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MathBrush reviews WATT: "Obtain seven keys in a surreal world" September 22, 2025 "Okay, let's get one thing out of the way. Getting a math PhD has rarely proven to be a useful choice in my life, so I wanted to try it..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews you are an ancient chinese poet at the neo-orchid pavilion: "Navigate a visit to the Imperial Palace and deliver a poem" September 21, 2025 "I enjoyed the setting of this game, as I've recently been rewatching Zhen Huan Zhuan/Empresses in the Palace and some of the elements of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Hobbiton Recall: "Very long Total Recall and Hobbit parody pseudo-parser game" September 21, 2025 "This is a Gruescript game mixing Total Recall with The Hobbit. It uses ai-generated pixel art. It's quite long. It's listed as 1.5 hours,..." - See full review

Atreyu_Celestine reviews Lecoq : Investigations in Paris 1900: "A thorough detective-simulator that prioritizes immersion" September 21, 2025 "Lecoq is a very interesting concept with some very promising mechanics and U.I. taking place in a very well-built simulacrum of 1900's..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Reliquary of Epiphanius: "Vorple multimedia parser game with a monastic mystery" September 21, 2025 "This was a very polished parser game, with no real bugs that I found, a full map that adjusted based on the room, music, and an..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews A Smörgåsbord of Pain: "Breaking new ground in use of music within IF" September 20, 2025 "[Full disclosure: I know the author of this work personally, and I helped with beta testing for this game.] I have to admit that I find..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Slated For Demolition: "Intense personal allegorical game about loss and spaghetti" September 20, 2025 "There was a big shift that I saw in Twine games from when I started (around 2015) to now. Those earlier Twine games were often influenced..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Clickbait: "Search an abandoned train tunnel and train with escape-room puzzles" September 20, 2025 "I was excited to add this game to my list of surreal games on trains, an oddly specific genre that pops up in all years and among all..." - See full review

A new listing for Lecoq : Investigations in Paris 1900, by Soren

MathBrush reviews Willy's Manor: "Riddle-and-treasure hunt in a jokester's mansion" September 20, 2025 "This is a parser game set in an eccentric older man's joke-filled house using traditional parser game play (i.e. taking items and using..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Kidnapping of a Tokyo Game Developer: "Kidnap Kenji Eno and repeatedly search for his turtle" September 20, 2025 "This game is well-written, engaging in its action, and has nice twists and a strong story format. This is a choice-based game with some..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Under the Sea Winds: "Great concept, underwhelming product" September 20, 2025 "Under the Sea Winds was one of the first entries that caught my eye in this year’s competition because I love marine biology and jumped..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Smörgåsbord of Pain: "Game with pony characters and innovative combat system" September 19, 2025 "This game does a lot of unusual things that I'm not even sure how to react to. I can't tell yet if I love this game or hate it, only time..." - See full review

A new listing for Dear Devere, by Jasmine Osler

News on Passerine Hills: Just a Bite: Lonely Week Update out now! September 19, 2025 Hi hi! This is, quite possibly, the worst time I could've chosen for an update with IF Comp and all but oh well. PHJAB got updated with five new scenes, which are approximately 40k words of new content. More... - Details

A new listing for Blood oath, by Janos Biro

MathBrush reviews Pharaohs' Heir: "Nonlinear treasure hunter puzzle told through an interrogation" September 19, 2025 "I thought this game was both innovative and challenging. It definitely seemed original and I like a lot of the ideas, but I struggled..." - See full review

A new listing for try to find your way out of my wizard maze, by wizardsanimal

Tabitha reviews The Tempest of Baraqiel: "A game at odds with itself" September 19, 2025 "I really liked this one... up until the ending. I enjoyed inhabiting the main character and exploring the unique situation they (she?)..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Let Me Play!: "A game that fights you every step of the way" September 18, 2025 "While I was playing this game, I thought, “This almost feels like if someone went out of their way to antagonize as many people as..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Phobos: A Galaxy Jones Story: "Math, translation, and saving lives" September 18, 2025 "This was a fun game that took a (to me) unexpected turn or two early on. In the vein of the earlier Galaxy Jones game, I had expected a..." - See full review

Jaded Pangolin reviews Fable: "gay yearning for the chosen one" September 18, 2025 "i like when games take a common kinda cliche narrative and look at it in an unusual way, like looking at what comes after it or using the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Tempest of Baraqiel: "Translate an alien language with the help of a team" September 18, 2025 "This was great. I like sci fi, languages, trying to understand aliens, etc. It reminded me of works like the movie Arrival or the book..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Little Four: "Low-stakes home life simulator for Agatha Christie characters" September 18, 2025 "This game draws on Agatha Christie’s books, with the main NPC being the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and the PC being his good..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Burger Meme Personality Test: "Let’s Get Psychological!" September 17, 2025 "Awesome! The Burger Meme Personality Test is about applying to a fictional corporation called Burger Meme™. You’ve already gone..." - See full review

