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MathBrush reviews Quest for the Sword of Justice: "Short RPG maker game about genre conventions" December 1, 2020 "This is an RPG Maker game. Its goal seems to be to take genre conventions and turn them on their head. I guess the real question is, does..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Electric word, "life": "A very well-written story about Halloween and college life" December 1, 2020 "This game reminds me a little bit of the IF game Eurydice in tone and opening setup. This is a longish Twine game that is almost entirely..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Stand Up / Stay Silent: "Discrimination on Mars" December 1, 2020 "This is a short game with two choices, each one being ‘support protestors’ vs ‘don’t support protestors’ (with a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Quintessence: "A short branching Twine game about a universe and a cat" December 1, 2020 "This is a cute game, and I had fun with it. You’re a subatomic particle in a universe that’s constantly getting destroyed and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews You Couldn't Have Done That: "An effective short story about an uncomfortable work situation" December 1, 2020 "I had a bizarre moment when starting up this game because it seemed 100% familiar. I thought that I must have beta-tested it and forgot,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Under They Thunder: "A clever wordplay game with a huge world" December 1, 2020 "I’m always happy to see another Andrew Schultz game in the comp. His games have ranged from large open worlds with large amount of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews How The Elephant's Child Who Walked By Himself Got His Wings: "A collection of short tales in the style of Rudyard Kipling" December 1, 2020 "This is a series of short stories inspired by/based around Rudyard Kipling’s Just So stories. Each story is told over a small number of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Academic Pursuits (As Opposed To Regular Pursuits): "A game about unpacking your office, with some mysterious secrets" December 1, 2020 "This game falls in the middle of the comp’s parser games for me. It’s reasonably well-polished, has a nice slow trickle of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Lovely Assistant: Magical Girl: "An entertaining game set in a mansion full of magical implements" December 1, 2020 "I played this game over a week before writing this, but put off reviewing it. It’s because I really enjoyed the concept, but found it..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Flattened London: "A game about a two-dimensional version of Fallen London" December 1, 2020 "So, I have played Fallen London for years, and am especially fond of Sunless Seas and Sunless Skies. I also did my dissertation in..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Stoned Ape Hypothesis: "A leveling-up game about evolution, mushrooms and minigames" December 1, 2020 "So I’ll just say that this is a great ‘first attempt at an IF story’, as the author put it. I’ve developed theories over the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Deus Ex Ceviche: "A game about fishy religious computers" December 1, 2020 "In Contrast to much of Chandler Groover’s earlier work, this game is written in unity, with Tom Lento providing art and programming. As..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Eleusinian Miseries: "Ancient greek hijinks in the Wodehousian style" December 1, 2020 "Well, my personal shuffle lined up for me three pretty hefty games that I beta tested all in a row. But fortunately they’re all fun to..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Jay Schilling's Edge of Chaos: "An entertaining detective game with unusual animals" December 1, 2020 "I beta tested this game. This game is about a private detective hired to track down a woman, and features a number of unusual animals..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Vain Empires: "Play as a demon altering people's minds. Has graphical map" December 1, 2020 "I beta tested this game. This is one of two games this year to be co-written by Xavid and which implement the fun map-building extension..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Babyface: "A creepy Twine game with excellent visual effects" December 1, 2020 "I enjoyed playing this game after hearing about it from many others. A shortish Twine story, its main strengths are in its well-wrought..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews (s)wordsmyth: "A talking sword and a hero get out of troubles through conversation" December 1, 2020 "This game uses Unity (and possibly Ink?) to give you a series of choices as you progress on a journey to avenge your master who has died...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Brutal Murder of Jenny Lee: "A Quest murder mystery with interesting narrative tricks" December 1, 2020 "This game is written in Quest, and I engage with Quest games differently from Inform and TADS games. Quest games tend not to come from..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Ascension of Limbs: "An intricate horror antique shop management sim" December 1, 2020 "Man, I stayed up a couple of hours later than I ought to have because I wanted the best ending to this game. I beta tested this game, but..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Sheep Crossing: "A parser implementation of a classic puzzle" December 1, 2020 "This game is based on the famous puzzle of trying to bring a carnivore, an herbivore and some plant across a river where you only have..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Move On: "An interesting experiment with single-action puzzles in Twine" December 1, 2020 "This was actually pretty fun, but only because somebody gave me a clue about This is a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Savor: "An intriguing game about curses and memory but with UI issues" December 1, 2020 "Okay, so I think I spent more time on this game than almost any other, but about half of it wasn’t playing. This game uses immersive..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Happyland: "A complex custom parser web game with a deep detective story" December 1, 2020 "I beta tested this game. This is another custom parser game, but this one is web-enabled, and features a complex realtime murder..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Popstar Idol Survival Game: "An unfortunately bugged KPop reality show Twine" December 1, 2020 "This is a KPop simulation game. You have several stats (such as physical appearance, singing ability, dancing) and different challenges..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Shadow Operative: "A very polished Vorple cyberpunk game" December 1, 2020 "I beta tested this game. This is a really technically impressive game that uses Vorple for a cool layout, a single graphic and some fun..