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LoquySSS46 reviews You: "Yes!" October 22, 2024 "Very esoteric (and sometimes flat out weird), but cleverly designed! I liked the way it played around with colours and pronouns to take..." - See full review

LoquySSS46 reviews Campfire: "Thoughtful simplicity done well" October 22, 2024 "This was rather pleasant and I suppose plucked on my heart strings, since camping is one my family's traditions of which I am..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Light My Way Home: "A truly beautiful short parser game with music" October 22, 2024 "This game (I think it was made for Shufflecomp?) really touched me. You play as a person in a kind of melancholy town at evening,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Race Against Time: "A plague on both your space stations" October 22, 2024 "Dear reader, I must make a confession: I am not at all good at the hard-as-nails old-school throwback adventures that seem to be the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The English Restaurant: "Lunch and learn" October 22, 2024 "I am, generally speaking, an optimist. Some of that’s just the fruit of being born with a lot of privilege and a brain that knows what..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Mystery Isles: "Not yet shipshape" October 22, 2024 "Quick, close your eyes. Now imagine the most prototypical adventure game puzzle you can think of – not any specific iconic one from the..." - See full review

EJ reviews Campfire: "Campfire review" October 22, 2024 "This is a quiet, meditative game about going on a brief camping trip to get in touch with nature and get away from the stresses of..." - See full review

EJ reviews Birding in Pope Lick Park: "Birding in Pope Lick Park review" October 22, 2024 "In real life I don’t have any hobbies that require me to be outdoors, because I’m very allergic to most plants. Sometimes I go to see..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Museum Heist: "Thievius Maximus" October 22, 2024 "Played: 7/21/24 Playtime: 30min, 8-10 runs lost track, 634/752 (should be more) A clever little jam entry asking you to optimize your..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Romance the Backrooms: "That Genre You Like Is Going To Come Back In Style" October 22, 2024 "Played: 7/24/24 Playtime: 30min This is an opening chapter demo of a more ambitious project that includes music, voice, graphics and..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Thread unlocked.: "Ban Hammertime" October 22, 2024 "Played: 7/20/24 Playtime: 5min, lost count of playthroughs, so many Just when I think IF has shown me all it has to offer, works still..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews PARANOIA: "One of these things doesn't belong" October 21, 2024 "One of the things that I really look forward to in ParserComp is seeing games that try to come up with different gameplay mechanics for..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Alphabet City: "The 80s were exactly like this" October 21, 2024 "I’ve talked before about the culture shock that ParserComp can sometimes engender, sitting awkwardly as it does between the IF..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Iyashikei - The Fountain: "Schmaltz beats meditation" October 21, 2024 "In his writings on so-called “entheogens” – hallucinogenic drugs used for religious purposes – scholar Huston Smith proposed a..." - See full review

A new listing for 同人女大逃杀之你被网暴了, by 嵌

MathBrush reviews Eric the Unready: "An 80's pop-culture reference-filled joke game" October 21, 2024 "I've been playing through the most popular games I've never reviewed and this game has been at the top of that IFDB search for a while...." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews My Pseudo-Dementia Exhibition: "It feels crazy, trying to convince people you aren't/weren't crazy..." October 21, 2024 "I meant to make my IFComp 2023 reviews public, but I never did. So I had a think, which entry affected me the most? Which gave me the..." - See full review

EJ reviews The Bat: "The Bat review" October 21, 2024 "In this substantially sized parser game, the player takes the role of the valet of billionaire Bryce Wyatt. Master Bryce is holding a..." - See full review

EJ reviews Bad Beer: "Bad Beer review" October 21, 2024 "In this compact single-puzzle parser game, the PC has been asked by the proprietor of their local pub to figure out what’s souring all..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews A1RL0CK: "Space Whales pt1" October 21, 2024 "Played: 7/20/24 Playtime: 1.5hr, all 3 endings, 170/185 This is a wake-with-amnesia-in-sci-fi-base jam. It is pretty up front about its..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews A Mouse Speaks to Death: "Don't Fear the Murine Reaper" October 21, 2024 "Played: 7/17/24 Playtime: 1.5hrs, 3playthroughs, 23 of 46 memories I like mice. They have a clear-eyed view of cats. This work is a..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Sunburst Contamination: "Magnificent Form, Meh Function" October 21, 2024 "Played : 7/19/24 Playtime: 10min, 1hr of setup/source code reading There are games, in IF a LOT of games, that hearken back to the golden..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Imprimatura: "Paints and remembrances." October 20, 2024 "(based on the IFComp 2024 version) An artist’s spirit is present in their work, be it a sparkling glow or a faint after-image. When..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Hildy: "Hildegund's shopping mall explosition." October 20, 2024 "(based on the IFComp 2024 version) ----<nagging voice>“This game is way too big for IFComp. How can I be expected to play even half of the list if..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Eikas: "Yummy management" October 20, 2024 "(based on the IFComp 2024 version) Stuffed peppers! Garlic broccoli! Balsamic roasted veggies! The main objective of this game felt like..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Forbidden Lore: "A cornucopia of scrolls and tomes." October 20, 2024 "(based on the IFComp 2024 version) You’re in your grandfather’s library, looking to bring his studies into the arcane to an end, and..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews 198BREW: "Caffeine and other dietary habits..." October 20, 2024 "(review based on the IFComp 2024 version) Disorienting. Discomforting. Strange… 198BREW drops the player in a nearly incomprehensible..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Winter-Over: "Ice-cold Murder" October 20, 2024 "(review based on the IFComp 2024 version) A murder-investigation within the confines of a polar research station. Which provides one of..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Bad Beer: "Stinky Ferret !" October 20, 2024 "(review based on the IFComp 2024 version) Your local publican Jack is desperate. The beer tastes awful, but there’s no sign of..." - See full review

