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kaemi reviews we, the remainder: "Kaemi's IFComp 2021 Reviews" November 14, 2021 "Terseness keeps the rhythm raw: “he was probably handsome, when he had his skin.” Rawness pervades, even as this world that has..." - See full review

A new listing for Dark Powers, by Thomas Binzinger

Wade Clarke reviews The Little Lifeform That Could: "Small choice game about a blob that can evolve how you want it to." November 14, 2021 "(This review originally appeared as a blog post of mine during IFComp 2016.) I thought I recognised the 'blob of goop evolves to..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The River of Blood: "Explore a constantly-flowing river of blood in adventuron" November 14, 2021 "This adventuron game, written in < 4 hours, has a couple of nice pixel art images thrown in, which I suspect was hard to do in the time..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Deep in the Spooky Scary Woods: "A short, classic-style Halloween CYOA set in the woods" November 14, 2021 "This is just a choose-your-own adventure story with a Halloween theme. You are alone in the woods with various options, and have two..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews This Person Is Not My Father: "A short, linear twine tale about a true-life parental tragedy" November 14, 2021 "This is a short Twine entry in Ectocomp 2021 and is, I believe from comments on intfiction, based on a true story. You are a young girl..." - See full review

A new poll by Cryptic Puffin, Highly atmospheric and immersive games created November 14, 2021 42 votes for 22 games I'm looking for games with effective use of location, language, etc. to really immerse you in the locale and the story, no matter the genre-- any game which you felt really taken with the atmosphere would be...

MathBrush reviews The Fable of the Kabu: "A short graphical game with text narrative about a baby nightmare" November 14, 2021 "This game is written in Mosi, which apparently is like Bitsy but for mobile. Both platforms are used to do basic pixel art and to have..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Sommelier Nuit: "An unfinished game about guessing types of blood" November 14, 2021 "This is a game with a lot of good ideas that get kind of lost in execution. It was written in 4 hours, and not finished. It uses..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Lookout: "Story-driven horror tale over several days at a forest lookout" November 14, 2021 "This is a complex story written in Inform. You play as a man who recently experienced a haunting tragedy. Driven to solitude, you take..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews The House at the End of Rosewood Street: "A weird mystery with more newspaper-delivering than Paperboy" November 14, 2021 "The House at the End of Rosewood Street is a mysterious, strange and significantly imperfect adventure in which you play a caretaker to..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews The Dead Account: "Just doing my job" November 13, 2021 "In this story, you have to read messages to a dead person left by their loved ones. Then, you have to contact the loved ones and ask them..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews LIDO: "A creepy short Ectocomp game" November 13, 2021 "This is an excellent creepy short Twine game made for Ectocomp in less than 4 hours. It features custom CSS styling that nicely..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The Voyage of the Resplendent: "Star Police!" November 13, 2021 "After a long period of peace, the United Empire of Imperatrix Emera is experiencing unrest. Riots have broken out on several planets of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Fishing Cat: "Amateur witch hunters make a tough decision (in Choicescript form)" November 13, 2021 "This game is set in 1500's France. You are a student, with a group of other students, and there are rumours of a witch in the city. This..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed: "Secrets around every corner" November 13, 2021 "This is a lengthy parser game in which you must explore a "...beautiful old house haunted by a lost soul." Your command set is very..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews Codex Sadistica: A Heavy-Metal Minigame: "This game will melt your ugly face" November 13, 2021 "I guess I'm not a true metalhead. It took me way too long to figure out the possibilities of this game. I came SO CLOSE to reading the..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews Toiletworld: "One star." November 13, 2021 "(This review originally appeared as a blog post of mine during IFComp 2016.) Imaginatively, a fractally projected world of toilets...." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews How the monsters appeared in the Wasteland: "Unrelenting action" November 13, 2021 "This game does a great job of slamming you right in the middle of the action and pummeling you with a sense of urgency. I haven't read..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews Enveloping Darkness: "Would you like to be praised for saving the realm?" November 13, 2021 "Here is a game that is quick and easy to play. It is choice based, usually offering two links at the end of short passages. It is a..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews The Belinsky Conundrum: "Stick to clicking links -- don't type anything other than your name" November 13, 2021 "I liked the mechanic of playing a game in Messenger. To progress, you usually have three options you can choose from. It is a spy..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews The Daughter: ""There is nothing that can be said...to console us in our loss."" November 13, 2021 "This was a short, choice based story set in the future. The description tells us that a girl has died and our player character is Angra,..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews Finding Light: "I enjoyed this game" November 13, 2021 "This was a well-written, enjoyable parser game set in a fantasy world. It had a fun game mechanic where you have to switch your..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews Ollie Ollie Oxen Free: "Deep multi-NPC gameplay too deep with bugs" November 13, 2021 "(This review originally appeared as a blog post of mine during IFComp 2013.) Ollie Ollie Oxen Free is a primary school-based adventure of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Ghost Story: "A short game with slowly increasing capability in a spooky atmosphere" November 12, 2021 "This is a Petite Morte Ectocomp 2021 game, written in 4 hours or less and featuring the custom parser system used in the author's game..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews An Aside About Everything: "Surreal adventure" November 12, 2021 "Here is a fairly short story about a man looking for someone who has been missing. He wanders through several dream-like settings and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews My Flat: "A short story about an evil apartment" November 12, 2021 "This is a fairly short twine game made in 4 hours for Ectocomp 2021 (Petite Morte division). In it, there is an interesting take on..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews Trapped in Time: "No computer required for this time travel game that looks forward and back." November 12, 2021 "(This review originally appeared as a blog post of mine during IFComp 2013.) Trapped in Time is a fun and novel CYOA game which operates..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews Coloratura: "Great sci-fi from the POV of an aqueous alien entity" November 12, 2021 "(This review originally appeared as a blog post of mine during IFComp 2013.) Coloratura is an outstanding parser-driven adventure in..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews All the Colors of the Rainbow: "Multi-colored horror personality quiz?" November 12, 2021 "This is a Twine game about a book. The book is said to drive people to madness. The book is associated with 7 colors, and each of those..." - See full review

