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A new listing for Sandwiches, by LyxusDusk (Grace Cardoso)

f-a reviews After the Accident: "Memories" April 4, 2023 "After the Accident is a series of vignettes that came one after the other, while the protagonist is in a desperate event. It is a very..." - See full review

OverThinking reviews After the Accident: "Worth It" April 4, 2023 "(Full disclosure, I beta tested this) This game is challenging. Not because it’s hard—in fact, what in other games might constitute..." - See full review

thesleuthacademy reviews Murder on the Big Nothing: "Let it tell you a story" April 4, 2023 "This is one game in which I actually didn't know what was going on or what I should do until I gave up and that was when the "Aha" moment..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews After the Accident: "♪ ♫ <i>Love me tender... love me true..</i> ♪ ♫" April 4, 2023 "Hush... Be still... Be tender... This is a story to be read with quiet care. Until vicarious anger kicks in. But also sympathetic..." - See full review

A new listing for Underworld - A guided meditation maybe?, by Devin Weaver (Sukima)

f-a reviews Pick Up the Cookie and Sigh: "Slice of life" April 3, 2023 "A very short game about eating cookies while waiting for a train — I cannot say anything more without spoiling it. The idea is good and..." - See full review

A new listing for Chief Emoji Officer, by Bodeville

Olaf Nowacki reviews Pick Up the Cookie and Sigh: "Munchies" April 3, 2023 "An interactive anecdote in snack size - whets your appetite for more of the same, just like yummy cookies!"

ccpost reviews A Crown of Sorcery and Steel: "Choice-based fantasy game, expansive in scope" April 3, 2023 "I was initially drawn to A Crown of Sorcery and Steel because I adored Josh Labelle's earlier game Tavern Crawler, a shortish Twine game..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews System Processing: "A lot to process" April 3, 2023 " System Processing is a unique sci-fi Twine game that shows considerable potential. Our protagonist, only referred to as "Ov," lived and..." - See full review

News on Andromeda Apocalypse — Extended Edition: The Source of Apocalypse. April 2, 2023 The full 2012 source code of IFComp winner Andromeda Apocalypse is now available, following the "April 1 is Source Code Amnesty Day" in intfiction.org. May or may not work in Inform7 10.1. Maybe useful... - Details

News on Leda and the Swan: Leda and the Swan Source Code for Source Code Amnesty Day 2023 April 2, 2023 The source code of Leda and the Swan has been posted to itch.io, along with a devlog that's part announcement and mostly long-delayed postmortem. Happy Source Code Amnesty Day!

egostat reviews Writing Program Five: "Interesting concept, limited execution" April 2, 2023 "While I did enjoy the concept of controlling the story through a command bar, the story was unfortunately much shorter and bare-boned..." - See full review

A new listing for Flight: An Alchemical Adventure, by Felicity Banks

egostat reviews Three-Card Trick: "Listen." April 2, 2023 "Wow. The atmosphere in this game is incredible. I hadn't really read the reviews or anything else before I began, so I was definitely..." - See full review

egostat reviews The Wizard Sniffer: "It just kept getting better." April 2, 2023 "I adore the characters, all the twists, and all the interactions. This was possibly one of the text adventures in which I became most..." - See full review

Denk reviews Pick Up the Cookie and Sigh: "Very short Douglas Adams inspired game" April 1, 2023 "This very short game was inspired by a true story experienced by Douglas Adams. First when I reached the end did I remember having read..." - See full review

A new listing for Pick Up the Cookie and Sigh, by P.B. Parjeter

kaemi reviews Cozy Simulation 2999: "SeedComp 2023: Cozy Simulation 2999" April 1, 2023 "The problem with a job is that you’re paid. A series of rhetorical genuflections yielding to acts performed for the express purpose of..." - See full review

dogdennings reviews Wolfsmoon: "An atmospheric puzzlefest with beautiful pixel artwork" April 1, 2023 "There is a killer on the loose in Elmville, and unless you want to become their next victim, you better hurry up and bring them to..." - See full review

A new listing for Delegated, by S. P. Hurlsmith

Cygnus reviews Photopia: "Awesome UI." April 1, 2023 "This game was pretty!! Really pretty. I should replay it, so I can see what the commenters were talking about, but first playthrough…..." - See full review

Cygnus reviews Shade: "Pretty good for it's length, cool story, a bit vague" April 1, 2023 "Shade. A good intro to IF. Parsers work (obviously). Very polished, short though. Somewhat surreal- definitely comes under its category...." - See full review

Cygnus reviews The Dreamhold: "Alchemical intro to IF, well-built story and environment" April 1, 2023 "You play as an amnesiac navigating the mysterious halls of a Dreamhold, or a wizard’s haven. It has in-built hints, and even a voice..." - See full review

egostat reviews Midnight. Swordfight.: "kiss everyone and everything" April 1, 2023 "This is one of the most entertaining things I've come across. I'm glad that I've finally achieved my dreams of in this..." - See full review

Cygnus reviews Blue Lacuna: "really well-built, cohesive and immersive wide world " April 1, 2023 "(Bashes in the door) I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS ON THIS ONE HOLY SHIT. First off- ALLLL the points for worldbuilding. Like… holy mcfuckin..." - See full review

