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A new competition page: PunyComp 2025 created December 2, 2025 A competition for games written with PunyInform. This year, all games submitted must require the player character to interact with an animal in order to complete the game.

A new listing for All That Shimmers..., by Andrew Apted

A new listing for Rana's Reception, by Interpied

A new listing for Zodiac - An Arthur Blonde Mission, by Charles Moore, Jr.

A new listing for Kill Wizard, by Dark Star

A new listing for Adrift, by Moss & Quill Studios

A new listing for Crimson Witness, by kqr

A new listing for The Organ Grinder's Monkey, by Garry Francis

Andrew Schultz reviews I Got You: "If I didn't get it, I got a lot out of it." December 1, 2025 "One of the dangers of waiting until the last day of a comp to judge and create everything is, there may be one entry that sticks with you..." - See full review

News on ECTOCOMP 2025: Results are out! December 1, 2025 The ECTOCOMP 2025 results have been tabulated and are now available. Congratulations to all authors and thank you to everyone who voted!

MostImmortalSnail reviews Every day I get emails: "Subtle white-collar horror" December 1, 2025 "This may sound crazy, but I actually enjoyed the situation presented here at the beginning, where you're an office worker who keeps..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews I Got You: "Not what I expected, in a good way" December 1, 2025 "I'm impressed this game was made in 4 hours, because there's a lot of branching content and different endings. The subject matter is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Every day I get emails: "Email forwarding game written in 4 hours" December 1, 2025 "This is the last game I'm playing/reviewing in Ectocomp, and is the most-rated one in the comp so far. Having played it, it's easy to see..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews I Got You: "Get coached by a seemingly helpful friend during a date" December 1, 2025 "This is a polished-looking Ink game with a great story arc, solid writing and interesting characters. It has frequent strong profanity..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Beneath the Weeping Willow: "Small puzzle game about a ghost trying to guide vacationers in their home" December 1, 2025 "This was a compact but complex puzzle game, impressive for being written in 4 hours. You are a ghost, only able to interact with the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Normal Morning: "Clever speed-IF that fails to address the elephant in the room" December 1, 2025 "This game is a speed-IF parser game. Like many parser authors have done before, this author has chosen to write a 'my apartment' game,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dying A Little (Inside): "Self-referential ectocomp game about writing an ectocomp game" December 1, 2025 "I’ve always liked self-referential media, like the opera Capriccio about writing opera. That extends to interactive fiction; Creatures..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews NOTHING IN MY VEINS: "Person in despair meets non-person AI; consequences ensue" December 1, 2025 "This game’s text would have fit well in Season 5 of the Magnus Archives, probably with the Stranger or the Spiral. Someone is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Super Halloween Horror Show: "Superhero game where you can carry around abstract concepts" December 1, 2025 "This game is really ambitious for a Petite Mort game: many superhero characters, an expansive map, and actual game mechanics rather than..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews the lamp of your body: "Speed-IF about a haunting girl and religious themes" December 1, 2025 "This was a choice-based mostly linear game that was longer than most of the Petite Mort games. It builds up background and has one choice..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Game of Doom and Despair (by Storyteller): "Short speed-IF twine game about being trapped in a fantasy/magic death game" December 1, 2025 "This is the last of the Slovakian student games, I believe, and a good one to end on, with a larger structure than many of the others...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Unfair Escape from Underground (by Loki): "Tiny frustration simulator" December 1, 2025 "This is a tiny game, written by a Slovakian student. It describes itself well, as it's one room in a Twine game where all exits lead..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Go-Strange-Ghost Range: "Short, illustrated parser wordplay puzzle game" December 1, 2025 "This is the shortest of Andrew Schultz’s trilogy of Petite Mort games based on pairs of two-word pairs that sound alike. This one has..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews a walk in the hallways: "Short choice-based speed-IF about wandering a creepy building " December 1, 2025 "This is a short atmospheric game with great styling choices. You are in a house and you have some difficulty remembering how you got to..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Walk A Mile In My Shoes: "Short parser game about getting ready for trick-or-treaters" December 1, 2025 "This is a brief parser game that appears mundane before throwing a twist at the player. You are in an apartment and can hear trick or..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Heatsick: "Short game about summer heat and a strange well" December 1, 2025 "This was an interesting short game that could be open to several interpretations. It's a short Chapbook game. In it, you play as a young..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Escape Room (by Hugo): "Short branching Saw-like game made in 4 hours " December 1, 2025 "This is another ectocomp speed-IF game by a Slovakian student. This one feels like a take on the Saw franchise, waking up in a room with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Chez Dark Shade Ark: "Short illustrated wordplay Adventuron game written in 4 hours" December 1, 2025 "I said in my review of Dusk, Airy, Does Carry, I said that I would welcome more games in the same vein. Glad I asked! This game has..