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Mike Russo reviews The Hidden King's Tomb: "A bland first game with glimmers of promise" December 19, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). There’s a bit in the British..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Death by Lightning: "*Blank Stare, Mouth Agape*" December 19, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review And now for my first review sub-sub-series of my review sub-series “What Do I Do With This?” This..." - See full review

Cena reviews Hammurabi: "People need food, badly" December 18, 2022 "Note: the current iteration seems broken both online and playing through Gargoyle. I thoughtlessly typed 'help' as my first command and..." - See full review

Wynter reviews A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: "Some things are darker than the Sea" December 18, 2022 "The title (from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) almost makes it sound like this game is going to be amusing, except it's anything but...." - See full review

Heli N. reviews Arcadie: Second-Born: "Last in Line" December 18, 2022 "This is a Twine game narrating the story of the protagonist, you, the second prince/princess of the warmongering kingdom of Arcadie. Your..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Lazy Wizard's Guide: "Definitely not a lazy custom parser" December 18, 2022 "LWG is a fun game that I feared might not get many reviews in IFComp 2022 due to a custom web-based parser, but I was glad to be proven..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews An Alien's Mistaken Impressions of Humanity's Pockets: "A gag-game that could use more polish " December 18, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). Credit where it’s due – it’s..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Through the Forest with the Beast: "The Beast is YOU" December 18, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review 10 word summary: “Your community doesn’t like you for superficial reasons, run away!” This is a..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews No One Else Is Doing This: "A night's frustrating activism, in 15 minutes" December 17, 2022 "The United States had a census in 2020. Right in the middle of COVID. I didn't get a community organizer at my door, but I did get a..." - See full review

ElTrip reviews The Dreamhold: "Game that got me into IF" December 17, 2022 "This was one of the first IF games I ever played and my favorite one to date. The story is compelling, the puzzles are fun, and the world..." - See full review

ElTrip reviews Guilded Youth: "Fun, Charming Game" December 17, 2022 "I really enjoyed Guilded Youth, it was a super fun quick play. The graphics really enhanced the experience, rather than being distracting..." - See full review

ElTrip reviews Indigo: "Big Fan" December 17, 2022 "A super fun and quick game with a really creative magic system. I did have to use the hint system once, but other than that the puzzles..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Let Them Eat Cake: "fake-picturesque and entertaining story with many endings, but ..." December 17, 2022 "A humble village! You, a new baker's apprentice! Why, there's a miller, farmer, priest and all that sort of thing! Sadly, a barrow-boy,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Headlights: "A new engine moving through its growing pains" December 17, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp. I beta tested this game, and didn't..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews HOURS: "Kvetching Hour" December 17, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review This work feels more incomplete than the ones I’ve reviewed to date. I don’t mean to sound..." - See full review

f-a reviews A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: "Great lonely horror" December 16, 2022 "A very good, short twine horror where you are lost at sea. At first I thought it was a “forced choice” adventure (where whatever you..." - See full review

A new listing for A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things, by Charm Cochran

MathBrush reviews The Usher Foundation VII: The Slaughter: "Civil war reenactment gone terribly wrong" December 16, 2022 "This is the 7th in a series of Twine games centered around the main themes of the Magnus Archives podcast. This one is based on the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Elvish for Goodbye: "Imagination and loss. I feel almost unworthy." December 16, 2022 "I'm pretty shocked EfG didn't get a top-twenty finish in IFComp 2022, and when I say top-twenty, I mean top-ten. I voted it top-two. It..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews 4 Edith + 2 Niki: "Food is terrible and the portions are small" December 16, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). I sometimes worry that I give..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Tower of Plargh: "Cancer Cure, the Game" December 16, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review I sometimes forget about pure puzzle IFs. I do a range of paper puzzles, but tend to be biased to think..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews GONCHAROV 2073: "An espionage game about sabotaging an AI's film" December 15, 2022 "It is the year (I assume) 2073. The most recent technological advancements of the ages have taken a disturbing turn, and you and your..." - See full review

ccpost reviews Batman is Screaming: "Gleeful and grotesque interactive fanfic" December 15, 2022 "As noted in the other reviews, Batman is Screaming is an early Twine game by Porpentine, interesting now in how it hints at some of the..." - See full review

