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Previous | 151-200 | NextA new listing for PROSPER.0, by groggydog April 1, 2024
You are a corporate drone tasked with purging poetry from CORPOTECH's Database of Subsumed Cultures. But when a mysterious interloper hacks into your console, you're faced with an escalating series of...
News on Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille: English Release of Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille for the SpringThing! April 1, 2024
Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille has been translated into English for the 2024 Edition of the SpringThing! This new version is also available on the same itch page as the original French version. - Details
A new listing for A Dream of Silence, by Abigail Corfman April 1, 2024
A monster has its teeth in your companions. It builds nightmares out of their worst memories and drinks their pain. One of your companions has a particularly bad worst memory. But you can interfere. You are...
A new listing for Do Good Deeds..., by Sissy April 1, 2024
Modis the elf faces mockery from the forest inhabitants due to his unusual appearance. However, many of the animals struggle to complete their preparations for winter, and it depends on Modis whether they...
A new listing for The Case of the Solitary Resident, by thesleuthacademy April 1, 2024
Uncover the truth behind a mysterious death in an apartment.
A new listing for Alltarach, by Katie Canning and Josef Olsson April 1, 2024
An illustrated interactive novel about family, folklore, and grief, set in a semi-historical version of 6th century Ireland. Author's Comment: "This game is part character study, part playful take on Irish...
A new listing for Dragon of Steelthorne, by Vance Chance April 1, 2024
Rule a mighty city, fight battles, and embark on quests in a steampunk-fantasy land. As the Ardent or Ardessa of Lake Steelthorne, find love, power and a secret which could change the world.
MathBrush reviews CINERIP: "Long, complex and creepy story about a private cinema showing" March 31, 2024
"This is a pretty substantial Moiki game with a creepy atmosphere, in French. There is a book you love that is finally getting a movie..." - See full review
"This is a pretty substantial Moiki game with a creepy atmosphere, in French. There is a book you love that is finally getting a movie..." - See full reviewBitterlyIndifferent reviews Misty Hills: "Choice-based exploration of a novel fantasy environment" March 31, 2024
"The author’s note describes this as a chill game that players are meant to enjoy at their own pace. The implementation supports that..." - See full review
"The author’s note describes this as a chill game that players are meant to enjoy at their own pace. The implementation supports that..." - See full reviewBitterlyIndifferent reviews Waiting for the Day Train: "A few puzzles in a small, well-implemented environment" March 31, 2024
"The strength of this work comes from its simplicity. Descriptive details add depth without confusing or distracting from the major..." - See full review
"The strength of this work comes from its simplicity. Descriptive details add depth without confusing or distracting from the major..." - See full reviewA new listing for Oblivious Melodies - 1.1., by stridentangel/RD March 31, 2024
Oblivious Melodies is an interactive fiction game, set in the in the fictional country of Angria, based on early industrial-era Britain. Following the Horne siblings and their emergence into gentry society,...
