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jakomo reviews Additional Tales from Castle Balderstone: "We're going to the movies! Frights, camera, action!" October 11, 2022 "Balderstone #2 introduces a fresh batch of terrifying tales: - Look after your grand-child as an elderly invalid. Weird and nonsensical,..." - See full review

A new listing for The King's Demise: Chapter One, by Chelsea Sachs

Tito Valenz reviews Nose Bleed: "Writhe like a worm on a hook" October 11, 2022 "Nose Bleed by Stanley W. Baxton This one made me squirm. It is short and economical, but still descriptive enough to tap into a fear that..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews No One Else Is Doing This: "You're just not feeling it anymore" October 11, 2022 "No One Else Is Doing This by Lauren O’Donoghue This was something different. It is a timed text adventure in which you are going around..." - See full review

rmartins reviews Sorcerer: "Solid, but not mind-blowing" October 11, 2022 "The main thing I enjoyed about Sorcerer was simply that there was nothing to hate about it. It is a solid game, in the best Meretzky..." - See full review

JonathanCR reviews SSSM: in the shadow of jupiter: "Not really a game, but nicely done" October 11, 2022 "This is effectively a short story told through emails and press clippings. The role of the "player" is simply to read through them,..." - See full review

jakomo reviews Tales from Castle Balderstone: "Care to join me for a little FRIGHTseeing?" October 11, 2022 "Where it all began for the now-venerable series of Tales from the Crypt-esque anthology-horror games. Four spooky micro-IF stories are..." - See full review

RadioactiveCrow reviews Esther's: "A story about two mice trying to communicate with a girl that kids might love" October 11, 2022 "This is a very short game featuring two mice trying to order brunch at their favorite restaurant, run by a human girl that doesn't speak..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews A Long Way to the Nearest Star: "This ship is not what it seems" October 11, 2022 "In A Long Way to the Nearest Star, you play as a criminal on the run after an almost unsuccessful heist. You escaped with the goods but..." - See full review

A new listing for SSSM: in the shadow of jupiter, by Mark Wonnacott (as Glupsch Ito)

MathBrush reviews Lost Coastlines: "A large adventure across procedurally generated seas" October 11, 2022 "This author's game Skybreak! is one of the most popular games from 2019, even getting nominated for a Best Game XYZZY Award. I really..." - See full review

ArloElm reviews The Archivist and the Revolution: "History and Future in Trans Dystopia" October 10, 2022 "One of my favorite things about this game is its ability to capture that feeling one gets upon discovering historical connections and..." - See full review

A new listing for City Scape, by Aiden Masemore

RadioactiveCrow reviews The Grown-Up Detective Agency: "Two mysteries, and a lot of heart, in one game" October 10, 2022 "This choice-based, multimedia game puts you in the role of 21-year-old Bell Park, a former child-then-teen detective in the Encyclopedia..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Alchemist: "Explore odd friend's big mansion filled with portals, magic and machines" October 10, 2022 "There are a ton of ways to author IF. One way I've seen is to experiment with different styles in an attempt to find what players like,..." - See full review

raindropsinvalencia reviews Narcolepsy: "Disappointing" October 10, 2022 "It started out promisingly enough, but I got stuck at " - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Chinese Room: "A complex meditation on war, peace, and interplayer communication" October 10, 2022 "The author of this game entered the first two-player IFComp game a year ago (The Last Night of Alexisgrad) which inspired at least one..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews The Thirty Nine Steps: "Can you outwit your pursuers?" October 9, 2022 "I enjoyed The Thirty Nine Steps. You play as a man trying to evade capture as he moves from London to Scotland. It is fairly tense, with..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews Am I My Brother's Keeper?: "It's actually about sisters..." October 9, 2022 "This is an entry that I enjoyed playing and replaying, and I intend to play again. I found it to be a bit atmospheric and mysterious, and..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews An Alien's Mistaken Impressions of Humanity's Pockets: "Quick and easy" October 9, 2022 "Here was a quick and easy text adventure with a somewhat whimsical feel to it. There are several puzzles and they all have in-game..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews Admiration Point: "Clever and engaging" October 9, 2022 "This is a very smartly written IF. I was so glad when I finished this game that I hadn’t read any part of its description–it might..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews The Thick Table Tavern: "Lots to like with this one" October 9, 2022 "This was a pleasant enough game. You play as a bartender who is saving up money for a goal of the player's choosing. You interact with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews U.S. Route 160: "A piercing twine story about a woman torn from her love" October 9, 2022 "This is a somewhat brief Twine game with at least 3 endings. In it, you are a woman who is set to be married to a man you barely know,..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Elvish for Goodbye: "497 words" October 9, 2022 "An elaborate worldbuilding accomplishment, with a touching story shining through. The glimpses of the Elven city we are granted through..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Inside: "A brief Ink game exploring a 'mind cave' of a dying witch" October 9, 2022 "In this Ink game, you are a spirit or something similar in the physically manifested version of a witch's mind. Or rather, the witch is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Star Tripper: "A choicescript space trading game with custom UI and some bugs" October 9, 2022 "I played this game for a couple of hours, but didn't find the ending. I ended up poking around in the code, though. This is a..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews Thanatophobia: "Please help her" October 9, 2022 "I enjoyed this one a lot. It was atmospheric and slightly creepy. The gameplay centers around your character asking questions to a girl..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews Low-Key Learny Jokey Journey: "I hope you have better luck than me" October 9, 2022 "I really struggled with this game. I never really got the hang of it, even though it's centered on finding rhyming words. I used the hint..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Low-Key Learny Jokey Journey: "Double rhyming through a manageable surreal landscape" October 9, 2022 "This is a wordplay game by Andrew Schultz, the third in a series involving double rhymes (like the name of the game itself). I found it..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Approaching Horde!: "Dizzying at first but surprisingly fun" October 8, 2022 "The onset of the zombie apocalypse begins right as you are watching TV. With the world thrown into chaos, fellow neighbors become fellow..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Thanatophobia: "A chatbot game where you help a woman deal with a troubling figure" October 8, 2022 "This game has a fairly unusual format. Like parser games, you type in text and get a text response. Unlike parser games, it's not..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Only Possible Prom Dress: "A complex and rich puzzle game in a mall with very large map" October 8, 2022 "This game is a sequel to Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina, a game a couple decades old. When I first played IF in 2010, I downloaded the..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Prism: "IFComp 2022: Prism: A Tale of Heterogenous Futures" October 8, 2022 "“What am I for? How do I do what I am for?” asks the city to itself, and you the courier reply, judging the answer from the linkages..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Lost Coastlines: "An ocean sandbox." October 8, 2022 "(This review is based on the IFComp 2022 version) I’ve been on a most adventurous journey through Dream World. I visited enchanting..." - See full review

