be mistaken for Graham Nelson's adaptation, is an unkind game that modern..." - See full review
Hyacinthos reviews Lysidice and the Minotaur: "Minotaur Escape Room" July 17, 2024
"Without a doubt, this is the best parser the author has released until now. The take on Lysidice's character on the Minotaur mythology..." - See full review
"Without a doubt, this is the best parser the author has released until now. The take on Lysidice's character on the Minotaur mythology..." - See full reviewA new Recommended List by Fie, Games involving deception July 17, 2024
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Deceiving a talking obstacle? Tricking a child? Fooling you? Besting me? Interactivity means that intentional decisions are made, and intentional decisions can be wrong.
Deceiving a talking obstacle? Tricking a child? Fooling you? Besting me? Interactivity means that intentional decisions are made, and intentional decisions can be wrong.
A new listing for Skarn's Keep, by Kenneth Buchs July 16, 2024
Many years ago in a far off land, lived two brothers by the names of Slarn and Skarn. They were wizards of great renown and occasionally made powerful magical items. One day, Slarn made a Ring of Power so...
pieartsy reviews Rescue at Quickenheath: "Put a pin in that puzzle" July 16, 2024
"I wanted to show my boyf a recent IF game since he’s played parsers ages ago but wanted to get back into the swing of it. When polling..." - See full review
"I wanted to show my boyf a recent IF game since he’s played parsers ages ago but wanted to get back into the swing of it. When polling..." - See full reviewpieartsy reviews The Sculptor: "Awkward and odd (IFComp 2023 repost)" July 16, 2024
"A linear game until the very end choice, about a pitiable old sculptor trying to create his last masterpiece, essentially before he dies...." - See full review
"A linear game until the very end choice, about a pitiable old sculptor trying to create his last masterpiece, essentially before he dies...." - See full reviewpieartsy reviews LUNIUM: "Over the moon about this game (IFComp 2023 repost)" July 16, 2024
"This one had all my favorite things—a murder mystery, an “escape room” vibe like the author’s previous game (The Kuolema), fun..." - See full review
"This one had all my favorite things—a murder mystery, an “escape room” vibe like the author’s previous game (The Kuolema), fun..." - See full reviewpieartsy reviews To Sea in a Sieve: "Cast off and set sail (if only you had an anchor or sail) (IFComp 2023 repost)" July 16, 2024
"A fun sea adventure indeed, even for a landlubber like me! Very good title too. I love a solid puzzler, and this one had me feeling very..." - See full review
"A fun sea adventure indeed, even for a landlubber like me! Very good title too. I love a solid puzzler, and this one had me feeling very..." - See full reviewpieartsy reviews Detective Osiris: "Weirdly melancholy railroad with sparks of potential (IFComp 2023 repost)" July 16, 2024
"Hmm…as someone who wrote er own game about someone solving their own murder, I wanted to like this game more than I did. It was a..." - See full review
"Hmm…as someone who wrote er own game about someone solving their own murder, I wanted to like this game more than I did. It was a..." - See full reviewpieartsy reviews Tricks of light in the forest: "An idyllic forest day from the eyes of a child...mostly (IFComp 2023 repost)" July 16, 2024
"A delightful game! After a bit of an awkward and rushed start, it really eases into itself once you enter the forest proper. Lara, the..." - See full review
"A delightful game! After a bit of an awkward and rushed start, it really eases into itself once you enter the forest proper. Lara, the..." - See full reviewpieartsy reviews Dysfluent: "Timed text, my beloathed (IFComp 2023 repost)" July 16, 2024
"Oh my god the timed text. Oh god. I’m not as big of a hater on timed text as some, having used it in many of my pieces, but this was..." - See full review
"Oh my god the timed text. Oh god. I’m not as big of a hater on timed text as some, having used it in many of my pieces, but this was..." - See full reviewpieartsy reviews The Whale's Keeper: "Charming story, at least in my route! (IFComp 2023 repost)" July 16, 2024
"This game was really charming! You find yourself waking with amnesia in the belly of a whale. I ended in half an hour with 17 sanity and..." - See full review
"This game was really charming! You find yourself waking with amnesia in the belly of a whale. I ended in half an hour with 17 sanity and..." - See full reviewpieartsy reviews The Library of Knowledge: "This is a short story... (IFComp 2023 repost)" July 16, 2024
"I was curious as to why this one wasn’t just a prose story, then I checked the author’s website and saw that the bulk of it already *was*..." - See full review
"I was curious as to why this one wasn’t just a prose story, then I checked the author’s website and saw that the bulk of it already *was*..." - See full reviewMax Fog reviews Sunburst Contamination: "Sad to say it wasn't for me" July 16, 2024
"This is an old 1988 basic game ported to Z-machine. It has a simple plot of you trying to … Well, it wasn’t entirely clear from what I..." - See full review
"This is an old 1988 basic game ported to Z-machine. It has a simple plot of you trying to … Well, it wasn’t entirely clear from what I..." - See full reviewThunderPerfectWitchcraft reviews Tuuli: "Atmospheric, occult, well written!" July 16, 2024
"Tuuli is a text adventure game about life, death, fate, social roles, and black magic. You play a young witch apprentice, suddenly forced..." - See full review
"Tuuli is a text adventure game about life, death, fate, social roles, and black magic. You play a young witch apprentice, suddenly forced..." - See full reviewA new listing for Fluid Worlds, by ThunderPerfectWitchcraft July 16, 2024
Fluid Worlds is a hypertext fiction about the nature of the world, and the need and our ability to change it. Heavily inspired by postmodern literature, anarchist theory, the works of Jonas Mekas, and daoist...
