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MathBrush reviews Join the Swarm: "A fun mix of games" June 1, 2026 "I always look forward to the Senica thing each year, a collection of short Twine games written by students and associated adults. This..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Coffee Cake Caper: "Coffee cake crime " June 1, 2026 "This is a mystery game, one of my favorite IF genres. It's a cozy mystery. No murder here--instead, a cake competition is sabotaged when..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Before the Snow Melts: "Thoughtful game about unspoken feelings" June 1, 2026 "This is a visual novel that is a bit more complex than appears on one playthrough. You play as a young person in a relatively small town..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews High On Grief: "An abnormal way to respond to a death in, well, an abnormal relationship" June 1, 2026 "I have a huge backlog of IFComp 2025 reviews to post from the author's forum. This was the one of two I had extra notes on, and it took..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Unseelie: "Mushroom madness isekai" June 1, 2026 "This is an unfinished TADS game with some good content and promise. You get isekai'd by two weirdos into a purple portal. The world you..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews meminerimus: "Very short game about manipulative relationship" June 1, 2026 "I helped a bit in the creation of this game and am mentioned in the credits, so this is not an objective review. I gave a higher score..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Perilous Plot: "Randomized game with dastardly plots" June 1, 2026 "I started playing through all Spring Thing 2026 games in reverse order by IFDB rating. I saw this one had a 2.5 rating, and so I had low..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Exchange: "Promising unfinished memory transfer game" May 31, 2026 "This is a very short twine game that serves as the first act of a larger game. You can play as two characters. There is a rich..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The House: "Pick from a cast of characters to watch their interactions and backstories" May 31, 2026 "This is a Twine game where you pick from 8 or so characters to form a team of 4, then investigate rooms in a house one at a time to get a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Missing City Council: "Buggy, hard-to-follow parser game about, well, a missing city council" May 31, 2026 "This game feels more like an unfinished prototype than a fully-intentioned game. I have no doubt it could be completed into an enjoyable..." - See full review

biasoul reviews I, the Forgotten One: "oh if only.." May 31, 2026 "Holly hell this a good one. For real. Very very engaging narrative, you connect with the characters. If only the romance options weren't..." - See full review

biasoul reviews Superstition S1: "Cant finish the story" May 31, 2026 "Hard to connect with the main character. Theres way too many pointless customization options (cars, food...) so its a struggle to build a..." - See full review

biasoul reviews The Golden Rose: "recommend!" May 31, 2026 "Very good and engaging writing! "

biasoul reviews Our Life: Beginnings & Always: "conflicting thoughts" May 31, 2026 "Ah, I did start the game kind of liking it, but idk, its probably not for me? Lol a bit boring tbh. And it feels weird cause you're..." - See full review

biasoul reviews The Sword of Rhivenia: "average, to be honest" May 31, 2026 "Low player agency on this, didnt really notice much difference regardless of my OCs personallity. And tbh you dont really feel connected..." - See full review

A new listing for Day of the Tentacle, by Tim Schafer, Dave Grossman, Ron Gilbert, Gary Winnick, Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnel, Michael Land

MathBrush reviews Danse !: "Complex french parser game with many side quests, sketchy implementation" May 30, 2026 "This is among the larger french parser games I've played. In it, you play as a doctor in a medieval type town that has left after a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Train de pensée: "Interactive poem collection in French" May 29, 2026 "This is a collection of poems in French, mostly written with lines of similar length and not much rhyming (which is pretty normal for..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Alphonsine est dans la panade: "Brief replayable one-room western train shootout parser game (in French!)" May 29, 2026 "This was a fun, brief parser game I played as part of the 2026 French comp. In it, you are an undercover agent with a robber gang who has..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Samurai of Hyuga Book 4: "Brutal, unhealthy and demeaning relationship between two former lovers" May 29, 2026 "This game took me quite a while to finish (a couple weeks!). It's pretty different than earlier games in the series. The first two games..." - See full review

News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - Dishes are served! May 29, 2026 The games produced by the competing chefs have been released for play: Time Swap by challenger Onno Brouwer, and Arkanen by defending Iron Chef Max Fog. Both are available to play at the intfiction forum... - Details

A new listing for Arkanen, by Max Fog

A new listing for Time Swap, by Lancelot

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for May 2026 May 29, 2026 9 items On Friday, May 29, 2026, 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 more...

