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Nonverbal Communication: "Verbs are for Nerds"
May 19, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/13/24 Playtime: 40min, 4 plays, 3/3 endings There is something inspirational about the..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
Ink and Intrigue: "Shaken AND Stirred"
May 19, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/15/24 Playtime: 1.75hrs, current ending ‘Product Misuse’ is a squirrelly legal tactic, used..." - See full review Mike Russo reviews
Pass A Bill: "Whip it good"
May 19, 2024 "(I beta-tested this game) In my first review of this year’s Thing, I lifted up Potato Peace as an example of a game that has the..." - See full review Mike Russo reviews
Studio: "Sus-studio"
May 19, 2024 "(This is one of those games that can’t meaningfully be reviewed without spoiling a particular narrative and gameplay twist, so it might..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
Studio: "New Home Alone"
May 19, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/10/24 Playtime: 1.5hr, 4 endings of at least 5 I really like what this game is doing, and..." - See full review A new listing for
Hazel, by RetroKissGames
May 18, 2024INTJ female succubus meets naive boy obsessed with psychoanalysis, or - Bram Stoker's Dracula but role-swapped, also HP Lovecraft, also 80s pulp horror meets Twilight Zone original series meets 60s noir...
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To Beseech Old Sins: "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only cuddling"
May 18, 2024 "OK, anecdote time: when I was in high school, my summer job for a couple years was as a busboy at a country club. This was less exciting..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
The Trials of Rosalinda: "Questbone Connected to the Heartbone..."
May 18, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/10-12/24 Playtime: 4.25hrs Well, this was just delightful. I’ve not had cause to reference..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille: "Dearest Ren*****, let me tell you about my day..."
May 18, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review, English version Played: 4/9/24 Playtime: 1.75hrs, all but 1st on FF, 3.5 endings Epistolary works -..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
Alltarach: "Always After Me Irish Myths"
May 18, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/9/24 Playtime: 2hrs It is rare for me to see the ‘Interactive’ and ‘Fiction’ aspects of a..." - See full review Lance Cirone reviews
Top Floor Please: "Elevator antics"
May 17, 2024 "This game sees you invited to a party in a mysterious hotel. You travel to various floors to gather what you need to set it up, while..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
Octopus's Garden: "Eight Legs, One Hat"
May 17, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/8/24 Playtime: 45min How smart are Octopi? One list had them #8 in ranked sub-human IQ,..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
Zomburbia: "Oldschool (Implementation) Horror"
May 17, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/8/24 Playtime: 2hrs, unwinnable at 1.5. Restarted, 1.25hrs later ANOTHER unwinnable state?..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
Pass A Bill: "Mr. Fudd Goes to Washington"
May 17, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/8/24 Playtime: 25min, Master of Politics, 4/7 deaths If there is a more fraught topic to..." - See full review manonamora reviews
Deep Dark Wood: "Surprising Retruning Anthology"
May 17, 2024"Deep Dark Wood is an anthology collection of micro games created by Slovakian children in Twine. Though the authors are different, the..." - See full review MathBrush reviews
Who Kidnapped Mother Goose?: "A fairytale game about rescusing a kidnapped mother goose"
May 16, 2024 "This is a polished parser game entered in the Text Adventure Literacy Jam. In it, you find that Mother Goose was kidnapped, and you have..." - See full review Fie reviews
You Can Only Turn Left: "Story isn't interesting, but the sound design is"
May 16, 2024 "This game describes itself as "a playful exploration" and inspired by "guided sleep meditations", and it goes about as deep as it..." - See full review Fie reviews
A Simple Happening: "Would be more funny if it was less lazy"
May 16, 2024 "This is a comedy that doesn't take itself too seriously. It's not trying to say anything about feudal Japan, though it is set in feudal..." - See full review AvB reviews
Dead Man's Fiesta: "A feast for fans of the Big Lebowski"
May 16, 2024 "(I posted this review years ago in a non-public message board, but I feel enough water has gone down the river to post it here, now)..." - See full review AvB reviews
Ferryman's Gate: "Your English teacher would like this"
May 16, 2024 "(I posted this review years ago in a non-public message board, but I feel enough water has gone down the river to post it here, now)..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
You Can Only Turn Left: "I'm not High, You're High!"
