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New on IFDB

IFDB site news November 2, 2024
Redesigned Home Page: The "New on IFDB" section now contains only site news, polls, competitions, and lists for the past three days. Games, reviews, polls, and lists each have their own section on the home page.
A new Recommended List by Naarel, Naarel's Choice Awards October 31, 2024
5 items
A new competition page: ECTOCOMP 2024 created October 31, 2024
Eider Cake, by sweetfish
Decker
Parka, by baltasarq
fi.js
Everything, To A Computer..., by Wellington Owen
Inform 7
News on Quotient, The Game: Quotient, The Game... New Release 1.1 (or 108.1b!) Details
At the Strike of Twelve, by One Boat Crew
Twine
The Abandoned House Down the Lane, by Chris Hay (a.k.a. Eldritch Renaissance Cake)
Adventuron

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Reviews

Mike Russo reviews Lysidice and the Minotaur: "Escape the maze -- no wait come back!" - See full review
Mike Russo reviews Codex Crusade: "New posset-bilities" - See full review
Mike Russo reviews A1RL0CK: "Each little snail here / know how to wail here" - See full review
OtisTDog reviews The King of Shreds and Patches: ""Madness? We don't need no steenking madness!"" - See full review
MathBrush reviews La bestia: "A vorple adaptation of De Baron into Spanish" - See full review
manonamora reviews Le miroir d'Ozivior: "A smooth small puzzle" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

A new competition page: ECTOCOMP 2024 created October 31, 2024
A new competition page: Anti-Productivity Jam created September 25, 2024
A new competition page: 30th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2024) created September 1, 2024
A new competition page: Nebula Awards 2022 created August 29, 2024
A new competition page: IntroComp 2024 created August 19, 2024

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A new Recommended List by Naarel, Naarel's Choice Awards October 31, 2024
5 items
A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for October 2024 October 30, 2024
7 items
A new Recommended List by Max Fog, Favourite games from 2024 October 29, 2024
10 items
A new Recommended List by jaclynhyde, JH's IFComp favorites October 16, 2024
47 items
A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for September 2024 September 30, 2024
5 items

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IFDB Recommends...

More recommendations

Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover
A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog.

Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon...

Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that...

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...

80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around...

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