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Mike Russo reviews The Kuolema: "Sink and swim" May 23, 2024 "(This is a review of the Twine version of The Kuolema, as entered in Spring Thing 2024, followed by a review of the Spring Thing 2023..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews One King to Loot them All: "Weapon of choice" May 23, 2024 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp COMBINED WITH a review of the Twine..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Time Machine: "Time after time" May 23, 2024 "(Note: this is a review of the Spring Thing 2024 version of The Time Machine, followed by my original review of its ParserComp 2021..." - See full review

A new listing for the sea god, by christine mi

Cerfeuil reviews Provizora Parko: "Purgatory of some sort" May 22, 2024 "A bizarre and beautiful game. As given by the description, you are in purgatory after having apparently... died? But the nature of your..." - See full review

A new listing for Sky Caravan, by Studio Bravarda: Nicolas Leme (Lead Programmer), Maria Isabel “Mabel” May (Game Designer & Narrative Designer), Mateus Trigueiro (Game Designer & Narrative Designer), Yann Lemos (Game Designer, Programmer, Musician & Sound Designer), Cezar Loureiro (Environment Artist & Concept Artist), João Pedro Figueiredo (Character Artist & Animator)

Mike Russo reviews Deep Dark Wood: "A wood of forking paths" May 22, 2024 "Theme and variation is a solid approach for an anthology, and Deep Dark Wood – a collation of seven small Twine games written by..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews A Dream of Silence: Acts 1 and 2: "Throne of Bawl" May 22, 2024 "(This is a review of the incomplete version of the game entered into 2024's Spring Thing Festival) I’ve got a conundrum: what’s the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Provizora Parko: "Birds, flight, baggage" May 22, 2024 "I am not usually one to police genre boundaries – these are useful shorthands for discussion, analysis, and (mostly) marketing, nothing..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Ink and Intrigue: "Apostrophes and archetypes" May 21, 2024 "There are of course innumerable ways you can divide people in two – by which I mean, do the whole “there are two kinds of people in..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Escape From the Tomb of the Celestial Knights: "Not worth raiding" May 21, 2024 "There’s not much to say about Escape From the Tomb of the Celestial Knights – as its charmingly awkward,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Portrait: "Body art" May 21, 2024 "I throw around the term “old school” a fair bit when discussing IF, but it’s worth remembering that the scene has never been a..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Provizora Parko: "Dada or Deep? Dunno." May 21, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/16/24 Playtime: 15min This is a fully realized work that really weaves a spell. A full-on..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Escape From the Tomb of the Celestial Knights: "Tomb Trainer" May 21, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/16/24 Playtime: 30min A small first time limited parser effort, on a web platform that was..." - See full review

A new listing for PARANOIA, by Charm Cochran

A new listing for Not Just Once, by TaciturnFriend

Mike Russo reviews Bydlo; or the Ox-Cart: "The rest is silence" May 20, 2024 "I’m a reasonably confident critic of several things: writing, first of all, but also characterization, plot, and puzzle design (whether..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Luna Gardens: "The tao that can be spoken is still hard to get the parser to understand" May 20, 2024 "(This is a review of the Spring Thing version of the game; I understand it's since been updated to address some of the implementation..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Nonverbal Communication: "Noun the verb" May 20, 2024 "My wife recently decided she wanted to get into gardening, and as a result we’ve started to slowly make some improvements to our back..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Bydlo; or the Ox-Cart: "Metaphor Maze!" May 20, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/16/24 Playtime: 15min A second ST24 Bitly entry! I’ve only recently encountered my first!..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Deep Dark Wood: "Seeing the Forest AND the Trees" May 20, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/16/24 Playtime: 25min, lots of exploring the endings I was introduced (as was, I believe,..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Portrait: "Pictures of Lily" May 20, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/16/24 Playtime: 1hr, 60/80 pts, art lover This work is a teaser for an anticipated (by me)..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Bakemono no Sekai - World of Monsters: "A game packed with outsider perspective on Japan" May 19, 2024 "This is an interesting game, entered into the Text Adventure Literacy Jam. It explores a small village and hotel in rural Japan, and..." - See full review

