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manonamora reviews Meurtres en eau profonde: "Deep water murder mystery" April 9, 2024 "Meurtres en eau profonde is a relatively short Binksi game (mixing Bitsy and Ink), where you play as a rookie goldfish police officer..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Whitefield Academy of Witchcraft: "An expansive and engaging magical puzzler with images" April 8, 2024 "I was talking to someone about Quest games, and searched for the top rated Quest games of all time. It brought this up as number 1, a..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Alyssia, My favourite games of all time April 7, 2024 9 items

Max Fog reviews WWII Elevator Escape: "Time-limited and tight puzzles" April 7, 2024 "This game was a light little puzzle about escaping a building. The puzzles were short and time-limited, and it felt a few times like I..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Octopus's Garden: "An octopus nestled in sweaters!" April 7, 2024 "This is a cute game! I've never played a game with an octopus PC before, and my favorite aspect was the descriptions, which paint such..." - See full review

Pete Davison reviews Moonmist: "It looks even lovelier than it sounds in the tourist brochure." April 6, 2024 "Moonmist is a short introductory level adventure whose unique selling point is that it offers four mysteries in one, based on the..." - See full review

kaemi reviews PROSPER.0: "Spring Thing 2024: PROSPER.0" April 6, 2024 "The setting, in which you are a number-named drone for CORPOTech “requested to identify and fully purge any instance of poetry from the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Forward: "A game about looking back and looking forward" April 6, 2024 "I generally like Bez’s work, as my view on creative writing is that it’s a way to share parts of our experiences and feelings with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Collegial Conversation: "A game from many perspectives, set at a work party with drama" April 6, 2024 "This was an intricate and surprising game. It uses a seed for color palettes and another for ‘one click=one change in perspective’...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews All The Games I Would Have Made For Seedcomp If I Had The Time (Which I Did Not) (Oh Well There's Always Next Year): "Fake game listings for games that could have been" April 6, 2024 "This game has a genuinely funny title, which I like. In ATGIWHMFSIIHTTWIDNOWTANN, you are provided a list of game seeds the author was..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Poetic Justice: "Go on trial with several poets" April 6, 2024 "This game uses a seed where you have to stand on trial before four famous poets. It’s written in Dendry, one of the first Dendry games..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Not Another Sad Meal: "Make some sad food after a breakup" April 6, 2024 "This Adventuron game was pleasant to play. I was able to grasp what was going on, make a plan, carry it out with some exploration, and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dungeons & Distractions: "Manage conflicting social demands during a DnD game in a fantasy world" April 6, 2024 "This game consumed a lot of my attention and thought process. You are a dungeon master/game master having a night with a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Found Journal: "Short illustrated dreamlike game" April 6, 2024 "This was a nice game to end the comp on. It’s a relatively brief and poetic Twine game that uses sound (which I believe comes from the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Film: "A surreal horror game about a friend group and their relationships" April 6, 2024 "This game starts off very strongly with a nice animation of tv static, good styling choices and a creepy intro. I was ready to be scared..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Sonnet: "Relationship drama at an older university party" April 6, 2024 "This choice-based game is inspired by Shakespeare’s Sonnet 128, as well as the Reverse a Poem prompt (and the surprisingly popular..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews 1 4 the $: "The horrors of mankind, now in two flavors" April 6, 2024 "This game is about someone experiencing the worst the world has to offer: isolation, hunger, infection, homophobia, perpetuating cycles..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Forward: "Understanding the past to move forward." April 6, 2024 "Forward is a short personal interactive piece made in Twine, about life. Worries and hopes, anxiety and assurance, failures and..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Nonverbal Communication: "Fun proof-of-concept" April 5, 2024 "This was another game that had me quite confused at first—I couldn't for the life of me understand what I was supposed to be doing " - See full review

Kastel reviews A Dream of Silence: Acts 1 and 2: "Spring Thing 2024: A Dream of Silence" April 5, 2024 "I'm not familiar with Baldur's Gate 3, but I know that people like Astarion and playing the game made me understand why. ..." - See full review

Kastel reviews Studio: "Spring Thing 2024: Studio" April 5, 2024 "This is the kind of horror that gives me nightmares. There are no supernatural beings in this story, just a diminishing sense of security..." - See full review

Kastel reviews PROSPER.0: "Spring Thing 2024: PROSPER.0" April 5, 2024 "You have recently been hired by a generic dystopian science fiction corporation to filter poetry from an accidental merger of the..." - See full review

Kastel reviews Rescue at Quickenheath: "Spring Thing 2024: Rescue at Quickenheath" April 5, 2024 "A swashbuckling tale of adventures and embassies led by two intrepid highway robbers deeply in love with each other, Rescue at..." - See full review

Kastel reviews A Simple Happening: "Spring Thing 2024: A Simple Happening" April 5, 2024 "A samurai parser game is bound to raise some questions for me: will it be authentic to the historical figures, or will it play on the..." - See full review

Kastel reviews You Can Only Turn Left: "Spring Thing 2024: You Can Only Turn Left" April 5, 2024 "I don't believe it is possible to discuss this title as a "Twine game" but as an experience: it creates visions of a state so unfamiliar..." - See full review

