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Wade Clarke reviews House of Wolves: "Subject matter of hopelessness in a metaphor or metaphors for something." December 16, 2024 "(This is an edited version of a review that first appeared in my IF blog during IFComp 2024.) My clinical-sounding and admittedly cynical..." - See full review

A new listing for Die Bohrinsel, by Jürgen Popp

MathBrush reviews Puddles on the Path: "A game using proverbs as spells" December 15, 2024 "I associate Anssi Räisänen with the ALAN system and with well thought-out puzzles in a relatively compact game setting. I generally..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Repeat the Ending: "Do you like origami?" December 14, 2024 "Repeat the Ending handily includes its own faux history, its own imaginary criticism, and its own projected audience reactions. The..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Potter and the Mould: "A very long superhero game about changing shape and sentient clay" December 14, 2024 "Now that Adrift games play online through parchment, I've been enjoying them a lot more than before. This is an old Spring Thing game..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Doggerland: "A poem game with extensive css animations and use of icons" December 14, 2024 "This was a Spring Thing game in the year I started participating in IF (2015), but I never played it originally. It's a poem that seems..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Rough Draft: "Clever story about rewriting a story and using items from one part in another" December 14, 2024 "In this Ren'py game, you play as an author who is trying to write a story about a human child and a dragon whelp. You make choices on how..." - See full review

A new listing for Xtrek, by BadMan

A new listing for A Night With Troi, by BadMan

esmayrosalyne reviews Dreams of the Sky: "A deliciously dark short story full of emotion, suspense and intrigue." December 12, 2024 "To no one's surprise, the quality of storytelling in Dreams of the Sky more than lives up to the high standards set by the previous..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Get Seen Tonight: "A cop and her informant girlfriend get into big trouble" December 12, 2024 "This game looked familiar to me, so I know I've seen it, but for some reason I never played it. I think I assumed it had explicit content..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Stolen Stanzas: "Discover the truth about London's new most scandalous novel" December 12, 2024 "This is an exceptional story for Fallen London, which fits into the overall storyline and mechanics but has its own mini storyline, and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Christmas Adventure: "Exploring a maze with Christmas themes and low interactivity/odd text" December 12, 2024 "The games by this author have been heavily advertised across Reddit for a few weeks now, so I decided to check them out. This game, when..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dirk: "Infinite (?) simulation of Dragon's Lair" December 11, 2024 "This is a game in the vein of the Arcade Pack spoof that went around a few decades ago. It's a procedurally generated version of Dragon's..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Inheritance: "Dig deep into London's history" December 11, 2024 "This is an Exceptional Story from Failbetter Games, part of Fallen London. It ties into the larger overall experience but has its own..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Exile's Chalice: "Discover the truth of a hidden chalice" December 11, 2024 "This is a Fallen London exceptional story, which is something accessible only to members or those who pay extra money. It follows the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Without a Clue: "Try to expose Sherlock Holmes" December 11, 2024 "This was a fun game in a style different than that which I usually play. It's an ADRIFT game that is pretty long, with more than 8 'acts'..." - See full review

A new listing for La disparition, by Open Adventure

A new listing for La galette et le goinfre mystère, by Open Adventure

A new listing for Le trésor d'Abou Kassem, by Open Adventure

MathBrush reviews The Epic Origins of CamelGirl!: "Gain the powers of a camel and escape a hospital" December 10, 2024 "This is the only Spring Thing game that has never been reviewed on IFDB. I think I can see why; it's a longer game with a big, nonlinear..." - See full review

A new listing for The Knight's Legend, by The Ventureweaver

MathBrush reviews Vague: "A game showcasing Richard Otter's work" December 10, 2024 "I learned a lot playing this game. I was most familiar with Richard Otter as the author of Word of the Day, one of the largest Inform..." - See full review

A new competition page: Short Games Showcase 2024 created December 9, 2024 The Short Games Showcase is an opportunity to show off shorter interactive fiction works made in the past year (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024), regardless of whether they've been submitted to any previous jam...

A new listing for te/ra/to/ma, by Naarel

News on ShuffleComp 2024: 1 week left to register for Shufflecomp! December 9, 2024 Send in your songs and register to participate via this form if you haven't already! All sign-ups must be received by 23:59 PT Dec 15.