A new listing for Intruso, by forta

A new listing for Museo de curiosidades, by Clara Cordero

A new listing for Entre líneas de fuego, by paravaariar

MathBrush reviews Fat Ass: "Kinetic fiction about demons and obesity" November 11, 2021 "I played both versions of this game: the 'basic' 0.5 mb strippd-down version and the full 800 mb version with multimedia. The latter is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Weary Eerie Way: "A surreal world with pig latin sprinkled throughout" November 11, 2021 "This game is an overflow for ideas that didn't fit into the author's previous Pig Latin-themed game, Under They Thunder. Like the..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews Beneath Fenwick: "Don't read any spoilers" November 11, 2021 "I recommend playing this game. I do not recommend reading too much about it before you play. I didn't even read the description, and I'm..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Psyops, Yo: "A brief game with a symmetric premise" November 11, 2021 "This is a wordplay game centered around the idea of repeated sequences of letters (like how the title, 'psyops, yo' consists of 'psyo'..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Cryptic Puffin, Best of Comedy November 11, 2021 11 items IF comes in many packages, from sci-fi to fantasy to surrealistic, but it's my opinion that the best of them all come in the form of comedies; is there anything better than adventuring and laughing at the...

Rachel Helps reviews Goat Game: "Beautiful game about workplace problems" November 11, 2021 "This game is gorgeous, with slightly-animated illustrations for various sections of the story. I chuckled when I scrolled down to read..." - See full review

A new listing for Dragon's Pass, by Wade Clarke

MathBrush reviews Crumbs 3: The Last Crumb: "Deal with a struggling food bank and personal decisions" November 11, 2021 "This is the third game in the Crumbs series by Katie Benson, all of which deal with a struggling foodbank and the effects of Brexit. All..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Return to Castle Veederstone ...for the first time ...for the last time: "A blend of game types in a spoof on Castle Balderstone" November 11, 2021 "For several years now, Ryan Veeder has entered a game with a variation on th name Tales from Castle Balderstone. Previously, these games..." - See full review

A new listing for A Game of Among Us, by rainghost1

A new listing for Cairo Blues, by B Vander Wel

MathBrush reviews Your Death, in two acts: "Emily Dickinson, twice" November 10, 2021 "This is a Petite Mort game, meaning it was created in 4 hours or less. The author has chosen two lovely Emily Dickinson poems focused on..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Death Plays Battleship: "Trippy in retrospect" November 10, 2021 "It's good news when an EctoComp entry is replayable. It's also quite good when I have to replay it, and I know it'll be worth it. But for..." - See full review

Tito Valenz reviews The Miller's Garden: "Was it really worth the reduced floodplain inundation rates?" November 10, 2021 "This game looks nice and is easy to navigate, but it wasn't much fun. It's very repetitive. It makes a heavy-handed point if you play..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Fable of the Kabu: "Dreaming in color -- well, only 2 at a time" November 10, 2021 "From the screenshots, FoK seemed like this was one of those RPGs you could just lawnmower through. Which was a change of pace. And..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Deep in the Spooky Scary Woods: "Quick silly fun. Maybe a bit too quick." November 9, 2021 "If you are going to make a last-day entry, EctoComp is the competition to do things in, and Twine definitely helps. Healy is an EctoComp..." - See full review

ChrisM reviews An Aside About Everything: "Noir, a shade too obscure" November 9, 2021 "A heavily introspective, noir-styled choice-based game about a guy searching for a girl against a backdrop of surreal landscapes..." - See full review

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