JJ McC reviews How Prince Quisborne the Feckless Shook His Title: "How JJMcC Shook his Preconceptions" March 31, 2024
"If, through some strange quirk of the hyperlink-chain that got you here, my words are the first you are reading about this game know..." - See full review
"If, through some strange quirk of the hyperlink-chain that got you here, my words are the first you are reading about this game know..." - See full reviewA new listing for The Tower, by communistsister March 30, 2024
"Like a wall in which an insect lives and gnaws." a game made for Gothic Novel Jam, 2018
Max Fog reviews Forward: "Have ourselves a good time - and never look back..." March 30, 2024
"But maybe you just need to remember the past. Honestly, the first thing I can say is quite clear. I could picture everything. Now..." - See full review
"But maybe you just need to remember the past. Honestly, the first thing I can say is quite clear. I could picture everything. Now..." - See full reviewMathBrush reviews Le Dernier Serment: "An alchemy parser game on a retro platform" March 30, 2024
"This French game is designed to run on an Amstrad CPC emulator. It comes with pixel art. This was tough; I often struggle with old-school..." - See full review
"This French game is designed to run on an Amstrad CPC emulator. It comes with pixel art. This was tough; I often struggle with old-school..." - See full reviewMathBrush reviews Radio liberté - prologue: "The intro to a longer game about revolutionary radio" March 29, 2024
"This is a prologue to a humor sci fi game written in Moiki. In it, you play as a radio repairman in a futuristic world. A transgender..." - See full review
"This is a prologue to a humor sci fi game written in Moiki. In it, you play as a radio repairman in a futuristic world. A transgender..." - See full reviewRovarsson reviews Once and Future: "Excalibur in Avalon" March 29, 2024
"--------------------------------------------------------------------------- "She is not any common earth Water or wood or air, But..." - See full review
"--------------------------------------------------------------------------- "She is not any common earth Water or wood or air, But..." - See full reviewMathBrush reviews Un Songe sans fin: "A surreal game set in a dream" March 29, 2024
"In this game, you fall asleep, and wake up trapped in a strange dream world. The game is choice-based, using Moiki, but it has a strong..." - See full review
"In this game, you fall asleep, and wake up trapped in a strange dream world. The game is choice-based, using Moiki, but it has a strong..." - See full reviewA new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for March 2024 March 29, 2024
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On Friday, March 29, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more...
On Friday, March 29, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more...
Lance Cirone reviews Letters from Home: "Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx" March 29, 2024
"I'm a fan of wordplay games, so it's only natural that I'd end up liking Letters from Home. It took me a bit of time to understand what I..." - See full review
"I'm a fan of wordplay games, so it's only natural that I'd end up liking Letters from Home. It took me a bit of time to understand what I..." - See full reviewMathBrush reviews Immobilistes: "A databse search game with revolutionary poets" March 29, 2024
"This game took me a while to figure out. There's a text box to enter stuff, but hitting enter just goes to a new line. Eventually I..." - See full review
"This game took me a while to figure out. There's a text box to enter stuff, but hitting enter just goes to a new line. Eventually I..." - See full reviewA new Recommended List by Walter Sandsquish, Murder Mysteries March 28, 2024
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Text-adventure games ask players to solve puzzles, so asking them to also solve a murder mystery is quite common. Figure out who-done-it in the following games.
Text-adventure games ask players to solve puzzles, so asking them to also solve a murder mystery is quite common. Figure out who-done-it in the following games.
Canalboy reviews The Only Possible Prom Dress: "An Enjoyable Soak In An Old School Tub" March 28, 2024
"The Only Possible Prom Dress was for my part a long-awaited sequel to Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina and showcases the author's admirable..." - See full review
"The Only Possible Prom Dress was for my part a long-awaited sequel to Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina and showcases the author's admirable..." - See full reviewMathBrush reviews Panique à Mandonez: "An easy-to-play and intriguing IF mystery set in a small town" March 27, 2024
"This Ink game was fun. You play as someone who received a note to come and investigate a town on behalf of a countess who has had to make..." - See full review
"This Ink game was fun. You play as someone who received a note to come and investigate a town on behalf of a countess who has had to make..." - See full reviewA new listing for El Pacto, by Eduardo Solans Mares and Antonio Casares Rodríguez and José Antonio Caracuel and Carlos Solans and Sonia Melero Hueso March 27, 2024
Me desperté sobresaltado, me había quedado dormido mientras leía un poco en la cama. Aún no podía creer aquello que habia escuchado: ¡Charles, he muerto! Sólo fueron unas pocas palabras que sonaron claras y...
