 | Bee, by Emily Short 6 votes "A gentle look at religion and childhood" [+]"A gentle look at religion and childhood" ( ) --Molly... "Captures the cycles of seasons and growing up" [+]"Captures the cycles of seasons and growing up" ( ) --Joey Jones... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Danielle... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Porpentine... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Ghalev...
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 | Endless, Nameless, by Adam Cadre 3 votes "Cadre still has..." [+]"Cadre still has it. There's some fun gameplay here, with a fair amount of IF philosophy to chew on." --Jonathan Blask... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --amciek... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Agnishom...
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 | Dinner Bell, by Jenni Polodna 2 votes "Hilarious and energetic" [+]"Hilarious and energetic" ( ) --Jeremy Freese... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sam Kabo Ashwell...
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 | Eurydice, by Anonymous 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short...
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 | howling dogs, by Porpentine 2 votes "One of the most..." [+]"One of the most memorable and peculiar IF experiences of this year, and one of the best hypertext-style CYOA pieces I've ever seen." --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Wade Clarke...
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 | Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort 2 votes "Everyone has..." [+]"Everyone has praised the famous second story puzzle rooms, so I'll only add that the word playground doesn't get nearly enough love." ( ) --Molly... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Campbell...
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 | All Roads, by Jon Ingold 1 vote "Pyrotechnic fantasy trip" [+]"Pyrotechnic fantasy trip: I was never able to get past the game's only puzzle before this year. Now that I've finally finished it I'm very glad I picked it up again." ( ) --Molly...
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 | rat chaos, by Winter Lake 1 vote "One of the strongest Twine games of the year" [+]"One of the strongest Twine games of the year" --Porpentine...
Molly says: Oh man, I loved this one too. I identified with the rat way more than I'd like to admit.
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 | Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom, by S. John Ross 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sam Kabo Ashwell...
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 | Return to Doom, by Peter D. Killworth 1 vote "I finally got..." [+]"I finally got around to playing through the series that this game is from this year. While I wouldn't suggest that they don't have frustrating elements, all of them have memorable highlights- especially the latter two games in the series. This one in particular, the second game, has varied environments and creatures that have stuck in my mind months after I played it. A wide-scope-of-environments might be common to many old-school games, but I just thought it was done really well here." ( - Full review) --Jonathan Blask...
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 | The Statue Got Me High, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote "Great game with vivid imagery" [+]"Great game with vivid imagery: As God as my witness, I'll never forget the dinner party scene at the end." ( ) --Molly...
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 | Kerkerkruip, by Victor Gijsbers 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Anya Johanna DeNiro...
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 | Nostrils of Flesh and Clay, by Porpentine 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sam Kabo Ashwell...
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 | Andromeda Dreaming, by Joey Jones 1 vote "A good small..." [+]"A good small sci-fi game in its own right which looks even better in the context of the competition it took part in, and better again as being part of the shared Andromeda universe." ( - Full review) --Wade Clarke...
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 | Muggle Studies, by M. Flourish Klink 1 vote "I haven't played..." [+]"I haven't played much fan-fiction-as-IF that didn't rub me the wrong way, but this one managed to slip through my defenses. While the puzzles aren't exactly challenging, I found exploring the game to be quite enjoyable, despite being only vaguely familiar with the Harry Potter universe." ( ) --Jonathan Blask...
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| In a Manor of Speaking, by Hulk Handsome 1 vote "A rather..." [+]"A rather effortless-seeming and light comic adventure through a world of puns and figures of speech. Delivered with a lot of grace." ( - Full review) --Wade Clarke...
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 | For a Change, by Dan Schmidt 1 vote "IF as poem" [+]"IF as poem: My favorite detail was the subtle anthropomorphizing of the inventory." ( ) --Molly...
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 | Olivia's Orphanorium, by Sam Kabo Ashwell 1 vote "I really enjoyed..." [+]"I really enjoyed the narrative voice of this, and there's lots of dark humor; and it's just a bit off the standard path for IF, in a way I enjoyed." ( - Full review) --Emily Short...
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