Kastel reviews The Case of the Solitary Resident: "Spring Thing 2024: The Case of the Solitary Resident" April 5, 2024 "A police procedural from the creator of Last Vestiges in IFComp 2023, The Case of the Solitary Resident is a Twine mystery that explores..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Thanks, but I don't remember asking.: "Thanks, but..." April 5, 2024 "I found this game disorienting at first, to the point that I almost stopped playing. I was confused about both the situation and the..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Faery: Swapped: "Tag, you're it!" April 5, 2024 "Faery: Swapped is a short parser games where the central puzzle revolves around swapping names of things/people in the correct order to..." - See full review

manonamora reviews 1 4 the $: "Pro-Tip: Do not play while eating, or just after having eaten..." April 5, 2024 "Preambule: this was a good game that borked my brain a bit and put my thoughts in disorder. There is sense somewhere in this review, I..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Dungeons & Distractions: "Tip-toeing between feel-good and anxious-mess" April 5, 2024 "If you've heard of D&D, get ready for its unfocused cousin: Dungeons & Distractions! This game hits all the right spots: it's..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Film: "The film that changed everything" April 5, 2024 "The Film is a surreal Interactive Fiction piece following a group of friend dealing with the anniversary of the loss of Marko, the "glue"..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Found Journal: "When the void stares back with words." April 5, 2024 "Found Journal is an atmospheric kinetic entry, where you get to go through a page (or more?) of a journal left behind by some lost soul...." - See full review

manonamora reviews Sonnet: "Hit on your friend, hit on your married friend, hit everyone!" April 5, 2024 "Sonnet is a relatively short game made in Twine, where you play as Will, a man invited to a single's Valentine's Day party, organised by..." - See full review

manonamora reviews All The Games I Would Have Made For Seedcomp If I Had The Time (Which I Did Not) (Oh Well There's Always Next Year): "Hella Meta SeedComp game" April 5, 2024 "All The Games I Would Have Made For Seedcomp If I Had The Time (Which I Did Not) (Oh Well There's Always Next Year) is a short game going..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Poetic Justice: "Poet on trial" April 5, 2024 "Poetic Justice is a short poetic and logical game made in Dendry, where you play as a legendary unnamed (at the start) poet on trial for..." - See full review

manonamora reviews A Collegial Conversation: "Politics and Relationships, always an interesting mix" April 5, 2024 "A Collegial Conversation is a short Twine interactive piece, lasting the time of a conversation during a fancy party. Two couples of..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Solkatt_ (french version): "Weirdcore galore" April 5, 2024 "Made in Decker, this point-and-click game follows Linus (you), a young adult still living with her parents in what seems to be a..." - See full review

SELI-chan reviews Studio: "Atmosperic, layered "one-room" horror with fantastic writing" April 4, 2024 "The premise of Studio is simple: for lore reasons only hinted at, your safe house studio apartment has been broken into by an armed..." - See full review

A new listing for Naughty in the library, by HHRichards

OtisTDog reviews Mother Loose: "Fun and engaging short puzzler suitable for children and adults" April 4, 2024 "Mother Loose is one of those games that was developed as a labor of love and then subsequently released to the world. Its public debut..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews The Case of the Solitary Resident: "Satisfying mystery with a few rough edges" April 4, 2024 "Having enjoyed the author’s Last Vestiges in last year’s IF Comp, I was happy to see another mystery game from them! This one is done..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Walter Sandsquish, Eldritch Apprehension April 3, 2024 12 items The weird environments, monstrosities, and existential dread of cosmic horror lend themselves to text, and so text-adventure games have played with the fear of the unknowable from the beginning of the genre....

MythOnirie reviews Le Dernier Serment: "Un parser retro" April 3, 2024 "Le Dernier Serment nous fait jouer une aventure retro où il nous faudra trouver une solution pour sauver notre village dont le libre..." - See full review

A new listing for Maddie Teases, by HHRichards

A new poll by Max Fog, THE BEST OF THE FAKE TROLL GAMES created April 3, 2024 7 votes for 5 games Like, games that have a blurb that is seemingly a troll game (like SPY INTRIGUE, as an obvious example) but then very soon after you start playing it you realise it's actually a really good game (or better...

Tabitha reviews Rescue at Quickenheath: "A polished adventure" April 3, 2024 "This game hooked me with the premise and vibes on the Spring Thing page, and it definitely delivered! I was drawn in right away by the..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Hidden Gems, Hidden Secrets: "Not so hidden secrets" April 2, 2024 "Hidden Gems, Hidden Secrets is a Twine game set in a Discord server, where members of the Hidden Gems Of Poetry Group interact, led by..." - See full review

A new listing for Their Majesties' Pleasure, by Leia Talon

manonamora reviews Cozy Simulation 2999: "The cabin of your dream..." April 2, 2024 "Cozy Simulation 2999 is the coziest Twine experience you will ever have. Set in a remote cabin in the mountain during winter, you get to..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Bradisson Rayburn's Revenge!: "Cheating is the only way!" April 2, 2024 "Bradisson Rayburn’s Revenge! is a short parser where you play as a contestant in a show hosted by Bradisson Rayburn, with the hope of..." - See full review

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