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Life Rewinding: "Short surreal game with religious imagery using a custom choice engine" December 1, 2025 "This is another game by tzbits using a custom javascript framework. This one uses choice-based links rather than parser verbs. You stand..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Doctor Morben's Asylum: "Large, well-designed exploration Twine game set in haunted asylum" December 1, 2025 "This is the only Grand Guignol game that I tested. This is a large and complex choice-based game with a strong emphasis on place and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Annual Country Market: "Amish market supernatural brawl" December 1, 2025 "In this game, you end up at a Farmer’s Market in Amish country (or equivalent) a little too late at night. You have enough time to buy..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Costumes and Candy: "Open map trick or treating with a bunch of short stories" December 1, 2025 "This game had a really interesting structure. There is a framing story (you’re a trick-or-treating kid competing against a bully) but..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dad's Shiva: "Unpacking the death of an unpleasant man" December 1, 2025 "This was a pretty grim short story with a lot of room to explore and contemplate. In it, you play as someone estranged from an abusive..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews …Grind exceedingly small…: "Short, effective parser game about sentient insects avenging their human " December 1, 2025 "This is another game by DissoluteSolute, and is the one I connected with the most so far. You play as a pet bug of a woman who was..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Invunche: "Downloadable game with cool visual elements and great promise" December 1, 2025 "This was a downloadable game where you navigate by clicking on parts of an image, needing occasional searching. It’s a translation of a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews I Have No Verbs, and I Must: "Single-verb game, short speed-IF horror game" December 1, 2025 "I was bewildered by this game when I started it. Most moves result in instant death. A lot of words in the description are bolded, but..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Loveless and listless: "Long powerful surreal Videotome game about a fictional reality show" December 1, 2025 "This is a long videotome game with custom characters and a variety of backgrounds. It is mostly linear but has some important choices and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Night Ferry: "Atmospheric game on a surreal, creepy ferry " December 1, 2025 "This is a short, atmospheric game about a ferry at night with surreal overtones. It reminds me a bit of the game Cactus Blue Motel, with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Pumpkin Patch: "A custom online parser speed-IF about wandering through a spooky pumpkin patch" December 1, 2025 "Starting up this parser game, it didn't have the usual banner text, so I wondered if it was Inform or something else. Typing VERSION..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews What is this place (by Gooseberry): "Short branching twine game about reality " December 1, 2025 "This game is by a Slovakian student as part of the One Boat Crew team. It's a branching Twine game, with very different paths depending..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Ghost Hunt II: Haunted Washing Machine: "Choose the right items from many to exorcise a ghost; micro game" December 1, 2025 "I remember Ghost Hunt I, it was a fun, compact Adventuron game tracking down a ghost (unless I'm remembering it wrong). This game is one..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dual II: Cyclic: "Collection of horror poems with varying mechanics" December 1, 2025 "This sounds like it was almost a La Petite Mort game, as it was finished in 5 hours, but I’m glad the author took time to finish it,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dual I: Rhythm: "Dynamic horror poem about a dungeon" December 1, 2025 "This game boldly takes timed text and makes it the focus of the piece, using a relatively brief poem as the text with the interaction..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dusk, Airy, Does Carry: "Compact adventuron wordplay puzzle game with pixel art" December 1, 2025 "This is an Andrew Schultz game written in Adventuron. The adventuron aspect allows the use of pixel art here, which I think greatly..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Horrible Escape Room of Horror: "Compact speed-IF escape room with clever puzzles" December 1, 2025 "I was delighted by this game. It's in the author nilsf's custom javascript parser system (I believe), which has always been on par with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Idle Demon: "Demonic speed-IF with multiple endings" December 1, 2025 "This game is by a recent new IFComp entrant, and has an impressive amount of objects for a speed-IF, and even includes two endings (one..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Non-humain: "Decker game with multimedia and a short horror story with interesting verbs" December 1, 2025 "Interesting that I’d play two games within a few days of each other about inhuman creatures who gain action verbs from their..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews One Fifty-Nine: Drowned Secrets: "Choicescript military mermaid exploration horror game" December 1, 2025 "This is a military mermaid exploration horror game, a genre I didn’t know existed until now. This is also a choicescript game of around..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Oz, The Great And Terrible: "Macabre Bitsy take on Wizard of Oz" December 1, 2025 "I forgot that I never reviewed this, though I played it several days ago! This game is a Bitsy game, meaning it has two-color..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews requiescat: "A short tale of love and obsession" December 1, 2025 "This is a story-driven Twine game and is, I think, the first game I’ve seen by this author, although I’ve seem them around a lot..." - See full review

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