A new listing for Neverland永无乡, by 烧烤鳜鱼 (Roastfish)

A new listing for ロポコ | ROPOKO, by Tookato

DemonApologist reviews Time Trip: "Not a better love story than Twilight" October 20, 2024 "I decided to use the “10 Random Games” option on IFDB and received this as one of the results. I felt mildly obligated to write about..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews The Dragon of Silverton Mine: "The Dragon of Silverton Mine Review" October 20, 2024 "This is a well-made Twine/Sugarcube game that tries to get as close to the traditional adventure game format as possible. I’m going to..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews The Lost Artist: Prologue: "The Lost Artist: Prologue Review" October 20, 2024 "This is an early portion of a game about a detective who has been asked to rescue somebody from the drudgery of office work — though..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews KING OF XANADU: "King of Xanadu Review" October 20, 2024 "I felt kind of detached from this game, but it’s decent. It’s a bit of a Rorscach test. Throughout the game, you’re given a range..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews The Bat: "The Bat review" October 20, 2024 "I played Chandler Groover’s “The Bat.” I really enjoyed it. Its frustratingly relaxing, kind of like Sim City and Roller Coaster..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews Verses: "Verses Review" October 20, 2024 "This is a Twine game where it’s easier to grasp the themes than the plot. It’s broadly about the human mind, language and..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews The Shyler Project: "The Shyler Project Review" October 20, 2024 "“The Shyler Project” draws on the trend of “chatbot as therapist.” Other games, like Kit Riemer’s Computerfriend and this..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews Why Pout?: "Why Pout? Review" October 20, 2024 "I beta tested Why Pout? in an almost-finished state. Like a good portion of of Andrew Schultz’s catalogue, this is a wordplay game...." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews Birding in Pope Lick Park: "Birding in Pope Lick Park Review" October 20, 2024 "This is a pretty eye-catching game that has a really nice visual design. The first thing I noticed is that it clearly uses icons to..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews Miss Gosling's Last Case: "Miss Gosling's Last Case Review" October 20, 2024 "This was most my anticipated game of IF Comp, mostly because I’m convinced that it’s connected to Daniel Stelzer’s discovery of a..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews Turn Right: "Turn Right review" October 20, 2024 "This game was pretty good but didn’t really make a good first impression. Despite being advertised as fifteen minutes long, it..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews Where Nothing Is Ever Named: "Where Nothing Is Ever Named review" October 20, 2024 "This is interesting. It’s a game loosely based on a chapter (or a few paragraphs) of Alice In Wonderland’s sequel, Through the..." - See full review

EJ reviews The Apothecary's Assistant: "Apothecary's Assistant review" October 20, 2024 "The Apothecary’s Assistant is an unusual beast. It’s set in a mysterious shop where you can work between one and three shifts per..." - See full review

EJ reviews 198BREW: "198BREW review" October 20, 2024 "It’s such a drag when you run out of your preferred source of caffeine. Especially if you discover it first thing in the morning and..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Quest for the Serpent's Eye: "Indiana Jones and the Greyscale Gimcrack" October 20, 2024 "Played: 7/19/24 Playtime: 2hrs, 2 false starts, good ending I don’t know what it is with these alternate platforms for me. Just getting..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Labyrinthine Library of Xleksixnrewix: "The Kobold's Baleful Eye" October 20, 2024 "Played: 7/15/24 Playtime: 1.5hr, finished This is the kind of game I could easily fall into for days and not come out until the Palooza..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Renegade Brainwave: "The Day My Puzzle Solving Stood Still" October 20, 2024 "Played: 7/13/24 Playtime: 2.5hr, stuck, unfinished If ever I WANTED to like a game more, I can’t think of it just now. This is a 50s..." - See full review

thedigitaldiarist reviews Deliquescence: "One of my favourite games in the 2024 IFComp" October 19, 2024 "I found this game deeply moving on multiple playthroughs (including the one where I accidentally left the menu open too long without..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Your World According to a Single Word: "A Word About Your Life" October 19, 2024 "Played: 7/11/24 Playtime: 15min Let’s say I gave you infinite monkeys, y’know, as a birthday gift. Following year, I gave you..." - See full review

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