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A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, My new walkthroughs for April 2021 April 27, 2021 8 items On Tuesday April 27, 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 more...

A new listing for RLCraft, by Walter Strouse

Chin Kee Yong reviews Choice of Robots: "A masterclass in science fiction" April 27, 2021 "Choice of Robots is an excellent, highly replayable SF story about the impact of automation and artificial intelligence on modern..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Eleanor: "Orpheus revisited." April 26, 2021 "Your love is gone. Dead. You wish to see her once more. Maybe even stay with her in the dark... Or say your goodbyes and live... Eleanor..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Manor on top of the Hill: "A straightforward mysterious mansion game" April 26, 2021 "This Adventuron game was designed for the Text Adventure Literacy Project, and it seems designed to be safe and simple. Only two-word..." - See full review

Anya Johanna DeNiro reviews Jetbike Gang: "a grimdark haiku" April 26, 2021 "Jetbike Gang is a masterclass in finding that sweet spot between concision and evoking a world right on the edges of one's sight. The..." - See full review

A new listing for An "ordinary" day of a gambler, by Fabio Pellerano

A new Recommended List by beecadee, Games set in laboratories April 25, 2021 6 items I love the IF trope of exploring the mysterious, often abandoned or run-down research facility/lab. Here I'm collecting some of my favorite games within that genre. Listed in no particular order

A new listing for A Lozenge, by Party for Introverts

News on A Rope of Chalk: Mysteries of "A Rope of Chalk" April 24, 2021 A list of seven mysteries has been uploaded.

Mike Russo reviews Project Arcmör: "Pretty, brutish, and short" April 23, 2021 "(I beta tested this game) Project Arcmör is a Twine horror/sci-fi hybrid that has no compunctions about killing you. Most frequently..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The Hugo Clock: "What are those things outside?" April 23, 2021 "Hopefully, you will never know. Instead, you run indoors and slam the door behind you. So, you made your way into Dr.Hugo's (yes, doctor..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews So I Was Short Of Cash And Took On A Quest: "Fun but underripe" April 23, 2021 "So I Was Short of Cash… is a rarity in this Spring Thing, as it’s a story-light, puzzle-focused parser game that doesn’t take..." - See full review

A new listing for you need bones., by prophet curseofcrows

ACute Disease reviews The Blue Lettuce: "Absolutely Adorable" April 23, 2021 "It's a simple game, a good short introduction to classic IF. It's light-hearted, cute, and funny. And still manages to hide some..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Budacanta: "Worthwhile even though currently incomplete" April 23, 2021 "Rounding out the excerpts in this year’s Back Garden, Budacanta is a visual novel with ropey graphics but a neat conceit: you’re a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Manikin Demo: "The mannequins are legit terrifying" April 23, 2021 "A demo with not much there yet, Manikin nonetheless does a good job of realizing its text-message conceit and presenting an appealing..." - See full review

A new listing for Fetch a Pail of Water, by Fetch

Rovarsson reviews The Duel That Spanned the Ages: "Solving puzzles with a gun in your hand." April 22, 2021 "IF has its fair share of unfinished trilogies and abandoned series.This can be disappointing (or, depending on the quality of the piece,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Project Arcmör: "Sci-fi exploration with a map" April 22, 2021 "I beta tested this game. This is a Twine game with great multimedia. You are exploring a derelict space craft under the auspices of an..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Eyewear Cleaner 2077: "Promising start" April 22, 2021 "The NPC-eye view of a AAA video game is a genre I’m often a little hesitant about – it can easily devolve into a delivery vehicle for..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Shadowcutie, Romances to make you swoon April 22, 2021 19 items What is a Choose Your Own Adventure game without a little romance? Whether it is the main focus or simply runs along side an already great story, here are some games with wonderfully sweet and/or steamy...

