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Ann Hugo reviews Lore Distance Relationship: "One of My New Favourites" December 2, 2020 "To say I enjoyed "Lore Distance Relationship" almost feels like an understatement. After all, it's one of my new favourites. It's even..." - See full review

Stian reviews Better than Alone: "A depressingly relevant story" December 2, 2020 "I did not experience this as a horror IF at all, but rather as a sad and personal story, a story that is depressingly relevant for many..." - See full review

Stian reviews Toadstools: "A mythical-scientific trip through the forest" December 2, 2020 "Excellently written and very peculiar, Toadstools takes you on a mythical-scientific trip through the forest. A good amount of thoughtful..." - See full review

Stian reviews A Very Dangerous Criminal: "A pretty good horror story" December 2, 2020 "Despite some lack of polish, this is actually a pretty good horror story. I’m mostly impressed by its narrative arc, which is well..." - See full review

Stian reviews Ebony & Ivory's Halloween Party: "A puzzle of sorts" December 2, 2020 "A choice IF set at a Halloween party, this one has only minimal amounts of dialogue. Here you are tasked with a puzzle of sorts, which..." - See full review

Stian reviews Cabin in the Forest: "A truly horrifying experience" December 2, 2020 "Playing this game was a truly horrifying experience. I’m afraid I can’t say more; the memories are too painful…"

Stian reviews The Curse of the Scarab: "Excellent optimisation parser IF" December 2, 2020 "Not particularly scary, but hilariously funny, The Curse of the Scarab is an optimisation parser IF inspired by Captain Verdeterre’s..." - See full review

Stian reviews Several Other Tales from Castle Balderstone: "Another perfectly framed horror anthology" December 2, 2020 "It’s hard not to love Veeder’s Balderstone series of parser IF – perfectly framed horror anthologies where each tale has its own..." - See full review

Stian reviews The Imposter: "Eerie on a spaceship" December 2, 2020 "Capturing some of the same eeriness as Alien (the film), The Imposter is a very short story set in a spaceship. It’s hardly interactive..." - See full review

Stian reviews Rat Chasm: "A gruesome story" December 2, 2020 "Not really interactive, Rat Chasm features a single link that takes you to a news article on which the story is based. Apart from that,..." - See full review

Stian reviews RED FAST BENT: "I have no idea what is going on here" December 2, 2020 "I have no idea what is going on here. It really doesn’t seem to be randomly generated. The sentences are cool and coherent. It’s..." - See full review

Stian reviews Social Lycanthropy Disorder: "Not for me" December 2, 2020 "This is a choice IF with lots of endings and achievements, presumably a mechanism designed to have you replay again and again, to..." - See full review

Stian reviews Duck Diary: "Melancholy, humour and horror" December 2, 2020 "The most realistic story I have encountered in Ectocomp, Duck Diary is all the more scary for it. Dealing with anxiety and trauma, the..." - See full review

Stian reviews Death Plays Battleship: "More funny than scary" December 2, 2020 "Really more funny than scary, this choice IF parodies the famous chess scene in The Seventh Seal. Death Plays Battleship is very short,..." - See full review

Stian reviews Phantasmagoria: "Disjointed choicescript puzzler" December 2, 2020 "A very short Choicescript game, Phantasmagoria provides a single puzzle of escape, with several endings available. As a puzzle, however,..." - See full review

Stian reviews Ritus Sacri: "Latin is the most evil sounding language" December 2, 2020 "A meticulously crafted parser IF, Ritus Sacti starts off innocently enough with a school task of translating a Latin passage into..." - See full review

Stian reviews Last Day: "Decide how to die" December 2, 2020 "In Last Day, the only progression you will achieve is counting down to the apocalypse. With a ambitiously large map for a game made in..." - See full review

Stian reviews Fracture: "Splendidly horrid" December 2, 2020 "Sumbitted to the La petite mort category in Ectocomp 2020, Fracture is a very short and slightly experimental parser IF that puts you in..." - See full review

Stian reviews A Pilgrim: "An intriguing glimpse into a different world" December 2, 2020 "Made in less than four hours, A Pilgrim provides an intriguing glimpse into a different world. As a lonely wandering pilgrim in an area..." - See full review

Stian reviews The Long Nap: "Short and clever" December 2, 2020 "The Long Nap is written in Dialog, and the first Å-machine game I have played locally. It’s short, clever, appropriately spooky, and..." - See full review

Stian reviews High Jinnks: "Linear but funny" December 2, 2020 "High Jinnks is a funny and well written story about a Jinn trying to get home. As a choice IF, it is more or less completely linear, the..." - See full review

Stian reviews A Catalan Summer: "A detailed historical portrayal" December 2, 2020 "Due to its detailed historical portrayal, A Catalan Summer gives the impression of being based on the story of a real family, describing..." - See full review

Stian reviews Congee: "A cute story about homesickness, friendship and family" December 2, 2020 "Congee is low on interactivity, but it does tell a cute story about homesickness, friendship and family. Interspersed with the text are..." - See full review

Stian reviews Popstar Idol Survival Game: "Uncomfortably broken" December 2, 2020 "Literally an idol survival game, giving you options to sabotage and hurt your competitors, this choice IF is based on an uncomfortable..." - See full review

Stian reviews Captain Graybeard's Plunder: "Literature as escapism" December 2, 2020 "A short choice IF equally remixing and paying homage to classic literary works on the theme of pirates, Captain Graybeard’s Plunder..." - See full review

