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Stian reviews Move On: "An extremely short action thriller choice game" December 1, 2020 "An extremely short action thriller choice game, Move On demands you figure out its rather neat trick if you want to survive. The little..." - See full review

Stian reviews Stoned Ape Hypothesis: "It has minigames" December 1, 2020 "Renowned comic book author Alan Moore has written a book called "Voice of the Fire" that similarly to this game depicts evolution from a..." - See full review

Stian reviews INFINITUBE: "Excellent humour, but repetitive gameplay" December 1, 2020 "The subtle humour here is brilliant, starting with the tagline “where the imagination stretches as far as limitations can reach”. I..." - See full review

Stian reviews Mother Tongue: "Simple and nice" December 1, 2020 "This was rather nice actually, though not, as one could have expected, a good way to learn a new language. Rather, it’s a discussion on..." - See full review

Stian reviews You Will Thank Me as Fast as You Thank a Werewolf: "Algorithmically generated poetry" December 1, 2020 "Algorithmically generated based on the author’s previous prose, this work does occasionally resemble poetry. While I do consider..." - See full review

Stian reviews Amazing Quest: "Probably art" December 1, 2020 "This “game” has been thoroughly dissected on the intfiction.org forum, and there is not much I can add in terms of content..." - See full review

Stian reviews What the Bus?: "Mostly free from monsters" December 1, 2020 "In What the Bus?, “nightmare” is not a metaphor. A playthrough is essentially a typical bad dream that someone who does rely on..." - See full review

Stian reviews #VanLife: "An educational exercise in living off solar energy" December 1, 2020 "In #VanLife, your task is to enjoy life as much as possible while at the same time being able to do so sustainably. There is not much of..." - See full review

Stian reviews The Call of Innsmouth: "Well written Lovecraft fan fiction" December 1, 2020 "A truly well written Lovecraft fan fiction, which would fit right into any such anthology I have read. In terms of choices, there does..." - See full review

Stian reviews Return to Castle Coris: "Hardcore ADRIFT fantasy" December 1, 2020 "This game takes on the classic style fantasy genre head on, albeit with a more adult focus. The writing is remarkably solid, which..." - See full review

Stian reviews Just another Fairy Tale: "A classic style fantasy adventure" December 1, 2020 "This is a classic style fantasy adventure, seemingly written for young children, but much too hard for me. I picture the boy from Time..." - See full review

Stian reviews Flattened London: "A Fanwork in Two Dimensions" December 1, 2020 "I am fairly familiar with Flatland, but only had a brief glance at Fallen London prior to this game. Flattened London is a truly..." - See full review

Stian reviews Captivity: "Hidden object parser fairy tale" December 1, 2020 "In Captivity, you start off as the fair maiden locked in the tower, but in contrast to most fairy tales, the boys trying to rescue you..." - See full review

Stian reviews BYOD: "Short and cool hacking game" December 1, 2020 "BYOD is a very short parser game, with an estimated playthrough of about 10 minutes, but it packs a lot of coolness into that time...." - See full review

Stian reviews The Wayward Story: "Surreal slice of life" December 1, 2020 "Another piece of puzzleless parser IF, though I’m not sure I understood this one. Then again, perhaps I’m not supposed to. What seems..." - See full review

Stian reviews Ferryman's Gate: "Educational AND ejoyable" December 1, 2020 "Having just finished Ferryman’s Gate, I’m suddenly worried that my use of commas in previous reviews are not entirely up to..." - See full review

Stian reviews Happyland: "Enjoyable detective game" December 1, 2020 "Written entirely in javascript by the author, Happyland is a showcase for a custom parser engine initially inspired by both Infocom games..." - See full review

A new listing for Hank's Journey, by Ogre

A new listing for Spy Mission, by Ogre

Denk reviews For a Place by the Putrid Sea: "Sometimes serious, sometimes a comedy" December 1, 2020 "This game is quite interesting. It takes place in Japan and introduces a little bit of the language and some objects. It is sometimes..." - See full review

Denk reviews Big Trouble in Little Dino Park: "Fun story, several bugs, a guess-the-solution game" December 1, 2020 "This game made in Ink has a short but well-written fun story. It is definitely a game, not just a story since there are many ways to die...." - See full review

AKheon reviews Chorus: "Bureaucratic dark fantasy" December 1, 2020 "Chorus is a choice-based fantasy game by Skarn, published in 2020. The game is about an organization of strange creatures who are trying..." - See full review

Ann Hugo reviews Babyface: "Wonderfully Creepy" December 1, 2020 "I haven't been really reading games' descriptions before trying them out, so I ended up going into this game without knowing it was..." - See full review

Ann Hugo reviews Mother Tongue: "A Moving Experience" December 1, 2020 "I found this game to be an emotional and thought-provoking experience. I don't exactly relate to the experiences in this game, but I..." - See full review

Ann Hugo reviews Congee: "Absolutely Lovely" December 1, 2020 "I absolutely loved this game. I felt the story so much. And the characters were so wonderfully written. The audio and graphics were..." - See full review

AKheon reviews Sage Sanctum Scramble: "Wordplay game with a brutal challenge" December 1, 2020 "Sage Sanctum Scramble is a parser-based game by Arthur DiBianca, published in 2020. The game is about collecting keywords to save a..." - See full review