Cerfeuil reviews Familiar: "Dating sim = real" March 27, 2024
"Here's a comment I made on the itch.io page, copied over because I figure it's long enough for a review and this game is cool: THE..." - See full review
"Here's a comment I made on the itch.io page, copied over because I figure it's long enough for a review and this game is cool: THE..." - See full reviewRovarsson reviews Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille: "Epistolary Mystery" March 27, 2024
"Feeling angry, hurt, betrayed, le Docteur must leave for the countryside, banished from the educated and cultured social circles of the..." - See full review
"Feeling angry, hurt, betrayed, le Docteur must leave for the countryside, banished from the educated and cultured social circles of the..." - See full reviewRovarsson reviews La Fabrique des Princes: ""Hominem unius libri timeo."" March 27, 2024
"The product of the Prince-factory, your education is almost complete. In these final hours before being sent off to the Kingdom that..." - See full review
"The product of the Prince-factory, your education is almost complete. In these final hours before being sent off to the Kingdom that..." - See full reviewA new listing for Dive to the Heart - a text-based demo with real-time combat!, by Clayn March 26, 2024
Inspired by Kingdom Hearts, this is a short demo for a text-based real-time-combat RPG fan game where your decisions have an impact on the events which unfold. This is a proof of concept game. No copyright...
Lance Cirone reviews Toonesia: "Zany to the max" March 26, 2024
"Toonesia knows what it wants to be and isn't anything more than that. It's not a criticism with the game, it's a fun (albeit short)..." - See full review
"Toonesia knows what it wants to be and isn't anything more than that. It's not a criticism with the game, it's a fun (albeit short)..." - See full reviewA new listing for Escape Espacial I, by Trevizer March 26, 2024
Estás en una nave espacial donde poco a poco te vas quedando sin oxígeno, ¿lograrás sobrevivir? ¿Qué secretos oculta esta nave? ¿Dónde está el resto de la tripulación? A lo largo de tu exploración te...
A new Recommended List by Walter Sandsquish, Works of Wordplay March 25, 2024
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Text-adventure games consist of little more than words, so some of them concern themselves with little more than wordplay. Here are a dozen of the better ones.
Text-adventure games consist of little more than words, so some of them concern themselves with little more than wordplay. Here are a dozen of the better ones.
A new Recommended List by Walter Sandsquish, The Great Underground Empire March 25, 2024
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Zork, the first commercially-successful adventure game, spawned a prequel, several sequels, and a slew of homages and pastiches, all of which were set in or around the whimsically-anachronistic land of...
Zork, the first commercially-successful adventure game, spawned a prequel, several sequels, and a slew of homages and pastiches, all of which were set in or around the whimsically-anachronistic land of...
MythOnirie reviews Radio liberté - prologue: "Un univers prometteur." March 25, 2024
"Cette fiction interactive nous fait suivre une histoire linéaire où Hego, réparateur de génie rencontre sa star favorite avant que sa vie..." - See full review
"Cette fiction interactive nous fait suivre une histoire linéaire où Hego, réparateur de génie rencontre sa star favorite avant que sa vie..." - See full reviewMythOnirie reviews La Fabrique des Princes: "Devenir Prince ? " March 25, 2024
"Dans ce jeu, nous incarnons un prince en formation, lors du jour de son évaluation. Le jeu nous propose d'écouter de petites histoires de..." - See full review
"Dans ce jeu, nous incarnons un prince en formation, lors du jour de son évaluation. Le jeu nous propose d'écouter de petites histoires de..." - See full reviewLance Cirone reviews Bee: "I just don't know the words / or how to conjugate them" March 25, 2024
"There's a specific style to Emily Short's games that I really like, and it's inspired plenty of my own writing. Just this dry, bleak..." - See full review
"There's a specific style to Emily Short's games that I really like, and it's inspired plenty of my own writing. Just this dry, bleak..." - See full reviewMathBrush reviews Le chaudron d'Anaritium: "A fantasy mystery traversed through a map " March 25, 2024
"This is my first time playing an OpenAdventure game, and it was interesting. I didn't get it at first, so I tried a tutorial game, and..." - See full review
"This is my first time playing an OpenAdventure game, and it was interesting. I didn't get it at first, so I tried a tutorial game, and..." - See full reviewMathBrush reviews Head Case: "Solve a splitting headache" March 25, 2024
"This brief Inform game has you waking up with temporary amnesia in a medical research facility with a door that has recently been welded..." - See full review
"This brief Inform game has you waking up with temporary amnesia in a medical research facility with a door that has recently been welded..." - See full reviewMax Fog reviews Dungeons & Distractions: "I'm on a highway to hey look a squirrel!" March 24, 2024
"I found this game honestly quite humorous. It reminds me of every D&D session I’ve ever had (both as DM and as a player. Things make..." - See full review
"I found this game honestly quite humorous. It reminds me of every D&D session I’ve ever had (both as DM and as a player. Things make..." - See full reviewA new listing for The Symbol, by Dominik Jarco March 24, 2024
All the gods are dead, except one, slain by the Mercantine Regents in a century-long war. You are the Dreadbard, last devotee of the last living god, the Lattari Symbol. Transmogrified into a powerful,...
