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Quzen reviews Astralily: "Pretty Nice" September 16, 2025 "Its pretty nice and I like the premise, but it definitely needs some adjustments. It's stated that English isn't the author's first..." - See full review

A new listing for NIEZWYCIĘŻONA [SEMPER INVICTA], by Naarel

PermianArzon reviews Astralily: "Promising but falls short" September 16, 2025 "A promising story with an interesting concept and some intersting visuals however the flow of the story and some of the grammer is..." - See full review

A new listing for Vanvid, by mistman96

Tabitha reviews Imperial Throne: "A story of loss (in more ways than one)" September 16, 2025 "I had fun playing this one, but ultimately came away with a rather poor impression of it after looking at the walkthrough. Initially, I..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Wise-Woman's Dog: "Phenomenal game. Phenomenal dog." September 16, 2025 "(edit: This review is now for a slightly outdated version of the game.) Your human is the wise woman of her village. She performs rituals..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Lady Thalia and the Case of Clephan: "Persuasion, theft, and love" September 15, 2025 "Lady Thalia and the Case of Clephan This is the latest entry in a longstanding series of Twine games featuring a lady thief protagonist,..." - See full review

A new listing for Open Sorcery: Jingle BEL/S, by Abigail Corfman

Drew Cook reviews No More: "No Less" September 15, 2025 "No More is a short, narrative-heavy Inform game that largely uses the EXAMINE command to advance a story about " - See full review

AZA reviews Echoes of Ending Worlds: "Radio" September 15, 2025 "Finally digging into radio ham lol"

MathBrush reviews Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?: "Solve the brutal drug-related murder of a once-candy-filled pinata" September 15, 2025 "Before I played this game, someone told me that it had significantly improved on the last two games, which I thought was pretty neat...." - See full review

Passerine reviews Saltwrack: "I got lost in this story (complimentary)" September 14, 2025 "The first thing I realize is that it hurts not having a back button. All the visual detail, snippets of backstory, and comments from the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Detritus: "Resource management/spaceship exploration game" September 14, 2025 "Ben Jackson has had several smooth, polished twine games released in recent years, so I had high expectations for this game, and I feel..." - See full review

Jaded Pangolin reviews Pharos Fidelis: "demon boyfriend/academia woes simulator" September 14, 2025 "this is another ifcomp game that's a little outside my usual range. i tend to like games with high player agency, where i really feel..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Violent Delight: "ARE YOU ENGROSSED?" September 14, 2025 "It's snowy outside. A great opportunity to drink tea and play a mysterious video game! I am a big fan of games that present a mundane..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Wise-Woman's Dog: "Complex hyperlinked parser game about Hittite empire, magic, and a dog" September 14, 2025 "This game is written in Dialog and can be played entirely using hyperlinks. It has a minimap at the top that can be used for navigation,..." - See full review

Jaded Pangolin reviews Mooncrash!: "too deep for me maybe" September 13, 2025 "i don't play a lot of parser games but i was drawn to this game by the fun title and implications of a detailed fantasy setting, which is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Imperial Throne: "Royalty simulator: tax, recruit, attack, condemn" September 13, 2025 "This parser takes a bold and innovative direction, and while I think it struggles with the execution, it's nice to see people..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Pharos Fidelis: "Take a difficult magic graduation exam while making out with a demon" September 13, 2025 "This was the second-most substantial game I've played this IFComp, and took me around 3.5 hours to play, with dinner in the middle, so..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Feyrealm Adventure: "Waiting to see what lies beyond the portal" September 12, 2025 "Note: This is a review of an Introcomp entry, and therefore, I will not leave any star ratings. This was actually pretty fun. With simple..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Through Death New Life: "Something's happening" September 12, 2025 "Note: This is a review of an Introcomp entry, and therefore, I will not leave any star ratings. Hmm... this one is tricky. You wake up in..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews .22LR: "I survived" September 12, 2025 "Note: This is a review of an Introcomp entry, and therefore, I will not leave any star ratings. You find yourself the sole survivor of a..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The 404 Society: "Animal Crossing meets cyber-ghost hunting" September 12, 2025 "Wow. This is a seriously cool game. I figured that I'd spend this month focused on reviewing IFComp games, but I saw this listed on the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Penny Nichols, Troubleshooter: "An AI prompt, and nothing more" September 12, 2025 "Penny Nichols, Troubleshooter This game consists of instructions to an AI on how to run a game for a human player. I was excited to see..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Conversation in a Dark Room: "A life-and-death interview in a dark bar at night (in 3 acts)" September 11, 2025 "A Conversation in a Dark Room This is an author's first game, but is well-polished and has multiple endings and engaging dialogue. You..." - See full review