Jaded Pangolin reviews Fantasy Opera: Mischief at the Masquerade: "d&d style fantasy at the opera" September 17, 2025 "this is the kind of game i generally love, queer-positive fantasy with a customizable pc and a puzzle-y aspect that isn't too hard but..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Fantasy Opera: Mischief at the Masquerade: "Investigate a fantasy-world opera" September 17, 2025 "This is my third and final Lamppost Projects game to play during this competition, and it is quite different than the rest in some ways...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Crescent Sea Story: "Recover the fragments of a shattered life" September 17, 2025 "I've played a lot of Stewart Baker's games, and I usually associate him with lighthearted longform narrative-focused choice-based games...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Day in a Hell Corp: "Explore a corporate-themed hell world with some discontinuity of plot" September 16, 2025 "This is a Twine game where you wake up in hell and things only go worse from there. But that's because you work there. You wander around..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Promises of Mars: "Will they return to the surface?" September 16, 2025 " (Edit: Spelling fix) Soon. Observing the decaying cityscape and the drifting dust clouds, feeling the heat cutting her skin, breathing..." - See full review

Quzen reviews Astralily: "Pretty Nice" September 16, 2025 "Its pretty nice and I like the premise, but it definitely needs some adjustments. It's stated that English isn't the author's first..." - See full review

A new listing for NIEZWYCIĘŻONA [SEMPER INVICTA], by Naarel

PermianArzon reviews Astralily: "Promising but falls short" September 16, 2025 "A promising story with an interesting concept and some intersting visuals however the flow of the story and some of the grammer is..." - See full review

A new listing for Vanvid, by mistman96

Tabitha reviews Imperial Throne: "A story of loss (in more ways than one)" September 16, 2025 "I had fun playing this one, but ultimately came away with a rather poor impression of it after looking at the walkthrough. Initially, I..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Wise-Woman's Dog: "Phenomenal game. Phenomenal dog." September 16, 2025 "(edit: This review is now for a slightly outdated version of the game.) Your human is the wise woman of her village. She performs rituals..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Lady Thalia and the Case of Clephan: "Persuasion, theft, and love" September 15, 2025 "Lady Thalia and the Case of Clephan This is the latest entry in a longstanding series of Twine games featuring a lady thief protagonist,..." - See full review

A new listing for Open Sorcery: Jingle BEL/S, by Abigail Corfman

Drew Cook reviews No More: "No Less" September 15, 2025 "No More is a short, narrative-heavy Inform game that largely uses the EXAMINE command to advance a story about " - See full review

AZA reviews Echoes of Ending Worlds: "Radio" September 15, 2025 "Finally digging into radio ham lol"

MathBrush reviews Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?: "Solve the brutal drug-related murder of a once-candy-filled pinata" September 15, 2025 "Before I played this game, someone told me that it had significantly improved on the last two games, which I thought was pretty neat...." - See full review

Passerine reviews Saltwrack: "I got lost in this story (complimentary)" September 14, 2025 "The first thing I realize is that it hurts not having a back button. All the visual detail, snippets of backstory, and comments from the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Detritus: "Resource management/spaceship exploration game" September 14, 2025 "Ben Jackson has had several smooth, polished twine games released in recent years, so I had high expectations for this game, and I feel..." - See full review

Jaded Pangolin reviews Pharos Fidelis: "demon boyfriend/academia woes simulator" September 14, 2025 "this is another ifcomp game that's a little outside my usual range. i tend to like games with high player agency, where i really feel..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Violent Delight: "ARE YOU ENGROSSED?" September 14, 2025 "It's snowy outside. A great opportunity to drink tea and play a mysterious video game! I am a big fan of games that present a mundane..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Wise-Woman's Dog: "Complex hyperlinked parser game about Hittite empire, magic, and a dog" September 14, 2025 "This game is written in Dialog and can be played entirely using hyperlinks. It has a minimap at the top that can be used for navigation,..." - See full review

Jaded Pangolin reviews Mooncrash!: "too deep for me maybe" September 13, 2025 "i don't play a lot of parser games but i was drawn to this game by the fun title and implications of a detailed fantasy setting, which is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Imperial Throne: "Royalty simulator: tax, recruit, attack, condemn" September 13, 2025 "This parser takes a bold and innovative direction, and while I think it struggles with the execution, it's nice to see people..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Pharos Fidelis: "Take a difficult magic graduation exam while making out with a demon" September 13, 2025 "This was the second-most substantial game I've played this IFComp, and took me around 3.5 hours to play, with dinner in the middle, so..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Feyrealm Adventure: "Waiting to see what lies beyond the portal" September 12, 2025 "Note: This is a review of an Introcomp entry, and therefore, I will not leave any star ratings. This was actually pretty fun. With simple..." - See full review

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