JoshGrams reviews The Anachronist: "Interesting historical novel with gruesome deaths and unfortunate mechanics" May 29, 2026 "This is a 90K+ word novel exploring religion and philosophy (?) in 1596, near the end of the reign of Elizabeth I when the Protestant..." - See full review

Passerine reviews The Red Pearls of Borneo: "A deduction game for WWII history buffs" May 29, 2026 "The Red Pearls of Borneo is an investigative deduction game that feels a bit like Type Help crossed with Return of the Obra Dinn, but..." - See full review

HereticMole reviews Social Democracy: Popular Front: "Ils ne passeront pas" May 29, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made. I’ve played the previous two Social Democracy games, and enjoyed them even if I..." - See full review

HereticMole reviews Latinorum: "(chiefly humorous) the usage of Latin, aimed at not being understood" May 29, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made Back when I was in high school, the oral exams for Spanish class terrified the..." - See full review

Mr. Patient reviews The Smirking Horror: "Lossy compression" May 28, 2026 "The title is certainly fun. I figured The Smirking Horror would be a broad, probably scattershot parody of The Lurking Horror, or Infocom..." - See full review

psj reviews The Spectators: "stunning historical game" May 28, 2026 "one of my favorite interactive fiction games i've played! getting to play as various members of the ducal household enlivens the..." - See full review

hiannace reviews Color the Truth: "Half-Baked" May 28, 2026 "I enjoyed some aspects of this game. I thought the linking and contradictions aspect was interesting and the connections were not always..." - See full review

A new listing for Fearless Games, by TharaApples

A new listing for Timun Emas, by Salsabiil, Ana, Amri, Abiyyu (G2 DLR SAS D24)

zerotrickpony reviews The Red Pearls of Borneo: "free and fun" May 27, 2026 "A nice iteration on the Type Help who-when-where mystery mansion concept, with an atmospheric / historical setting, well written..." - See full review

A new listing for The Red Pearls of Borneo, by bushmonkey

HereticMole reviews meminerimus: "The treachery of self-serving memory" May 27, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made. You take on the viewpoint of a simulacrum, a recreation of a human being. In..." - See full review

HereticMole reviews The House: "A doll, a writer, a time wizard, and not-Terminator walk into a haunted house…" May 27, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made. …and learn profound inner social truths. The game directly starts with the most..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Vie et mort d'un voyageur: "Game like 'Her Story' but with French cities and trains" May 26, 2026 "(I wrote a review for this before but now can't find it anywhere) This game takes place in the afterlife. You are a train enthusiast at a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Le dernier train pour Florence: "Footsteps in French" May 26, 2026 "This game is fast-paced, with different difficulty levels. You are running after a train and you have to choose between three cards..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Train Loop: "Brief time loop game with cheese" May 26, 2026 "This is a French game set on a train where you wake up with your memories somewhat befuddled. Then your phone rings. In general, the game..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Speed 3 : le train: "Manic fast-paced game with different time challenges on a train" May 26, 2026 "This choice-based game puts you on a train where you are forced to participate in a series of challenges to earn points. These are..." - See full review

A new poll by Andrew Schultz, Works where the main map is a 3x3 maze created May 26, 2026 6 votes for 5 games I saw a parallel between two very different games, and I think there must be more such games! I appreciated the economy in both, diagonal exits or no. I sort-of wrote one of my own & have a WIP that is sort...

archcorenth reviews Indiana Jones in Revenge of the Ancients: "Good writing, bad gameplay." May 26, 2026 "This game is actually fairly well-written and feels like an authentic (if unrisky) sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Unfortunately,..." - See full review

EJ reviews Reflections: "Reflections review" May 26, 2026 "Reflections is a brief and charming game in which you play as the grandchild of a sorceress trying to awaken your magical powers, which..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews L'Improsteur: "A deck-based madlib in French" May 26, 2026 "I'm not sure I quite understood the rules of this game, but it was fun. Your twin brother, who is working on a play, is sick, so you have..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Mylette assurances: "A funny visual novel about insurance adjusters during a battle" May 25, 2026 "This is a French visual novel. I found the writing very amusing, with great art to boot. You play as an insurance adjuster during..." - See full review

A new listing for The Trapster's Maze, by Raymond E. Feist

A new listing for The Jester's Court, by Raymond E. Feist

A new listing for Castle Danger, by Pat Hartman

HereticMole reviews Fantasy Opera: The Theater of Memory: "The Death and Birth of Flowers" May 25, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made. I greatly enjoyed Lamp Post Projects’ The Secrets of Sylvan Gardens and Fantasy..." - See full review

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