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A new listing for 20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer, by Oliver Luschnath

A new listing for 1789, by Laurent-Pierre Gilliard, Vincent Baillet, Yves Laurisse

A new listing for 0 Grad Nord, by Kemal Ezcan

A new listing for 'EE's Lost His Marbles, by James L. Matthews

bpeel reviews Fajfeta sur la Luno: "Amuzeta sed tro mallonga por esti vera ludo" August 9, 2021 "Mi ĝojas ke ekzistas tekstaventuroj en Esperanto kaj antaŭĝojis ludi ĉi tiun kiam mi trovis ĝin. Mi sidiĝis komforte kaj komencis..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Crypt: "An inconspicuous church, somewhere in England..." August 9, 2021 "In the back-chamber of this small church on the English countryside, you meet the sleepy vicar. He recounts of the crypt below that was..." - See full review

Ruber Eaglenest reviews The Griffin and the Minor Canon: "Delightful piece" August 9, 2021 "This has been delightful and fun, although a little tedious to navigate. This is a common problem on hypertexts that tries to use model..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Floatpoint: "Extraterrestrial Diplomacy" August 6, 2021 "(Nothing in this review gives away solutions to puzzles or tells you what choices to make. However, if you want to experience the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Black Knife Dungeon: "A rogue-like test battle game with randomization and attention to detail" August 6, 2021 "Arthur DiBianca has explored the creative space available for limited parsers for many years now. The sheer number of puzzles he has come..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews Tally Ho: "Wodehousian delight!" August 6, 2021 "I've played Tally Ho! several times and each time is a Wodehousian delight. Go forth, serve tea, and be merry!"

NMCannon reviews Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road: "Bold storytelling" August 6, 2021 "With stellar writing, bold storytelling, and nail-biting stakes, this is, hands down, one of the best Vampire: the Masquerade games. If..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews For All The Saints Who From Their Labours Rest: "Discover the secrets of a new saint caught between Hell and the Church" August 4, 2021 "This is one of Fallen London's Exceptional Stories that gets recommended a lot. Exceptional Stories are IAP's for the main Fallen London..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Jigsaw: "20th Century Tidbits" August 4, 2021 "I remember getting a very intimidating book as a present when I was a small child. I was amazed that it had more than a thousand pages...." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Somewhere, Somewhen: "YMMV, but I got mileage" August 3, 2021 "Seeing this game place second-to-last in ParserComp was the motivation I needed to write a review. I rather liked it, and yet I can't..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Snowhaven: "A cozy (or sad) wilderness parser game with graphics and sound" August 3, 2021 "This was a truly pleasant game to play. The art was very lovely, reminding me of a more advanced version of the art in Laura Knauth's..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Gruesome: "A classic adventure from the grue's perspective" August 3, 2021 "I beta tested this game. This game is written using the author's own Versificator system, an excellent system built up over many years...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Waiting for the Day Train: "A pleasant game about reaching a train. Has two perspectives" August 3, 2021 "This game opens with a spooky pixel art world and story, then transitions to a generally pleasant, somewhat magical real life world with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Daddy's Birthday: "A cute little birthday game written by a kid" August 3, 2021 "This game was co-written by an 8-year-old girl and her father. Having a kid around that age that I've made IF games with, I completely..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Return to the Stars: "A science fiction prison break game" August 3, 2021 "This game is the author's first game, which is surprising considering the level of detail and programming in the game, although there are..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Fivebyfivia Delenda Est: "A bite-sized chess puzzle" August 3, 2021 "I generally enjoy games by Andrew Schultz, and this was no exception. It's a small game on a 5x5 chess square with a few short chess..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Foreign Soil: "A space colonization parser game with a fun opening sequence" August 3, 2021 "I remembered this game when I played it during the competition, but I couldn't remember where. Was I a beta tester? No, I wasn't in the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Danny Dipstick: "Pick-up artist training simulator as a small parser game " August 3, 2021 "Danny Dipstick is a compact, polished puzzle game where you play as an uncharismatic man who is desperate to get a girl's phone number...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Grandpa's Ranch: "A charming short treasure hunt on a grandfather's farm" August 3, 2021 "This game is, I believe, a late entry to the recent parser competition that was for 2-word introductory games for kids. It's a simple..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Loud House 'game on': "A Nickolodeon-based game made by a kid" August 3, 2021 "This is an unpolished but complex and amusing parser game made by a kid. It's strongly based on different Nickolodeon series, starting..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Acid Rain: "A fastidious timed puzzle about assembling electrical components" August 3, 2021 "This game has you stuck at the side of the road with a dead battery in the middle of some deadly acid rain. You'll end up searching a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Faeries Of Haelstowne: "A huge, complex story/puzzle game about dangerous Faeries" August 3, 2021 "This game is very, very long, certainly the longest adventuron game I've seen. It's split up into 6 or so parts, and the first part alone..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Arkham Abomination: "A windows parser Lovecraftian game with compact story" August 3, 2021 "This game is an interesting mix of skill and rough edges. I'm going to review it on my five-criteria scale: -Polish: The game could use a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Yesternight: "A tiny parser game in AdvSys" August 3, 2021 "The author has said elsewhere that this is just a small game that will be more polished later on. It uses the AdvSys language, which is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Somewhere, Somewhen: "A lengthy QBASIC traditional adventure with magic and codes" August 3, 2021 "This game is a large treasure hunt that, like very early parser games, is a mishmash of fantasy and modern concepts put together for a..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Somewhere, Somewhen: "ParserComp 2021: Somewhere, Somewhen" August 2, 2021 "For all the mystery of the terminal, for all the mindboggling puzzling, perhaps Zork can be best captured in a dream: the homebrewer..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Return to the Stars: "ParserComp 2021: Return to the Stars" August 2, 2021 "“Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die.” – Alfred, Lord Tennyson I think one of the reasons..." - See full review

