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IFDB site news December 6, 2021 New this week: The team has been hard at work on improvements to IFDB. Reorganized header links Added "Play On-line" support for TADS and Hugo

IFDB site news December 6, 2021 Reorganized header links: Most of the header links only make sense if you're logged in (Profile, Settings, My Activity, Inbox), so we now hide all of those and just show a "Log In" link when you're logged out. When you're logged in on mobile, we put all of those links in a new "Menu" menu.

IFDB site news December 6, 2021 Added "Play On-line" support for TADS and Hugo: As of two weeks ago, Parchment now supports TADS and Hugo, so we've updated our TADS 2, TADS 3, and Hugo games to include a "Play On-line" button.

Jade68 reviews Alabaster: "A polished NPCs for a great story." December 6, 2021 "This is a great dialog experiment. First time I played the game I found several (6) endings, as I played the adventure as a normal one...." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews My Gender Is a Fish: "Well-crafted and thought-provoking" December 6, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Starbreakers: "old school logic puzzles with neat twists" December 6, 2021 "I don't think you're supposed to get what's going on right away, here. It seems like just an escape-the-spaceship puzzle with other..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by OverThinking, Some of my favorites December 5, 2021 29 items In alphabetical order

Nomad reviews The Magician's Ball: "Technically interesting. " December 5, 2021 "C64 only. A slightly obscure commercial game, didn't get much attention back when it was published, which was in 1985. The game throws..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Cryptic Puffin, Little Hidden Gems December 5, 2021 9 items Sometimes it takes a lot of digging to find a nice, chill game to play when you feel like it, and sometimes you end up uncovering some really good, small games that don't really get the attention they...

A new listing for Being a Thing - 2, by R. Asu

A new Recommended List by MacGhee, Games to Try December 5, 2021 18 items

Mike Russo reviews Fourbyfourian Quarryin': "A knight to remember" December 5, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

yena reviews A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity: "Small but fun!" December 5, 2021 "This small game for PunyJam 2 is well written and fun, with a good variation in puzzles. Good descriptions and all I tried had reasonable..." - See full review

yena reviews Morris: "The horror!" December 5, 2021 "A tiny game, but so much happening. The game is fun and unusual, and I had to look into this Morris madness which was a nice tangent :)..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Library: "A fun romp through well-loved classics" December 5, 2021 "If an entry in IFComp is going to have one word (articles don't count,) then "Library" has to be up there near the top for me. I enjoy..." - See full review

Cryptic Puffin reviews A hypertext night: "A short, hair-raising story" December 4, 2021 "I'm definitely a wimp when it comes to horror, but this game is, I think, terrifying by any standard. Though it might possibly have..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Dead Account: "A pinhole view of grief" December 4, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Brave Bear: "You can't hate a game like this" December 4, 2021 "Brave Bear is a short and sweet little game about a teddy bear who senses their owner's terror. It's not perfect, and in fact, there do..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Domestic Elementalism: "Interesting, clever, compact game involving shuffling the 4 elements" December 3, 2021 "I played the author's 2021 IFComp entry, After-Words, first, and I was intrigued enough to give Domestic Elementalism a look. AW is..." - See full review

A new listing for transit, by Henrike Lode

Mike Russo reviews Taste of Fingers: "Focused and nasty" December 3, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Limerick Quest: "In 2019, IFComp / Had one game that promised this romp *" December 3, 2021 "The third Pace Smith game to entail All limericks: pass, or a fail? Though Limerick Heist Quite greatly enticed Such rhyming can quickly..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by mg51, Find-all-the-rooms games December 2, 2021 6 items Usually short and contained, not particularly heavy on plot. But they definitely scratch a certain itch.

