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Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Burger Meme Personality Test: "Let’s Get Psychological!" September 17, 2025 "Awesome! The Burger Meme Personality Test is about applying to a fictional corporation called Burger Meme™. You’ve already gone..." - See full review

Jaded Pangolin reviews Fantasy Opera: Mischief at the Masquerade: "d&d style fantasy at the opera" September 17, 2025 "this is the kind of game i generally love, queer-positive fantasy with a customizable pc and a puzzle-y aspect that isn't too hard but..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Fantasy Opera: Mischief at the Masquerade: "Investigate a fantasy-world opera" September 17, 2025 "This is my third and final Lamppost Projects game to play during this competition, and it is quite different than the rest in some ways...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Crescent Sea Story: "Recover the fragments of a shattered life" September 17, 2025 "I've played a lot of Stewart Baker's games, and I usually associate him with lighthearted longform narrative-focused choice-based games...." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Promises of Mars: "Will they return to the surface?" September 16, 2025 " (Edit: Spelling fix) Soon. Observing the decaying cityscape and the drifting dust clouds, feeling the heat cutting her skin, breathing..." - See full review

Quzen reviews Astralily: "Pretty Nice" September 16, 2025 "Its pretty nice and I like the premise, but it definitely needs some adjustments. It's stated that English isn't the author's first..." - See full review

A new listing for NIEZWYCIĘŻONA [SEMPER INVICTA], by Naarel

PermianArzon reviews Astralily: "Promising but falls short" September 16, 2025 "A promising story with an interesting concept and some intersting visuals however the flow of the story and some of the grammer is..." - See full review

A new listing for Vanvid, by mistman96

Tabitha reviews Imperial Throne: "A story of loss (in more ways than one)" September 16, 2025 "I had fun playing this one, but ultimately came away with a rather poor impression of it after looking at the walkthrough. Initially, I..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Wise-Woman's Dog: "Phenomenal game. Phenomenal dog." September 16, 2025 "Your human is the wise woman of her village. She performs rituals and other services for the local people. But now she is sick and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Lady Thalia and the Case of Clephan: "Persuasion, theft, and love" September 15, 2025 "Lady Thalia and the Case of Clephan This is the latest entry in a longstanding series of Twine games featuring a lady thief protagonist,..." - See full review

A new listing for Open Sorcery: Jingle BEL/S, by Abigail Corfman

Drew Cook reviews No More: "No Less" September 15, 2025 "No More is a short, narrative-heavy Inform game that largely uses the EXAMINE command to advance a story about " - See full review

AZA reviews Echoes of Ending Worlds: "Radio" September 15, 2025 "Finally digging into radio ham lol"

MathBrush reviews Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?: "Solve the brutal drug-related murder of a once-candy-filled pinata" September 15, 2025 "Before I played this game, someone told me that it had significantly improved on the last two games, which I thought was pretty neat...." - See full review

Passerine reviews Saltwrack: "I got lost in this story (complimentary)" September 14, 2025 "The first thing I realize is that it hurts not having a back button. All the visual detail, snippets of backstory, and comments from the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Detritus: "Resource management/spaceship exploration game" September 14, 2025 "Ben Jackson has had several smooth, polished twine games released in recent years, so I had high expectations for this game, and I feel..." - See full review

Jaded Pangolin reviews Pharos Fidelis: "demon boyfriend/academia woes simulator" September 14, 2025 "this is another ifcomp game that's a little outside my usual range. i tend to like games with high player agency, where i really feel..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Violent Delight: "ARE YOU ENGROSSED?" September 14, 2025 "It's snowy outside. A great opportunity to drink tea and play a mysterious video game! I am a big fan of games that present a mundane..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Wise-Woman's Dog: "Complex hyperlinked parser game about Hittite empire, magic, and a dog" September 14, 2025 "This game is written in Dialog and can be played entirely using hyperlinks. It has a minimap at the top that can be used for navigation,..." - See full review

