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Draconis reviews Escape from Hell: "This time you'll succeed for sure!" November 21, 2022 "This is the other Grand Guignol I tested. It’s a very cool experiment: a “parserless parser” game (in a custom-made framework no..." - See full review

Draconis reviews Civil Seeming Drivel Dreaming: "Real reams: seal seams" November 21, 2022 "The first Grand Guignol I’m playing is also one that I tested, because it’s currently got only 12 ratings and I’d like to increase..." - See full review

Draconis reviews BLACKOUT: "What matters in the end?" November 21, 2022 "The Singularity has come. The world (as you know it) will end in seven days. What will you do? This is a melancholic, somewhat mournful..." - See full review

Draconis reviews Nightmares Within Nightmares: "Within Nightmares Within Nightmares Within…" November 21, 2022 "You’re trapped in a nightmare. But not just a nightmare. Every time you wake up it just changes—you might wake up from being chased..." - See full review

Draconis reviews Untitled Ghost Game: "dSpooky/dt" November 21, 2022 "It’s a beautiful day in the mansion, and you are a horrible ghost. A new owner has just purchased your ancestral estate and is about to..." - See full review

A new review of Trick or Treat or Trick or Treat or Trick - From the Author "Now that Ectocomp is over, I made some tweaks and updates based on comments here: Clearer room descriptions, including a full list of..." - See full review

Draconis reviews One More Page: "A strong setup and a lot of bathos" November 21, 2022 "This one appears to be the third in a series I haven’t played, but hopefully it stands on its own. It takes the format of a text..." - See full review

Draconis reviews Trick or Treat or Trick or Treat or Trick: "A fun time loop and an unfortunate number of bugs" November 21, 2022 "From the description, this one seems to be a parser puzzlefest written in Inform 7. You’re a 12-year-old trick-or-treating on your own..." - See full review

Draconis reviews Something Blue: "An excellent use of the medium" November 21, 2022 "Epistolary IF! I always love it when a piece makes use of the medium in a clever way. This is a Twine work where the classic “click..." - See full review

Draconis reviews THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD.: "The Rhyme of the Byzantine Mariner" November 21, 2022 "This is a ChoiceScript game set in Imperial Constantinople, which I think means it’s somewhere between ~400 and ~1400 CE—my knowledge..." - See full review

Draconis reviews Buggy: "This game is buggy" November 21, 2022 "This is a work that I’m not quite sure how to describe. It’s a very short parser game written in Inform 7, and it’s quick to..." - See full review

Draconis reviews origin of love: "the way a wound bays for the knife" November 21, 2022 "This one is more interactive poetry than interactive fiction: a sequence of stanzas hyperlinked together, with additional lines that show..." - See full review

Draconis reviews Reg and the Kidnapped Fairy: "Werewolf Punching Simulator" November 21, 2022 "I’m really not sure what to make of this one. My first thought was that it was a parody, but now I think it’s deeply, purely sincere...." - See full review

Draconis reviews Restitution: "An experiment in agency" November 21, 2022 "As the author explains on the main page: This is a study in stateful media with an emphasis on narration-based agency. To avoid breaking..." - See full review

Draconis reviews You Are a Zombie Yelp Reviewer: "Just a bit undercooked" November 21, 2022 "This is a very short (less-than-five-minute) choice-based game that’s exactly what it says on the tin. You’re a zombie who just ate..." - See full review

Draconis reviews There Those Dare Doze: "Fight fating, write rating" November 21, 2022 "This is a wordplay-based puzzle game, in the tradition of Nord and Bert and Ad Verbum—the sort of thing that really depends on the..." - See full review

Draconis reviews HSL Type Ω MEWP Certification Exam: "Clearly you're not HSL certified" November 21, 2022 "Another stark tonal shift! This is a parody of workplace safety training, meant to ensure that employees know how to properly use and..." - See full review

Draconis reviews MARTYR ME: "Deeply unsettling" November 21, 2022 "…dear lord. I’m not sure how to describe this one. It’s a choice-based work from the perspective of a serial(?) killer and their..." - See full review

Draconis reviews ZIT: "Real-world body horror" November 21, 2022 "The opening sequence conveys two crucial things. One, this looks like an Inform game (Parchment’s classic font and color scheme). And..." - See full review

Draconis reviews Starlight Shadows: "By our powers combined!" November 21, 2022 "A much more lighthearted choice-based game. You’re Lyra, you’re hosting a high school party, an Entity is going to attack in two..." - See full review

Draconis reviews Cell 174: "Taking "psychological horror" literally" November 21, 2022 "A choice-based piece, written in Ink, based around a conversation between a psychologist and a patient (set in I think the USSR?). I say..." - See full review

Draconis reviews Zombie Eye: "Short, sweet, and spooky" November 21, 2022 "The first one the randomizer gave me is actually one I tested: a short (5-minute) parser game about dealing with the eponymous Zombie Eye..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Neurocracy: "Activate your neurometric colloids and dive in" November 20, 2022 " Solve a murder in a near future world by diving into the Wikipedia of that world This is one of the coolest games I have played. In ..." - See full review

ArloElm reviews Zorlok: "A Strong Introduction to Demonic Adventure " November 20, 2022 "At the time I'm writing this review, only the game's prologue and character creation are available to play, but that's more than enough..." - See full review