Stian reviews Phantom: "An investigation into the myth" December 2, 2020 "Phantom is an investigation into the myth and the various portrayals of Erik, the Phantom of the Opera. As a choice IF, it reconstructs..." - See full review

Stian reviews Ghostfinder: Shift: "Truly professional" December 2, 2020 "Ghostfinder: Shift is a truly professional piece of IF. Set in a consistently well imagined and thought-out world of shifters and..." - See full review

Stian reviews Sonder Snippets: "Primarily poetic" December 2, 2020 "Primarily poetic, Sana is a choice IF brimming with links, making for intentionally confusing navigation. The stories seem old, from a..." - See full review

Stian reviews Passages: "A cute little love story" December 2, 2020 "This is a cute little love story, featuring some weird sci-fi elements that remain unexplained in the background. It is not really..." - See full review

Stian reviews SOUND: "Experimental choice IF" December 2, 2020 "SOUND is a particularly experimental choice IF that I’m not entirely sure whether I finished or not. If it were not for the blurb, I..." - See full review

Stian reviews The Eidolon's Escape: "A simple and charming choice puzzler" December 2, 2020 "A simple and charming choice puzzler, The Eidolon’s Escape took me about 10 minutes to play through. As long as you go for the..." - See full review

Stian reviews The Shadow In The Snow: "Minimalist horror" December 2, 2020 "A minimalist but effectively scary horror choice IF, The Shadow in the Snow features good writing and a moody soundtrack (albeit with..." - See full review

Stian reviews At Night: "Not supposed to be random" December 2, 2020 "This choice IF seems to be unfinished. It has clearly been translated, as there still are words in Spanish throughout the game, and..." - See full review

Stian reviews Equal-librium: "Simple moral education" December 2, 2020 "The purpose of this short choice IF seems to be simple moral education. Following anything other than the most virtuous path will quickly..." - See full review

Stian reviews Doppeljobs: "Unique and soundly developed world" December 2, 2020 "The story in this choice IF is mostly linear, with only minor details determining which of the endings you eventually receive. As such,..." - See full review

Stian reviews Tavern Crawler: "A really fun story" December 2, 2020 "Quite humorous and really well polished, Tavern Crawler is a choice based role playing story that works remarkably well. The author has..." - See full review

Stian reviews The Cave: "Fumbling rather randomly around in the dark" December 2, 2020 "Fumbling rather randomly around in the dark, you will experience a lot of repetition in The Cave, but not much in the way of..." - See full review

Stian reviews The Pinecone: "Goatlore" December 2, 2020 "The Pinecone is a very quick piece of IF with a few branches, all of which are related to goatlore. It does not seem to carry any deeper..." - See full review

Stian reviews Stand Up / Stay Silent: "An expression of activism" December 2, 2020 "Essentially an expression of activism, Stand Up / Stay Silent is a sci-fi parable for Black Lives Matter. While I certainly agree with..." - See full review

Stian reviews Quest for the Sword of Justice: "Not obviously an RPG parody" December 2, 2020 "I actually had to consult the other reviews before writing this to see if I had missed out on anything substantial. I turns out I..." - See full review

Stian reviews You Couldn't Have Done That: "Emotional and well done" December 2, 2020 "This story, for it is a story much more than a game, utilises choice in a way I have not seen before in IF, allowing the reader to..." - See full review

Denk reviews Dr Ego and the egg of Man-Toomba: "Fun puzzle adventure" December 2, 2020 "In this game, you play the role of Dr. Ego, an adventurous archaeologist looking for the golden egg of Man-Toomba in the jungle. It is a..." - See full review

AKheon reviews A Calling of Dogs: "A darker place" December 2, 2020 "A Calling of Dogs is a choice-based horror / thriller by Arabella Collins, published in 2020. In it, you’re a woman who is being held..." - See full review

Denk reviews Stuff of Legend: "Funny writing, good puzzles" December 2, 2020 "This game starts out right after the player character has been fired as the village idiot. He must now find something else to do... Lance..." - See full review

AKheon reviews The Impossible Bottle: "Intricately realized puzzling" December 2, 2020 "The Impossible Bottle is a parser-based game by Linus Åkesson, published in 2020. In it, you play as a six-year old girl who has to..." - See full review

AKheon reviews Saint Simon's Saw: "A tool for introspection" December 2, 2020 "Saint Simon’s Saw is a program by Samuel Thomson, published in 2020. I’m not sure if you can call it a game, as it doesn’t have a..." - See full review

AKheon reviews The Eleusinian Miseries: "Delectable and farcical" December 2, 2020 "The Eleusinian Miseries is a parser-based comedy game by Mike Russo, published in 2020. The game is about partaking in secret religious..." - See full review

AKheon reviews Turbo Chest Hair Massacre: "The things people will do for love" December 2, 2020 "Turbo Chest Hair Massacre is a parser-based comedy game by Joey Acrimonious, published in 2020. In it, you’re a woman about to go on a..." - See full review

AKheon reviews Quest for the Sword of Justice: "A lesson for aspiring adventurers" December 2, 2020 "Quest for the Sword of Justice is a short comedy game made on RPG Maker by Damon L. Wakes in 2020. You are an aspiring young adventurer..." - See full review

AKheon reviews Savor: "Quite a confounding savor" December 2, 2020 "Savor is a choice-based horror game by Ed Nobody, published in 2020. The main character seems to be afflicted with a curse that makes his..." - See full review

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