Tabitha

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Member since April 9, 2023
Last visited November 20, 2024
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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)
(9 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

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.

Top games that made me feel - 9 items   June 14, 2024
Personal list of the games I found most emotionally hard-hitting.

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

Familiar Problems, by Daniel Stelzer, Ada Stelzer, Sarah Stelzer   November 16, 2024
"I playtested this game and have replayed the published version. I can’t really comment on the difficulty of the puzzles because I..." - See the full review

Awakened Deeply, by R.A. Cooper   October 16, 2024
"This is a fairly brief and mostly straightforward sci-fi puzzler that’s a bit rough around the edges. There were a decent number of..." - See the full review

Under the Cognomen of Edgar Allan Poe, by Jim Nelson   October 16, 2024
"Another comp game that I'm a bit torn about, although the parts I liked made it one of my favorites this year. As a sucker for historical..." - See the full review

Eikas, by Lauren O'Donoghue   October 16, 2024
"I quite enjoyed this game; highlights were the progression of newcomer knowing no one to being part of the community, the coziness of the..." - See the full review

The Garbage of the Future, by AM Ruf   October 16, 2024
"This game has a unique UI that has a sleekness to it, but is also rather disorienting. Other reviewers (at intfiction.org) have covered..." - See the full review

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Tabitha's Play Lists

Played Games

The Little Match Girl 5: The Hunter's Vow, by Ryan Veeder
how to fly a kite / cómo volar una cometa, by rubereaglenest
Hotel Halloween, by One Boat Crew
At the Strike of Twelve, by One Boat Crew
Like a Sky Full of Locusts, by Ryan Veeder

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Wish List

The Coral Labyrinth, by Coral Nulla
Whoah Cubs Woe, by Andrew Schultz
goodbye.monster, by Eugene An, Rook Liu, Beckett Rowan, Matt Wang
Blood Island, by Billy Krolick
Alexis, Unbound, by A.C. Eberhardt and K. Twomey

See all 428 entries in the Wish List