Jade68 reviews Trouble in Sector 471: "World of robots." October 8, 2022 "I played this game last sunday in IFMUD. This is a great exploring game with an original plot where we have to explore a 8x8 map and..." - See full review

ArloElm reviews One Final Pitbull Song (at the End of the World): "Blood and Viscera, Comedy and Romance" October 7, 2022 "This game is witty, profane, disgusting, clever, and very, very funny. It critiques the prison industrial complex, satirizes modern(-ish)..." - See full review

ArloElm reviews Esther's: "Get the Kids into Interactive Fiction Early" October 7, 2022 "Esther's is a very short game, about 5 minutes of read/play time, and that is a perfect length for a game that models itself after a..." - See full review

verityvirtue reviews Who Shot Gum E. Bear?: "comic noir: the world is candy" October 7, 2022 "In the best tradition of noir crime fiction, you are a private eye, tasked by the police to find out who murdered Gum E. Bear. The world..." - See full review

A new listing for Good day to have a good day, by Benjamin Wilcks

RaoulPersaud reviews Scene Kid Simulator: "So familiar" October 7, 2022 "I was actually a scene kid in the early 2000s and this was very well observed. Funny, quick and forgiving. A really fun little story..." - See full review

A new listing for The Squat Machine, by Roo Pescod and Hamish Adams

Rovarsson reviews Arborea: "Puzzle Tree" October 7, 2022 "The aptly named Arborea starts off as you enter a simulation of a Vast Forest. Setting a game in a simulation is a great IF trick that..." - See full review

ArloElm reviews The Thick Table Tavern: "Beautiful Gameplay, Fun Mixing Minigames" October 7, 2022 "This game has really gorgeous UI, a story mode, and several arcade modes. You play as a bartender in a fantasy universe (think typical..." - See full review

leechykeen reviews Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee's: "Exactly What It Says on the Tin" October 6, 2022 "Short and sweet, with tons of funny and creative details! I normally just play games through once, but I felt compelled to play this game..." - See full review

G. Faregan reviews Crash: "Spaceship maintenance" October 6, 2022 "This is a well implemented puzzle game set on a spaceship. You play as a maintenance worker with a growing to-do list of things to fix,..." - See full review

G. Faregan reviews The Thirty Nine Steps: "Spy thriller" October 6, 2022 "I really like what this game is trying to do. You are dropped into a spy thriller and must choose from a list of actions when presented..." - See full review

G. Faregan reviews Trouble in Sector 471: "Robots" October 6, 2022 "This game is similar to "Inside the Facility". In this game you are a robot on a mission to exterminate creepy bugs in a facility..." - See full review

G. Faregan reviews CHASE THE SUN: "I liked it" October 6, 2022 "This is a short branching CYOA style game in which you play as a woman in a wedding dress driving away from an apocalyptic storm behind..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Into The Sun: "la, la, la, I'm not here..." October 6, 2022 "Those were the words going through my mind as I looted the storage lockers while hiding from a xenomorph monster. In this game you play..." - See full review

A new listing for The Hunter and the Hag, by leechykeen

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