kaemi reviews The Faeries Of Haelstowne: "ParserComp 2021: The Faeries of Haelstowne" August 2, 2021 "“They’re a funny lot over in those parts. Superstitious. Someone’s hiding something; don’t let them pull the wool over your..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Grooverland: "ParserComp 2021: Grooverland" August 2, 2021 "“We also, I say, ought to copy these bees, and sift whatever we have gathered from a varied course of reading, for such things are..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Daddy's Birthday: "ParserComp 2021: Daddy's Birthday" August 2, 2021 "Daddy’s Birthday is a pleasant and adorable collaboration between a girl and her father, written to celebrate the eponymous Daddy’s..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Snowhaven: "ParserComp 2021: Snowhaven" August 2, 2021 "A commonality between the successes of Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, and Minecraft is that many of us, scattered across continents in..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Gruesome: "ParserComp 2021: Gruesome" August 2, 2021 "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are eaten by a grue, it seems, in the latest work by Robin Johnson, the author of Dectectiveland (2016),..." - See full review

Jacqueline A. Lott reviews Micropuzzle: "Come for the Puzzles, Stay for the History" August 1, 2021 "This game is interesting in a couple of key ways, so I'm glad to have experienced it, even if I didn't necessarily love the game itself...." - See full review

A new listing for To Be You, by Sandeep Singh, Celestia De Roza, Cheng Him, Crispin Rodrigues, Don Shiau, Izyanti Asa'ari, Jennifer Anne Champion, Pamela Seong Koon, Praval Visvanath, Sarah Mak, Shivram Gopinath, tysha khan, Ummi Tasfia, Valen Lim

A new listing for Eye on the Prize, by flyingkiwigirl

idontwanttodie reviews Conscientia - The Book of Eidos: "Great game" July 28, 2021 "Honestly, I doubt anyone will read this review, but it's a great game. Intriguing worlds, great art, awesome dialogue, and unique UI..." - See full review

Ruber Eaglenest reviews Memoria: "Return to the land of The People" July 28, 2021 "Excellent Interactive Science Fiction exquisitely developed and written (in Spanish). It is hypertext (although it is not Twine). It..." - See full review

dvs reviews 9:05: "A clever idea in text adventure form" July 26, 2021 "My nephew and I were amused by this bare-bones vignette in which every turn another minute passes and we're already late and the phone is..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Grooverland: " Dimension-shifting theme-park" July 26, 2021 "Happy birthday to you! It's your special day and your parents have gone all out and got you the Queen-package for Grooverland. It's an..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The Faeries Of Haelstowne: "Midsummer Magicks" July 24, 2021 "(This review is for the competition release of the game. I fully expect many of the bumps to be smoothed out in a postcomp-release.) I..." - See full review

Inbrovert reviews ...: "4/5" July 21, 2021 "Fair warning: I've only played the first game. Loved it- it is EXACTLY what you expected from the title. Couple clever digs at the..." - See full review

Inbrovert reviews Witness to the end: "2, 3/5?" July 21, 2021 "G'day, I read it. First off- check your inconsistencies! You've used ';' wrong, and have some commas followed by capitalised words, When..." - See full review

A new competition page: 2021 New Media Writing Prize (12th Annual) created July 19, 2021 We are looking for good storytelling (fiction or non-fiction) written specifically for delivery and reading/viewing on a PC or Mac, the web, or a hand-held device such as an iPad or mobile phone. It could be...

A new listing for ナツノカナタ | natsuno-kanata, by Kazuhide Oka

jakomo reviews Worldsmith: "Epic multimedia space opera: Arthur C Clarke meets Asimov meets Frank Herbert" July 18, 2021 "Pay-what-you-want text adventure that runs in a browser and includes images, video and music. An amazing opening puzzle: build a world..." - See full review

A new competition page: Infocom Tribute Jam created July 18, 2021 In April 2019, the world of interactive fiction was turned on its head when the source code to every Infocom text adventure was released to the general public. In honor of the games and the legacy of the...

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