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MathBrush reviews At Night: "A shortish multimedia Twine game about demons attacking" December 1, 2020 "This is a fairly short game, and the author’s first game. Because they mentioned trying to learn things, I’ll keep that in mind. This..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Trusting My Mortal Enemy?! What a Disaster!: "A well-written longish Twine game about two enemies collaborating" December 1, 2020 "So the author of this game (I had wondered if there were several, but there seems to be one main author with some help from Norbez) has..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dr Ego and the egg of Man-Toomba: "A short jungle-raiding classic-style adventure" December 1, 2020 "This game is another parser game (like Elsegar I) that is simple and spare in writing, with a small number of locations, each with one..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Tragic: "A fun, complex card system with occasional bugs" December 1, 2020 "Jared Jackson is one of the most innovative IF authors out there, always pushing the boundaries in weird ways to test what you can do..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Ulterior Spirits: "A Unity game with good graphics and UI about a threat in space" December 1, 2020 "This game is written in unity, and, unlike most IF games written in unity in past years, it actually makes good use of the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Elsegar I: Arrival: "A simple broad fantasy game with maze" December 1, 2020 "This game reminds me a lot of the games the teenagers made in my interactive fiction summer camps. It’s got a broad, wide open map with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Little Girl In Monsterland: "A very big comedy game about little girls solving clever puzzles" December 1, 2020 "So I'll admit, I was skeptical before playing this game. Many claims about game length in interactive fiction are wildly exaggerated, and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews You Will Thank Me as Fast as You Thank a Werewolf: "Procedurally generated prose created by the author's own works" December 1, 2020 "You Will Thank Me as Fast as You Thank a Werewolf by BJ Best I beta tested this game. In regards to the scenery and trimmings of this..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Radicofani: "A translated multimedia .exe homebrew parser about a deep mystery" December 1, 2020 "Okay, so I think this game actually has a lot going for it, and I also think it will receive less votes than most games and score lower,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Phantom: "A multimedia retelling/spin on the Phantom of the Opera" December 1, 2020 "This game gave me all sorts of different reactions. First of all, it has nice visuals and sounds chosen from a variety of operas and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Impossible Bottle: "An impressive Dialog game with increasingly intricate puzzles" December 1, 2020 "I beta tested this game in a pure parser format before the clickable version was enabled. This is a very strong game for the competition,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews "Adventures in the Tomb of Ilfane" by Willershin Rill: "An Indiana-Jones style game with complex puzzles and a secret" December 1, 2020 "In Adventures in the Tomb of the Ilfane you play as an adventurer who is running from Nazi scientist Doktor Chirlu while you break into..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews "Incident! Aliens on the Teresten!" by Tarquin Segundo: "A science fiction game with complex passwords and some surprises" December 1, 2020 "In Incident! Aliens on the Teresten! you play as a member of the starship Teresten which was attacked by an evil horde called the Ilfane..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews "Terror in the Immortal's Atelier" by Gevelle Formicore: "A fantasy game with complex passwords and some surprises" December 1, 2020 "Terror in the Immortal's Atelier has you fleeing an evil sorceror named Chirlu, Autarch of Telestren, who has stolen the Knot and placed..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Amazing Quest: "A tiny Odyssey game running in an in-browser C64 emulator" December 1, 2020 "Nick Montfort wrote Ad Verbum, a great wordplay game that predates both Andrew Schultz and Emily Short’s wordplay games (but not Nord..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Murder in Fairyland: "A complex wordplay-based cyber fairy game" December 1, 2020 "Abigail Corfman has a very impressive Twine record with Open Sorcery (a popular quadratic-complexity puzzle-based commercial Twine game..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews BYOD: "A small one-room game centered around a cool tech interface" December 1, 2020 "I tested this game. When I tested it, it didn’t have its flashy index page, which I thought was pretty cool, especially the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Just another Fairy Tale: "A charming Adrift game about finding a compass for a wizard" December 1, 2020 "I suspect that this may be a pseudonym, after I had a panic-inducing moment where something I posted in the author’s forum was liked by..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Tavern Crawler: "A smooth and polished game exploring an odd medieval city" December 1, 2020 "Josh Labelle is a fairly well-known professional narrative designer, so I was interested to see how this game turned out. Skills..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Lore Distance Relationship: "Two teenagers trying to connect through an old digital game" December 1, 2020 "So I tested this game for the competition. Like Accelerate earlier, this choice-based game has a lot of visual and audio detail. When I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Alone: "A solid old-school parser game about an abandoned gas-station" December 1, 2020 "I saw some positive buzz for this game and was looking foward to it. This is a parser game with a map that slowly expands, starting with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Wayward Story: "A fractured tale in the style of Photopia" December 1, 2020 "This game seems strongly influenced by Adam Cadre's work, specifically Photopia (for its fragmented story, multiple viewpoints and use of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Vampire Ltd: "A vampire gets a job (and revenge)" December 1, 2020 "I was a beta tester for this game. I feel like this is the bread and butter for parser games in the comp. Reasonable but interesting..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Copyright of Silence: "A short, replayable board game-like Twine about insulting John Cage" December 1, 2020 "So this game is something pretty rare for IFComp. It's laid out like a board game, with four different rooms and three independent..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Chorus: "A shortish game big on worldbuilding and branching" December 1, 2020 "I remember playing a game by Skarn a few years ago about an alien in t.he future, and so I was definitely interested in seeing what this..