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IFDB site news November 23, 2024 Add a time note with your time vote: When you submit a vote for estimated play time, you can now include a note about your play time. For example, you can mention that you played with or without hints. (Note that we're still in the process of de-anonymizing time votes. If you submitted time votes before November 19, check your email before December 19!)

A new listing for Caverns of the Forgotten, by The Ventureweaver

manonamora reviews YARRY: "Do you even have a name at this point?" November 23, 2024 "YARRY is a short psychological horror choice game made in ChoiceScript, in which you play as young parent named Larry, whose two-year-old..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews A Warm Reception: "Reporter at large" November 23, 2024 "I find it very hard to review a game like A Warm Reception, because it’s part of a very well-populated subgenre – the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Metallic Red: "Leaving the mysteries" November 23, 2024 "(This is one of those games that’s difficult to discuss without getting into spoiler-territory, and blurring out ¾ of the review would..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Forbidden Lore: "Lost in the stacks" November 23, 2024 "Anyone who’s played a mainstream video game in the 2020s has, I’d wager, had occasion to bemoan the way modern games don’t trust..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Contaminated Space: "You'll be taken over..." November 22, 2024 "Contaminated Space is a short sci-fi horror-y Twine piece, where you embody a lone(ly) spaceman, dealing with the consequences of..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Mathphobia: "When maths is actually the solution!" November 22, 2024 "Mathphobia is a decadent puzzle fest of a text-adventure. While your classmate rejoice in the Halloween break counting their candies, you..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Ghost Hunt: "Easy-peasy halloween hunt" November 22, 2024 "Ghost Hunt is a tiny Adventuron game, where you must find and catch the ghosts of long passed family members (all because you wanted to..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews ROD MCSCHLONG GETS PUNCHED IN THE DONG: "Once more with feeling" November 22, 2024 "When the Republican Party inevitably moves on from having Trump as its standard-bearer (soon may the day come), there’s a chance..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Lost Artist: Prologue: "An interrupted st--" November 22, 2024 "The Comp welcomes all kinds of IF, but it’s also an awkward place to enter a teaser. As the most, well, competitive of the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Saltcast Adventure: "We're going underground" November 22, 2024 "I was recently reading a review of the DnD 3rd Edition version of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting – sometimes I make questionable..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Boo.: "Creeps into your ears..." November 21, 2024 "Boo. is a short spooky story, made in Moiki, in which you investigate the strange whispering voices you start hearing in the middle of..." - See full review

manonamora reviews SPILL YOUR GUT: "Layers and contrasts - the Sequel" November 21, 2024 "SPILL YOUR GUT is the third instalment of the GUT series, after GUT THE MOVIE, and the spoof GUT THE MOVIE 2: GUT ves. TER THE TWOVIES,..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews Whembly Castle: "A Very Large Treasure Hunt For Maze And Privy Fetishists" November 21, 2024 "Whembly Castle was shoved in my direction by Jason Dyer via his laudable and fascinating blog in which he intends to tackle every text..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Frobozz Magic Support: "Comprehensively unfun." November 21, 2024 "It has been a long time since I've played a game that just didn't work for me... not even a little bit. The dominating design ethic of..." - See full review

News on Quotient, The Game: The "Really Sort of Final" version is out! November 21, 2024 I seem to enjoy continually enhancing and adding features to this game. I called this version 108.rsf since it is the "really sort of final" version. One of the more visible enhancements is "bold" font for... - Details

A new listing for Whembly Castle, by R.L. Turner

manonamora reviews Delusion Deluge: "Gorgeous prelude" November 21, 2024 "Delusion Deluge is a short fantasy visual novel prelude made in GoogleSheets. In this autumn equinox, you are invited to the annual..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Missinger: "Who you accuse means life or death" November 21, 2024 "Missinger is an investigative interactive piece, where you play as Paula, a university student, looking into the disappearance of Alex, a..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Crystal and Stone, Beetle and Bone: "Dreamlike quest to restore a golden age" November 21, 2024 "The intriguing title and premise of Crystal and Stone, Beetle and Bone seem to draw a fair amount of interest (with over 50 people having..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Under the Cognomen of Edgar Allan Poe: "A tell-tale art" November 21, 2024 "Last night my wife and I had one of our all-too-infrequent dates (we’re parents of a toddler, the struggle is real), and I made the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Deliquescence: "Falling to pieces" November 21, 2024 "Deliquescence is an emotionally charged game presenting one of the most painful experiences possible – being with someone you love in..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews House of Wolves: "A thin carpaccio" November 21, 2024 "The thing about metaphors is, they can’t be too metaphorical. Similes are anchored by that “like”, they can do anything they want:..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Jackson, Favoritos November 20, 2024 1 item Lista pessoal.

