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zinze reviews Stuff of Legend: "One of the best games of 2020" October 19, 2021 "This is definitely in my top 2-3 games of 2020; it's genuinely funny, the PC is well developed and endearing, the puzzles are interesting..." - See full review

zinze reviews A Murder in Fairyland: "One of the Best of 2020" October 19, 2021 "This game is definitely in my top 2-3 games of 2020 (and honestly I rarely like anything that's not a parser). The writing is lovely, the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Waiting Room: "A creepy but somewhat unpolished hospital horror story" October 19, 2021 "I recently mentioned in another review how I'm a big fan of genre fiction. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about: a classic..." - See full review

RadioactiveCrow reviews A Papal Summons, or The Church Cat: "Short Twine game about the emptiness of medieval Catholicism... I think?" October 19, 2021 "This is a short Twine game in which you play a priest, apparently during the construction of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, with a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Mermaids of Ganymede: "An underwater sci-fi game with deep worldbuilding" October 19, 2021 "Seth Paxton first entered IFComp last year as part of the writing team behind "Big Trouble in Little Dino Park", a fun dinosaur game that..." - See full review

A new listing for Deathtrap, by Deathtrap Productions

AKheon reviews I Contain Multitudes: "Mystery somewhere at sea" October 18, 2021 "I Contain Multitudes is a parser-based game by Wonaglot, published in 2021. You are an engineer on a steam boat. A murder has happened,..." - See full review

bkirwi reviews Codex Sadistica: A Heavy-Metal Minigame: "Pitch-perfect satire" October 18, 2021 "The main blurb gets the premise across pretty well: you're in a metal band, the (terrible) act ahead of you in the lineup is running over..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews Taste of Fingers: "Inadequate treatment of themes of racism" October 18, 2021 "If you check the about screen before playing, you'll see that this game includes a disclaimer: Disclaimer: The thoughts, actions and..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews Infinite Adventure: "More than it seems" October 18, 2021 "This game was released as part of IFComp 2021 alongside another game, And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One, which is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Sting: "A literary autobiography in parser form" October 18, 2021 "In this interactive fiction piece (which I played as part of a group and then again on my own), you play as the author, going through all..." - See full review

A new listing for Wynona Fitzgerald: A Milwaukee Adventure, by Luke Hauge and Clair Willden

MathBrush reviews Off-Season at the Dream Factory: "An illustrated Adventuron game where you play an 'NPC' orc" October 18, 2021 "This is one of two Adventuron games in this comp, and its a great use of the system. The author has used a large number of properly..." - See full review

A new listing for Far From Home, by Bryan Parry (me)

MathBrush reviews AardVarK Versus the Hype: "A multi-character parser game about defeating soda zombies" October 17, 2021 "Every IFComp brings with it some unusual coincidences. I find it fun that this comp has 2 different games (both enjoyable) where you have..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The Song of the Mockingbird: "If only I had my six-shooter..." October 17, 2021 "Well, then this game would not have a reason to exist, which would be a shame. You've fallen head over heels in love with the sensuous..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews You are SpamZapper 3.1: "Save humans from spam while meeting a cast of characters" October 17, 2021 "In this game, you are a sentient program in a computer circa 2000. Your goal is to deal with an influx of emails, ZAPping or APPROVing..." - See full review

A new listing for Buffy: Before the Date, by Archer

A new listing for The Clairvoyant, by Priapus Rex

A new listing for British Fox and the Celebrity Abductions, by Lucilla Frost

MathBrush reviews Beneath Fenwick: "An promising parser-like twine horror game with many loose ends" October 17, 2021 "This game has a lot of good things going for it, but the end product feels like the author ran out of time or energy with creating the..." - See full review

EnriqueHA reviews The Waiting Room: "A place you don't want to come home to at night" October 17, 2021 "This is an exploration horror game that takes place in and around a haunted nursing home, with a central mystery that needs to be solved..." - See full review

EnriqueHA reviews Universal Hologram: "Life on Mars?" October 17, 2021 "In this sci-fi game, a simulated protagonist undergoes an astral projection experience and becomes tasked with getting back to the..." - See full review

EnriqueHA reviews Funicular Simulator 2021: "Up, up and away" October 17, 2021 "This magical mystery game involves taking a ride up a mountain with an odd assortment of possible companions who each hold the key to a..." - See full review