Tabitha / alyshkalia reviews No Earthly Use: "Use fingers on keyboard" March 24, 2024
"I played this game because it was the only entry in UseComp, and I was curious what gameplay would be like with "use" as the only verb...." - See full review
"I played this game because it was the only entry in UseComp, and I was curious what gameplay would be like with "use" as the only verb...." - See full reviewMythOnirie reviews Vesna: "Prendre son temps et raconter des histoires" March 23, 2024
"Cherchant le calme dans un village (presque) desert, le personnage principal se retrouve chargé de redonner vie au village de Vesna de..." - See full review
"Cherchant le calme dans un village (presque) desert, le personnage principal se retrouve chargé de redonner vie au village de Vesna de..." - See full reviewCryptic Puffin reviews Faery: Swapped: "Name theft is the name of the game" March 22, 2024
"A very funny little puzzler (it took me like 20 minutes tops I think?) with basically one puzzle and a very clever mechanic for it...." - See full review
"A very funny little puzzler (it took me like 20 minutes tops I think?) with basically one puzzle and a very clever mechanic for it...." - See full reviewA new Recommended List by Walter Sandsquish, Time Travelers March 22, 2024
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Players get to travel back and forth through their player-characters' time-lines all the time by using UNDO, RESTART, and RESTORE. So, it's only fair that player-characters sometimes get to move back and...
Players get to travel back and forth through their player-characters' time-lines all the time by using UNDO, RESTART, and RESTORE. So, it's only fair that player-characters sometimes get to move back and...
Max Fog reviews 1 4 the $: "Game 1 in my list, and I'm all 4 it" March 22, 2024
"What a strong start to the competition! I am personally quite a fan of grotesque and dark subjects, but this one portrayed it very..." - See full review
"What a strong start to the competition! I am personally quite a fan of grotesque and dark subjects, but this one portrayed it very..." - See full reviewMax Fog reviews All The Games I Would Have Made For Seedcomp If I Had The Time (Which I Did Not) (Oh Well There's Always Next Year): "Honestly a very fun game" March 22, 2024
"I’m not sure there’s much to say about this game. Funny, for sure! Very mini IF, but certainly clever. I like the reviews and the setups..." - See full review
"I’m not sure there’s much to say about this game. Funny, for sure! Very mini IF, but certainly clever. I like the reviews and the setups..." - See full reviewA new competition page: Revival Jam 2024 created March 22, 2024
The Revival Jam is a short game jam about bringing back themes and constraints from older game jams to create small interactive fiction games.
A new listing for Neapolitan, by Rylie Eric March 22, 2024
Strawberry is currently unavailable due to time constraints. It should be available before the 21st. Neapolitan is a collection of three mostly linear stories from previous game jams that I had to cancel,...
A new listing for tiny ratopia, by alyshkalia March 22, 2024
Made for the Revival Jam, based on the TinyUtopias IF Jam.
A new listing for stomping grounds, by Sophia de Augustine March 22, 2024
"Can't die just yet- I still want to go fishing and camping with you." For Dan, with deep affection; because a promise made, is a promise kept. Made for the Revival Jam, based off of the TinyUtopias IF Jam....