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MathBrush reviews We All Fall Together: "Brief texture game about falling forever " November 22, 2023 "This is a brief Texture game about falling in an infinite void. The setting gives me fond memories of the Magnus Archives, but the tone..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Into The Lion's Mouth: "Short Twine game about dealing with a dangerous lion" November 22, 2023 "This is a short branching Twine game with links to other websites and multimedia about a lion. I don’t have much to say about this one...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Help! I Can't Find My Glasses!: "Brief, unfinished game about school dynamics and friends" November 22, 2023 "A long time ago I studied IFComp games and noticed games that were marked as unfinished tended to do really poorly in the voting,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews LUNIUM: "Complex graphical escape room game with Victorian flair" November 22, 2023 "I really enjoyed this escape room game. While you’d think there’d be a big overlap in escape rooms and interactive fiction, the two..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Finders Commission: "Choice-based museum heist game with complex map and goddesses " November 22, 2023 "This is a heist game, written in Twine. It has a character selection screen, and then you’re given a problem to solve. In this case, an..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Whale's Keeper: "Telegram-based game set in Whale's belly" November 22, 2023 "This game has a fun concept, using a messaging app to tell a story (in this case Telegram). I don’t have Telegram, so I played the web..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews In The Details: "Short game with unfinished story about a supernatural deal gone wrong" November 22, 2023 "This is a Texture game, where you drag actions onto nouns. It also seems to be incomplete, or possible part of a series, as it includes..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Last Valentine's Day: "Short, looping love and loss story" November 22, 2023 "This was a pleasant treat to play, although it was often sad. It’s a looping game where the same events play out over and over but with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews My Brother; The Parasite: "Dark and heavy game about an abusive brother and a way to speak with the dead" November 22, 2023 "This is a Twine game with lovingly crafted visuals, using backgrounds, animations, and various techniques like mouseover links, cycling..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Fix Your Mother's Printer: "Game about talking with mom, fixing a printer" November 22, 2023 "This is a Twine (edit: Ink) game about, well, fixing your mother’s printer. It features some neat UI by Josh Grams in addition to the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews GameCeption: "Game within a game, with lives on the line" November 22, 2023 "Hmm, this game is really intriguing! I had a bad experience at one part and good experiences at the other. The idea here is that you play..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dysfluent: "Game depicting struggles of stuttering" November 22, 2023 "This piece was good for me, I think. I’ve encountered different people with stuttering over time, and some of them I was kind too and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews All Hands: "Dreamlike Texture game about a horrifying nautical situation" November 22, 2023 "This is a Texture game, a system that uses a drag and drop of verbs to pull over nouns. The text was small on the buttons, which is a bug..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Tricks of light in the forest: "A gruescript walk through a forest with much to see, including dangers" November 22, 2023 "Pseudavid has been consistently putting out thought-provoking games that are near-historical or near-real with cool UI for a while, so I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Thing of Wretchedness: "Dealing with an indescribable horror in your house, procedurally" November 22, 2023 "This was a fun little game about an unfun situation. I think I experienced this game in the best way possible, as I am a fan of the game..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Long Kill: "Intense and depressing but polished game about sniping and horrors of war" November 22, 2023 "I think I can summarize this game for me by saying that it very effectively told a story that I didn’t like. It is a long twine game..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Detective Osiris: "Egyptian god-themed choice-based murder mystery" November 22, 2023 "This is a longish Ink game where you are Osiris, recently deceased pharaoh and newly resurrected God. Most of the game consists of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Beat Witch: "Linear thriller about music-based witchcraft" November 22, 2023 "This parser game had a really strong storyline and distinct worldbuilding, with some pretty fleshed out characters and interesting UI...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Little Match Girl 4: Crown of Pearls: "Visually pretty game set on multiple worlds with time travelling orphan assassin" November 22, 2023 "I’ve seen a few people saying they felt out of the loop with this game since they didn’t play the earlier little match girl games. I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Assembly: "Funny Ikea/cult game about rituals" November 22, 2023 "This is a great-looking Inform game. Inform has the capacity to make ‘website templates’ that people can share with each other to..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Death on the Stormrider: "Complex puzzle game with language barrier set on an airship" November 22, 2023 "This was a nice, substantial puzzler parser game with some fun hand-drawn sketches. It starts with a large chunk of made-up names which..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Sculptor: "Brief, intense Texture game about a sculptor's work" November 22, 2023 "This is a Texture game, one of several in IFComp. It’s a game system where you drag actions onto nouns, with different actions having..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dr Ludwig and the Devil: "Clever and funny game about out-tricking the devil in a small forest town" November 22, 2023 "This is a parser game about making a bargain with the devil. I decided to put Der Freischütz 1 in the background for its devil-dealing..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Trail Stash: "Twine based spoonerism wordplay game" November 22, 2023 "This is a game by Andrew Schultz, an author who excels at wordplay-based games. But, instead of a parser game, it’s twine! The conceit..