A new listing for Llorona the Fractured, by Jojo+Mariam

Andrew Schultz reviews Sandcastle Master: "Kid stuff, but not just for its own sake" April 22, 2021 "With games featuring youth I'm always a bit worried that there will be nostalgia-pandering, but this game left my worries baseless. It..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Sentient Beings: "Plot: Bot, Spot a Lot" April 22, 2021 "Day and night are often just slipped into a game to provide realism, or give the player unofficial barriers that don't feel like puzzles...." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Blue Lettuce: "8 vegetables, but more pleasant than V-8" April 21, 2021 "The Blue Lettuce was the only Inform game in the Text Adventure Literacy Jam, but it doesn't feel out of place, and its quality reflects..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Theatre of Spud: "Not ready for opening night" April 21, 2021 "Theatre of Spud is another Python game requiring a bit of elbow-grease to get working on a PC. Unlike Space Diner, though, I found the..." - See full review

A new listing for Last Adventure, by Mavridis Philippe a.k.a. blu.256

Andrew Schultz reviews Barry Basic and the Quick Escape: "Basically Barry Enjoyable" April 21, 2021 "This is a neat production where you must control three teens. One, Barry Basic, has snuck into an old-fashioned computer control room..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Cycles (Excerpt): "A promising fragment" April 21, 2021 "Another incomplete Back Garden offering, Cycles has be interested to see what comes next but doesn’t offer much more than a teaser...." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Baluthar: "Idolizing Vengeance." April 21, 2021 "A lonely bedridden father... His son gone down the well to seek demonic assistance in avenging his mother's death... A statue of..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Basilica de Sangre: "Funny Demonic Nunnery." April 21, 2021 "The nuns of the nigh impenetrable Nunnery of Blood have taken your mother. Against all odds and the other demons' advice, you will..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Space Diner: "Comfort gaming" April 21, 2021 "Space Diner feels like a throwback, putting me in mind of oddball text games I’d find on late-80’s demo disks –an alien..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Blue November: "Incomplete but intriguing" April 21, 2021 "Blue November isn’t a complete game, but based on this Back Garden offering, I’m hoping to see it finished while also being worried..." - See full review

A new listing for willow blossoms, by Meg Sharp

Canalboy reviews Kingdom of Hamil: "Kingdom Of Hamil - Jonathan Partington Shows Signs Of Mercy" April 20, 2021 "With Kingdom of Hamil , or just Hamil as it was originally known in its mainframe form, the author Jonathan Partington chose to be a..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Medicum Veloctic: "Crisis medicine." April 20, 2021 "Night after night you sit awake, waiting for your superhero-boyfriend to come home so you can patch up his injuries. It's hurting you...." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Fish & Dagger: "Hilarious, meta satire" April 20, 2021 "This was the last game I played in this year’s main festival, and oh what a treat when things end with a bang, not a whimper. Fish and..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Baggage: "An abstract fable" April 20, 2021 "I’ve noted in several of my other reviews that I prefer games that get specific, providing details to ground their narratives in a..." - See full review

Chin Kee Yong reviews La Nageuse Écarlate: "A ship without cargo" April 19, 2021 "This is a very basic pirate game where the objective is to steal treasures and bring them back home. I played it to practice reading..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Picton Murder Whodunnit: "Murder most sparse." April 19, 2021 "Picton Murder Whodunnit is a short and sparse random-perpetrator murder mystery. I played through it only once, so I can't really comment..." - See full review

A new listing for La Nageuse Écarlate, by Julien Zamor

Mike Russo reviews Medicum Veloctic: "Grimdark superhero melodrama" April 18, 2021 "My fingers keep wanting to type this as “Medium Veloctic”, but there is nothing mid-range about this superhero medical thriller,..." - See full review

A new listing for 1-555-trouble, by Julien Zamor

Rovarsson reviews Sovereign Citizens: "Too luxurious to be livable." April 18, 2021 "This is more an experience than a game. Sovereign Citizens lets the player look over the shoulder of a homeless woman while she's..." - See full review

A new poll by J. J. Guest, Choice-Based Games with a Spoke and Hub Structure created April 18, 2021 10 votes for 9 games After playing a couple of the Fabled Lands gamebooks, I noticed they use a Spoke and Hub structure. I'm interested in choice-based IF games which use a similar structure. Sam Kabo Ashwell's blog post...

Mike Russo reviews Those Days: "A sharply-written pleasure" April 18, 2021 "Those Days tells a story you’ve heard a million times before – a young man outgrowing his best friend as he grows up – and does so..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet: "Cave crawling Ambassador" April 18, 2021 "After three weeks as a guest of the Northland Empire, you've had it with these carefully guided official visits and tours designed to..." - See full review

A new listing for Ghost Mountain, by Michael Cox

A new listing for The Singular Adventure of the Indigo Violet, by David Fletcher

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