May 16, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/4/24 Playtime: 15min, two passes I know I just said two passes, but this is a one..." - See full review manonamora reviews
PROSPER.0: "temporary Poetic end-a-eve-or"
May 16, 2024 "Note: I beta-tested this game. PROSPER.0 is a dystopian Twine game with a very interesting gameplay mechanic. As an employee of..." - See full review manonamora reviews
Rescue at Quickenheath: "Grinning all the way through!"
May 16, 2024 "Rescue at Quickenheath is a delightful fantasy swashbuckling Twine puzzle-y game, where you play as the dashing highway-person Kit..." - See full review Mike Russo reviews
A Simple Happening: "Commit to the bit"
May 16, 2024 "I was raised Catholic, and unsurprisingly given the wide range of material included in the Bible, I remember often being confused by what..." - See full review Mike Russo reviews
Alltarach: "Historical mythologies"
May 16, 2024 "(This is a game with a narrative that unfolds in layers, and as a result it’s hard to talk about without engaging with some elements that..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
Loose Ends: "The Broad Wore Fangs"
May 16, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/4/24 Playtime: 1.75hrs, For as big a horror fan as I am,..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
Voyage of the Marigold: "The Wrath of C'mon"
May 16, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/4/24 Playtime: 1.75hrs, 4 plays, 4 fails Have we culturally saturated ourselves on Star..." - See full review manonamora reviews
To Beseech Old Sins: "Anti-clamatic Guess the Link"
May 16, 2024"To Beseech Old Sins is a linear sci-fi Twine story, part of a larger series, where you play as Epsilon, a superpowered (if you will)..." - See full review A new listing for
Top Floor Please, by Lokman Salikoon
May 15, 2024Top Floor Please, throws you into the shoes of a an ordinary guy who is invited to a last-min late night party. The narrative brings the quote, "It's not the destination, it's the journey” to a whole new...
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Do Good Deeds...: "Storytime Slowdown"
May 15, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/3/24 Playtime: 20min, finished I kinda love that there is a “children’s story” sub-genre of..." - See full review manonamora reviews
Potato Peace: "In a world, where mankind and potatoe..."
May 15, 2024"Potato Peace is a fairly linear game made in Ink, set in a fantasy world where mankind and potatoes live in peace and harmony (sort of)...." - See full review manonamora reviews
Do Good Deeds...: "Be kind and become the Forest King"
May 15, 2024"Do Good Deeds... is relatively short Twine children's story, where you play as Modis, an outcast elf on a stroll in the forest. Along the..." - See full review Mike Russo reviews
Zomburbia: "Shambolic but endearing"
May 15, 2024 "In my experience, an amusement park appearing halfway into a game that hasn’t previously established said amusement park as part of its..." - See full review Mike Russo reviews
Rescue at Quickenheath: "All buckles must be swashed"
May 15, 2024 "I hope nobody reading my reviews is under the misapprehension that I ever strive for, much less achieve, objectivity, but I figure it’s..." - See full review Mike Russo reviews
Do Good Deeds...: "A gentle fable marred by implementation flaws"
May 15, 2024 "Lately I’ve been thinking about my approach to a reviewing for an article I’m working on for The Rosebush, and in particular my..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
To Beseech Old Sins: "Teenage Horny Space Marine... Somethings"
May 15, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/4/24 Playtime: 30 min Up front, the game told me this was part of an ongoing series to..." - See full review manonamora reviews
Chatterbox: "Chaos always ensues in chatboxes..."
May 14, 2024"Chatterbox is a short Twine piece about chatboxes experiences. Using the simple interface of Harlowe, you incarnate the user ripherup, a..." - See full review manonamora reviews
Phantom Protocol: "Hi, yes, who is this?"
May 14, 2024"Phantom Protocol is a short interactive prologue made in Godot, set (so far) inside your phone. A strange number contacts you,..." - See full review
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