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A new listing for Edenia, by pat

A new listing for Capitaine Chavire (ou les déboires d'un matou sur la Mer de Lait), by Lilie Bagage

A new listing for La Tempête, by Mythonirie

A new listing for La Révolte des Roses, by Gavroche Games

Andrew Schultz reviews The Sacred Shovel of Athenia: "New cat game! Aww, don't turn that needy face down!" September 4, 2023 "It's hard to hate a competently written game that's written around a pet. I dare you! The Big Blue Ball last year was about a dog as the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Stygian Dreams: "AI (partially) rewriting ancient myths. I'm worried it worked so well." September 4, 2023 "This was in the Spring Thing back garden, but I think it would have been at home in the main festival! It's experimental, with..." - See full review

A new poll by Andrew Schultz, One City or State or Country per Room created September 4, 2023 8 votes for 7 games I'm interested in works where you have one city or state or country (or city-state) per room. David Welbourn noted that this may apply to a significant sub-area of a work, too, and in this case I'd like to...

Jim Nelson reviews Beat Me Up Scotty: "A lighthearted word-oriented game" September 4, 2023 "A lighthearted word-oriented game where you, a captain of a starship and dressed in “wussy yellow,” find yourself in vaguely..." - See full review

manonamora reviews 70 New Works in (Goncharov 1973): "Gaslight, Gatekeep, Goncharov" September 3, 2023 "70NW is essentially a one page game emulating the (in)famous fanfiction website Archive of Our Own, listing Goncharov fanfics - texts..." - See full review

manonamora reviews GONCHAROV 2073: "If Paul Verhoeven was in on the meme…" September 3, 2023 "Goncharov 2073 is a fairly short stylistic linear piece with one small choice, set in a not-so-far and not-so-implausible future, in..." - See full review

EJ reviews Robbery Reverie: "Robbery Reverie review" September 3, 2023 "In Robbery Reverie, you play as a thief who has realized that their target is a witch. The one choice is what to steal—and of course,..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Mushroom Hunt: "No, you don't die from the poisonous ones" September 3, 2023 "Mushroom Hunt is a very well-done game for the Adventuron Cave Jam. It's might be the least cave-y entry, with the cave being tough to..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Escape the Cave of Magic: "Fun, despite the instadeaths" September 2, 2023 "Escape the Cave of Magic is a fairly straightforward and fun game written for the Adventuron Cave Jam. The title is a misnomer, as not..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews A Troll's Revenge: "Ahh, the adventurers had it coming. Maybe they'll learn." September 2, 2023 "Having enjoyed the bottom half of the 2019 Adventuron Treasure Jam, I had high hopes for the top half. And I quickly saw why A Troll's..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews A Figure Met in a Shaded Wood: ""Come, sit here, click through a while and learn something of yourself."" September 2, 2023 "The House at the End of Rosewood Street seemed to hit many of the right "how not to do things and get away with it" buttons for me. It..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The House at the End of Rosewood Street: "Fooled me, I missed the "good" ending first time through" September 2, 2023 "The House at the End of Rosewood Street stuck with me over the years, not due to any hugely lush detail, or due to being one of the most..." - See full review

Heli N. reviews The Night Market: "The wonders of the worlds' nexus" September 2, 2023 "This review is about the released version of the Night Market. ..." - See full review

A new poll by Andrew Schultz, Games with root beer in them created September 2, 2023 10 votes for 8 games I played two entries in the Single Choice jam that made very visible references to root beer. Then I realized not many other games did that I could think of. I had one of my own. But given I like root beer...

Andrew Schultz reviews The Body: "Down out by the river, WAY down WAY out by the river" September 2, 2023 "This Speed-IF jacket game certainly got a few odd assignments--it goes from being "west of house" to meeting Norse deities and even..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The Bony King of Nowhere: "Here I come to save the daaayyy!" September 2, 2023 "The Bony King of Nowhere is not a good game. It's clumsily written, with descriptions that somehow manage to be short and rambling at the..." - See full review

A new listing for Gatefold, by Axile Studio, Holly Boson, Alex McGivern

A new poll by Andrew Schultz, Games with oblivion as the goal created September 2, 2023 3 votes for 3 games I'm trying to look away from a noble or ignoble death or, say, Ragnarok, just a "*this is the end (no really)* effect.

