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A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for May 2025 May 27, 2025
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News on Dragon of Steelthorne: River Rescue Obby (year-late) spinoff game news post Details
News on Quotient, The Game: Quotient, The Game now has a formal map! Details
Reverse War, by Nicolas PIERRON
News on Ataraxia: Ataraxia - now fully soundtracked! Details
Office Temptation, by HHRichards
Twine
Kitsune, by Thom Baylay
ChoiceScript

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Reviews

ChanceOfFire reviews Belle-de-Nuit: "Plenty of romance in a story with a lack of direction" - See full review
Lance Cirone reviews Mayor Mystery: "ARG-style?" - See full review
ChanceOfFire reviews Message in a Melody: "Alien invasions and youtube music" - See full review
ChanceOfFire reviews Lady Anneliese Dies: "Trying to crack this one" - See full review
Lance Cirone reviews Mix Tape: "Scrapbook burning with music" - See full review
deathbytroggles reviews The Roottrees are Dead: "Review of Commercial Version" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

Dialogue Jam 2025 created May 12, 2025
Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2025 created May 1, 2025
15th IF Grand Prix 2025 created April 16, 2025
Spring Thing 2025 created April 2, 2025
Nebula Awards 2024 created March 13, 2025
French Comp 2025 created March 11, 2025
Smoochie Jam 2025 created March 5, 2025
The 2024 IFDB Awards created February 18, 2025

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New walkthroughs for May 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
2025 Alternative Top 25 by Denk, 25 items
New walkthroughs for April 2025 by David Welbourn, 18 items
New walkthroughs for March 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
Games Where The Shape Of The Map Is Relevant To Game Completion by Canalboy, 3 items
New walkthroughs for February 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
Annotated Interactive Fiction by Pinstripe, 8 items
Games I’ve Started by jupiterleah, 8 items
New walkthroughs for January 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items

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Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to...

Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts.

Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe...

Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman
You are online. You are fire and order. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a...

Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but...

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