Victor Gijsbers
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Member since December 30, 2007
Last visited May 3, 2022
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I have authored The Baron, Fate, Figaro, most of The Art of Fugue, The Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode, 'Mid the Sagebrush and the Cactus, Kerkerkruip and Nemesis Macana. I have also written a large Inform 7 extension called ATTACK.
A note on my ratings: I am mapping stars, numerical values and prose evaluations onto each other in roughly the following way.
1 star = 1 to 4 numerical rating = a bad game; not worth playing.
2 stars = 5 to 6 numerical rating = either does something interesting, but in flawed way; or is solid but truly unremarkable; might be worth playing if the premise interests you.
3 stars = 6,5 to 8- numerical rating = an interesting and solid game that nevertheless lacks something that would make it thoroughly successful; definitely worth playing, but not 'must play'.
4 stars = 8 to 9 numerical rating = a very good or great game that shines in almost every way.
5 stars = 9+ to 10 numerical rating = an (almost) perfect game, a fantastic example of what interactive fiction is capable of; something to play and replay.
Interactive Fiction by Victor Gijsbers
 | Turandot, by Victor Gijsbers (2019)
(36 ratings) An operatic performance. A tale of atonement. A dating sim with a crocodile pit. Content warnings: sex; sexism and other gender issues; suicide; torture; homophobia; xenophobia. |
 | Kerkerkruip, by Victor Gijsbers (2011)
(62 ratings) Kerkerkruip is a short-form roguelike in the interactive fiction medium, featuring meaningful tactical and strategic depth, innovative game play, zero grinding, and a sword & sorcery setting that... |
 | De Baron, by Victor Gijsbers (2006)
(153 ratings) An evil nobleman, a kidnapped daughter and a father who wants to rescue her at any cost--that is not the way life works. Something much darker, something much more human, lies underneath. |
 | Fate, by Victor Gijsbers (2007)
(47 ratings)
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Innovative Interactive Fiction - 7 items
January 2, 2008Much Interactive Fiction, and some of the best, quite obviously descends from Zork and other early Infocom text adventures. But some of...
Polls by Victor Gijsbers
The great puzzlefests -
73 votes for 28 games; created August 9, 2018Playing Curses!, I started wondering which games belong to the canon of great puzzlefests. With this term I mean puzzle based games that...
Villains -
31 votes for 16 games; created September 1, 2010"[T]he thief [in Zork] is important to the development of interactive fiction because he functions as a true villain, not simply an...
Games with "logical" puzzles -
55 votes for 27 games; created October 6, 2009Some puzzles--like chess problems or sudokus--can be difficult even though you know all the rules. I'm looking for IF games with this...
Reviews by Victor Gijsbers
Cyborg Arena, by John Ayliff
October 27, 2021
"Here’s what I like most: the fact that we’re playing a variant of rock-paper-scissors where you are told in advance what the opponent’s..." - See the full review I Should Have Been That I Am, by E. K. Wagner
March 28, 2021
"I Should Have Been That I Am is a short game, but it has a surprising amount of variability in its text: as the robot protagonist follows..." - See the full review Anno 1700, by Finn Rosenløv
March 28, 2021
"Anno 1700 is clearly a labour of love. It is the story of a guy who really loves pirate stories written by someone who, I suspect, really..." - See the full review Time Passed, by Davis G. See
March 28, 2021
"This is the third game I played in the 2018 IF Comp in which the protagonist’s not being (strictly) heterosexual is important, making it..." - See the full review Nightmare Adventure, by Laurence Emms, Vibha Laljani
March 28, 2021
"Nightmare Adventure comes an an executable file that has to be opened, at least under Linux, in the terminal. A bit weird, but it works...." - See the full reviewSee all 181 reviews by Victor Gijsbers
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Victor Gijsbers's Play Lists
Played Games
Perihelion, by Tim White
9/21: My Story , by Kronosaurus, Yersinasaurus
Triune, by Papillon
80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
Pirateship, by Robin Johnson
See all 92 entries in the Played List
Wish List
OK Boomer: The Game, by E.I. Wong
IFDB Spelunking 2, by sam Kabo Ashwell
Jacqueline, Jungle Queen!, by Steph Cherrywell
Karel of de Elegast, by Tom Hermans (@Auroriax)
Regel het voor Dries: De kunstroof, by Ketnet (in cooperation with pure communication)
See all 243 entries in the Wish List