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JJ McC reviews Imperial Throne: "I'd Rather Be a Hammer Than a Nail" December 2, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP25 Review There is a saying, “When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” Imperial Throne..." - See full review

A new listing for Market Day, by n-n

oscar-78 reviews Muerte de Berta Cáceres: "La balada del activismo trágico" December 2, 2025 "Una entrada que entra en la categoría de la rememoración de quienes ya no están con nosotros. A pesar de ser un relato por opciones..." - See full review

oscar-78 reviews Jailbreak: "Una meta aventura que habla del estado terminal de la cultura" December 2, 2025 "Mi entrada favorita de la ECTOCOMP 2025. Un inteligente giro meta a una situación aparentemente sencilla que siembra la sospecha sobre..." - See full review

Comely reviews Mititz: "Aventura clásica de terror con final acelerado" December 2, 2025 "Un juego muy en la línea de lo que suele ofrecernos el autor en estas competencias, atmósfera angustiante y tramas clásicas y..." - See full review

Comely reviews Jailbreak: "Una de mis favoritas de la Ectocomp 2025" December 2, 2025 "Una de mis favoritas de la edición. Parte de un contexto clásico y aparentemente anodino de escape de celda para darle uno o dos giros..." - See full review

Comely reviews El Sueño del Caracol: "La timidez como peso insoportable" December 2, 2025 "Versión interactiva del corto que le sirve de inspiración (y que visioné a posteriori, aunque creo que ya lo había visto antes)..." - See full review

Comely reviews You promise: "Mejor jugarla en inglés" December 2, 2025 "Una entrada muy meritoria para haber sido realizada en 4 horas (que en realidad creo que fueron dos, al estar escrita a dos manos). Nos..." - See full review

Comely reviews Muerte de Berta Cáceres: "Una canción interactiva" December 2, 2025 "Tercer parte de las entregas ectocómpicas de Ruber, esta vez basada en una canción y en una historia trágica sobre los peligros del..." - See full review

Comely reviews Velatorio: "Una gamberrada, pero más que eso" December 2, 2025 "Probablemente la entrada más inesperada de la comp y de las que más me han gustado. No sólo por el estilo visual y la ambientación..." - See full review

Comely reviews En la Oscuridad: "Breve hiperficción experimental" December 2, 2025 "Breve hiperficción experimental que juega con la atmósfera más que con el espacio, describe muy bien la angustia infantil de la..." - See full review

Comely reviews Más perdido que el barco del arroz: "Más perdido que el barco del arroz" December 2, 2025 "Para ser un bitsy (ya sabéis que no me entusiasman) me ha resultado muy entretenido y he exprimido todos los finales. No hay excesivos..." - See full review

News on Lazarrien: A Love Story: Visual Overhaul & Light Mode December 2, 2025 Lazarrien: A Love Story has been updated with a full visual overhaul, including new custom backgrounds, implementation of light mode, and a restructuring of the underlying randomization mechanic.

MathBrush reviews Endymion: "Complex but compact language translation game " December 2, 2025 "This game was written in a short time as part of a competition for using the Dialog language. It reminded me of both Hadean Lands in its..." - See full review

A new competition page: PunyComp 2025 created December 2, 2025 A competition for games written with PunyInform. This year, all games submitted must require the player character to interact with an animal in order to complete the game.

A new listing for All That Shimmers..., by Andrew Apted

A new listing for Rana's Reception, by Elias Ramsberg (as Interpied)

A new listing for Zodiac - An Arthur Blonde Mission, by Charles Moore, Jr.

A new listing for Kill Wizard, by Dark Star

A new listing for Adrift, by Moss & Quill Studios

A new listing for Crimson Witness, by kqr

A new listing for The Organ Grinder's Monkey, by Garry Francis

Andrew Schultz reviews I Got You: "If I didn't get it, I got a lot out of it." December 1, 2025 "One of the dangers of waiting until the last day of a comp to judge and create everything is, there may be one entry that sticks with you..." - See full review

News on ECTOCOMP 2025: Results are out! December 1, 2025 The ECTOCOMP 2025 results have been tabulated and are now available. Congratulations to all authors and thank you to everyone who voted!

