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ccpost reviews One Does Not Simply Fry: "To fry or not...the choice is yours!" October 18, 2023 "I like ChoiceScript games a lot, though they can often be significant time commitments, containing a novel's length of text and many..." - See full review

AKheon reviews One Does Not Simply Fry: "A rapid-fire parody of Lord of the Rings" October 17, 2023 "One Does Not Simply Fry is a ChoiceScript-game written by Stewart C Baker and James Beamon, published during IFComp 2023. It's a kind of..." - See full review

Max Fog reviews Dr Ludwig and the Devil: "HA HA HA!! Another great game to test on!" October 17, 2023 "Everything was watertight. Even more so than the Devil’s contract. There were very little mistakes (other than a missing full stop for..." - See full review

Max Fog reviews Trail Stash: "Fight & Lun" October 17, 2023 "I enjoyed the idea of this game, but I didn’t feel it fully lived up to its expectations. Although the puzzles were definitely good and..." - See full review

A new listing for Quest, by Roger Plowman, David Betz

HAL 9000 reviews A D R I F T: "Zero-G Escape Room" October 14, 2023 "I don't have much experience with parser games, but this one felt right to me in many ways. It's not a complete game, but it does a lot..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Antony & Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando: "IFComp 2023: Antony & Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando" October 14, 2023 "So on one hand, this game gestures wildly at everything: our dramatis personae draws from history a la carte with random appearances from..." - See full review

jakomo reviews The Little Match Girl 4: Crown of Pearls: "Blaze of glory" October 13, 2023 "The fourth numbered entry, and the sixth overall entry, in the distinguished series about the eponymous time-and-space-hopping assassin,..." - See full review

RadioactiveCrow reviews 20 Exchange Place: "Short, non-sensical game about trying to recapture a bank from robbers" October 11, 2023 "In this choice-based game you play as some sort of a cop trying to recapture a Manhattan bank from 6-7 robbers/culprits who have..." - See full review

A new listing for Yee'Howdy, by Charlie, Gabe, Zack, River

Bell Cyborg reviews Artful Deceit: "Saluting the Commodore" October 11, 2023 "In the interest of full disclosure, I'm probably not Artful Deceit's intended audience, at least format-wise. The closest I have come to..." - See full review

ccpost reviews Xanthippe's Last Night with Socrates: "The Platonic Ideal of a romance simulator (almost)" October 11, 2023 "Choice-based games lend themselves really well to romance simulators -- and this is of course a very popular genre for this style of IF..." - See full review

RadioactiveCrow reviews Xanthippe's Last Night with Socrates: "What might it have been like to be married to Socrates?" October 10, 2023 "So right off the bat let me tell you that I'm right on the line here between giving this one 3 or 4 stars. To me it does everything well,..." - See full review

Hyacinthos reviews Help! I Can't Find My Glasses!: "Glasses and Secrets" October 10, 2023 "I'll have to emphasize: The game is still a Work-in-Progress and will be updated further in the near future apparently. It's an entry..." - See full review

dogdennings reviews Tall Tales in the Big Easy: "Fear and loafing in New Orleans" October 10, 2023 "It is not easy being a bread artist with sculptor’s block. Maybe a night out on the town will spark your imagination. ..." - See full review

manonamora reviews My Brother; The Parasite: "The length taken to get closure..." October 9, 2023 "My Brother; The Parasite is a raw horror highly stylised kinetic piece, which you are a woman looking for closure after her brother’s..." - See full review

Bell Cyborg reviews LUNIUM: "A moody, candlelit escape room" October 9, 2023 "This was one of the comp games I was most looking forward to playing. I love a good straightforward escape room--and LUNIUM is a good..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Bali B&B: "IFComp 2023: Bali B&B" October 9, 2023 "The last several days have been upsetting, so I was attracted to this game’s “cosy” tag. The vibes were, as advertised, lovely. It..." - See full review

Kastel reviews Assembly: "IFComp 2023: Assembly" October 9, 2023 "This game is a box of good ideas. All of the puzzles revolve around following IKEA instruction manuals in interesting ways. They don't..." - See full review

Kastel reviews Dr Ludwig and the Devil: "IFComp 2023: Dr Ludwig and the Devil" October 9, 2023 "If someone asked me which parser games with puzzles would be good for beginners, I would wait until the clock struck midnight, laugh like..." - See full review

A new listing for (PRE-ALPHA) WARHEART, by codewar

Jacic reviews Girth Loinhammer and the Quest for the Unsee Elixir: "Girth and the Last Crusade" October 8, 2023 "This is a fun little story in the style of a humorous fighting fantasy-ish parody game. You follow Girth who is on a quest for a magical..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews The Hidden King's Tomb: "A fine tradition from the earliest text adventures" October 7, 2023 "As a text adventure, this entry covers all the bases. The Hidden King’s Tomb has treasures to collect, puzzles to unlock, and secret..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews To Persist/Exist/Endure, Press 1: "I'm not a fan of Texture, but this was well done" October 7, 2023 "This work was small and polished. It was created with Texture, and it involves moving verbs from the bottom of passages onto highlighted..." - See full review

