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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

manonamora reviews Him (and Us): "Unsaid is the answer" May 11, 2024 "Him (and Us) is a short conversation, made with Ink, between Theomer and Heron before dinner, though it starts with a bit of difficulty,..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Printjob: "Will you be a good cog or a rebelling cog?" May 11, 2024 "Printjob is a horror short game about “labour and machinery” wherein you play as a job-seeker filling an application at the..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Off the Podium — One Last Lap: "On your marks, get set..." May 11, 2024 "Off the Podium — One Last Lap is a ChoiceScript game set around a GP race, where you play a middle-of-the-ranking driver on their last..." - See full review

manonamora reviews A Winter Away: "Just a letter away" May 11, 2024 "A Winter Away is a high-quality short visual novel about a Duckling moving to a foreign region to follow her dream, exchanging letters..." - See full review

manonamora reviews An Exercise in Emotional Honesty: "Opening up" May 11, 2024 "An Exercise in Emotional Honesty is a short conversation between you and (I think) the author of the game, where the latter opens up to..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Impossible Conversation: "Impossible indeed" May 11, 2024 "The Impossible Conversation is, like its name suggest, an impossible conversation, or at least one that will probably not lead to a happy..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Come back soon, Oddie: "Patiently longing for a friend" May 11, 2024 "Come back soon, Oddie is a short linear Visual Novel, formatted mainly as a monologue from an unnamed soul, waiting for their friend,..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Marooned: "What would you do if stranded?" May 10, 2024 "Marooned is a short dialogue piece made in Ink between two castaways on an island, waiting to be rescued… though your castaway-partner..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Their First Meeting: "Carry out tasks for a stranger with some fantasy" May 10, 2024 "This game was written in Adventuron for the Text Adventure Literacy Jam. The idea is that you've stolen or smuggled some gems that have a..." - See full review

Juuves reviews Syzygy: "Best of the best" May 10, 2024 "Best of the best. I loved how the characters were characterized through their dialogue. I don't think the reveal/twist to the plot was..." - See full review

manonamora reviews How Do You Like Your Pain?: "how do *YOU* like pain?" May 10, 2024 "How Do You Like Your Pain? is a short grim visual novel made in Ren’Py about a demon looking for death, or at the very least learning..." - See full review

manonamora reviews I don't want to talk about it.: "Heartbreaking conversation" May 9, 2024 "I don’t want to talk about it. is an emotional short Ink game about grief and connections. Set in a therapy office, you meet with a..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Who Stole My Sausages?: "Meaty Mystery " May 9, 2024 "Who Stole My Sausages is a quirky little mystery made in Twine, centred around the theft of a package of sausages in a communal fridge of..." - See full review

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