A new listing for Zorlok, by Albie

N. Cormier reviews Through the Forest with the Beast: "Things that go bump in the forest" November 20, 2022 "Through the Forest with the Beast is a fifteen minute branching Twine game by someone who, as far as I can tell, is a first-time IFComp..." - See full review

N. Cormier reviews Under the Bridge: "Survival of the Creepiest" November 20, 2022 "In Under the Bridge you’re a (small) eldritch abomination, one of the last of your kind, and you’ve taken shelter under a bridge in a..." - See full review

anjchang reviews Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee's: "enjoyable premise and easy to play" November 19, 2022 "It brings back memories of going to chain restaurants and some of the people you might see. I thought it was well written and fun to..." - See full review

N. Cormier reviews Lost at the market: "Dreamy but buggy" November 19, 2022 "Lost at the Market is the first game I’ve ever played in GrueScript, and from the author’s notes I think it’s the first one..." - See full review

N. Cormier reviews Witchfinders: "Helping people by day, brewing potions by... also day" November 19, 2022 "Witchfinders is a short twine game that is, as you may have guessed, about people who find witches. The twist is, you’re not a..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Being Andrew Plotkin: "A postcard from Zarf's insides." November 18, 2022 "Quick recap: the protagonist of the movie/game finds a magic door that leads into John Malkovich'/Andrew Plotkin's mind. Shenanigans..." - See full review

N. Cormier reviews The Counsel in The Cave: "All The World's A Stage" November 18, 2022 "I was excited to see a magical realist game show up in the Comp as it’s something I like but don’t see often, especially in video..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Nineteen: "An earnest look into transgender identity and personal growth over time " November 17, 2022 " Nineteen is about the author’s experience with gender identity during an important milestone: Turning 19. The story looks at personal..." - See full review

N. Cormier reviews [IFComp 22 - Beta] Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency: "Two detectives, no brain cells" November 17, 2022 "Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency is a game you can get a very accurate read on from just the title and summary. You’re an amnesiac..." - See full review

N. Cormier reviews A Matter of Heist Urgency: "Saturday Morning Superhero Action" November 17, 2022 "A Matter of Heist Urgency bills itself as “An Anastasia the Power Pony Story”, although as best I can tell this is the only..." - See full review

PaulieWog reviews Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee's: "Hilarious and Very Re-Playable" November 16, 2022 "The hilariously intriguing title definitely sells the promise of this very well-written and laugh-inducing choice-based game. Incredibly..." - See full review

Drew Cook reviews Cutthroats: "The Second Game in Infocom's "Bad Nautical Games" Duology" November 16, 2022 "Infocom released both Seastalker and Cutthroats in 1984. These two back-to-back releases reviewed poorly (relatively speaking, as Infocom..." - See full review

N. Cormier reviews The Grown-Up Detective Agency: "What's past is prologue " November 16, 2022 "This game is the latest in a series that includes Bell Park: Youth Detective and Birdland. Birdland in particular is a special game to me..." - See full review

N. Cormier reviews Star Tripper: "A Space Trading Sim" November 16, 2022 "Star Tripper is a game that’s not trying to sell itself very hard. The summary consists of a single sentence, describing itself as..." - See full review

ccpost reviews The Absence of Miriam Lane: "Haunting story with inventive gameplay" November 16, 2022 "This is a deeply affecting game that grabbed me from the beginning with an eerie atmosphere, and then continued to enthrall me with..." - See full review

ccpost reviews The Archivist and the Revolution: "Ingenious take on post-apocalyptic fiction" November 16, 2022 "There's a lot of post-apocalyptic fiction out there across all mediums -- comics, books, movies, games, etc. -- and there's a lot of..." - See full review

ccpost reviews Glimmer: "Brief game with a simple but powerful message" November 16, 2022 "This is an earnest, vulnerable game with a powerful message. The game proceeds as the player progresses through a series of quietly..." - See full review

ccpost reviews Nose Bleed: "Short Story IF with an interesting conceit and play mechanics" November 16, 2022 "Nose Bleed is an unsettling short IF work that explores the themes of social anxiety and debilitating self-doubt through an interesting..." - See full review

A new listing for Grandma, by Oliver Lomax

Andrew Schultz reviews Trick or Treat or Trick or Treat or Trick: "Groundhog Day for kids" November 15, 2022 "One of the things you have to face when you are writing a SpeedIF is, what should I leave out? It's stuff you'd rightly get destroyed for..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Grounded in Space: "Naughty Spaceboy" November 15, 2022 "You should think your parents would be proud of your advancements in rocket science and pyrotechnics, what with all the effort you put..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews You Are a Zombie Yelp Reviewer: "A light snack of a game about reviewing zombie brains" November 14, 2022 "This game has a pretty simple concept and executes it well. You are a zombie who has just completed a tasty meal of brains, and so you..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Starlight Shadows: "Assemble your super team and fight" November 14, 2022 "This is a speed-IF written in 4 hours or less. It's written using Dendry. Basically, you're at a party and need to assemble a party of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews BLACKOUT: "It's the end of the world. What do you want to do?" November 14, 2022 "This is a speed-written IF game using the Twine system. In it, the singularity has happened, but technology is giving humans exactly 7..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews origin of love: "Love poem about romantic encounter with a husband" November 14, 2022 "This brief game is essentially a poem about physical love between the main character and their husband. It is simultaneously explicit and..." - See full review

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