AKheon reviews My Brother; The Parasite: "Memorable, gripping and full of anguish" October 7, 2023 "My Brother; the Parasite is a choice-based IF by growscant, published during the IFComp 2023. It's about a complex yet painful sibling..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Whisperers: "We all play a part..." October 7, 2023 "The Whisperers is an interactive game set in the late 30s Soviet block, where you are an audience member of an interactive..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Trail Stash: "Trash and error..." October 7, 2023 "Trail Stash is a short-ish puzzle, where you must go through trash to find treasures. Along the way, you pick up items you can use to..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Enigma of Solaris: "Just pull the plug…" October 7, 2023 "The Enigma of Solaris is a short interactive game set on the Solaris station, where you must find the reason for the power loss..." - See full review

Kastel reviews Citizen Makane: "IFComp 2023: Citizen Makane" October 7, 2023 "Citizen Makane may be the best adventure game based on The Incredible Erotic Adventures of Stiffy Makane. After an eerily..." - See full review

kaemi reviews My Brother; The Parasite: "IFComp 2023: My Brother; The Parasite" October 7, 2023 "So easy to hate. Orients your entire world. Gives you something to hold onto as you slowly lose everything. Because it’s deserved...." - See full review

RadioactiveCrow reviews Bali B&B: "Delightful, heart-warming game about running a B&B and/or deciding your own fate" October 6, 2023 "For reference, I played this game during the first week of IFComp 2023, but when given the option to play the original IFComp submission..." - See full review

manonamora reviews DICK MCBUTTS GETS KICKED IN THE NUTS: "It’s longer than it seems… ;)" October 6, 2023 "DICK MCBUTTS GETS KICKED IN THE NUTS is what you could consider a joke entry. It is a nonsensical and completely unserious game, where..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Sculptor: "What's the point of not selling out at this age..." October 6, 2023 "The Sculptor is a pretty short interactive story about the artistic dilemma of creating for the sake of creating and essentially selling..." - See full review

Bell Cyborg reviews The Gift of What You Notice More: "An adventure game with open-ended insights" October 6, 2023 "While leaving your house in the aftermath of a breakup, you literally get lost reminiscing on old photos of you and your partner, and..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Escape your psychosis: "Loopty-loop until you escape." October 6, 2023 "Escape your Psychosis is an illustrated CYOA booklet about escaping the cycle of psychosis by recognising and avoiding the unhealthy..." - See full review

Kastel reviews My Pseudo-Dementia Exhibition: "IFComp 2023: My Pseudo-Dementia Exhibition" October 6, 2023 "(cw: abuse from parents and institutions, mental health, suicide) Bez realized he's having difficulty remembering things. This made him..." - See full review

Kastel reviews One King to Loot them All: "IFComp 2023: One King to Loot Them All" October 6, 2023 "High-octane action doesn't lend itself well to adventure game engines designed for exploration and puzzles. Indeed, it's almost..." - See full review

Bell Cyborg reviews Antony & Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando: "Well-trodden genre with a fresh implementation" October 6, 2023 "I was intrigued by the idea of a two-player online murder mystery, so I managed to rope my wife into playing as... my wife. I had fun and..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Assembly: "I'd build it up just to burn it down" October 6, 2023 "I beta tested Assembly. In the process, I ran into many wardrobe-related mishaps, proving that "HINDER" was more than living up to its..." - See full review

ccpost reviews We All Fall Together: "Interesting premise falls flat" October 5, 2023 "This game has a really interesting premise -- you wake up and you're falling toward a void in the middle of cyclone, and you make sense..." - See full review

Kastel reviews Gestures Towards Divinity: "IFComp 2023: Gestures Towards Divinity" October 5, 2023 "The works of Francis Bacon evoke different reactions for good reason. He inspires controversy and awe. But as the game's blurb points..." - See full review

AKheon reviews In The Details: "Engaging enough" October 4, 2023 "In the Details is a short choice-based story by M.A. Shannon, published during IFComp 2023. The story is about a vain musician who is..." - See full review

Hyacinthos reviews Le Jeu de la Dévotion: "Click, tap, lights on, lights off, click, point, stop!, click, the end" October 4, 2023 "This is probably one of the most addicting and pointless tapping games I've ever played. It's an entry to the french jam "Partim 500..." - See full review

Hyacinthos reviews Xanthippe's Last Night with Socrates: "Love or hate you one last time" October 4, 2023 "The extensive and highly informative review posted before this one, provided almost everything one needs to know about the game, so in..." - See full review

Tobias V. I. Langhoff reviews Ryan Veeder's Authentic Fly Fishing: "A game of discovery" October 4, 2023 "This is probably my favorite interactive fiction experience of all time. As a game, it's very abstruse, but the presentation and conceit..." - See full review

Hyacinthos reviews The Dinner: "Eat in silence or die" October 4, 2023 "It was both the perfect depiction of an Europian who goes to a French cuisine restaurant for the first time (no offense to any french..." - See full review

verityvirtue reviews The Whale's Keeper: "Tell me I'm scared" October 4, 2023 "Time spent: 30-45 mins You find yourself in a whale. Survive. It is not a personal slight to the writers that I was not moved. The text..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Plundered Hearts: "An Arrow in the Sand" October 4, 2023 ">SHOOT THE PIRATE This is the first line of Plundered Hearts. It is not a player command, but it looks like one. I don't know of any..." - See full review

A new listing for Firmament, by Thomas Spader

Kastel reviews LAKE Adventure: "IFComp 2023: LAKE ADVENTURE" October 4, 2023 "This game is an antidote for those obsessed with personal histories and their ultimate meaning. We first learn that this game was..." - See full review

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