Jaded Pangolin reviews Mooncrash!: "too deep for me maybe" September 13, 2025 "i don't play a lot of parser games but i was drawn to this game by the fun title and implications of a detailed fantasy setting, which is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Imperial Throne: "Royalty simulator: tax, recruit, attack, condemn" September 13, 2025 "This parser takes a bold and innovative direction, and while I think it struggles with the execution, it's nice to see people..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Pharos Fidelis: "Take a difficult magic graduation exam while making out with a demon" September 13, 2025 "This was the second-most substantial game I've played this IFComp, and took me around 3.5 hours to play, with dinner in the middle, so..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Feyrealm Adventure: "Waiting to see what lies beyond the portal" September 12, 2025 "Note: This is a review of an Introcomp entry, and therefore, I will not leave any star ratings. This was actually pretty fun. With simple..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Through Death New Life: "Something's happening" September 12, 2025 "Note: This is a review of an Introcomp entry, and therefore, I will not leave any star ratings. Hmm... this one is tricky. You wake up in..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews .22LR: "I survived" September 12, 2025 "Note: This is a review of an Introcomp entry, and therefore, I will not leave any star ratings. You find yourself the sole survivor of a..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The 404 Society: "Animal Crossing meets cyber-ghost hunting" September 12, 2025 "Wow. This is a seriously cool game. I figured that I'd spend this month focused on reviewing IFComp games, but I saw this listed on the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Penny Nichols, Troubleshooter: "An AI prompt, and nothing more" September 12, 2025 "Penny Nichols, Troubleshooter This game consists of instructions to an AI on how to run a game for a human player. I was excited to see..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Conversation in a Dark Room: "A life-and-death interview in a dark bar at night (in 3 acts)" September 11, 2025 "A Conversation in a Dark Room This is an author's first game, but is well-polished and has multiple endings and engaging dialogue. You..." - See full review

A new listing for Lord, by Olli J. Paavola

A new listing for The 404 Society, by McGravin

MathBrush reviews *OVER*: "Long twine game about big family gathering, vacation, and escape" September 11, 2025 "This is a long Twine game about a family of 19 that visits a theme park that (to me) seems clearly Disney-influenced (due to things like..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Choice of the Rock Star: "Hitting the rock bottom" September 11, 2025 "You start out at home, playing a wonderfully traditional musical instrument which absolutely does not invoke images of a rock star...." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews You Cannot Speak: "Press "..." to say nothing" September 11, 2025 "You Cannot Speak opens with an ambiguous dream sequence. You dream that Claudia- the game seems to think you know her- is trying to save..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Saltwrack: "Assemble a team and explore a salt-ravaged future world" September 11, 2025 "This is a genre of story I like: in a postapocalyptic world caused by unexplainable events that warp the very definition of life, an..." - See full review

News on IntroComp 2025: Final results September 10, 2025 The winners of IntroComp 2025 have been announced. Congratulations!

Atreyu_Celestine reviews The Witch Girls: "A coming-of-age story that goes off kilter" September 10, 2025 "I left a spoiler-free review on the competition's website, so I thought I'd give my thoughts on more specific moments. For anyone..." - See full review

Atreyu_Celestine reviews Grove of Bones: "Great short horror with fantastic dialogue" September 10, 2025 "Absolutely fantastic, compelling premise that tackles greater good vs personal commitments in an intense and captivating way. " - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Rock's Tale: "Branching, multiple path game about a talking rock and the people it encounters" September 10, 2025 "This was a fun game. You play as a rock on a wilderness path. You are a talking rock. At first, all you can do is have random encounters..." - See full review

Atreyu_Celestine reviews Blood of Creation: "Interesting concept, efficient beginning" September 10, 2025 "While it's only the very beginning of the story, I think it does a great job setting up its premise, getting all the necessary..." - See full review

A new listing for Saintsridge Angels, by Atreyu Celestine

MathBrush reviews INPUT PROCESS: "Three acts of thoughtful discussion with a fictional AI in a future setting" September 10, 2025 "This game really spoke to me. It reminded me quite a bit of the last year of my marriage in an introspective, helpful way (outside of the..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Penthesileia: "Fires blooming everywhere" September 10, 2025 "“Good morning, dear. Has anyone ever told you how handsome you are?” Penthesileia begins with Penny, our protagonist, informing her..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Penthesileia: "Stepford wife in an authoritarian sci-fi story" September 10, 2025 "Penthesilea This is a short twine story about a near-future authoritarian regime where you are wife to one of the highest officials in..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Just Two Wishes: "Commentary on Israel, Trump, and Palestine through metaphor" September 9, 2025 "This is one of several games entered into this competition translated from other languages, in this case Spanish, although I didn't see..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Grove of Bones: "Short horror Choicescript game about carnivorous trees" September 9, 2025 "I was surprised this one wasn't reviewed on the spreadsheet yet. Jacic has a history of doing small, well-polished creepy stories, so I..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Backpackward: "Neat backpack inventory interface but only an introduction to a story" September 9, 2025 "This is more of a demo than an actual game. Literally none of the conflicts introduced in the story are resolved by the time it ends, and..." - See full review

A new listing for Fairytale Detective Mystery 1, by Santosh H

ChanceOfFire reviews An Unexpectedly Green Journey: "It ain't easy being green" September 8, 2025 "At over one million words, An Unexpectedly Green Journey has plenty of content which will keep you entertained for a long time. Unlike..." - See full review

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