A new listing for Lord, by Olli J. Paavola

A new listing for The 404 Society, by McGravin

MathBrush reviews *OVER*: "Long twine game about big family gathering, vacation, and escape" September 11, 2025 "This is a long Twine game about a family of 19 that visits a theme park that (to me) seems clearly Disney-influenced (due to things like..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Choice of the Rock Star: "Hitting the rock bottom" September 11, 2025 "You start out at home, playing a wonderfully traditional musical instrument which absolutely does not invoke images of a rock star...." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews You Cannot Speak: "Press "..." to say nothing" September 11, 2025 "You Cannot Speak opens with an ambiguous dream sequence. You dream that Claudia- the game seems to think you know her- is trying to save..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Saltwrack: "Assemble a team and explore a salt-ravaged future world" September 11, 2025 "This is a genre of story I like: in a postapocalyptic world caused by unexplainable events that warp the very definition of life, an..." - See full review

News on IntroComp 2025: Final results September 10, 2025 The winners of IntroComp 2025 have been announced. Congratulations!

Atreyu_Celestine reviews The Witch Girls: "A coming-of-age story that goes off kilter" September 10, 2025 "I left a spoiler-free review on the competition's website, so I thought I'd give my thoughts on more specific moments. For anyone..." - See full review

Atreyu_Celestine reviews Grove of Bones: "Great short horror with fantastic dialogue" September 10, 2025 "Absolutely fantastic, compelling premise that tackles greater good vs personal commitments in an intense and captivating way. " - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Rock's Tale: "Branching, multiple path game about a talking rock and the people it encounters" September 10, 2025 "This was a fun game. You play as a rock on a wilderness path. You are a talking rock. At first, all you can do is have random encounters..." - See full review

Atreyu_Celestine reviews Blood of Creation: "Interesting concept, efficient beginning" September 10, 2025 "While it's only the very beginning of the story, I think it does a great job setting up its premise, getting all the necessary..." - See full review

A new listing for Saintsridge Angels, by Atreyu Celestine

MathBrush reviews INPUT PROCESS: "Three acts of thoughtful discussion with a fictional AI in a future setting" September 10, 2025 "This game really spoke to me. It reminded me quite a bit of the last year of my marriage in an introspective, helpful way (outside of the..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Penthesileia: "Fires blooming everywhere" September 10, 2025 "“Good morning, dear. Has anyone ever told you how handsome you are?” Penthesileia begins with Penny, our protagonist, informing her..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Penthesileia: "Stepford wife in an authoritarian sci-fi story" September 10, 2025 "Penthesilea This is a short twine story about a near-future authoritarian regime where you are wife to one of the highest officials in..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Just Two Wishes: "Commentary on Israel, Trump, and Palestine through metaphor" September 9, 2025 "This is one of several games entered into this competition translated from other languages, in this case Spanish, although I didn't see..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Grove of Bones: "Short horror Choicescript game about carnivorous trees" September 9, 2025 "I was surprised this one wasn't reviewed on the spreadsheet yet. Jacic has a history of doing small, well-polished creepy stories, so I..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Backpackward: "Neat backpack inventory interface but only an introduction to a story" September 9, 2025 "This is more of a demo than an actual game. Literally none of the conflicts introduced in the story are resolved by the time it ends, and..." - See full review

A new listing for Fairytale Detective Mystery 1, by Santosh H

ChanceOfFire reviews An Unexpectedly Green Journey: "It ain't easy being green" September 8, 2025 "At over one million words, An Unexpectedly Green Journey has plenty of content which will keep you entertained for a long time. Unlike..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Hobbiton Recall: "Yes - it's every bit as terrible as it sounds!" September 8, 2025 "The title of this review is a quote from the author-supplied blurb for Hobbiton Recall. It is, unfortunately, accurate. It's not clear..." - See full review

News on Why Pout?: Why Pout version 7 released, but play IFComp games instead! September 8, 2025 The new binary is here, with a fuller rundown of changes. There's very little different in terms of gameplay, but I added a few jokes that cropped up in my weekly file notes. To scour them without playing,... - Details

A new listing for Blood of Creation, by Jekyllstein Gray

OtisTDog reviews By All Reasonable Knowledge: "Barely functional interaction coupled to fundamentally anti-player design" September 8, 2025 "This game needs a lot more work before it's even worth trying, let alone entering in a competition. The intfiction.org review by B.J...." - See full review

A new listing for Bael's Rock: A Text Adventure, by GameClicks

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