Ann Hugo reviews The Eidolon's Escape: "An Enjoyable Game" December 1, 2020 "I was hesitant when I started playing "The Eidolon's Escape". At this point, I'm not a big fan of puzzles. But I actually ended up being..." - See full review

AKheon reviews The Turnip: "The taste of a turnip" December 1, 2020 "The Turnip is a choice-based fantasy game by Joseph Pentangelo, published in 2020. It features a story about a mysterious turnip a man..." - See full review

Ann Hugo reviews The Pinecone: "Odd and Entertaining" December 1, 2020 ""The Pinecone" is definitely a peculiar game, a short peculiar game. It rather made me think of one of those odd picture books the..." - See full review

Ann Hugo reviews Trusting My Mortal Enemy?! What a Disaster!: "A Great Game" December 1, 2020 "I'm not big on superhero stuff. And yet, I quite liked this game. The graphics were cool and I was fond of the characters. I wasn't..." - See full review

AKheon reviews Amazing Quest: "Amazement is in the eye of the beholder" December 1, 2020 "Amazing Quest is a choice-based game by Nick Montfort, published in 2020. The platform is quite unusual, as this appears to be a..." - See full review

AKheon reviews Alone: "Post-apocalyptic puzzling" December 1, 2020 "Alone is a parser-based horror game by Paul Michael Winters, published in 2020. The game is about a post-apocalyptic scenario where an..." - See full review

Ann Hugo reviews At Night: "A Fun Game with Potential" December 1, 2020 ""At Night" is a fun game. The audio really puts you in the moment, and that was probably my favourite part of the game. It somewhat..." - See full review

AKheon reviews Move On: "Stylish bite-sized experiment" December 1, 2020 "Move on is an experimental game made by Serhii Mozhaiskyi, published in 2020. In it, you must flee from mercenaries while carrying a..." - See full review

RadioactiveCrow reviews The Impossible Bottle: "A most unique puzzle design and a heart-warming ending" December 1, 2020 "This game is a parser-based puzzlefest and it has one of the most clever and unique mechanics I've seen in a game. You play as a..." - See full review

AKheon reviews Big Trouble in Little Dino Park: "Jurassic amusement" December 1, 2020 "Big Trouble in Little Dino Park is a choice-based comedy game made by Seth Paxton and Rachel Aubertin, published in 2020. The game is a..." - See full review

AKheon reviews Academic Pursuits (As Opposed To Regular Pursuits): "Office decoration and mild revelations" December 1, 2020 "Academic Pursuits (As Opposed To Regular Pursuits) is a parser-based game by Ruqiyah, published in 2020. In it, you’re a newly tenured..." - See full review

AKheon reviews The Shadow In The Snow: "Somewhere between cozy and clunky" December 1, 2020 "The Shadow in the Snow is a choice-based game by Andrew Brown, published in 2020. The game is about getting stranded in some isolated..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Catapole: "Chim-chimmenee chim-chimmenee chim-chim-cheroo..." December 1, 2020 "My first IF in French. (I'm not counting Les Heures du Vent because it was unfinished and I quit.) I can read French quite well, but it..." - See full review

AKheon reviews The Place: "It's a very elusive place" December 1, 2020 "The Place is a choice-based game by Ima, published in 2020. The game features " - See full review

AKheon reviews You Couldn't Have Done That: "Genuine, unpretentious storytelling" December 1, 2020 "You Couldn't Have Done That is a choice-based game by Ann Hugo, published in 2020. You play as an autistic teenager who starts a job at a..." - See full review

AKheon reviews Sheep Crossing: "Lightweight delivery" December 1, 2020 "Sheep Crossing is a parser-based game by Andrew Geng, published in 2020. In it, you need to take a bear, a sheep and a large cabbage to..." - See full review

Gayla reviews An Act of Murder: "Random Acts of Violence" December 1, 2020 "There is a lot to like here -- I am a sucker for a good drawing room mystery in the style of Agatha Christie or Dorothy L. Sayers, and..." - See full review

Denk reviews The Impossible Bottle: "Excellent puzzlefest, more than it appears to be" December 1, 2020 "In this game, you play as Emma, six years old, as she tries to help her parents with some housework. Boring? Not at all. There is much..." - See full review

Denk reviews Shadow Operative: "Atmospheric sci-fi thriller" December 1, 2020 "This sci-fi game is fundamentally a glulx game and you can decide to play the gblorb-file in a normal interpreter. However, if you play..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Ferryman's Gate: "Comma use and Christianity in a puzzle-filled house" December 1, 2020 "This is the final game I’m playing for IFComp, and was pretty good to leave off on. In this game, you play as the inheritor (with the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews INFINITUBE: "A lengthy game showing vignettes of strange experiences" December 1, 2020 "This game was created as part of an MFA in writing at the University of Pittsburgh, where it was accepted as part of the program’s..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Sonder Snippets: "A short contemplative Twine game" December 1, 2020 "This is a game seemingly designed to be inscrutable. The prose is dense and hard to comprehend, and the structure in the opening sequence..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Big Trouble in Little Dino Park: "A medium-length Ink game escaping from a Dino Park" December 1, 2020 "This is a medium-length Ink game where everything breaks loose at a dinosaur park. I saw this game with one of the authors guiding us..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Rope of Chalk: "Experience a sidewalk chalk contest through multiple viewpoints" December 1, 2020 "Ryan Veeder has been one of my biggest influences in game design. His games are generally the model I use for quality and ease of play...." - See full review

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