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Mike Russo reviews Rescue at Quickenheath: "All buckles must be swashed" May 15, 2024 "I hope nobody reading my reviews is under the misapprehension that I ever strive for, much less achieve, objectivity, but I figure it’s..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Do Good Deeds...: "A gentle fable marred by implementation flaws" May 15, 2024 "Lately I’ve been thinking about my approach to a reviewing for an article I’m working on for The Rosebush, and in particular my..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews To Beseech Old Sins: "Teenage Horny Space Marine... Somethings" May 15, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/4/24 Playtime: 30 min Up front, the game told me this was part of an ongoing series to..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Social Democracy: An Alternate History: "Always Be Fighting Facism" May 15, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/4/24 Playtime: 1 hr, long civil war ending, but hey, no Hitler! There’s a lot of folks..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Do Good Deeds...: "Storytime Slowdown" May 15, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/3/24 Playtime: 20min, finished I kinda love that there is a “children’s story”..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Chatterbox: "Chaos always ensues in chatboxes..." May 14, 2024 "Chatterbox is a short Twine piece about chatboxes experiences. Using the simple interface of Harlowe, you incarnate the user ripherup, a..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Phantom Protocol: "Hi, yes, who is this?" May 14, 2024 "Phantom Protocol is a short interactive prologue made in Godot, set (so far) inside your phone. A strange number contacts you,..." - See full review

manonamora reviews ConversationalRumblings: "Let's do this! no, that! or maybe this?" May 14, 2024 "ConversationalRumblings is a short cyclical Twine piece about two people looking for an activity to do and talking about it. Between..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Extended Sabbatical: "To make or not make a game..." May 14, 2024 "Extended Sabbatical is a short linear interactive piece made in Unity about… making a game, or more about not making that game. Though..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Tresmir Sight: "Short VN conversation" May 14, 2024 "Tresmir Sight is a short sci-fi (fantasy?) visual novel, where you play as a young human trespassing in a camp, looking for someone..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Tell Me About Yourself: "What... why?" May 14, 2024 "Tell Me About Yourself is a short Twine conversation between you and your interlocutor Coda. Seemingly a stranger, Coda asks about..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Case of the Solitary Resident: "Snooping around to connect the dots" May 14, 2024 "The Case of the Solitary Resident is a murder(ish) mystery game made in Twine where you get to play the detective, tasked to solve the..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Alltarach: "A deep-dive into Irish folklore and religion" May 14, 2024 "Alltarach is a pretty large Twine game centred around Irish folklore and set in the early Middle Ages. Through a character study of your..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Dragon of Steelthorne: "Grinding gears" May 14, 2024 "I had some trepidation going into Dragon of Steelthorne, born of my previous experience with a fantasy-themed ChoiceScript game – in..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Octopus's Garden: "A clever but clumsy cephalopod" May 14, 2024 "Octopus’s Garden has a lovely premise – octopi in real life have been known to crawl out of their aquariums and get up to..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews PROSPER.0: "Poetic justice" May 14, 2024 "(Much of the interest of this game comes from the way its mechanics are introduced, tweaked, and woven into the narrative;..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews A Dream of Silence: Acts 1 and 2: "Emotional Support Ghost" May 14, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review WARNING: Review is from an early, incomplete version of the game Played: 4/3/24 Playtime: 2.25 hrs >7..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Case of the Solitary Resident: "Just the Facts, Ma'am" May 14, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/3/24 Playtime: 1hr, 14/16 clues, right cause of death, wrong drug If I part the opaque..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Rescue at Quickenheath: "What Sprite Through Yon Window Breaks?" May 14, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/2/24 Playtime: 45min We’ve been using ‘Interactive Fiction’ as synonym for..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Camelot Jack: "Impressive but flawed hand-made C# system for short fantasy game" May 13, 2024 "The trouble with parser games is that players can type in literally anything and hope to get a reasonable response out. This causes..." - See full review

manonamora reviews beach: "hurt people hurt people?" May 13, 2024 "beach is a short Twine conversation between two individuals on the beach, which was initiated by one of the two following an incident..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Disappearance of Kevin from Finance: "I so want to spoil it, because it was very fun!" May 13, 2024 "The Disappearance of Kevin from Finance is a short mystery game in Twine, where your colleague, the titular Kevin from Finance, is..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Imago: "Masks and meanings" May 13, 2024 "Imago is a short but very branched out poetic “rogue-like” monologue, reflecting on the masts that one wears and the image we preset..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Loose Ends: "Trading favors" May 13, 2024 "(I beta tested this game) So far in this festival we’ve seen games that seem to be about politics but aren’t (Potato Peace, Pass a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Trials of Rosalinda: "Trial with no errors" May 13, 2024 "I wrapped up my review of Spring Thing 2021’s The Bones of Rosalinda with a tossed-off wish for an eventual sequel, off the strength of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Potato Peace: "Spud-ering out" May 13, 2024 "It took me many years to figure out exactly how I felt about horror as a genre. I really enjoy some parts of it – ancient curses,..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Roman Holiday: "what... huh? weird." May 13, 2024 "Roman Holiday is a strange creepy game, one I don’t know what to make of. A group of friend are one some sort of road trip, lost (sort..." - See full review