Mike Russo reviews How it was then and how it is now: "Fearful geometries" December 2, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews 4x4 Galaxy: "The sequel is even better, but you'll want to play both" December 2, 2021 "I played Ultima IV first in the series, and the result was, I never quite appreciated Ultima III as much as others did. Of course I..." - See full review

A new listing for Heavy on the Magick, by Roy Carter, Greg Follis

ChrisM reviews Sting: "A life in six stings" December 1, 2021 "[Note - I beta tested this game] Sting is an autobiographical parser game that sketches a life through a series of six vignettes, each..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews BLK MTN: "Surreal cross-country trip/commune experience" December 1, 2021 "I confess I was uneasy about this one, since it not only featured an all caps title but also one without vowels. The second bit reminds..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews An Aside About Everything: "Too much abstraction" December 1, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

A new poll by OverThinking, Games with complex conversations created November 30, 2021 11 votes for 8 games I'm looking for games with complex NPCs who are able to have in-depth conversations, especially if conversation options change based on other events in the game. The Ur-example is, of course, Galatea, but...

Cryptic Puffin reviews Baking with Lizzie: "Short, Sweet, and Adorable" November 30, 2021 "The plot of Baking with Lizzie is that you're a raccoon (Lizzie) and you want to bake some cookies for your friends before they arrive...." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Recon: "Stylishly confusing" November 30, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Infinite Adventure: "Extends <game redacted> nicely, if not infinitely" November 30, 2021 "If you played another game first in IFComp 2021, this game may've set alarm bells ringing. " - See full review

drunkensmithy89 reviews Planetfall: "A classic " November 29, 2021 "A classic old school vibe to it, really enjoyed it and would love to see more from the author! "

drunkensmithy89 reviews Lost Pig: "Grunk like" November 29, 2021 "Grunk like, lots of fun, really liked the e character interaction and it was nice to have something on the lighter side! "

drunkensmithy89 reviews Counterfeit Monkey: "Excellent! " November 29, 2021 "Really impressive display of talent and creativity. loved the multiple solutions to puzzles and kept you engaged from start to finish! "

drunkensmithy89 reviews Trinity: "Thought provoking concept" November 29, 2021 "Entertaining and thought provoking, i like the idea and has a new concept to it. kept me entertained from start to finish "

drunkensmithy89 reviews Superluminal Vagrant Twin: "good fun" November 29, 2021 "good depth and keeps you entertained and has a bit of grind. definitely worth checking out "

OtisTDog reviews Illuminismo Iniziato: "A genuine comedy of errors" November 29, 2021 "Having very much enjoyed Risorgimento Represso, I was eager to play this sequel when it was first released in 2018. It didn't manage to..." - See full review

A new listing for Scary Tales, by Richard Robinson

Mike Russo reviews extraordinary_fandoms.exe: "Affecting but a little flat" November 29, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The TURING Test: "No need to cram" November 29, 2021 "This is a relatively short game that explores what happens when machines take over humanity for their own good. It starts with a..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews Sting: "A short memoir about bees" November 28, 2021 "First, a disclaimer. Mike Russo reviewed my game and we talked over the course of IF Comp about other stuff. However, Sting caught my..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Miller's Garden: "A simple idea well-communicated" November 28, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews RetroCON 2021: "Several small, simple and very retro games in one" November 28, 2021 "I snickered at the thought of a slice-of-life game from someone named Sir Slice. There are a few other laughs sprinkled throughout this..." - See full review

Nomad reviews 1958: Dancing With Fear: "Awesome" November 27, 2021 "The 1950's in the Caribbean: A steamy, exotic setting, politically overheated, vivid and emotional. You're a spy, not by conviction but..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Unfortunate: "Doubly unfortunate" November 27, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Spirit Within Us: "Thorny subject, some thorny implementation in a custom parser" November 27, 2021 "The Spirit Within Us, by Alessandro Ielo TSWU, with a relatively simple custom parser, is an interesting effort, for all the required..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for November 2021 November 26, 2021 11 items On Friday, November 26, 2021, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even...

A new poll by Malasana, Your crazy friend/relative's crazy house created November 26, 2021 14 votes for 11 games "The archetypal IF setting will always be Your Crazy Friend/Relative's Crazy House. It's the perfect way to work through all the classic IF tropes - plenty of puzzles to solve for no other reason than to see...

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