Tabitha

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Member since April 9, 2023
Last visited October 20, 2025
Profile ID (TUID): 51jr4xdvtllwlgel

Writer and player of IF! Also known as alyshkalia.

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Interactive Fiction by Tabitha

Structural Integrity, by Tabitha (2023)
(12 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...

You're a Time Agent!, by Tabitha (2023)
(12 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.

Untitled Relationship Project, by Sophia de Augustine, Charm Cochran, Drew Cook, Matt Devins, Piergiorgio d’Errico, Max Fog, Hanon Ondricek, Hidnook, Joey Jones, Kastel, Manonamora, Mathbrush, Mike Russo, Tabitha (2024)
(5 ratings)
This is a short game about bits and pieces of relationships, written by a group of authors.

Blood and Sunlight, by alyshkalia (2025)
(4 ratings)
It’s New Year’s Eve, and you’re not alone. Play as vampire Zach dating human grad student Lyle, who has a request for you tonight—stay over... and face the sunlight tomorrow. -A follow-up...

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Recommended Lists by Tabitha

Top works that made me feel - 11 items   September 4, 2025
Personal list of IF works 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

Underrated (literally) games - 74 votes for 43 games; created October 3, 2025
I want to see the games you love that have flown under the radar--add your favorite works of IF with fewer than five IFDB ratings!...

2026 Review-a-thon - games seeking reviews (authors only) - 9 votes for 9 games; created July 15, 2025
The IF Review-a-thon is an event meant to spur reviews of games that haven't received much reviewing attention. If you're an IF author...

2025 Review-a-thon - games seeking reviews (authors only) - 19 votes for 19 games; created August 3, 2024
The IF Review-a-thon is an event meant to spur reviews of games that haven't received much reviewing attention (for this event, that's...

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 - 91 votes for 66 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...

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Reviews by Tabitha

The Olive Tree, by Francesco Giovannangelo   October 17, 2025
"I can certainly see what the intent of this work is, but for me it wasn’t very successful. It wants to humanize the suffering that’s..." - See the full review

The Little Four, by Allyson Gray (as 'Captain Arthur Hastings, O.B.E.')   October 17, 2025
"A confession: I’ve only ever read one Agatha Christie novel, and it’s the Poirot-less And Then There Were None, so I went into this..." - See the full review

High On Grief, by Norbez Jones (call me Bez; e/em/eir)   October 17, 2025
"This one resonated a lot with me. I was glad to get to follow all the threads of Yancy’s thoughts, feelings, and reactions about/to..." - See the full review

Pharos Fidelis, by DemonApologist   October 15, 2025
"This is one of my favorite games of the comp, which I say having both tested and recently replayed it. The presentation is gorgeous, with..." - See the full review

My creation, by dino   October 12, 2025
"What’s the purpose of IF reviews? Why do we write them? Is it to point out issues in a work to help authors improve? To point out..." - See the full review

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Tabitha's Played Games List

Heard it Through the Grapevine, by Amy Davidson
Citizen Sleeper, by Jump Over the Age
answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are, by frannym
For Gregg, by Leon Barillaro
Editor-In-Chief, by bushn

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