Tabitha

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Member since April 9, 2023
Last visited January 28, 2025
Profile ID (TUID): 51jr4xdvtllwlgel

Writer and player of IF! Also known as alyshkalia. Games at alyshkalia.itch.io.

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Interactive Fiction by Tabitha

Structural Integrity, by Tabitha O'Connell (2023)
(11 ratings)
You are Yaan, a well-off government official romantically involved with former messenger boy Kel. Uncover the cracks in your relationship, and decide what you're going to do about them... Author's...

Cycle, by alyshkalia (2023)
(8 ratings)
Tiel's partner Heron is the one thing in his life that makes him happy. So when Heron says ey's done with him, how can Tiel not go to desperate lengths to get em to stay? A story game with three...

Dark Communion, by alyshkalia (2023)
(10 ratings)
Two teenage girls. One abandoned church. ??? survivors.

You're a Time Agent!, by Tabitha O'Connell (2023)
(7 ratings)
A silly, light-hearted puzzle game in which you play an agent trying to get through a guarded door using your ability to reset time.

POV: You're a Teenage Girl in a Conservative Christian Family, by alyshkalia (2023)
(7 ratings)
A little piece of my religious trauma.

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Recommended Lists by Tabitha

Top games that made me feel - 10 items   January 9, 2025
Personal list of games I've found most emotionally hard-hitting.

Favorite surreal games - 5 items   June 19, 2024
Using my own personal definition of "surreal", which is less a definition and more a vibe that I know when I see.

Agency Denied - 6 items   August 21, 2023

Social Anxiety Games - 5 items   August 20, 2023

Polls by Tabitha

2025 Review-a-thon - games seeking reviews (authors only) - 8 votes for 8 games; created August 3, 2024
The IF Review-a-thon is an event meant to spur reviews of games released outside the community's two major comps (IF Comp and Spring...

2024 Review-a-thon - games seeking reviews (authors only) - 50 votes for 49 games; created March 10, 2024
EDIT 2: I've locked this poll, but have started a new one here for next year's Review-a-thon! EDIT: The inaugural IF Review-a-thon is now...

Microparsers - 79 votes for 60 games; created December 13, 2023
The discussion in this thread, from which I've borrowed the term "microparser" (thanks Pinkunz!), led me to want to collect small parser...

Rat games - 26 votes for 21 games; created November 28, 2023
Collecting games that either: have "rat" in the title; have rats/a rat playing a significant role; or have a rat as the PC.

Two-player games - 7 votes for 6 games; created August 27, 2023
IF games for two players

Reviews by Tabitha

Lazarrien: A Love Story, by DemonApologist   January 25, 2025
"This is a short game with a lot of depth, and one of my favorites in the 2024 Short Games Showcase. It starts with a classic..." - See the full review

te/ra/to/ma, by Naarel   January 25, 2025
"This is a story I can't imagine being told as effectively in any other medium. The combination of short bits of text with "click to..." - See the full review

A changing greenhouse (extended version), by jsmonzani   January 25, 2025
"This is a lovely little game that's been expanded from the original, shorter version. In it you wander around a surreal, magical..." - See the full review

Heartless Smoker, by Catleap Studios   January 25, 2025
"This game confused me on multiple levels. I'm not sure if this version is just a demo of the full game? The itch page promises "various..." - See the full review

Angel x Demon Cultural Exchange, by Glueblade   January 25, 2025
"This game was made for an "intentionally bad" visual novel jam. From what I've seen, events like that don't necessarily result in..." - See the full review

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Tabitha's Play Lists

Played Games

Raven & Cardinal, by Norbez Jones (call me Bez)
Welcome to my Treehouse, by dsherwood
hideous, fabulous, by Lionstooth
Freedom's Whirlwind, by Librivore42
a diner for the end of the world, by KA Tan

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Wish List

Silverwolf, by Anonymous
Open Up!, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
All or Nothing (1973), by Autumn Chen
Your Prince Has Drowned, by S.L. Dove Cooper
The Secret of St. Brides, by Priscilla Langridge

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