Fie reviews Nonverbal Communication: "Very short limited parser puzzle game" May 19, 2024 "A limited parser game, like Blue Lacuna in that you type keywords to interact with them, without verbs. You are in a workshop full of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Social Democracy: An Alternate History: "Antifascist Zeitgeist" May 19, 2024 "You’ll probably go into this death-of-the-Weimar-Republic simulator expecting a titanic struggle against Hitler, pouring all your wits..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Studio: "Sus-studio" May 19, 2024 "(This is one of those games that can’t meaningfully be reviewed without spoiling a particular narrative and gameplay twist, so it might..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Pass A Bill: "Whip it good" May 19, 2024 "(I beta-tested this game) In my first review of this year’s Thing, I lifted up Potato Peace as an example of a game that has the..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Ink and Intrigue: "Shaken AND Stirred" May 19, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/15/24 Playtime: 1.75hrs, current ending ‘Product Misuse’ is a squirrelly legal tactic,..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Nonverbal Communication: "Verbs are for Nerds" May 19, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/13/24 Playtime: 40min, 4 plays, 3/3 endings There is something inspirational about the..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Studio: "New Home Alone" May 19, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/10/24 Playtime: 1.5hr, 4 endings of at least 5 I really like what this game is doing, and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Lulu and the Asteroid of 100% Guaranteed Doom: "A fantasy game exploring another world, with AI assistance" May 18, 2024 "This game was entered in the Text Adventure literacy jam. It includes a brief tutorial where you take a nap, encounter a violent..." - See full review

A new listing for Hazel, by RetroKissGames

Mike Russo reviews To Beseech Old Sins: "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only cuddling" May 18, 2024 "OK, anecdote time: when I was in high school, my summer job for a couple years was as a busboy at a country club. This was less exciting..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews You Can Only Turn Left: "Sleep no more" May 18, 2024 "I’ve made the point before (even in another review for this festival, I think?) that dreams are typically more meaningful to experience..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Truth About PRIDE!: "Rainbow bright" May 18, 2024 "I’m not quite sure how folks decided Bitsy should become an IF platform – from its Gameboy aesthetic, I’d imagine it’s mostly..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Trials of Rosalinda: "Questbone Connected to the Heartbone..." May 18, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/10-12/24 Playtime: 4.25hrs Well, this was just delightful. I’ve not had cause to..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille: "Dearest Ren*****, let me tell you about my day..." May 18, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review, English version Played: 4/9/24 Playtime: 1.75hrs, all but 1st on FF, 3.5 endings Epistolary works -..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Alltarach: "Always After Me Irish Myths" May 18, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/9/24 Playtime: 2hrs It is rare for me to see the ‘Interactive’ and ‘Fiction’..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Top Floor Please: "Elevator antics" May 17, 2024 "This game sees you invited to a party in a mysterious hotel. You travel to various floors to gather what you need to set it up, while..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Thanks, but I don't remember asking.: "Too short for real consequences" May 17, 2024 "Thanks, but I don't remember asking. is a short blurry Twine story, set in some sort of (post-)apocalyptic future, in which you are an..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Deep Dark Wood: "Surprising Retruning Anthology" May 17, 2024 "Deep Dark Wood is an anthology collection of micro games created by Slovakian children in Twine. Though the authors are different, the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Voyage of the Marigold: "Star trekkin'" May 17, 2024 "I was into a lot of the standard nerdy stuff when I was a kid in the late 80s – DnD, Star Wars, Asimov, Tolkein, you name it. But the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille: "Doctor doctor give me the news" May 17, 2024 "I can’t think of a piece of IF that’s made me feel dumber than Doctor Jeangille’s Letters. That’s not because it’s got fiendish..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Thanks, but I don't remember asking.: "Dream theater" May 17, 2024 "I don’t think it’s a kick against Thanks… to say that its opening is disorienting and dreamlike, since the author’s note reveals..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Pass A Bill: "Mr. Fudd Goes to Washington" May 17, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/8/24 Playtime: 25min, Master of Politics, 4/7 deaths If there is a more fraught topic to..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Zomburbia: "Oldschool (Implementation) Horror" May 17, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/8/24 Playtime: 2hrs, unwinnable at 1.5. Restarted, 1.25hrs later ANOTHER unwinnable state?..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Octopus's Garden: "Eight Legs, One Hat" May 17, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/8/24 Playtime: 45min How smart are Octopi? One list had them #8 in ranked sub-human IQ,..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille: "Lovelorn letters... with a twist" May 16, 2024 "The first thing that struck me about this game was the UI. It’s gorgeous! The softly textured main background, the handwriting fonts..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews To Beseech Old Sins: "Left me a bit lost" May 16, 2024 "I was drawn into this one by the stylish UI and the character-focused setup, immediately interested in our three MCs’ circumstances and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Who Kidnapped Mother Goose?: "A fairytale game about rescusing a kidnapped mother goose" May 16, 2024 "This is a polished parser game entered in the Text Adventure Literacy Jam. In it, you find that Mother Goose was kidnapped, and you have..." - See full review

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