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MathBrush reviews New Captain: "Star Trek mission simulation game" September 23, 2026 "New Captain This Twine game has a lot of complex systems together with some fun story snippets, but perhaps could have used more of its..." - See full review

Rui Pires reviews Moby-Dick; or, The Whale: "Interactive fiction? Possibly - but of which text?" September 23, 2026 "I remember when this came out. It's a kind of Zeno's Paradox, or Schrödinger's Cat; a tangible thought experiment about the nature of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Forensic Necromancy: A Murder in Nineveh: "Drug-induced exploration of dead people's mind palaces" September 23, 2026 "Forensic Necromancy: A Murder in Nineveh This game fits in with the author's other games this comp, being a Dialog game with clickable..." - See full review

A new listing for SUDOS — Text Adventure Engine & World Builder, by Taccas Software

AndrewStephens reviews Epistemophilia: "Strange, but in a good way" September 22, 2026 "Epistemophilia is a hard game to pin down but a worthwhile experience. I've played it twice and am still not sure if I saw much of the..." - See full review

A new listing for Dracula — Mac Illustrated Edition, by Gian Battista Aicardi

MathBrush reviews Shadow and Ink: "Book-making game with Japanese setting" September 22, 2026 "Shadow and Ink This game was well-balanced. At first I thought it might be overwhelming, with options for fast travel and separate..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires: "Play when you want to grieve" September 21, 2026 "As a fan of Natalia Theodoridou’s short fiction and Vampire: the Masquerade, I knew I was going to play Sins of the Sires. The question..." - See full review

AndrewStephens reviews Gambler's Quest: "A Promising Start But Unfinished" September 21, 2026 "Gambler's Quest states up front that it is a demo/unfinished game. Fair enough, but this was entered in IFComp2026 so must be viewed in..." - See full review

DemonApologist reviews Grand Island Bank Robbery: "Taken For Pomegranate" September 21, 2026 "I decided to play Grand Island Bank Robbery for a few reasons. First, it was recently a co-winner of ParserComp 2026, so that made me..." - See full review

News on The Path: An Interactive Self-Understanding Journey: September update: shorter setup and optional reader feedback September 21, 2026 The Path's new-story setup was shortened on September 7. Name and avatar setup now share one screen, and the separate introduction and preparation screens were removed. Optional reader feedback was added to... - Details

MathBrush reviews The Rat: "Optimization puzzle for stealing from the rich" September 21, 2026 "The Rat This game isn't really what I'm expecting. Which can be a danger with these 'writing a sequel game as a prize' games! One of the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Pegasus Crew: "Science fiction game about finding your lost memories" September 20, 2026 "Pegasus Crew This is a relatively brief Twine game where you play as the captain of a starship who is also a formerly mind-controlled..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Demon Game for Sophie.: "IFComp 2026: Demon Game for Sophie" September 20, 2026 "Demon Game for Sophie fuzzpedals heavy metal: “Manifest nightmare. A lake of fire, a brimstone pyre, the smoke thrown out by acts of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Ultraviolent Unicorn Deathmatch of Destiny 4: "Single key-press office destruction/salvation game" September 20, 2026 "Ultraviolent Unicorn Deathmatch of Destiny 4 This was a great compact easy-playing game with fun consequences. It's a parser game but..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Wild Ride to Earth: "Choicescript planet hopping jobhunting game" September 20, 2026 "Wild Ride to Earth This is a choicescript game with a cool space map. You basically get abducted by aliens and only have a year to return..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Necromanceers: "Summon the spirits of the dead by name in holy war" September 20, 2026 "Necromanceers I enjoyed this game. It wasn't what I expected at first, or at second. One thing Pacian does very well is creating..." - See full review