A new competition page: ShuffleComp 2024 created December 9, 2024 ShuffleComp is a musical interactive fiction competition where you make games based on songs, which are submitted by other entrants.

A new listing for Gentleman, Adventurer, Crocodile, by Akz

A new listing for Puffer: An Underwater Tale, by ThreeQuiche

MathBrush reviews Venience World: "Parser/choice hybrid with cool styling and a metaphorical story" December 8, 2024 "This game is one in which you pursue a metaphorical world, like Alice in Wonderland or the Phantom Tollbooth. It relies heavily on..." - See full review

Max Fog reviews Arizona Craters: "Good story, work needed on the UI" December 8, 2024 "This story was a fairly straightforward story of a woman working on a research task about disproving an alien arrival, and getting caught..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews We're All Fans Here, Chapter 1: "The introduction to a short spacefaring fanfic" December 8, 2024 "I remember seeing this game in Spring Thing years ago and didn't play it because I wasn't familiar with the games it was inspired by. But..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews The Killings in Wasacona: "Excellent serial murder crime-solving with time pressure and skills system" December 8, 2024 "(This is an edited version of a review that first appeared in my IF blog during IFComp 2024.) The Killings in Wasacona (KIW) by Steve..." - See full review

A new listing for The Book of Jax, by Larry Horsfield

MathBrush reviews Sunrise: "A longish visual novel about a desert kingdom and witches" December 7, 2024 "This is a visual novel entered into Spring Thing about a decade ago. In it, you play as a young woman torn between two brothers, one who..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews The Edifice: "One outstanding and historically significant puzzle" December 7, 2024 "Despite its fame, The Edifice is a fairly rough-edged affair, and I seem to have bumped into just about every one of those rough edges...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews If You're Here: "A high school story about a trans guy and his abusive boyfriend" December 7, 2024 "This is a Spring Thing choice based game from a while back. It's a choice-based story about your friend and your stepbrother (a trans..." - See full review

Jacic reviews Boo.: "Short spooky atmospheric game." December 6, 2024 "It's short, but I think that works in its favour given the kind of "atmospheric experience" game it is, and it performs that task quite..." - See full review

A new listing for Arkuwar, by Daniel M. Stelzer

A new listing for Lewd Mod: XXXmas, by HHRichards

A new listing for Christmas Adventure, by The Ventureweaver

MathBrush reviews The Milk of Paradise: "A short story about a Khan in the heart of luxury" December 5, 2024 "This is a relatively brief Inform game written with lush language and originally entered into Spring Thing many years ago. Every word is..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Bureau of Strange Happenings: "A shaggy sasquatch story" December 5, 2024 "(I beta tested this game) Pretty much every geek of a certain age, I will confidently assert, had their hearts broken by the X-Files. For..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews The Triskelion Affair: "Medieval Detective investigates a somewhat buggy abandoned chapel" December 4, 2024 "(This is an edited version of a review that first appeared in my IF blog during IFComp 2024.) In spite of being the buggiest game I..." - See full review

Dave Schweisguth reviews Curses: "Magnum opus" December 4, 2024 "Curses is big, but it's not just a pile of puzzles. It has a solid story. The game world has interesting structures, which you gradually..." - See full review

Next_Stop_Willoughby reviews A Beauty Cold and Austere: "I'm In Love" December 4, 2024 "This game blew me out of the water. Every puzzle was engaging and educational. I must admit to the occasional use of hints, but I fully..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Miss Duckworthy's School for Magic-Infested Young People: "Diploma mill" December 4, 2024 "It’s a commonplace, I think, for those of us in the mainline IF tradition to look over at the (far bigger and far more successful by..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Yancy At The End Of The World!: "Pictures of success" December 4, 2024 "What if the world ended and everything more or less went on just as it did before? Yancy at the End of the World puts a unique spin on..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews You Can't Save Her: "Like quills upon the fretful porpentine" December 4, 2024 "Y’all probably know by now that I’m the kind of reviewer who likes to go outside the four corners of a work and look for connections..." - See full review

TestTubeHuman reviews [You wake up itching.]: "A good game for parasite fans. Here's a much-needed walkthrough." December 3, 2024 "I found this game while looking for games about , that kind of thing. So the story, which some other..." - See full review

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