Teaspoon

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Member since January 21, 2016
Last visited October 6, 2018
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An IF enthusiast for several years, now enjoying both reviewing and making games.

I tend to grade generously - my absolute favourites I give five stars, but just about anything that I like well enough to recommend will get a four. Three I tend to reserve for anything moderately entertaining but middle of the pack - something well-implemented but brief, for instance. Games that I've found significantly buggy receive a two, and I haven't disliked anything enough to give it just one star yet.

Interactive Fiction by Teaspoon

sheep here, by Teaspoon (2016)
(6 ratings)

A pasture full of non-procedurally-generated grass for you, a sheep, to eat. Created for the Tiny Utopia Jam.

Candle flames in windless air, by Teaspoon (2016)
(2 ratings)
So you've spent the last fortnight hitchhiking around rugged bits of the Nevada desert, and while it's been fun and all, you'd rather like your time machine back now. ...

"Do Not Meddle", by Teaspoon (2016)
(8 ratings)
Will you be one of the naughty, meddling boys, or the good one who obeys the dictum "DO NOT MEDDLE"? Done largely as an exercise in third-person coding, this is a verbose adaptation of a 19th...

Sardines, by TeaspoonNeathmas festivities are traditionally ushered out with parlour games, before the last night's flaming pudding; but the Captain wasn't up for Catch-the-Drownie, the Cynical Herald has a moral...

The Laughing Gnome, by Teaspoon (2016)
'You were walking, down the high street...' A tribute to David Bowie and one of his first singles. Also contains ghome invasion, Surbiton Railway Station, Mick and Keith's corner shop off 'Stella...

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Recommended Lists by Teaspoon

Historical Setting - 5 items   June 12, 2016
Some good games with a historical setting. Will be added to as I go along.

Apollo 18+20 - 38 items   March 27, 2016
Interactive fiction games, with one game per track on the album Apollo 18 by They Might Be Giants. The regular tracks are generally short...

British setting - 5 items   March 26, 2016
Good games in a British setting.

Polls by Teaspoon

Great game sequels - 45 votes for 28 games; created April 9, 2016
Whilst writing a review of "All Alone", Joey Jones's sequel to his game "If I Wasn't Shy", I became curious - how many examples of...

Reviews by Teaspoon

Strained Tea, by Joey Jones   September 4, 2017
"Came the day when I required the correct rule formatting for pouring tea from a teapot, and lo! there was this game for me to steal code..." - See the full review

A Scurvy of Wonders, by Rob Dubbin, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi   June 19, 2016
"Eh. The basic concept is all right (there is an actual winnable game, and not a very long one), but I was too distracted by certain..." - See the full review

Tea and Toast, by Matt Weiner (as Maria del Pangolin)   June 12, 2016
"A warm and delightful piece, in which the player is invited to make a cup of tea and a slice of toast (Marmite and butter presumably..." - See the full review

Antropology, by Oreolek   June 12, 2016
"A sound-critical game, this is about as concise as games can be; a handful of words pop up on a screen, and you click on them. The..." - See the full review

Fingertips: All Alone, by Joey Jones   April 9, 2016
" This is the sequel to "If I Wasn't Shy". Go and play that one first if you haven't yet,..." - See the full review

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Teaspoon's Play Lists

Played Games

Lost in Reflections, by Alexis Kennedy, Richard Cobbett, Failbetter Games
Sunless Sea, by Failbetter Games
The Mary Jane of Tomorrow, by Emily Short
Fallen London, by Failbetter Games
A Scurvy of Wonders, by Rob Dubbin, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi

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Wish List

Acid Whiplash, by Ryan Stevens and Cody Sandifer
EXTERMINATE!, by Michael Martin
The Endling Archive, by Kazuki Mishima
Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!, by Steph Cherrywell
SPY INTRIGUE, by furkle

See all 12 entries in the Wish List