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Mike Russo reviews Honk!: "Heartfelt clowning" January 5, 2024 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp. I alpha tested this game). One of..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Ribald Bat Lady Plunder Quest: "Is That a Codpiece or Just Happy to See Me?" January 5, 2024 "Adapted from an IFCOMP23 Review So human sexuality, that’s a huge thing innit? Nearly universal in concept, infinitely unique in..." - See full review

Zephyr_Runner reviews How Prince Quisborne the Feckless Shook His Title: "An adventure of exceptional quality" January 4, 2024 "Having finished it, I can say this is now firmly in my top three favorite works of IF. The polish of implementation is shockingly good...." - See full review

IFDB site news January 4, 2024 Database performance improvements: Over the past few days, we've rolled out a number of database performance improvements. The site should load faster now, especially on the home page, game listings, searches, and user profiles. More details on the performance improvements are available on the intfiction.org forum.

Mike Russo reviews LAKE Adventure: "Post-post-modern and emotionally raw" January 4, 2024 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp. I beta tested this game. Also, this..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews How Prince Quisborne the Feckless Shook His Title: "I am definitely shook" January 4, 2024 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp. I beta tested this game). I always..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Detective Osiris: "Ancient Egyptian king/god tries to solve his own murder" January 4, 2024 "Now for a detective hunt, where Egyptian king/deity Osiris tries to figure out who killed him. I knew who did this according to Egyptian..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Magor Investigates...: "Fun fantasy parser game but needed to be longer" January 4, 2024 "(Note this is a review of the game version available part way through the competition) This is a fantasy parser game, where you’re a..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Tricks of light in the forest: "Atmospheric walk in an intriguing forest" January 4, 2024 "This game is coded with Gruescript, so memorably used by Robin Johnson to write Detectiveland which he won IFComp with. As a result this..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Trail Stash: "Word puzzler well implemented but not for me" January 4, 2024 "Unusually for this author this is a Twine piece, though using word puzzles and limited locations. It also has neat inventory management,..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews To Sea in a Sieve: "Comedy one room pirate parser game" January 4, 2024 "Next up this parser game, which turns out to be a tight time-based puzzler about how to survive a sinking ship, and successfully throw a..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Fix Your Mother's Printer: "Where you try to fix a printer, and uncover surprising depth" January 4, 2024 "This choice-based piece coded in Ink sees you try to fix your mum’s printer problems, remotely, via video chat. There are lovely..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Honk!: "Circus based parser game, full of fun and ingenuity" January 4, 2024 "(Note this is a review of the game version available mid competition) This parser game sees you as a clown - armed with clown car, bendy..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews One King to Loot them All: "Parser game about a barbarian king, with neat implementation tricks" January 4, 2024 "This parser game sees you as a barbarian king, try to avenge the loss of a friend, and defeat an evil enemy. This was really something..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Escape your psychosis: "CYOA exploration of experiencing psychosis" January 4, 2024 "This is a choose your own adventure piece exploring the experience of having a psychotic episode (or more than one …) and how you might..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Barcarolle in Yellow: "Atmospheric horror game set in Venice, but needed smoother implementation" January 4, 2024 "This is an atmospheric horror parser game, where you play a film actress, and end up caught in a bizarre series of events in 1970s..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Into The Lion's Mouth: "Intriguing tale of an African lion but unclear if game is working as should do" January 3, 2024 "This Twine piece sees you stranded in the wilderness of Africa, threatened by lions, and recounting time rescuing a young lion cub. I..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews One Does Not Simply Fry: "Fun mash up of Lord of the Rings and a cooking competition" January 3, 2024 "This ChoiceScript piece is a simulation of a cooking competition, that’s seriously inspired by Lord of the Rings, but is slightly..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Creative Cooking: "Intriguing fantasy world but needed much deeper implementation" January 3, 2024 "(Note this is a review of the game version available part way through IFComp) I wasn’t sure I’d be able to run this parser game. The..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews In The Details: "Strange tale of a jaded musician, hampered by limited choice and agency" January 3, 2024 "This Texture piece sees you as rather a jaded musician who’s got secrets and finds that things are catching up with you as you go to..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Bali B&B: "Simulation of running a B&B in Indonesia, and finding so much more" January 3, 2024 "This is a warm-hearted ChoiceScript coded simulator where you have to temporarily run your grandparents’ B&B in Indonesia, and get..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by manonamora, Favourite games published in 2023 January 3, 2024 13 items Like the title indicates, below are games published in 2023 which I really enjoyed playing. There is no real order in this list. And I probably forgot some knowing me... (will update this at some point...

A new competition page: Partim500 - Edition 2023 created January 3, 2024 This is primarily a French language interactive fiction jam. You may participate in a very poor French ;) or even in another language, but in this later case we won't garantee any feedback on your game. If...

A new listing for tramway, by fifre

A new listing for Mondes rêvés, by Natrium729

A new listing for La manif', by SAB

A new listing for Petit ramoneur, by Wahya

A new listing for 😱🔤😱, by Louphole

A new listing for Deux ans., by BenyDanette

A new listing for Votre oncle, by Feldo

A new listing for Qui êtes-vous ?, by Le Studio Curieux

A new listing for Dévoiement, by manonamora

P. B. Parjeter reviews free bird.: "Approachable with a unique game mechanic" January 3, 2024 "I played free bird. as part of the IF Short Games Showcase 2023. The end punctuation and lower case are mandatory and throughout the..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Lucid Night: "Moody and haunting" January 3, 2024 "This is a simple game where you play through several different lucid dreams the protagonist has over the course of the night. I enjoyed..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe: "A lost sequel" January 3, 2024 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). One thing I’ve noticed when..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews LUNIUM: "An eminently logical room-escape" January 3, 2024 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). The thing about escape-room..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews The Hermit's Secret: "A Large Treasure Hunt From A More Patient Age" January 2, 2024 "Hermit's Secret was the second of six games written by the science fiction author Dian Crayn (she had several pseudonyms) in 1982 and..." - See full review

A new listing for Jabberwocky, by Outgrabe

Rovarsson reviews Cactus Blue Motel: "Roadtrip Pause" January 2, 2024 "Exhausted after a long drive through the desert, you and your girlfriends pull up to a dilapidated motel. A good night's sleep will get..." - See full review

A new listing for The Monster, by NegSec

Mike Russo reviews For Eternity, Again and Again: "Stupid universe, I hate it so much" January 2, 2024 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Before we talk about For Eternity,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Citizen Makane: "I just got why "The Undiscovered Country" is a punny title" January 2, 2024 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). You can’t drop your dick on the..." - See full review

A new listing for FEAST OF SENSES, by graymeditations

A new listing for No Space at the Movies, by Kobato Games

A new listing for Solkatt_ (english version), by BenyDanette

A new listing for The Loyal Doom - A PowerPoint Game, by Dev Vand

A new listing for That's It Again, by Dev Vand

A new listing for Troll's Tale 2023, by Outgrabe

A new listing for Bill's Passage, by Benny Mattis

A new listing for A Vine on a House, by Outgrabe

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