MostImmortalSnail reviews Every day I get emails: "Subtle white-collar horror" December 1, 2025 "This may sound crazy, but I actually enjoyed the situation presented here at the beginning, where you're an office worker who keeps..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews I Got You: "Not what I expected, in a good way" December 1, 2025 "I'm impressed this game was made in 4 hours, because there's a lot of branching content and different endings. The subject matter is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Every day I get emails: "Email forwarding game written in 4 hours" December 1, 2025 "This is the last game I'm playing/reviewing in Ectocomp, and is the most-rated one in the comp so far. Having played it, it's easy to see..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews I Got You: "Get coached by a seemingly helpful friend during a date" December 1, 2025 "This is a polished-looking Ink game with a great story arc, solid writing and interesting characters. It has frequent strong profanity..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Beneath the Weeping Willow: "Small puzzle game about a ghost trying to guide vacationers in their home" December 1, 2025 "This was a compact but complex puzzle game, impressive for being written in 4 hours. You are a ghost, only able to interact with the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Normal Morning: "Clever speed-IF that fails to address the elephant in the room" December 1, 2025 "This game is a speed-IF parser game. Like many parser authors have done before, this author has chosen to write a 'my apartment' game,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dying A Little (Inside): "Self-referential ectocomp game about writing an ectocomp game" December 1, 2025 "I’ve always liked self-referential media, like the opera Capriccio about writing opera. That extends to interactive fiction; Creatures..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews NOTHING IN MY VEINS: "Person in despair meets non-person AI; consequences ensue" December 1, 2025 "This game’s text would have fit well in Season 5 of the Magnus Archives, probably with the Stranger or the Spiral. Someone is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Super Halloween Horror Show: "Superhero game where you can carry around abstract concepts" December 1, 2025 "This game is really ambitious for a Petite Mort game: many superhero characters, an expansive map, and actual game mechanics rather than..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews the lamp of your body: "Speed-IF about a haunting girl and religious themes" December 1, 2025 "This was a choice-based mostly linear game that was longer than most of the Petite Mort games. It builds up background and has one choice..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Game of Doom and Despair (by Storyteller): "Short speed-IF twine game about being trapped in a fantasy/magic death game" December 1, 2025 "This is the last of the Slovakian student games, I believe, and a good one to end on, with a larger structure than many of the others...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Unfair Escape from Underground (by Loki): "Tiny frustration simulator" December 1, 2025 "This is a tiny game, written by a Slovakian student. It describes itself well, as it's one room in a Twine game where all exits lead..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Go-Strange-Ghost Range: "Short, illustrated parser wordplay puzzle game" December 1, 2025 "This is the shortest of Andrew Schultz’s trilogy of Petite Mort games based on pairs of two-word pairs that sound alike. This one has..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews a walk in the hallways: "Short choice-based speed-IF about wandering a creepy building " December 1, 2025 "This is a short atmospheric game with great styling choices. You are in a house and you have some difficulty remembering how you got to..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Walk A Mile In My Shoes: "Short parser game about getting ready for trick-or-treaters" December 1, 2025 "This is a brief parser game that appears mundane before throwing a twist at the player. You are in an apartment and can hear trick or..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Heatsick: "Short game about summer heat and a strange well" December 1, 2025 "This was an interesting short game that could be open to several interpretations. It's a short Chapbook game. In it, you play as a young..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Escape Room (by Hugo): "Short branching Saw-like game made in 4 hours " December 1, 2025 "This is another ectocomp speed-IF game by a Slovakian student. This one feels like a take on the Saw franchise, waking up in a room with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Chez Dark Shade Ark: "Short illustrated wordplay Adventuron game written in 4 hours" December 1, 2025 "I said in my review of Dusk, Airy, Does Carry, I said that I would welcome more games in the same vein. Glad I asked! This game has..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Life Rewinding: "Short surreal game with religious imagery using a custom choice engine" December 1, 2025 "This is another game by tzbits using a custom javascript framework. This one uses choice-based links rather than parser verbs. You stand..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Doctor Morben's Asylum: "Large, well-designed exploration Twine game set in haunted asylum" December 1, 2025 "This is the only Grand Guignol game that I tested. This is a large and complex choice-based game with a strong emphasis on place and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Annual Country Market: "Amish market supernatural brawl" December 1, 2025 "In this game, you end up at a Farmer’s Market in Amish country (or equivalent) a little too late at night. You have enough time to buy..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Costumes and Candy: "Open map trick or treating with a bunch of short stories" December 1, 2025 "This game had a really interesting structure. There is a framing story (you’re a trick-or-treating kid competing against a bully) but..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dad's Shiva: "Unpacking the death of an unpleasant man" December 1, 2025 "This was a pretty grim short story with a lot of room to explore and contemplate. In it, you play as someone estranged from an abusive..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews …Grind exceedingly small…: "Short, effective parser game about sentient insects avenging their human " December 1, 2025 "This is another game by DissoluteSolute, and is the one I connected with the most so far. You play as a pet bug of a woman who was..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Invunche: "Downloadable game with cool visual elements and great promise" December 1, 2025 "This was a downloadable game where you navigate by clicking on parts of an image, needing occasional searching. It’s a translation of a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews I Have No Verbs, and I Must: "Single-verb game, short speed-IF horror game" December 1, 2025 "I was bewildered by this game when I started it. Most moves result in instant death. A lot of words in the description are bolded, but..." - See full review

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