A new review of A Serviço de Ganga Zumba - From the Author "Narrativa bem envolvente!"

manonamora reviews I need to let it out: "Dealing with feelings." November 20, 2024 "I need to let it out is a collection of text files containing thoughts and feelings that Clare doesn’t dare say out loud, even though..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Productivity2000: "Crazy rules and micro-management" November 20, 2024 "Productivity2000 is a time management interactive games, where you must fill-in a time-sheet in Sheets with tasks completed during the..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Swormville Sweep: "Digital Treasure Hunt" November 20, 2024 "The Swormville Sweep is a treasure hunt puzzle made in GoogleMyMaps, set in the village of Swormville, USA. The map has 15~ pre-selected..." - See full review

A new listing for The Curious Four go to Black Devil Reef, by Jon Bardi (as Cayenne Pepper Design)

Mike Russo reviews LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST: "Rubber soul" November 20, 2024 "Early on in LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST (hereinafter “Sextuple L”, per the subtitle – yes, I know that’s only five, I..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Doctor Who and the Dalek Super-Brain: "Time Lordin'" November 20, 2024 "As my review of Dream of Silence indicates, I’m maybe not especially good at evaluating fan-fiction riffing on stuff I lack much direct..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Garbage of the Future: "Clogged pipes" November 20, 2024 "There are certain kinds of criticism that, while well-intentioned, nevertheless always bug me, and high on that list is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Standoff: "A rule set for a TTRPG" November 19, 2024 "This is a pdf that gives the rules for a collaborative storytelling game. The basic idea is that you need an antagonist who ultimately..." - See full review

IFDB site news November 19, 2024 Estimated play time votes are now publicly attributed to you: When we first launched the new estimated play time feature, each player's votes for a time were private and anonymous. But we have improvements planned that won't work well with anonymity, so we've decided to change our approach and to publicly attribute time votes to the player who posts them, just like reviews and ratings. Here's how the transition will work. All 373 existing time votes are temporarily marked "Anonymous." All new time votes will link to the user who posted them, like this: "8h30m — Dan Fabulich" We've emailed all 34 users who have submitted time votes, asking their permission to link their votes to their user name. (The email includes a list of your existing time votes.) Check your spam folder or email us at [email protected] if you haven't gotten an email from us but you think you should have gotten one. If you decide that you're not comfortable linking your time votes to your user name, we'll delete your time votes from IFDB. (You'll still have your private copy in email, so you can always repost them at any time, but, if you do, the time votes will be publicly attributable to you.) After 30 days, on or around December 19, we'll delete any time votes from users who haven't granted us permission to link them publicly. After December 19, all existing time votes will be publicly attributed to the user who posted them. If you have questions, please reach out to us at [email protected].

MathBrush reviews Last-Minute Magic: "Optimization with a combinatorial explosion of tools" November 19, 2024 "I like this game, and I've played it more than any other Ectocomp game, but it's designed in a way that fully exploring it is very..." - See full review

manonamora reviews notes on the disappearance of a sister: "When justice fails..." November 19, 2024 "notes on the disappearance of a sister is an investigative interactive piece, where a young woman created a board to keep track of..." - See full review

A new listing for Arctic Adventure, by The Ventureweaver

manonamora reviews Love and Java: "Atmospheric" November 19, 2024 "Love and Java is a short branching choice-based piece made in pure HTML and CSS. With its 9 different endings, it paints a picture of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Traffic: "Grinding gears" November 19, 2024 "Fittingly for a game that’s structured as a series of repeating time loops, I am getting déjà vu writing this review, because I’m..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews A Death in Hyperspace: "A whole lot of cooks" November 19, 2024 "I often like IF collaborations quite a lot – Cragne Manor ranks quite high on my all-time favorites list – but they often present a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Final Call: "Mike check" November 19, 2024 "Mike, as I’m sure you’re aware, is a very common name in the U.S., so much so that in my elementary school class of 25, I was one of..." - See full review

manonamora reviews CurseOfTheManor.xls: "Fun parser puzzle in Excel!" November 18, 2024 "CurseOfTheManor.xls is a sparse parser escape puzzle created in Microsoft Excel. The manor you are currently in is cursed, stopping you..." - See full review

manonamora reviews :-O _(._.)_ INTERRED _(._.)_ :-Q: "Parser made with emoticons" November 18, 2024 ":-O (..) INTERRED (..) :-Q is a short parser-like escape puzzle, coded in emoticons. Waking up in a bedroom, you feel the urge to leave..." - See full review

manonamora reviews a conversation with a concerned cow: "but also a mindful cow" November 18, 2024 "a conversation with a concerned cow is a short conversation with, like the title says, a concerned cow. They've been feeling down for a..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Mad, Sad, Glad: "Feedback hell" November 18, 2024 "Mad, Sad, Glad is a snapshot of a corporate workshop following the end of a project. Inside the Miro page, participants could express..." - See full review

A new listing for Mimeografika, by amberMechanic

manonamora reviews Bakery management challenge: "A planning prototype" November 18, 2024 "Bakery management challenge is a cooking/management sim made in GoogleSheets, where the goal is to make and sell as many good in a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews No More: "Short one-room gothic parser game" November 18, 2024 "I helped test this game. This is a brief one-room parser game with a well-written atmosphere. You are in a carriage with your father who..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Turn Right: "Makes walking look good" November 18, 2024 "It’s been well said that America and the U.K. are two countries separated by the Atlantic Ocean, but interestingly, you could make the..." - See full review

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