Cygnus reviews Delightful Wallpaper: "Very puzzle-y, awesome mechanics, could use with some accessibility" April 1, 2023 "Oooh boy. This one was.. A doozy. At the start, I was incredibly pumped for this. You’ll notice that I said “at the start”, and..." - See full review

Cygnus reviews What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed: "Yeah I can't really find fault here. Very good and emotive game :)" April 1, 2023 "Another great one by Amanda Walker! Similar to Colourtura, it has really cool mechanics. Instead of interacting with objects, you get to..." - See full review

Cygnus reviews The Temple: "Lovecraftian mid-length explore-y but still very linear game" April 1, 2023 "You play as an unidentified person journeying with a man called Charles, in a nightmarish world of strange eclectic gods. A very linear..." - See full review

Cygnus reviews Bronze: "Great for beginners, smooth, and adaptive" April 1, 2023 "Bronze is an interactive fiction following a similar story of beauty and the beast, but wildly different. With mechanics and fantastical..." - See full review

Cygnus reviews Coloratura: "Beautiful and immersive, great replay value, endings galore" April 1, 2023 "(4.5/5) Coloratura is honestly one of my favourite games to ever be made. It’s got an amazing mechanic- colouring people’s auras,..." - See full review

Juuves reviews Dead Man's Hill: "Crooked but compact" April 1, 2023 "This was a dry yet thoroughly engaging exposition of the trench warfare of French-German lines at the hills of Verdun in 1916. In truth I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Magic Word: "Maddening puzzles personified" March 31, 2023 "This game really hit me in a weird spot because it coincided with an idea of mine in an amusing way. In my own game, I wanted to come up..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews VESPERTINE: "Kiss of the Balisong" March 31, 2023 "Impressionistic prose bordering on poetry. Sensuous associations brought on by a gently touching finger. Images of kissing lips and..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews Castle Elsinore: "Large Puzzlefest With Pseudonymous Author" March 31, 2023 "Despite the author's name at the top of this particular game it seems to have been written by Dian Crayne, a prolific science fiction and..." - See full review

A new poll by Cygnus, long games for beginners created March 31, 2023 17 votes for 10 games so… you know how savior fair is long and awesome, but also, like, complicated? and.. cruel, as the ratings out it? I think the first thing that goot me INTO IF was anchor head. kinda that difficulty....

egostat reviews Lost Pig: "A review for my second ever text adventure" March 31, 2023 "I remember being new to text adventures and playing this after painfully crawling through the Dreamhold, and it was a well-needed break..." - See full review

egostat reviews Eat Me: "Delightful even while barely awake." March 31, 2023 "Sorry in advance for my wording. I am writing this at about 2:30 A.M. I went through this story in its entirety, starting at about 1:30..." - See full review

edgerunneralexis reviews The King of Shreds and Patches: "Wake up, recieve infodump, sleep, repeat" March 31, 2023 "--Spoilers-- Over the last two weeks (though its felt more like a month) my partner and I have been playing this game together. We're..." - See full review

A new poll by deathbytroggles, Indie games that are commercial or were commercial at one point created March 30, 2023 10 votes for 9 games So I'm not looking for games from the well-known companies like Infocom, Tellarium, Legend, etc. Looking to compile a list of: 1. Games that used to be commercial but no longer (e.g. Once and Future, The...

Lance Cirone reviews The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen: "Light the fire up in the night" March 30, 2023 "If there's one series that's interested me lately, it's Ryan Veeder's Little Match Girl games. I hear about the thing so much, and the..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Kerkerkruip: "Hard to learn and hard to master, but that's why it's rewarding" March 29, 2023 "Kerkerkruip is an acquired taste, and it took me a while to warm up to it. This is a roguelike along the lines of NetHack, which I've..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews Ferret: "Ferret - A Forty Year Journey Through The History Of Text Adventures" March 28, 2023 "Ferret is in some ways a unique game in the fifty-odd year history of the text adventure; in others it is decidedly old fashioned. The..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for March 2023 March 28, 2023 10 items On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even...

dutchmule reviews The Spectre of Castle Coris [2015 ADRIFT version]: "A worthy sequel, different atmosphere but puzzles are still fair" March 28, 2023 ""The Spectre of Castle Coris" is the sequel to "The Axe of Kolt" by Larry Horsfield; this ADRIFT version is also a remastering of the..." - See full review

dutchmule reviews The Axe of Kolt [2014 ADRIFT version]: "Long and enjoyable old-school game" March 28, 2023 "The "Axe of Kolt" is a legendary axe that you must recover and give to King Kelson, who has been captured by the evil Xixons ; a standard..." - See full review

A new poll by Cygnus, Games with exploration (or even just games w/ secret passages and such) created March 28, 2023 40 votes for 24 games There seems to be a LOT of games where you just.. explore hidden secrets in mansions, or similar. some of them have a plot, some of 'em don't, but i'm lookin' for stuff like D'Arkun, the Manor at Whitby.. Or...

A new poll by Cygnus, Games w/ cool mechanics created March 28, 2023 18 votes for 9 games Lookin' for stuff like Colortura, What Heart Heard of Ghost Guessed, Delightful Wallpaper, etc. Just... anything that has a very unconventional and scrumptious mechanic system. Thanky!

Juuves reviews Refugee: "A bit of a hit-and-miss" March 28, 2023 "I liked the idea and premise of the whole thing, at first. The prose attempted to be pretty and it was, in some parts. However in other..." - See full review

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