EnriqueHA reviews How it was then and how it is now: "Escape before the polyhedrons get you" October 17, 2021 "This game tells the story of an abstract race against time where the protagonist and his on-again, off-again partner try to hold off an..." - See full review

EnriqueHA reviews The Dead Account: "A heartbreaking choice" October 17, 2021 "This piece follows a content moderator in an online community who faces the decision of closing out the account of a person who has..." - See full review

EnriqueHA reviews Weird Grief: "Losing a friend and lover" October 17, 2021 "This is a heartfelt, slice-of-life Twine piece that details the loss a beloved person and explores how the people in his life grapple..." - See full review

EnriqueHA reviews Fine Felines: "Cats terrific" October 17, 2021 "This life-simulator deals with the ups and downs of a protagonist juggling a new and exciting cat breeding business with the grief of a..." - See full review

EnriqueHA reviews we, the remainder: "The aftermath of an unspeakable event" October 17, 2021 "This choice-based exploration piece tells the story of a girl who wakes up in a deserted community and seeks out food and answers to the..." - See full review

EnriqueHA reviews A Papal Summons, or The Church Cat: "Some doors are better left unopened" October 17, 2021 "A short but sprawling journey, this piece enters the Vatican and delves into the depths of horror as a rural priest tries to get an..." - See full review

EnriqueHA reviews The Golden Heist: "A heist and a half" October 17, 2021 "Set in Ancient Rome during a turbulent time, this game follows a protagonist who seeks to avenge their father by facing off against a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Best Man: "A glimpse into the mind of a 'nice guy'" October 16, 2021 "I know Stephen Bond entirely from his two earlier games: -Rameses (from IFComp 2000), a popular and influential but controversial parser..." - See full review

Passerine reviews Starbreakers: "A series of puzzles packaged in Twine" October 16, 2021 "At its core, Starbreakers is a series of puzzles, but the puzzles are complemented by a slowly unfolding story which wrapped up the game..." - See full review

A new listing for Dante's Decent, by Justin

A new listing for The Room of Mirrors, by Bri Day

A new listing for Deadlines, by Robert Guerra

MathBrush reviews And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One: "A game about playing games and young friendship" October 16, 2021 "This is a complex game where you play computer games on a computer inside the computer that you're now viewing. While you do that,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The House on Highfield Lane: "A Quest 6 game about exploring a bizarre house " October 15, 2021 "This game has two purposes: to show off the new Quest 6 engine, and to be a great IFComp game. For the first, it definitely makes Quest..." - See full review

A new listing for A Pair of Paws, by Daniella Santiago

A new listing for Butcher Baddie, by Kayla Singer

A new listing for A Summers Battle, by Anonymous

MathBrush reviews BLK MTN: "A surreal exploration of history and the present" October 14, 2021 "I had trouble grasping this game as a whole, perhaps due to tiredness or picking unusual branches. From what I can gather, it's a..." - See full review

mg51 reviews Photopia: "Fascinating story, limited gameplay" October 14, 2021 "It's a captivating story that unfolds in a way that makes more sense as you go, leading you to understand the characters and their..." - See full review

A new listing for What Dwells Within, by Emily Ball, Sara Jackson

MathBrush reviews At King Arthur's Christmas Feast: "A Choicescript adaptation of Gawain and the Green Knight" October 14, 2021 "Adaptations in IF are generally very tricky. The list of failed or mediocre adaptations is long (including my own Sherlock Holmes game)..." - See full review

A new listing for A Spy's Escape, by Leslie Calhoun

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MathBrush reviews The Song of the Mockingbird: "A polished Western parser puzzler about surviving a long shootout" October 12, 2021 "This game is a nice entry in a very under-represented niche of parser games: Westerns. While there have been some entries in this genre..." - See full review

SongoftheWolfy reviews Border Reivers: "Disappointing" October 12, 2021 "I was hoping for an actual murder mystery, but with few actual clues and railroading through the plot, this was definitely not it. Game..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews The Golden Heist: "Lovely" October 12, 2021 "A beautiful piece. I especially enjoyed the background music. The game is set in ancient Rome, during the reign of emperor Nero; your..." - See full review

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