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ChanceOfFire reviews Yeti's Parole Officer: "It has bad idea written all over it" February 14, 2025 "Earth is a penal colony, where all sorts of aliens, or mythological creatures to us humans, are sent to serve their prison sentences...." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Dawnfall: "When romancing everyone is a thing" February 14, 2025 "Dawnfall is pretty tough to rate. It features an interesting setting and somewhat strong writing. The ending scene explores some..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews To the City of the Clouds: "An ultra-fast paced adventure." February 14, 2025 "To the City of the Clouds is quite interesting and well written. The archeology genre is not very common, and you'll probably need to be..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST: "Licentiousness Laboriously Lost" February 14, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review In the past, erotic games have left me cold. I had concluded that one element of this was the broad..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Under the Cognomen of Edgar Allan Poe: "In Her Parser By the Sea" February 14, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review What do we make of a well-researched take of an assault wrought most heinously? With great resolve, I..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Miss Gosling's Last Case: "Doggin' Around" February 14, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review Earlier this COMP I bemoaned, multiple times, the lack of a convincing Twinesformer link-select/parser..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews NOLA Is Burning: "A dumpster fire" February 13, 2025 "Before this review, the lowest rating I gave to any game on this website was three stars. You play as a ‘Headcrusher’ for a powerful..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews For Rent: Haunted House: "Focus on the dollar signs" February 13, 2025 "With genuinely snarky and humorous writing, this game is a pretty entertaining read. Without spoiling too much, you’re working as a..." - See full review

A new listing for Terra Nova - The Mystery of Zephyr's Landing, by P.Rail

JJ McC reviews You: "Not Me" February 13, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review This is a quasi-Fairy Tale-esque story about rediscovering the protagonist’s identity, helpfully..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews A Very Strong Gland: "The Player Is Feeble" February 13, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review This author has a strong brand, in my all of 3 years’ experience. Super zippy one-character input..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Garbage of the Future: "Pumper Dumper Heart Thumper" February 13, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review For many years, my wife worked in civic Storm Water infrastructure. A lot of it is vital but unrewarding..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Thrall: "Multimedia vampire identity crisis" February 12, 2025 "This game is about you, a vampire, being offered a cure for vampirism. But it's more than that. It uses a variety of multimedia to..." - See full review

Nomad reviews Bad Beer: "Full of Potential" February 12, 2025 "Bad Beer is a mixed bag - I enjoyed it a lot for reasons depicted below, and I found it to be inferior due to reasons depicted below. In..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews The Daring Mermaid Expedition: "I didn’t find what I was looking for" February 12, 2025 "The game felt promising initially. The prose, writing and setting carried a lot of charm and cuteness. I liked the premise and felt that..." - See full review

A new listing for IL FAUT TOUJOURS ÉCOUTER LE DÉ., by Fast Warman

ChanceOfFire reviews Treasure Seekers of Lady Luck: "A flawed space adventure" February 12, 2025 "Joining a crew of space pirates and working together on missions to steal treasure. The premise works, but the execution has no shortage..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Maze Gallery: "Not Sure it is Fire Code Compliant" February 12, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review I love the genesis of this work unreservedly. An anthology of sorts, multiple authors coming together to..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Saltcast Adventure: "The Cabal Cut" February 12, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review Clive Barker was a formative author in my horror-entertainment journey. I encountered his books first,..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews A Warm Reception: "Smite the Presses" February 12, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review Ah, the life of a fantasy reporter. It’s not all vapid princely press conferences, exposing necromancer..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Never Date Werewolves: "Being a supermom and finding romance" February 11, 2025 "My first playthrough didn’t exactly go smoothly. I failed to romance the character I liked (I did carelessly mess up a few choices..." - See full review

SELI-chan reviews Xanadu - The World's Only Hope: "A creative adventure" February 11, 2025 "I have a huge soft spot for this game since it's one of the first IF pieces I've played, but I think it holds up quite well. You play as..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews The Fleet: "Preparing for battle" February 11, 2025 "The Fleet is probably somewhere between Interactive Fiction and a choicescript battle simulator, but not a game which fits either..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Don't Wake Me Up: "A thought-provoking adventure which doesn't quite end happily" February 11, 2025 "The story starts out with you trapped in a videogame universe, trying to figure out what just happened. For the first part, you travel..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Poetry and Passion: "Short and sweet" February 11, 2025 "It's a pretty quick but enjoyable romantic short story, where you enjoy a few romantic activities with your partner before concluding it..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Big Brains in Little Jars: "Please let this be a normal field trip" February 11, 2025 "Science nerd puns and jokes galore! You’re a brain in a jar, working for a dubious corporation as a brain for hire. Clients need your..." - See full review