manonamora reviews I Knew A Guy: "I knew a guy" May 13, 2024 "I Knew A Guy is a prototype short entry, formatted as a linear short story to raise awareness about suicide and myths around it. In it,..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Pear Party: "Don't talk about pears, don't talk about-" May 13, 2024 "Pear Party is a short conversation between two uni students at a party, where you attempt to do some small talk and hopefully… not nerd..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Do you think we're soulmates in every universe?: "Walk in the woods and existential questions" May 13, 2024 "Do you think we’re soulmates in every universe? is a cute slice-of-life small visual novel where you take a walk with your partner,..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Who are you talking to?: "Who indeed... or what?" May 13, 2024 "Who are you talking to? is a work in progress piece where you are confronted by a strange creature, in an unknown place, unable to leave...." - See full review

manonamora reviews pacodnd.exe: "By the power of... friendship?" May 13, 2024 "pacodnd.exe is a short interactive story focused on a group of friend trying out a Dungeons&Dragons campaign, through a chat form. During..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Potato Peace: "Mayor McSpud" May 13, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/2/24 Playtime: 20min, two endings, 4 cycles I can’t remember the last time I laughed, out..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Dragon of Steelthorne: "Pining for the Third Way" May 13, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/2/24 Playtime: 1.75 hrs, 7/27 achievements, 230pts Barely a year and a half into my..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews A Simple Happening: "I'm a G***amn Samurai" May 13, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/1/24 Playtime: 30 min, two playthroughs I don’t get the sense that Frank Miller..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Kuolema: "Running tediously back and forth" May 13, 2024 "This review will mostly focus on the Twine version, submitted to the 2024 SpringThing. The Kuolema is a fairly large mystery adventure..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Time Machine: "Sequel Adaptation" May 13, 2024 "The Time Machine is a short-ish parser that continues the eponymous story, where you play as an unnamed friend trying to find clues as to..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Syzygy: "Space diplomacy!" May 12, 2024 "Syzygy is a short but complex exchange of diplomatic communication between the Syzygy planet and the Sol System Alliance, where you are a..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Circle Back: "This can't be a coincidence..." May 12, 2024 "Circle Back is a short psychological horror visual novel, where you play as an unnamed employee in a big corporation, freshly promoted,..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Croaking: "Seems unfinished..." May 12, 2024 "The Croaking is a short train murder mystery, made in Unity, feeling like a 3D version of a bitsy game. Here, you play as Detective..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Just A Simple Interview: "Choose your words wisely... or don't!" May 12, 2024 "Just A Simple Interview is a widely branching short Twine… well, interview. You were one of the few to be selected for an interview..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews PROSPER.0: "Live Long.0 and..." May 12, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/1/24 Playtime: 1hr, 2 endings, but trashed my success poem! If you were going to pitch the..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Truth About PRIDE!: "Labyrinth of Self-Affirmation" May 12, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/1/24 Playtime: 20min, all endings Tired of typing words? Flummoxed by modern graphics..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Thanks, but I don't remember asking.: "Stop Screaming, Butterfly" May 12, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/1/24 Playtime: 15 min, 3 endings This is a very short, stock-format Twine entry, with very..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Truth About PRIDE!: "Give me a P! Give my an R! Give me an I..." May 12, 2024 "The Truth About PRIDE! is a short bitsy piece, where "you" explore the meaning of < pride >, by going through each of its letters (and an..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Portrait: "Get right into the brush strokes - level of details" May 12, 2024 "The Portrait, also titled as A Taste of Isekai in-game, is an exploration parser, a sort of amuse-bouche to a larger game coming out in..." - See full review

manonamora reviews You Can Only Turn Left: "Very much wonder, not so land." May 12, 2024 "You Can Only Turn Left is a surreal piece exploring "the hypnagogic state between sleeping and wakefulness", based on a past dream..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Bydlo; or the Ox-Cart: "All work and no play makes me dull..." May 12, 2024 "Bydlo; or the Ox-Cart is a minimalist micro Bitsy piece about, according to the blurb, the triumph of art over drudgery. Using a simple..." - See full review

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manonamora reviews A Woman's Duty: "War correspondence" May 11, 2024 "A Woman’s Duty is a short epistolary game, made in Ink, set during some undisclosed war, where you, as Mary, correspond with your..." - See full review

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