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Carriage Returns, by David Good
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
A short, underimplemented but funny horror game, June 30, 2017*
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In this short ectocomp game, you have to buy a newspaper and go into a diner, where events soon unfold in a dangerous way.

I had a lot of trouble figuring out what to do, so I had to textdump the game, but once I found the ending, I thought it was humorous. It definitely could use some more synonyms, though.

* This review was last edited on July 16, 2017
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Choose Your Own SPOOKY Death, by Healy
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A wacky game about dying on Halloween, June 30, 2017*
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This is a speed IF entered into Ectocomp. In this game, you are aware of your death, and you try to avoid it. It branches wildly, with a bunch of silly deaths.

Some of the branches are advertised as unfinished, but its all part of the fun. I liked it as a small snack.

* This review was last edited on July 16, 2017
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City of the Living Dead, by Joshua Houk (as Tanah Atkinson)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
An interesting social commentary entered into Ectocomp, June 30, 2017*
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This game is about gentrification rather than zombification. A social commentary twine game designed to show the plight of those affected by gentrification.

This game had no ending that I could find, but upon restarting the game you can find access to more information about gentrification.

* This review was last edited on July 16, 2017
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First Person, by Buster Hudson
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A short horror game with an unusual narrative viewpoint, June 30, 2017*
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This is an ectocomp game about a confined, frightening story with an unusual viewpoint suggested by the title of the story.

The game does a very good job at splitting up the parser-viewpoint and the player-viewpoint. It's also fairly grim. I enjoyed this game, but as a speed-IF, it had some spotty implementation.

* This review was last edited on July 16, 2017
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halloween candy triage simulator, by j. marie
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A game that randomly assigns you candy, June 30, 2017*
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This is a twine game with two buttons: one that randomly gives you a type of candy, and one that counts the candy you've gotten.

I don't know if there's anything hidden here. This is a speed IF, so its likely the author was just experimenting with Twine, in which case this is a neat little piece of programming.

* This review was last edited on July 16, 2017
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Hill of Souls, by Angela Shah
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
A creepy short game experimenting with text output, June 30, 2017*
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This game (whose cover art was nominated for an XYZZY award for best supplemental materials) uses randomization to change the description of the area you are in (a one-room game), and every turn it clears the screen before printing the description.

I found it a bit confusing, and I had to look up the club floyd transcript to finish it, but it was a fun experiment.

* This review was last edited on August 17, 2017
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IDSPISPOPD, by Christopher Brent
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A bizarre short sequence with minimalist parser about Doom, June 30, 2017*
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This is a violent and profanity-filled short little game with some graphics effects that has a bit of a parser in it (you can type 5 or 7 different commands) made for Ectocomp.

It seems like it was intricate to program in the 3 hours, but suffered from the lack of time.

* This review was last edited on July 16, 2017
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Jack, by Jason Lautzenheiser
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A short thriller about being Jack in Halloween, June 30, 2017*
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This game has you starting as a confused Jack during Halloween, and quickly escalates from there.

The story is quite original for IF, though it resembles the plot of several non-IF media sources.

This is an ectocomp game, so it is short and buggy, but the concept is neat.

* This review was last edited on July 16, 2017
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LISEY, by Marco Innocenti
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
A haunting short story about a man, a woman, and a cat, June 30, 2017*
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This is a SpeedIf made for Ectocomp. You play an old man who has experienced a loss, and who finds a dead cat on his lawn.

You have to clean up the cat, by finding various items about your house. As you do, a mysterious backstory is slowly unveiled.

While the final story didn't completely gel for me, I found this game fun and fascinating.

* This review was last edited on July 16, 2017
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Monster Maker, by Adri ("Erin Gigglecreek")
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A fun, tiny game where you customize your body, June 30, 2017*
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In this game, you are a monster with a varying number of body parts that you can modify by taking different things out of buckets and baskets nearby, including tails, skins, eyes, and 'extra'.

Its short and fun, written quickly for Ectocomp. It doesn't have an ending or graphics, but it's whimsical and fun.

* This review was last edited on July 16, 2017
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