News on ShuffleComp 2024: ShuffleComp 2024 Results February 11, 2025 Voting for ShuffleComp 2024 has concluded, and results are now available. Congratulations to a diner for the end of the world for Best Overall Goodness and hideous, fabulous for Best Use of Songs. Full... - Details

MathBrush reviews Two Spirits At Sea: "A brief game about two friends at sea and confessions" February 11, 2025 "This game, like many in Shufflecomp, makes extensive use of public domain art. In it, you play as two characters who died in a dangerous..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews stare directly at the sun: "The beginning of a complex, graphics-filled tale" February 11, 2025 "This game is run on a retro mac emulator running Hypercard. I played a downloadable version, but I believe I read on the itch page after..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Sophomore Slump: "Thoughtful character study of a band member and manager" February 11, 2025 "I liked this Shufflecomp game that was a short vignette about a band. You are awakened in the middle of the night by an associate..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Little Guidance for A Big Heart: "Pocket-based wingman and confessions" February 11, 2025 "It's possible that I'm getting older or have a carbon monoxide leak in my house, but I frequently play games recently where I have..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews hideous, fabulous: "Cool postmortem vignette" February 11, 2025 "This is a game with at least three different endings and which has a pretty neat mechanic. Everybody is dead at your party (well, it's..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Freedom's Whirlwind: "Brief game about revolution" February 11, 2025 "This game is themed around the story of a Polish revolutionary anthem from the 1800s that was repurposed by Russia. Its a short poem with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews bedrock: "Melancholic poetry with a word-gathering feature" February 11, 2025 "This game was entered into Shufflecomp. The author projects finishing it or adding more at a future date. Basically, there is some..." - See full review

A new listing for Blood and Sunlight, by alyshkalia

JJ McC reviews 198BREW: "You Are Whom You Eat" February 11, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review If there is a more effective hook in IF than “what the HELL is going on here?” I am hard pressed to..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews A few hours later in the day of The Egocentric: "Funny Page Procedural" February 11, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review Four panel cartoons are in the twilight of their cultural ubiquity for sure. There have been a few spikes..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews String Theory: "Thanks-MISgiving" February 11, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP24 Review Neitzsche famously said “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Divine Ascension: "A battle of the divines" February 10, 2025 "In Divine Ascension, you play as a powerful deity, working to spread your faith and gain greater power for yourself. Unfortunately, this..." - See full review

jakezler reviews salting wounds: "Interesting Game" February 10, 2025 "I loved the story writing and felt truly immersed. The world feels much larger with some of the fictional medical terms (at least i think..." - See full review

Esperbucket reviews The Bat: "A good valet is harder to find than a good review" February 10, 2025 "The guests are almost here, and the master is in one of his moods. You're his faithful servant, and there's much to do: a cook to fire,..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Jazz Age: "When romance goes missing" February 10, 2025 "Under different circumstances, I would’ve given this game four stars. However, there is one major problem which led me to give its..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews The Little Lifeform That Could: "Spore in choicescript" February 10, 2025 "This is a surprisingly cute and entertaining game. Likely inspired by spore, you start from a microorganism in a rock pool which..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Fine Felines: "Fur babies" February 10, 2025 "I have a terrible weakness for fur babies, so this game gets five stars. Especially after the onslaught of cute cat pictures. Anyways,..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Zoo-pocalypse: "If I hadn’t ran the zoo" February 10, 2025 "An apocalypse (of an unspecified nature) takes place, and you decide that it’s best to take refuge in a Zoo. I’m not sure I buy the..." - See full review

TestTubeHuman reviews Anolelona: "Infinite Utopian Dreamland Afterlife" February 10, 2025 " After you die, if your coffin isn't sealed all around with pewter nails, you'll seep down through the soil. Thinner than mist, you'll... " - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Choice of the Star Captain: "An entertaining space adventure" February 10, 2025 "This is a fairly solid title where you play as a starship captain, working alongside an obnoxious onboard computer to achieve mission..." - See full review

SkyShard reviews she came from the fog: "Brief Notes on Car 13, Seat 26" February 10, 2025 "Note that this review will discuss both games in the Car 13, Seat 26 project. If you squint, “the train will pass you by” and “she..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews a diner for the end of the world: "A solid sci-fi story about a diner at the end of the world where everyone is you" February 10, 2025 "This is story-focused twine game that uses dithered graphics (I recently learned this word) and is set in a diner at the end of all..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews KillerTuneKillsMe: "Brief sci-fi story about holgraphic principle" February 10, 2025 "This short game toys with the notion of the holographic principle, which is that it's possible that the universe is encoded on a..." - See full review

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