News on [IFComp 22 - Beta] Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency: Full Release & Investigation Phase December 15, 2022 Cannelé & Nomnom — Defective Agency was previously published in a beta demo to IFComp 2022. After integrating player's feedback and more developments, it has now been released as a full game on itch.io. ... - Details

News on Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency: Full Release & Investigation Phase December 15, 2022 Cannelé & Nomnom — Defective Agency was previously published in a beta demo to IFComp 2022. After integrating player's feedback and more developments, it has now been released as a full game on itch.io. ... - Details

A new listing for Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. and Yazaleea

Andrew Schultz reviews Who Shot Gum E. Bear?: "All the twisted amusement the cover art promises!" December 15, 2022 "WSGEB is a fun, and funny, short effort by someone who's been here before with others. I used to call them good-citizen entries, because..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Grown-Up Detective Agency: "Detective, detect thyself" December 15, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). A couple days ago, someone slipped..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Star Tripper: "Make That Space Money" December 15, 2022 "I’m definitely being challenged with what even is IF. There is a good half hour setup narrative here, that adheres to conversational IF..." - See full review

A new listing for Advent Mirror, by Andrew Plotkin

MathBrush reviews Trigaea: "Fight, upgrade, explore, recover memories, and negotiate between three factions" December 14, 2022 "Inspired by Kinetic Mouse Car's review, I tried this very long Twine game. It is at its core a cycle of procedurally generated combat,..." - See full review

A new listing for Mutiny on the Batavia, by Henry Patrick Coburn

A new listing for Le Lande di Erisvalle, by Paolo Lucchesi

A new competition page: Goncharov Game Jam created December 14, 2022 A game jam about "the greatest mafia movie never made". Goncharov is a film that might or might not exist. In one universe, it is a 1973 film about the Naples Mafia, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by...

A new listing for Someone Else's Story, by Emery Joyce

A new listing for Goncharov, by Stanwixbuster

A new listing for VESPERTINE, by Sophia de Augustine

A new listing for All or Nothing (1973), by Autumn Chen

A new listing for 70 New Works in (Goncharov 1973), by ksixjs

A new listing for Goncharov: Coda, by Lapin Lunaire Games

A new listing for GONCHAROV 2073, by sweetfish

A new listing for Creating Goncharov, by Albie

A new listing for GONCHAROV - THE MAFIA HIGHSCHOOL DATING SIMULATOR, by Monday

Andrew Schultz reviews You May Not Escape!: "Just a Maze, except, well, it clearly isn't" December 14, 2022 "I like to draw a distinction between things that make you think and things that let you think. YMNE falls into the second category, which..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Archivist and the Revolution: "An excellent gender-dystopic storyletfest" December 14, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp) Autumn Chen has had the kind of..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews A Long Way to the Nearest Star: ""SOLIS, what are you doing SOLIS?"" December 14, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Ah, the classic ‘adrift in space with a suspect AI.’ In my head, I kept calling it ‘HAL.’ I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Usher Foundation VI: The Desolation: "A brief tale of a criminal escaping a burning hospital" December 13, 2022 "This is another entry in the series of games based on archetypes from the Magnus institute. This one is based on the Desolation, which is..." - See full review

A new listing for Starless Vagabonds, by Story Hunters Studio

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Terraota: "Give your planet a new reputation " December 13, 2022 "You are President Gusto and have been granted leadership over Terrota, a recently independent world and your home planet. So far, it has..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Usher Foundation V: The Eye: "Magnus archive fangame about being watched" December 13, 2022 "This is the fifth in a series of 12 twine games about types of fear from the Magnus Archives podcast. This story is about the Eye, or..." - See full review

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