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Victor Gijsbers reviews Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe: "Infocom sequel" November 23, 2023 "Max Fog's Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe is an old-school parser puzzler, and an explicit homage to the Infocom..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dark Communion: "A haunting story about evil in a church" November 22, 2023 "This is a brief but replayable Twine game. To me, it felt like a speed-IF that was polished up and made nice, and from the About page..." - See full review

A new listing for A Golden Opportunity, by D. S. Yu

MathBrush reviews Among the Haunted: "A haunted family has a frightening Halloween" November 22, 2023 "This is a medium-length Twine game about a family that lives in a haunted house...but all the monsters in it are friendly with them, from..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Put-Peep(tm): "A creepy night of programming" November 22, 2023 "This game is (hopefully partially) autobiographical, describing a long career in a game company. A lot of it was familiar to me; my..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe: "Unofficial sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" November 22, 2023 "I beta tested this game a couple of times, although I only did a part at a time and never completed it, while on the other hand the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews How Prince Quisborne the Feckless Shook His Title: "Gargantuan game about puzzles and a Prince's journey of maturation" November 22, 2023 "I’m pretty sure this is the largest TADS game ever made and one of the top 2 largest parser games (with Flexible Survival, the furry..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Magor Investigates...: "Whip up some medicine to cure a cold, and do genealogy" November 22, 2023 "I beta tested this game. The Alaric Blackmoon games have a long and storied history going back I think decades. Most of the ones that I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Barcarolle in Yellow: "Italian slasher film where you're the star" November 22, 2023 "This game is a game with multiple layers of storytelling. In it, you are an actress speaking with the police, telling a story about a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Hand Me Down: "Twine and TADS combine to evoke nostalgia and care for a child" November 22, 2023 "This is another game I tested, a hybrid of Twine and TADS. The idea is that you are an adult (or teen) woman with a boyfriend/partner...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Paintball Wizard: "Frat brothers cast spells at each other and bond" November 22, 2023 "I like this game, one that I tested it. Even though it’s longer, I replayed the whole thing before this review, and one of the hardest..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Vambrace of Destiny: "Single-key dungeon crawler with increasingly complex powers" November 22, 2023 "This game by Arthur DiBianca has you exploring a multi-layered dungeon while collecting glowing gems of mysterious power (which are..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Antony & Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando: "Multiplayer mystery with boardgame-style gameplay and characters from history" November 22, 2023 "This game is not archived, but I’m only reviewing it by request. (although technically it’s open on github so I guess that’s the..." - See full review

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

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