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Limerick Quest: "All Limericks, with several clever wordplay puzzle. " December 1, 2020 "So the original Limerick Heist was something that had never really been seen in IFComp: a game consisting entirely of a constrained..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Red Radish Robotics: "A puzzle-based choice game with interesting mechanic" December 1, 2020 "This game was interesting, and I think it shows a lot of promise for the future. In this game, you wake up in an office building that..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Deelzebub: "A funny TADS game about summoning a demon for your boss" December 1, 2020 "This game is related to or part of a school project, which kind of setup hasn't made super successful games in the past (I've run some..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Calling of Dogs: "Murder/kidnapping Ink game with some rough edges" December 1, 2020 "This was an Ink game, longer for me than suggested (listed as 15 minutes, I took around 30 to get through), but I think the greater..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Accelerate: "A long "new horror"/religious ecstatic game" December 1, 2020 "Okay, so there's a certain kind of game that pops up in IF from time to time. It's a kind of game that's part poetic and part heartfelt..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Saint Simon's Saw: "A unity game with 3d cards similar to the Tarot" December 1, 2020 "This unity game is more of a reimagining of a tarot deck than anything else, like the text describes. It’s a 3d game with responsive..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Tombs & Mummies: "Compact Quest game about exploring a tomb, with timed events" December 1, 2020 "Tombs and Mummies by Matthew Warner People named Matt W have been doing good work in the math world for a while, including Matt Weiner..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Cave: "A small, thoughtful fantasy cave crawl turned into a meditation" December 1, 2020 "When I clicked on Neil Aitken’s website, I saw that he is an accomplished poet, with testimonials by other poets including some state..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Creatures: "A menu-based windows executable with combat and inventory" December 1, 2020 "This is a Windows executable game that I gave two attempts for. The first one I died against the brother, but on reloading (through 2..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Entangled: "A charming sci-fi story with multiple paths" December 1, 2020 "I beta tested this game a while before the competition. I found this game charming. Time travel and dual worlds always fascinated me, and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Captivity: "Escape from the wizard's tower with a series of complex puzzles" December 1, 2020 "This was an odd game for me to play. Jim Aikin was an early favorite for me, as Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina was one of the first IF..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Return to Castle Coris: "The latest in a long series of big, adventuresome Adrift games" December 1, 2020 "Larry Horsfield has a long-running and fairly successful series of ADRIFT games with the hero Alaric Blackmoon. I always have a bit of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews For a Place by the Putrid Sea: "A vivid depiction of hard life in a small Japanese neighborhood" December 1, 2020 "This game seems like a sequel to Gotomomi, AvB's expansive parser simulation game of 2015 set in Gotomomi, a neighborhood in Japan. In..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Equal-librium: "A short game about the big consequences of small actions" December 1, 2020 "Equal-Librium is a short, replayable Twine game about how our daily choices affect our lives in deep ways, and interesting topic that I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Cursèd Pickle of Shireton: "A faux-MMORPG with increasingly cooler scenarios" December 1, 2020 "So, Hanon Ondricek has a long history of making very unusual and experimental games. I first came into contact with his work in the 2015..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Savor: "Farm horror and rural scares" November 30, 2020 "From a narrative perspective, I was unable to enjoy the story that this entry wanted to tell. That might have been a personal failing. In..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Vain Empires: "The opposite of poor impulse control lets bad guys have all the fun." November 30, 2020 "This is a spy thriller where the main character describes life-or-death thrills as a minor bureaucratic hassle. The dry, aloof..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Red Radish Robotics: "The story is more enjoyable than the puzzles" November 30, 2020 "Red Radish Robotics does a good job of telling a story. The narrator's childlike perspective explains why you are given some choices that..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Fight Forever: "Looks better on paper" November 30, 2020 "As the schematic for an amazing fighting game, this looks great. As an actual game to be enjoyed by players, it needs a lot of work. The..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder: "Time travel antics and druidic magic" November 30, 2020 "This adventure's narrative, which may involve cow tipping and casual murder, describes impossible developments in a consistently..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Big Trouble in Little Dino Park: "Thrills, chills, and the omnipresent threat of violent death." November 30, 2020 "I enjoyed exploring the question at the heart of this entry: "What if Jurassic Park gave summer jobs to disaffected teens?" Things..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Accelerate: "Puts a lot of work into creating a specific atmosphere." November 30, 2020 "Some people might interpret the prose as atmospheric, and others might dismiss it as trying too hard. It sets a consistent mood, and it's..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Doppeljobs: "Focused, consistent, and entertaining" November 30, 2020 "Dopplejobs was a delight. It’s told from the perspective of a doppelganger who endures situations that clients would rather avoid...." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews The Copyright of Silence: "An example of the accretive player character" November 30, 2020 "This work is laid out like a board game, taking place in a four-room apartment where you interact with the composer John Cage, his dog,..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews The Cursèd Pickle of Shireton: "A sprawling assortment of wonders" November 30, 2020 "This entry is not parser-based, but its choices are intricate. You will enter text in some places, select options in other places, and..." - See full review

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