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MathBrush reviews Lulu and the Asteroid of 100% Guaranteed Doom: "A fantasy game exploring another world, with AI assistance" May 18, 2024 "This game was entered in the Text Adventure literacy jam. It includes a brief tutorial where you take a nap, encounter a violent..." - See full review

A new listing for Hazel, by RetroKissGames

Mike Russo reviews To Beseech Old Sins: "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only cuddling" May 18, 2024 "OK, anecdote time: when I was in high school, my summer job for a couple years was as a busboy at a country club. This was less exciting..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews You Can Only Turn Left: "Sleep no more" May 18, 2024 "I’ve made the point before (even in another review for this festival, I think?) that dreams are typically more meaningful to experience..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Truth About PRIDE!: "Rainbow bright" May 18, 2024 "I’m not quite sure how folks decided Bitsy should become an IF platform – from its Gameboy aesthetic, I’d imagine it’s mostly..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Trials of Rosalinda: "Questbone Connected to the Heartbone..." May 18, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/10-12/24 Playtime: 4.25hrs Well, this was just delightful. I’ve not had cause to..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille: "Dearest Ren*****, let me tell you about my day..." May 18, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review, English version Played: 4/9/24 Playtime: 1.75hrs, all but 1st on FF, 3.5 endings Epistolary works -..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Alltarach: "Always After Me Irish Myths" May 18, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/9/24 Playtime: 2hrs It is rare for me to see the ‘Interactive’ and ‘Fiction’..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Top Floor Please: "Elevator antics" May 17, 2024 "This game sees you invited to a party in a mysterious hotel. You travel to various floors to gather what you need to set it up, while..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Thanks, but I don't remember asking.: "Too short for real consequences" May 17, 2024 "Thanks, but I don't remember asking. is a short blurry Twine story, set in some sort of (post-)apocalyptic future, in which you are an..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Deep Dark Wood: "Surprising Retruning Anthology" May 17, 2024 "Deep Dark Wood is an anthology collection of micro games created by Slovakian children in Twine. Though the authors are different, the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Voyage of the Marigold: "Star trekkin'" May 17, 2024 "I was into a lot of the standard nerdy stuff when I was a kid in the late 80s – DnD, Star Wars, Asimov, Tolkein, you name it. But the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille: "Doctor doctor give me the news" May 17, 2024 "I can’t think of a piece of IF that’s made me feel dumber than Doctor Jeangille’s Letters. That’s not because it’s got fiendish..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Thanks, but I don't remember asking.: "Dream theater" May 17, 2024 "I don’t think it’s a kick against Thanks… to say that its opening is disorienting and dreamlike, since the author’s note reveals..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Pass A Bill: "Mr. Fudd Goes to Washington" May 17, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/8/24 Playtime: 25min, Master of Politics, 4/7 deaths If there is a more fraught topic to..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Zomburbia: "Oldschool (Implementation) Horror" May 17, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/8/24 Playtime: 2hrs, unwinnable at 1.5. Restarted, 1.25hrs later ANOTHER unwinnable state?..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Octopus's Garden: "Eight Legs, One Hat" May 17, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/8/24 Playtime: 45min How smart are Octopi? One list had them #8 in ranked sub-human IQ,..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille: "Lovelorn letters... with a twist" May 16, 2024 "The first thing that struck me about this game was the UI. It’s gorgeous! The softly textured main background, the handwriting fonts..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews To Beseech Old Sins: "Left me a bit lost" May 16, 2024 "I was drawn into this one by the stylish UI and the character-focused setup, immediately interested in our three MCs’ circumstances and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Who Kidnapped Mother Goose?: "A fairytale game about rescusing a kidnapped mother goose" May 16, 2024 "This is a polished parser game entered in the Text Adventure Literacy Jam. In it, you find that Mother Goose was kidnapped, and you have..." - See full review

Fie reviews You Can Only Turn Left: "Story isn't interesting, but the sound design is" May 16, 2024 "This game describes itself as "a playful exploration" and inspired by "guided sleep meditations", and it goes about as deep as it..." - See full review

Fie reviews A Simple Happening: "Would be more funny if it was less lazy" May 16, 2024 "This is a comedy that doesn't take itself too seriously. It's not trying to say anything about feudal Japan, though it is set in feudal..." - See full review

AvB reviews Dead Man's Fiesta: "A feast for fans of the Big Lebowski" May 16, 2024 "(I posted this review years ago in a non-public message board, but I feel enough water has gone down the river to post it here, now)..." - See full review

AvB reviews Ferryman's Gate: "Your English teacher would like this" May 16, 2024 "(I posted this review years ago in a non-public message board, but I feel enough water has gone down the river to post it here, now)..." - See full review

manonamora reviews To Beseech Old Sins: "Anti-clamatic Guess the Link" May 16, 2024 "To Beseech Old Sins is a linear sci-fi Twine story, part of a larger series, where you play as Epsilon, a superpowered (if you will)..." - See full review

manonamora reviews PROSPER.0: "temporary Poetic end-a-eve-or" May 16, 2024 "Note: I beta-tested this game. PROSPER.0 is a dystopian Twine game with a very interesting gameplay mechanic. As an employee of..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Rescue at Quickenheath: "Grinning all the way through!" May 16, 2024 "Rescue at Quickenheath is a delightful fantasy swashbuckling Twine puzzle-y game, where you play as the dashing highway-person Kit..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews A Simple Happening: "Commit to the bit" May 16, 2024 "I was raised Catholic, and unsurprisingly given the wide range of material included in the Bible, I remember often being confused by what..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Alltarach: "Historical mythologies" May 16, 2024 "(This is a game with a narrative that unfolds in layers, and as a result it’s hard to talk about without engaging with some elements..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Case of the Solitary Resident: "Ferns and forensics" May 16, 2024 "So this is a slightly strained parallel, maybe, but you know Evil Dead 2? The title makes it sound like a sequel, but actually it’s..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Loose Ends: "The Broad Wore Fangs" May 16, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/4/24 Playtime: 1.75hrs, For as big a horror fan as I am,..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Voyage of the Marigold: "The Wrath of C'mon" May 16, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/4/24 Playtime: 1.75hrs, 4 plays, 4 fails Have we culturally saturated ourselves on Star..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews You Can Only Turn Left: "I'm not High, You're High!" May 16, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/4/24 Playtime: 15min, two passes I know I just said two passes, but this is a one..." - See full review

A new listing for Top Floor Please, by Lokman Salikoon

manonamora reviews Potato Peace: "In a world, where mankind and potatoe..." May 15, 2024 "Potato Peace is a fairly linear game made in Ink, set in a fantasy world where mankind and potatoes live in peace and harmony (sort of)...." - See full review

manonamora reviews Do Good Deeds...: "Be kind and become the Forest King" May 15, 2024 "Do Good Deeds... is relatively short Twine children's story, where you play as Modis, an outcast elf on a stroll in the forest. Along the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Zomburbia: "Shambolic but endearing" May 15, 2024 "In my experience, an amusement park appearing halfway into a game that hasn’t previously established said amusement park as part of its..." - See full review

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

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