Andrew Schultz reviews The House on Sycamore Lane: "Great story, lacks technical polish" September 2, 2023 "I remember testing the Author's 2020 IFComp entry, Alone. It did a lot right. I forget if the author told me they had entered in 2019..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Mental Entertainment: "Oh look! AI is even more worrying in 2023 than 2019!" September 1, 2023 "Mental Entertainment doesn't present you with lush backgrounds or anything like that. Object descriptions are cursory. Your ultimate..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Goncharov: "Did we watch the correct movie?" September 1, 2023 "Goncharov is a fairly short stylised kinetic piece, presenting itself as an adaptation of the “original” movie, through snippets of..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Goncharov: Coda: "Make. Meaningful(?). Choices!" September 1, 2023 "Like other entries in the jam, Goncharov: Coda takes the movie-making approach to the Goncharov mythos, where you play as an actor in a..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Into That Good Night: "Wish I'd seen this back in 2001, but there's really no bad time to" September 1, 2023 "When Douglas Adams died, I remember the printed tributes, of course. I forget if I found out on the front page of GameFAQs or on Yahoo!..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews A Night at Milliways: "I wanted to eat at the Restaurant as a kid, too" September 1, 2023 "ANaM is one of the text-adventure tributes to Douglas Adams collected on the wake of his death in 2001, and while I haven't reviewed them..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down?: "His name is not John Watson" September 1, 2023 "I felt slightly guilty I didn't really get So Long and Thanks for All the Fish as a kid. I do remember Douglas Adams taking forever to..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Someone Else's Story: "How good of a honeypot will you be?" September 1, 2023 "Told from the point-of-view of Sofia, Someone Else’s Story takes a look at the start of the relationship between two side characters:..." - See full review

manonamora reviews GONCHAROV - THE MAFIA HIGHSCHOOL DATING SIMULATOR: "Parody on parody, in an alternate universe" September 1, 2023 "I think this line summarises the game best: Your name is Goncharov. You are fifteen years old, and today is your first day of mafia..." - See full review

EJ reviews What They Don't Know: "What They Don't Know review" September 1, 2023 "This game offers brief windows into the minds of Lady Highchester, her daughter and ostensible heir Chelle, and Ara, a commoner who has..." - See full review

EJ reviews Boing!: "Boing! review" September 1, 2023 "Based on the cover image, I was hoping this was going to be an entry in the rarefied genre of “surreal public transit comedy”, but..." - See full review

EJ reviews Threads of Snow: "Threads of Snow review" September 1, 2023 "In this short visual novel, a time traveler resolves to leave her partner because she is distracting him from his true calling as a..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Being the Little Guy: "SpeedIF where you can win with 0 out of 40 points!" August 31, 2023 "The SpeedIF Jacket competitions weren't supposed to be very high art, and this certainly isn't. But it is entertaining! It has throwbacks..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The President, The Democrats, and Smelly Pete: "Nice quick entertainment, given the prompts the author was given" August 31, 2023 "I don't think anyone would or could have made a game like this on their own. This was part of Speed-IF 2, which had a bunch of blurbs you..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Sweetpea: "A rich look at waiting with fear, paced well" August 31, 2023 "I still have a pile of the author's games from recent Twine jams to look through and hopefully review if I have anything constructive to..." - See full review

Heli N. reviews Magium: "Deadly tournament adventure... or not?" August 31, 2023 "Introduction: ..." - See full review

Heli N. reviews Sabres of Infinity: "Infinity Recruit" August 31, 2023 "Sabres of Infinity is the first book of the popular Infinity series, written by Paul Wang and published through Hosted Games. As a reader..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Heli N., Heli's favourite games August 31, 2023 16 items Inspired by manonamora's own idea, this list will contain my favourite games until now and will be updated in a regular basis.

A new Recommended List by Heli N., Historical Game Recs August 31, 2023 5 items The list is going to be updated with even more games as I play and review games I find from the IFDB archive.

A new Recommended List by Heli N., High Fantasy Game Recs August 31, 2023 4 items While I continue to play and review games here, I'll continue to update the list with more and more games that belong to this genre.

Heli N. reviews A Mage Reborn: "A Mage BBQ" August 31, 2023 "A Mage Reborn Book 1 is written by Adam Alamsyah and published by Hosted Games, one of the platforms where you can find some of the best..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews Gorm: "Gorm - A Large Historical Time Travel Game " August 31, 2023 "Gorm, written by Chris Allen for which he was paid the princely sum of £40 and appearing as a cover disc on a 1994 edition of Achimedes..." - See full review

A new listing for Gorm, by Chris Allen

Andrew Schultz reviews Collision: "Once there was this player who got into an accident" August 31, 2023 "This is one of those "something's up" games. I hope to avoid spoilers in the review proper, but you are in a car, and there is, as the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Unseemly Virus: "Two full games in one, in under 500 words" August 31, 2023 "Of course, viruses have been a big thing since 2020, what with COVID. It almost made us forget those other viruses that sprang up back in..." - See full review

Passerine reviews Stay?: "An expansive life simulator with magic school" August 31, 2023 "When I first played this game, I’d forgotten what I’d heard about the gameplay, so the main mechanic was a delightful surprise. I..." - See full review

Heli N. reviews Hastings, 1066: Aftermath: "Long live the .... wolf? Martyr, Humiliated dog or Wolf of Freedom" August 31, 2023 "A must-play game for history genre (nerds) players. ..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews You Could Stay Here Forever: "Malls had a mystique once. They still do." August 31, 2023 "This is a story about the last night of a closed mall before it is demolished. You sneak in, hoping to find memories. It’s well done,..." - See full review

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