ThunderPerfectWitchcraft reviews A row of chairs abandoned on the beach: "Metamodern interactive poem" July 16, 2024
"A row of chairs abandoned on the beach is a short interactive fiction by LaughingPineapple about a person who melts with the ocean. The..." - See full review
"A row of chairs abandoned on the beach is a short interactive fiction by LaughingPineapple about a person who melts with the ocean. The..." - See full reviewA new listing for A row of chairs abandoned on the beach, by laughingpineapple July 16, 2024
The protagonist finds a row of verloren monobloc chairs on the beach, waiting for the flood to come. You might decide at any time to leave them and return to your warm home; but you can also decide to sit on...
ThunderPerfectWitchcraft reviews The Archivist and the Revolution: "'bout missed and open chances" July 16, 2024
"The Archivist and the Revolution is a interactive fiction set in a dystopian future. You play a trans person who is working as an..." - See full review
"The Archivist and the Revolution is a interactive fiction set in a dystopian future. You play a trans person who is working as an..." - See full reviewThunderPerfectWitchcraft reviews Shell Song: "A game about voice." July 16, 2024
"Shell Song is an interactive fiction or a digital essay about the voice as a medium, its relation to the body, the attempts to recreate..." - See full review
"Shell Song is an interactive fiction or a digital essay about the voice as a medium, its relation to the body, the attempts to recreate..." - See full reviewFelix Pleșoianu reviews Calypso: "A game to the point" July 15, 2024
"A simple game that doesn't waste your time, and doesn't have any pretenses. The puzzles are simple enough, but frustrating to solve..." - See full review
"A simple game that doesn't waste your time, and doesn't have any pretenses. The puzzles are simple enough, but frustrating to solve..." - See full reviewA new listing for Romance the Backrooms, by Naomi Norbez July 14, 2024
Romance The Backrooms is a F/M dating sim VN about Carla, a daycare worker who falls into the titular liminal space by pure chance. Thankfully, she meets a group of 5 humanoid entities who are willing to...
Jim Nelson reviews The Sculptor: "What makes a sculptor a sculptor?" July 14, 2024
"The Sculptor is a brief narrative regarding age, art, and commercialism. You play a sculptor facing, on the one hand, a final assignment..." - See full review
"The Sculptor is a brief narrative regarding age, art, and commercialism. You play a sculptor facing, on the one hand, a final assignment..." - See full reviewJoey Jones reviews Stick it to the man: "Too little, too soon" July 13, 2024
"This starts out unpromising, in the ultimate entry in the My Crappy Apartment genre, as you awake in a grody underimplemented squat. But..." - See full review
"This starts out unpromising, in the ultimate entry in the My Crappy Apartment genre, as you awake in a grody underimplemented squat. But..." - See full reviewJoey Jones reviews Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country: "More sins against mimesis" July 13, 2024
"Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country is a parody of AIF in general, especially the sort epitomised by the original SM, which had the..." - See full review
"Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country is a parody of AIF in general, especially the sort epitomised by the original SM, which had the..." - See full reviewMathBrush reviews Read This First: "A small circular game" July 13, 2024
"This game seems to be one giant loop. It's a pretty amusing representation of the frustration of starting a new board game and trying to..." - See full review
"This game seems to be one giant loop. It's a pretty amusing representation of the frustration of starting a new board game and trying to..." - See full review1-50 | Next