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head: "Rescue muppet-like puppets, each with their own personality" November 22, 2023 "This is a complex and rich puzzle game written in Twine. In it, you are tasked with recovering 14 different puppets from a studio that is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews All the Troubles Come My Way: "Wandering, branching cowboy game in Ink" November 22, 2023 "I think I underestimated this game going in. It seemed just like a regular old Ink game with a silly premise that would be over in a few..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Bali B&B: "Run a bed and breakfast for your grandparents in Bali" November 22, 2023 "I spent more time and attention on this game than just about any other game in this comp so far, using the full 2 hours and thinking a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews To Sea in a Sieve: "Comedic pirate game about tossing some trash" November 22, 2023 "I approached this game with a combination of excitement and hesitancy. To Hell in a Hamper, the previous game in the series, is one of my..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews For Eternity, Again and Again: "Brief, branching twine game about fate and the universe" November 22, 2023 "This is a twine game that uses some simple branching and rejoining to tell a short story. In the absence of state tracking and styling,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Gift of What You Notice More: "A psychological exploration game, based on song by Dar Williams" November 22, 2023 "I’ve liked Xavid’s parser games before, so this twine game looked interesting. It reminded me of an extended version of Astrid..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Whisperers: "Interactive play in the Russian tradition" November 22, 2023 "This is a choice game in interactive play format, with the option to act out the play yourself. It is set in Russia in the time of the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews All Hands Abandon Ship: "Escap a crashing starship" November 22, 2023 "This was another game of interest, as one of the last things I’m programming in my game is a similar scenario to this: trying to flee a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews My Pseudo-Dementia Exhibition: "A museum display of a non-fictional mental health journey " November 22, 2023 "This game was good to read. I’ve known Bez for several years, and while I have not been able to be as helpful as some of his other..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Lake Starlight: "Twine game about camp for magical children, addressing many social issues" November 22, 2023 "This game features a magical protagonist that goes away to camp for magic kids. At first I thought the game had read my mind; I named my..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews LAKE Adventure: "Metafictional narrative about revisiting the past, using AGT" November 22, 2023 "I’m going to put on my ‘extra-critical’ goggles for this game, because it’s by a previous IFComp winner (who presumably can stand..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Please Sign Here: "Twine murder mystery with good art" November 22, 2023 "This is a creepy game in Twine with well-drawn backgrounds and characters. You play in a coffee shop where a variety of customers keep..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Honk!: "Excellent comedy circus puzzle game" November 22, 2023 "I deeply enjoyed this game. It’s a well-scoped, polished parser game with a lot of humor. The idea is that you are a circus clown at a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews One Knight Stand: "Lengthy and wordy Choicescript game about modern take on King Arthur" November 22, 2023 "This is the first chapter of a large Choicescript game. I played past two hours on my phone, saving occasionally, but I lost about 30..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Ship: "Game set in two worlds, with long, complex graphical puzzles" November 22, 2023 "This game has a few different twists, but I’ll try to avoid spoilers the best I can. This is a choice-based game, and it is quite..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Creative Cooking: "A game with rich worldbuilding, where you have to gather ingredients" November 22, 2023 "This game is a brief but lively game in a fantasy world with anthropomorphic animals (although they're apparently not quite..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Who Iced Mayor McFreeze?: "Candy-based murder mystery, part II" November 22, 2023 "Last year’s game ‘Who Shot Gum E Bear?’ by the same author had a deeply amusing concept (hardboiled noir detective where everyone..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Out of Scope: "War/romance/thriller game where all choices are seen through a scope" November 22, 2023 "I think the best descriptors for this game might be ‘incestbait’ and '‘unusual UI’. Let’s talk about UI first. The idea is that..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews CODENAME OBSCURA: "Spy adventure set in Italy with good nostalgic vibes" November 22, 2023 "There’s a tendency in interactive fiction for people to talk about ‘old fashioned adventures’ or ‘old school’ games , but it..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Eat the Eldritch: "Nautical cosmic horror game, with snacks" November 22, 2023 "I opened this game and I was poking around and thought, ‘Man, this really feels familiar. Where have I seen this before? Did I test..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Last Vestiges: "Complex and puzzly one-room murder mystery" November 22, 2023 "This game is an Inform murder mystery by thesleuthacademy, who has written numerous reviews for mysteries on IFDB in the last year or so...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Kaboom: "Puzzly choice-based game about being someone weak helping those you love" November 22, 2023 "This is a game translated from Russian that has quite a bit of twists and turns in it. Most are discovered early on. I’ll say that a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Gestures Towards Divinity: "Thoughtful interactive museum/psychological piece about artist Francis Bacon" November 22, 2023 "I have to preface this review by saying that I have always that that Francis Bacon, the renaissance guy, was the same as Francis Bacon,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Have Orb, Will Travel: "Long old-school game with hard maze and complex puzzles" November 22, 2023 "This is I think the 5th Jim MacBrayne game I’ve played, and I think it’s definitely the most fair and well scoped of them that I’ve..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Bright Brave Knight Knave: "Long wordplay rhyming game with helpful NPCs" November 22, 2023 "This is definitely one of the heftier IFComp games; I took a whole evening to look at it, spending two hours playing it and then speeding..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Escape your psychosis: "Small PDF CYOA game about psychosis" November 22, 2023 "This is a choose your own adventure pdf. The last one of these in IFComp I’d heard of was Simon Christiansen’s Trapped in Time, which..." - See full review

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