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A new competition page: NarraScope Showcase 2025 created December 12, 2025
Don't get distracted!, by Clayfinger
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Slaying the Scourge, by MiltonManThing
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Cheerleader's Choice: New York Spirit, by Charli Battersby
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House of the Golden Mask, by Miranda Eastwood
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An Imp & An Imposter, by Athar Fikry
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Reviews

thesleuthacademy reviews Ghosts Within: "When perseverance paid off" - See full review
MathBrush reviews The Bloody Wallpaper: "Very long, complex Fallen London story about serving in a hotel" - See full review
voidnoidoid reviews The Weight of a Soul: "The Weight of a Story" - See full review
Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Acreage: "My title was going to be a clever verse, but I gave up" - See full review
MathBrush reviews Rana's Reception: "Short parser game with a riddle and a timing puzzle" - See full review
OtisTDog reviews Gardening Simulator: "It takes skill to be this bad!" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

NarraScope Showcase 2025 created December 12, 2025
News on Short Games Showcase 2025: Short Games Showcase 2025 open for submissions! December 2, 2025 Details
Short Games Showcase 2025 created December 2, 2025
PunyComp 2025 created December 2, 2025
News on ECTOCOMP 2025: Results are out! December 1, 2025 Details
Iron ChIF (Pilot Episode) created November 14, 2025
Bare-Bones Jam 2025 created November 3, 2025
ECTOCOMP 2025 created October 31, 2025

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Type Help, by William Rous
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The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson
You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are...

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