A new listing for Last Light at Meridian, by David Washington

A new listing for plotforks, by Anonymous

A new listing for Dracula — Amiga Illustrated Edition, by Gian Battista Aicardi

MathBrush reviews The Flourishing: "Graphical godot game about coming home, confronting inner demons (maybe?)" September 19, 2026 "The Flourishing This is a downloadable Godot game that includes 3d art depicted as peach or reddish wires wrapped around an invisible..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Acquisition: "Short branching twine game about buying an expensive drawing " September 19, 2026 "The Acquisition This is a quintessential staple of the last ten or so years of IFComp: a short, unstyled branching Twine game with no..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The 9:00 AM Train: "Short dystopian game about getting on a train" September 19, 2026 "The 9:00 AM Train This is the third tzbits game I've played, and it's more fleshed out and well-implemented than the others. This is a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Last Voyage of the Warsaw Queen: "Lovecraft and Steamboats, with ghosts in the moonlight" September 19, 2026 "The Last Voyage of the Warsaw Queen I felt this game was an improvement over the last two Charles Ball games I played, and I had a good..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Tableaux Vivants: "Amnesiac explores magical house full of transformed objects and memories" September 19, 2026 "Tableaux Vivants I enjoyed this game. I first encounter Lamp Post Projects through their watercolor-illustrated fantasy games about what..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Devils of Terminology: "Symbolic visual novel game about a Detective and her Devil" September 18, 2026 "Devils of Terminology This is a visual novel that has some cool character and sword art. It has 6 chapters and an epilogue. While the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews SCAVS: "Polished twine scavenger/exploration game" September 18, 2026 "SCAVS First, to get it out of the way: this game has the kind of flowery but generic, emotional but not the right emotional text that I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Doppelgangers: "Asylum escape game with LLM integration." September 18, 2026 "Doppelgangers Man, this was kind of a bummer. I've been pretty militantly anti-AI text adventures for a long time. I just think they're..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Deceit in the Guildhall of Virtue: "Goofy superhero mystery game" September 17, 2026 "Ironically, while playing this mystery game about putting clues together, I had two moments of clarity where I thought 'ha, this reminds..." - See full review

Nomad reviews Napanee, 1961: "A miniature with potential." September 16, 2026 "Napanee 1961 lets you play a reporter in a small town in Ohio in 1961. You're going to inquire the case of a missing girl. Over time it..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Tales of Nivea: GRIP: "Fantasy bureaucratic horror" September 16, 2026 "Tales of Nivea: GRIP I had a long emotional journey playing this game. I at first worried it would be a boring AI game, given its..." - See full review

Jacic reviews Oz, The Great And Terrible: "Not in Kansas any more" September 16, 2026 "This is a really fun bitsy game twisted Oz setting. I’m glad I finally managed to get my "

MathBrush reviews Ḫattušumna Laḫḫa: "Three Hittite games with ample English translation and help" September 15, 2026 "Ḫattušumna Laḫḫa This is a translation game, like a real-life version of Heaven's Vault or like The Gostak with a dictionary. It..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Dessert Island Adventure: "Lots of fun for kids and adults, written in a very capable custom parser system" September 15, 2026 "This game is a remarkable achievement, full of cleverly devious (or deviously clever?) little puzzles that are suitable for both kids and..." - See full review

A new listing for The Gilded Mirage: Quest for El Dorado, by sagaflow team

A new listing for Sands of the Silk Road, by sagaflow team

A new listing for Last Stand at Thermopylae, by sagaflow team

A new listing for Illúzió, by László Soma

MathBrush reviews MAD WARRIOR: "Windows executable Diablo-like parser dungeon crawler" September 14, 2026 "Mad Warrior I played this one around 9 or 10 times. I eventually tried editing the json file that Mr Patient mentioned in his ifdb review..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Out by Midnight: "Optimization puzzle exploring a haunted house" September 14, 2026 "I always look forward to Arthur DiBianca's games, which tend to be tightly organized around a single concept and to be minimalistic in..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Epistemophilia: "Heavily branching Ink game about amnesia and scifi" September 13, 2026 "Epistemophilia This game feels like something made by someone who has inherent skill but little contact with the worlds of interactive..." - See full review

A new listing for Nightfall, by TheNomad456

MathBrush reviews Ryan Veeder's Agatha Christie's the Murder on the Orient Express: "Collect fungible clues to pass number-based gates. Explore cities" September 13, 2026 "Ryan Veeder's Agatha Christie's the Murder on the Orient Express This is Schroedinger's game to me, an uncollapsed wavefunction of a game..." - See full review

News on Mansion: Version 4 under production. September 13, 2026 This is to remedy a bug which can be experienced via manipulation of the torches in the game. This was discovered by Derek's brother.

verityvirtue reviews Black Thumb: "straightforward, surreal nod to parser forebears" September 13, 2026 "Now we're talking relatable. I left a pot (teacup) of succulents unattended during the recent heatwave and have managed to kill one..." - See full review

A new listing for Thousand Lives: AI Life Simulator, by MetaWorldOS

A new listing for Jin Ping Mei: Ledger of Desire, by MetaWorldOS

A new listing for Dracula — Illustrated Edition (ZX Spectrum 128K), by G.B. Aicardi -DJSoft

A new listing for Money for Girls: Amortized, by Porpentine

A new listing for Ultraviolent Unicorn Deathmatch of Destiny 3: Thundah Down Undah, by Damon L. Wakes

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