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Turbo Chest Hair Massacre: "A complex parser game about trying to shave your chest hair" December 1, 2020 "Joey Acrimonious has been posting great reviews of other games so I was interested in seeing how this one plays out. This is an..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Doppeljobs: "An Ink game where you are a doppelganger with business needs" December 1, 2020 "This is a weird game but I'm into it. You play as a doppelganger in a bizarre magical world powered by technology and fantasy. I suspect..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: "A short linear Inform game about physicists and time travel" December 1, 2020 "So this is an interesting game. Basically, it’s a time travel plot involving two of the great physicists in history. The implementation..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Pinecone: "A very brief game about an odd encounter with a pinecone and a goat" December 1, 2020 "Like many have said, this is quite similar to The Turnip. It's by the same author, they're both the same length, have the same styling,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Sage Sanctum Scramble: "Very fun wordplay game with dozens of hard puzzles" December 1, 2020 "I beta tested this game. What can I say? I love this game. DiBianca is well known for making themed games with constrained commands and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Tangled Tales: "A custom-parser fairytale game with graphics and sound" December 1, 2020 "Custom parser games only available as windows executables are always a mixed bag, but this is one is better than most. You play as Prince..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Turnip: "A short, poetic story in Twine format" December 1, 2020 "I suppose this game achieves exactly what it wanted to achieve. It took a fairly funny story (in the way that Kafka would write a comedy..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Ghostfinder: Shift: "Serial murder investigation in Twine" December 1, 2020 "So this one has a lot of good features and some that didn’t mesh with me. I’m not sure I’m the target audience. This is a long..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Land Down Under: "A bizarre world of constrained paper-people with moral messages" December 1, 2020 "I beta tested this game. I've played a lot of the Wobbles games by the Marino Family (although apparently there's a Parrot the Pirate..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Desolation: "A mid-length linear horror game with references to other games" December 1, 2020 "This is a parser game with several grand ideas but rusty implementation in creating them. It’s a sequel to Two-Braids Girl, a game I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews SOUND: "A short Twine game about communication" December 1, 2020 "This is a short, mostly linear Twine game with some interesting text effects and, to me, an inscrutable story. You seem to be some sort..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Congee: "A short and sweet story about home" December 1, 2020 "This is a truly lovely game. It’s written in Twine, and is basically a heartwarming short story told with interactivity, animation and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Last House on the Block: "A detailed implementation of an old house with independent NPC" December 1, 2020 "Last House on the Block by Jason Olson This game seems like a classic first-attempt at parser programming by a reasonably talented..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Where the Wind Once Blew Free: "The opening chapter to a big multimedia choice game" December 1, 2020 "Given the popularity of Flexible Survival together with the excellent production values of this game, I predict that this game will find..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Eidolon's Escape: "An escape-the-tower game with spirit protagonist" December 1, 2020 "This is a medium-length Twine game with one overarching, fairly difficult puzzle. You are a spirit, and have been imprisoned in a mage's..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Minor Arcana: "A short branching Twine game about the Tarot" December 1, 2020 "My only real experience with the Tarot deck is from the Deck of Many Things in AD&D and also Stardust Crusaders, so games featuring Tarot..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Shadow In The Snow: "A promising Twine game about a stranded motorist" December 1, 2020 "I taught a summer camp in Twine a few months ago. We spent about a week going over adding multimedia, setting variables, beta testing,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Captain Graybeard's Plunder: "A fun short game about pirate literature" December 1, 2020 "I was surprised to see this game has no relation to the classic Captain Verdeterre's Plunder, but it's a good name style so it makes..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Moon wed Saturn: "A non-linear storytelling game with lots of visual polish" December 1, 2020 "I tested this game. Pseudavid has really turned out to be a Twine master in the last few comps, placing in the top 10 each time and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Mother Tongue: "A short but compelling dialogue between immigrant mother and daughter" December 1, 2020 "This game had a ton of buzz on Twitter and received a lot of early reviews, so I was interested in playing it. It turns out to be really..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Catalan Summer: "A story about four family members in 1920's catalan" December 1, 2020 "This is a game about horrible people. It reminds me of a lot of depressing literature, like Six Characters in Search of an Author or..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Arkhill Darkness: "A classic-style RPG made in Twine" December 1, 2020 "This game is a classic RPG scenario. You arrive in a town cursed by darkness, get a quest at a tavern, level up by killing some mobs and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Stuff of Legend: "A charming and polished about the village idiot doing quests" December 1, 2020 "I beta tested this game several times. First Inform games tend to have a lot of issues from authors not realizing Inform's quirks (like..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder: "A compact time travel game with four time periods" December 1, 2020 "This is one of two games co-authored by Xavid, both making use of the same kind of cool map code Xavid used in Future Threads a few years..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews #VanLife: "A difficult energy management simulator" December 1, 2020 "I think this game is too hard. It's a combination energy management simulator and basic electrical engineering quiz game. You are a young..." - See full review

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