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A new listing for Magician's Voyage, by A.E. Elm

A new listing for A House on A Hill, by Devin Cummings

A new listing for Witch Adventures, by Sydne Wiederspan

A new listing for Dreamland Chapter One, by Kasey Annis

A new listing for Chat on a Cold Winter's Day, by Spencer Brown

A new listing for Friends?, by MBoone

MathBrush reviews The Pool: "A short Twine game about monsters in a scientific aquarium" October 12, 2022 "This is a short, basic Twine game about an aquarium where weird monsters are in a pool and you have to run away. The game does give you..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Staycation: "A short texture game about horror with some emojis and pictures" October 12, 2022 "This game was listed as a 2-hour game, so I was expecting the largest Texture game ever, but it turned out to be less than 15 minutes..." - See full review

A new listing for Cheese Thief, by Shea Lutz

MathBrush reviews Traveller's Log: "Minimal python game" October 12, 2022 "I teach computer science at a high school, and we use python (and, in the past, Java). At the end of last year one student really enjoyed..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews January: "Beautiful multimedia nonlinear zombie game in grim world" October 12, 2022 "This game is self-described as more an interactive novel than a game, and that's fairly accurate. Gameplay consists of clicking different..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews Blood Island: "Will you become...A Final Girl???" October 12, 2022 "Blood Island by Billy Krolick I think this might have been the most entertaining entry from the 2022 comp I’ve played up to this point...." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Esther's: "Toast!" October 12, 2022 "What can I say? I was grinning ear to ear the whole time. I went through a goal-oriented first playthrough, making choices that I felt..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews One Way Ticket: "A big surreal game about a train and a strange city" October 12, 2022 "This is a large, custom-engine choice-based game that takes place in a surreal world like the Phantom Tollbooth or a Roald Dahl book. The..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Campus Invaders: "A very stripped-down game about aliens invading" October 12, 2022 "Marco Vallarino is an author who has entered several complex and well-regarded games in previous IFComps, including the fun Darkiss..." - See full review

A new listing for Wash the Laundry, by Shreyas Basavatia

MathBrush reviews Prism: "A fantasy steampunk game about a mysterious package and strange things" October 11, 2022 "This game is very much a story, not in the sense that it's not a game, but that it has a strong central narrative, creative setting, and..." - See full review

RadioactiveCrow reviews The Thirty Nine Steps: "Spy thriller with some fun mechanics" October 11, 2022 "In this choice-based multimedia game you play a man who wakes up on his last day of vacation in London to find a dead man in his living..." - See full review

A new listing for The Intruder, by Thomas Robbins

A new listing for Mycelium, by Kender

Tito Valenz reviews Inside: "Season of the Witch" October 11, 2022 "Inside by Ira Vlasenko In this game, you play as a witch inside the mind of another witch, and many of your choices consist of things to..." - See full review

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

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