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MathBrush reviews Toast: "A silly single choice game about making toast" January 14, 2024 "This game was entered in the single choice jam. There is only one choice, of course: make toast, or not? Each gives you a pretty silly..." - See full review

manonamora reviews (You Can't) Escape the Unholy City: "Eerie escape." January 14, 2024 "This is a short and surreal entry, where your goal is to escape… the Unholy city. It is not obvious however who or what your pursuer is..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The End of the Line: "Playlists inside playlists" January 14, 2024 "With each participant given a playlist of songs to be inspired by and to use as a base for their entry, this game does not only take..." - See full review

Bell Cyborg reviews According to Cain: "Look up "truth"" January 14, 2024 "This was one of my most anticipated games of IFComp '22, but with the number of entries I somehow never got around to it until now. I'm..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Last of What We Once Were: "Reminiscing on what once was" January 14, 2024 "This is a short and emotionally charged entry, split into two mirroring branches, each providing a perspective on the relationship and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Inimitable: "A dinner party invites self reflection and a choice to be made" January 14, 2024 "This game was entered into the Single Choice Jam. The concept is that you are invited to a dinner party where you have the choice to win..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Solkatt_ (english version): "Weirdcore galore" January 14, 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

MathBrush reviews Thicket: "A surreal dream landscape" January 14, 2024 "This game is written for the Single Choice Jam. It depicts a single passage from which many other links branch out, each giving a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Mirror Girl: "A game that teaches about a certain kind of trauma" January 14, 2024 "This game was entered into the Single Choice Jam, and uses the format well, I feel. It's a beautifully styled short Twine game with one..." - See full review

Doug Egan reviews Return to Ditch Day: "Return to "Return to Ditch Day"" January 14, 2024 "“Return to Ditch Day” by Michael J Roberts is a classic plot-driven puzzle fest with engaging location and characters. I have never..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Lists and Lists: "As game, passable. As technical demo, wow!" January 14, 2024 "From time to time, Andrew Plotkin has written works that are more about demonstrating what is possible from a technology standpoint than..." - See full review

A new competition page: Independent Games Festival 2024 created January 14, 2024 The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference. (IFDB does not record all IGF winners and nominees.)

A new competition page: Independent Games Festival 2018 created January 14, 2024 The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference. (IFDB does not record all IGF winners and nominees.)

A new competition page: Independent Games Festival 2022 created January 14, 2024 The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference. (IFDB does not record all IGF winners and nominees.)

A new competition page: Independent Games Festival 2020 created January 14, 2024 The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference. (IFDB does not record all IGF winners and nominees.)

A new competition page: Independent Games Festival 2015 created January 14, 2024 The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference. (IFDB does not record all IGF winners and nominees.)

A new listing for This Train is Going to Crash, by BadSpaceKing

JJ McC reviews CODENAME OBSCURA: "From Nostalgia with Love, a 008-bit adventure" January 14, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review Adventuron, that’s a thing! An authoring tool that explicitly enables and embraces 8/32/64 bit..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Vambrace of Destiny: "I'm Thanos Now!" January 14, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review The term Interactive Fiction, just the term now, implies technology but leans heavily into literary..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Sculptor: "Make Art, Not Money" January 14, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review Part 4 of the “Playing with Matches” IFCOMP23 Texture review sub-series. Recap: as an IF tool,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Tauvigjuaq: "Murder mystery in a polar tribe" January 13, 2024 "This game is part of the single-choice jam. It has nice presentation using a very old school Hypercard system (or similar). You play as a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Knight With a Message: "Knight's tour with 3 variations" January 13, 2024 "This game was made for the Single Choice Jam. In it, you play as a knight on a chessboard (with a framing story), and have to do a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Just Listen Up, Kid!: "Realistic simulator of overbearing adult talking to kid" January 13, 2024 "This is a Twine game in the Single Choice Jam. It's based around a single gimmick, where an adult is lecturing you but (full spoilers) " - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Trolley Problem Problem: "An exaggerated version of the classic trolley problem" January 13, 2024 "This game is an entrant in the Single Choice Jam, and makes that Single Choice one of the most famous ethical dilemmas: the trolley..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Dinner: "A gourmand's tale with some twists" January 13, 2024 "This is an interesting game in the Single Choice jam. You play as a desperately hungry person at an exclusive restaurant where you just..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Dr Ludwig and the Devil: "Sold My Soul for Humor Droll" January 13, 2024 "Exactly one third into comp at this point, and the gauntlet is well and truly thrown. This game is the whole package, ya’ll. -..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Whisperers: "Morality Play for Make Benefit of Great Soviet State" January 13, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review Another terrific work from my favorite Russophiliac! Here we are presented with an ambitious interactive..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Witch: "Wicked Witch of the Was" January 13, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review It is with a head hung heavy in shame I must confess to you, dear reader, that I have hit another..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Space Wizard Rendezvous: "Space, magic, and crime(-ish)!" January 12, 2024 "This short entry combines my favourite things: wizards, space, and crime(-ish). Following Castillo and Daffodil through their little..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Jabberwocky: "Whimsical adaptation" January 12, 2024 "This binksi game is an text-adventure adaptation of the Jabberwocky "poem", with hand-drawn background to represent each location/bit of..." - See full review

