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A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Educational Game of 2023 created February 1, 2024 12 votes for 3 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best educational game of 2023. Voting is open...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Fantasy Game of 2023 created February 1, 2024 50 votes for 16 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best fantasy game of 2023. Voting is open to...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Children's Game of 2023 created February 1, 2024 11 votes for 3 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best children's game of 2023. Voting is open...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding French Game of 2023 created February 1, 2024 33 votes for 12 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best French game of 2023. Voting is open to...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Spanish Game of 2023 created February 1, 2024 21 votes for 11 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best Spanish game of 2023. Voting is open to...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding German Game of 2023 created February 1, 2024 13 votes for 4 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best German-language game of 2023. Voting is...

A new listing for GALLBLADDER +++, by OXY

A new listing for Collage Advertisement, by OXY

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Retro Game of 2023 created February 1, 2024 27 votes for 6 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best retro game of 2023. Voting is open to...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2023 created February 1, 2024 57 votes for 17 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the an outstanding game of 2023 that felt truly...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Worldbuilding of 2023 created February 1, 2024 69 votes for 18 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the game with the best worldbuilding of 2023....

A new listing for The Family Record, by sharkinfishnets, pointyshades, AmeKinoko

A new poll by MathBrush, Trailblazer Award of 2023 created February 1, 2024 51 votes for 10 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for a game of 2023 that you saw as a trailblazer....

A new listing for it takes two to 単語, by Matthew R.F. Balousek

A new poll by MathBrush, Most Sequel-worthy game of 2023 created February 1, 2024 48 votes for 14 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most sequel-worthy game of 2023. Voting is...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2023 created February 1, 2024 80 votes for 34 games This poll is part of the 2022 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most underappreciated game of 2023. Voting is...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Short Game of 2023 created February 1, 2024 100 votes for 29 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best short game of 2023, where the definition...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Game over 2 hours in 2023 created February 1, 2024 34 votes for 8 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for an oustanding game of 2023 with a playtime of...

A new listing for CAUSE&EFFECT, by Coral Nulla

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Debut 2023 created February 1, 2024 58 votes for 11 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best game of 2023 by a new author. Voting is...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Game of the Year 2023 created February 1, 2024 115 votes for 34 games This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best overall game of 2023. Voting is open to...

A new listing for A Circle of Charity, by Bagenzo

Ally reviews The Library of Horror: "A short but intriguing adventure" February 1, 2024 "The Library of Horror delivers on its promise of an adventure through a creepy library. However, I found myself wishing for more! I was..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews A Flustered Duck: "Promising start, not fulfilled." February 1, 2024 "A Flustered Duck starts out seeming promising enough: The PC, a downtrodden pig-boy working on the farm of the tyrannical Granny Grabby,..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for January 2024 January 31, 2024 8 items On Tuesday, January 30, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even...

Rovarsson reviews Jinxter: "Lucky Charm" January 30, 2024 "If you play this game without slavishly following the walkthrough to the smallest detail, you will ragequit when the endgame throws you..." - See full review

A new listing for One Night Stand, by Kinmoku

Max Fog reviews The Locked Room: "Simple escape room (am I missing something?)" January 29, 2024 "Like the title says, this game appears to be a simple escape room. Also as the title suggests, I feel as if I'm missing something very..." - See full review

EJ reviews Chinese Family Dinner Moment: "An uncomfortable moment" January 29, 2024 "In Chinese Family Dinner Moment, the PC, a closeted AMAB trans person who has been away at college in the US, reunites with their Chinese..." - See full review

A new listing for STOP BURYING ME ALIVE, BEAUTIFUL!, by robobarbie, Destini Islands, Allie Vera, Angela He

EJ reviews June 1998, Sydney: "A too-fleeting glimpse of a life" January 29, 2024 "June 1998, Sydney is a short narrative about a Chinese Indonesian woman living in Australia whose family moves in with her after..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Antony & Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando: "And Now I Have a Nemesis" January 29, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review During IFCOMP judging, I consider myself pretty disciplined about embargoing spoilers or opinions of..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Hawkstone: "Not Because It Needed Doing, But Because It Did Not" January 29, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review There is a roadside attraction in Nebraska called Carhenge. You can probably imagine what it is, just..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Magor Investigates...: "Action Librarian!" January 29, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review It took me twice the time to find a version of ADRIFT I could install and run as it did to play this..." - See full review

EJ reviews Three Things: "Well-written game, frustrating interface" January 28, 2024 "In Three Things, the player character is translating a poem for a college class on Russian-English translation while ruminating on their..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Gourmet: "Restaurant hijinks" January 28, 2024 "In this game, you run a 1940s theme restaurant, full of amusingly awful items, a band playing non-stop, and a toilet that's more..." - See full review

Jacic reviews No Space at the Movies: "No more tickets? Noooooo! " January 28, 2024 "This is a short, easily played game, and thoroughly enjoyable and fun with lots of little references to the scifi movie genre. I enjoyed..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Have Orb, Will Travel: "Calorie Conscious Questing" January 28, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review During IFCOMP22, this author’s work snuck up on me. Last year, I was treated to a homebrew parser..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Virtue: "Making Virtue a Vice" January 28, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review Historically, the British have a lot to answer for, no doubt. They may not have invented colonization,..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Paintball Wizard: "Can't Hear No Buzzers and Spells" January 28, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review Part five of the review sub-series “Twinesformers: Parsers in disguise.” The latest reviewed work to..." - See full review

A new listing for Until Tomorrow, by BenyDanette

A new listing for There Be Monsters, by Boris Bezdar

A new listing for Old Web Cobwebs, by Gray Lo-Fi

A new competition page: Concours Moiki #2 created January 27, 2024 Le concours Moiki consiste à écrire une mini fiction interactive - en français uniquement ! Thème et contraintes Pour cette seconde édition le thème retenu est : C'était mieux avant Vous êtes libre...

A new listing for La Fuite, by Maelle Selsynn

A new listing for Retour vers le passé, by Léo Tranlin

A new listing for Ong-Baker, by Narkhos

News on Short Games Showcase 2023: Short Games Showcase 2023: Results are out! January 27, 2024 Thank you to everyone who entered and voted in the Short Games Showcase! We were blown away by how much attention this new event got, and we’re glad people seem to have enjoyed it. We think the set of... - Details

manonamora reviews Thank You For Your Inquiry: "Hell is... bad customer service" January 27, 2024 "Thank You For Your Inquiry is a short game from hell, forcing you to endure the nonsensical exchanges with a customer service..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Grumpy Cricket (And Other Enormous Creatures): "Cute and silly liliputian adventure" January 27, 2024 "Trying to get back home after visiting your cousin, you are met with a few challenges - your trek is blocked by a few obstacles: little..." - See full review

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