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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

JJ McC reviews Someone Else's Story: "Inside the Actor's Studio" October 19, 2024 "Played: 7/11/24 Playtime: 12min, 6 playthroughs This is a work submitted for an internet fad Jam - the BEST kind of Jam. An internet fad..." - See full review

A new poll by EJ, Investigating your own death created October 18, 2024 16 votes for 11 games Games that substantially revolve around a dead protagonist trying to find out (or even remember) something about how they died.

MathBrush reviews +=3: "A famous troll game made to prove a point" October 18, 2024 "This is a troll game in multiple ways. First of all, there is a troll. The point of the game is to cross the bridge that he is guarding...." - See full review

DemonApologist reviews idle hands: "Never so sweet a Hell, as this." October 18, 2024 "For my first IFDB review, it seems appropriate that I should respond to one of the rare pieces of fiction that has been written..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews My Girl: "Less Love and Honor, More Obey" October 18, 2024 "Played: 7/11/24 Playtime: 30min, read time really This is a linear work, its aims cleverly clued by its graphical layout which..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Kiss of Beth: "Perils of Dating" October 18, 2024 "Played: 7/11/24 Playtime: 15min, two playthroughs Y’know how some games are emerald-cut jewels of insight into some aspect of creation?..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Cubes and Ladders: "Dogbert, Where Are You?" October 18, 2024 "Played: 7/10/24 Playtime: 1/2 hr, 86 pts, fired; additional 1hr “won” with walkthrough goose CW: AI art CnL has a lot going for it, I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Down, the Serpent and the Sun: "An almost-linear map in a highly unusual setting" October 17, 2024 "This game is Chandler Groover's earliest game. In it, a feathered serpent devours you while you are standing on a Mesoamerican pyramid,..." - See full review

A new poll by jaclynhyde, Narrator as a Separate Character created October 17, 2024 15 votes for 13 games Games where the narrator is a distinct character from the PC whose actions you're controlling.

EJ reviews Traffic: "Traffic review" October 17, 2024 "In this game, the PC is run over by a car that veers onto the sidewalk and killed—and then regains consciousness in the body of the..." - See full review

EJ reviews Return to Claymorgue's Castle: "Return to Claymorgue's Castle review" October 17, 2024 "In this game, the PC leads a team of specialists to explore a mysterious castle. It’s a choice-based game that tries to emulate a..." - See full review

AndrewStephens reviews A Death in Hyperspace: "A Scifi Murder Mystery? Sign me up." October 17, 2024 "This is definitely my cup of tea - a scifi murder mystery where you are the ship's computer trying to figure out who killed the captain...." - See full review

EJ reviews A few hours later in the day of The Egocentric: "The Egocentric review" October 17, 2024 "Even though The Copyright of Silence was punishingly difficult and I never actually completed it successfully, I have a lot of fondness..." - See full review

EJ reviews Eikas: "Eikas review" October 17, 2024 "Eikas is a community kitchen management sim. The PC has moved to a small, rural town in a gently fantastical setting to work as a chef,..." - See full review

AndrewStephens reviews Doctor Who and the Dalek Super-Brain: "A short romp for fans of Doctor Who" October 17, 2024 "This is a slight but fun choice-based game that heavily leans into its 80s Doctor Who aesthetic. Its strengths are the excellent graphics..." - See full review

EJ reviews A Dream Of Silence: Act 3: "A Dream of Silence review" October 17, 2024 "Baldur’s Gate 3 is on my to-play list, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. I am also pretty sure that when I do, Astarion will not..." - See full review

EJ reviews Civil Service: "Civil Service review" October 17, 2024 "The protagonist of Civil Service appears at first to be a naive positive-thinking type taking a job in a dysfunctional government agency...." - See full review

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