manonamora reviews A Vine on a House: "A multimedia adaptation of an old story" January 12, 2024 "I think the synopsis says it all: it is a reformatting of an old short story, accompanied by contemporary pictures and music. This is..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Peter and Paul Case: "an incomplete interactive mystery" January 12, 2024 "In this pulp-like murder mystery, you play as Detective Picton (the same as in Murder at the Manor), now accompanied by his strangely..." - See full review

manonamora reviews FEAST OF SENSES: "Strange feast" January 12, 2024 "The context to which the game was first released (the Worst Game of the Year Jam) helps understand this pretty strange game. This short..." - See full review

manonamora reviews No Space at the Movies: "Pocking fun at hardcore fans?" January 12, 2024 "In this short Twine adventure, you play as a "fake Star Wars/Trek" fan, excited to see the anticipated new movie. Fan as you are, you..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Loyal Doom - A PowerPoint Game: "A creative use of a non-IF medium!" January 12, 2024 "It is always interesting seeing people explore IF with mediums not usually made for IF - it kinda shows that anything can be IF if you..." - See full review

manonamora reviews That's It Again: "A low-res vague conversation" January 12, 2024 "This kinetic (and looping?) entry spans a conversation, between two unnamed/undefined pixel characters, about a vague subject ("it") --..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Le plaisant jeu du Dodéchédron de Fortune: "A simple but stylish fortune telling game" January 12, 2024 "This is a French game entered in the Single Choice jam. It has some nice presentation and look overall, with multiple play modes and a..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Troll's Tale 2023: "Slightly tedious and silly fetch quest" January 12, 2024 "The game is a short-ish explorative game made in bitsy, reminiscent of point-n-click (except you use your keyboard arrows instead of your..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Bill's Passage: "Min/Max-ing US politics" January 12, 2024 "Interactive Fiction has an immense potential in making educational topics fun, especially concepts and procedures that feel pretty..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Time's Gap: "What is a body but a vessel with holes" January 12, 2024 "Time's Game is a short body horror story, where you conduct a magic ritual aimed (?) at breaking the fabric of space and time (holes). As..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Good Weapon: "What good will it do?" January 12, 2024 "This almost kinetic visual novel follows three (vigilante?) fighters inside a bunker plotting against a controlling (otherworldly?)..." - See full review

A new listing for Lies Under Ice, by Joey Jones

manonamora reviews Door: "Doors. Just... doors." January 12, 2024 "Door(s) is a tiny game where you are shown doors on the screen, which you can click open or close, and throw them off the screen. Mess..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Murder at the Manor: "So... why was he murdered again?" January 12, 2024 "Murder at the Manor is a short pulpy murder-mystery game, where you play as Detective Picton, tasked to solve the an unsolvable case. The..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Across The Stars: The Ralckor Incident: "Significantly less than the sum of its parts" January 12, 2024 "After finishing this game, I was surprised to learn that it placed a respectable 4th of 27 entries in the 2007 IF Comp. This is..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Eat the Eldritch: "Ia, Ia, Cthulhu F'ishtix" January 12, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review Part 5 of our nautical sub-series “Here There Be Poopdecks.” And its about time we got us some..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews LAKE Adventure: "Look Back in Gameplay" January 12, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review This one shares some DNA with Hand Me Down and some more with Spring Thing 23’s Repeat the Ending. That..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Last Vestiges: "Escape Room, M.E." January 12, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review The classic closed room mystery makes an appearance! Here, a bloody body with no wounds, and a somewhat..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Occhiolism: "Choices were made, but you won't make any." January 11, 2024 "In the format of a kinetic visual novel (you have one choice that doesn't affect anything), the story follows an almost fusional couple,..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Bittersweet Harvest: "Didn't quite hit the mark" January 11, 2024 "In the format of a kinetic visual novel (there really aren't any choices), the story follows an Harvester - an otherworldly being who..." - See full review

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