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<h1 style="text-align:center;">The Games of the 2023 IFComp</h1>
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<div class="page-header">
<h1>Welcome</h1>
</div>
<p>This document lists all the entries of the 2023 Annual Interactive
Fiction Competition, with their cover art, blurbs, and other author-supplied
information exactly as they stood when the competition opened for public
judging on October 1, 2023.</p>
<p><strong>To play the games</strong>, please find and explore the
folder labeled "Games" that accompanied this document. It contains a
complete collection of all the listed work. <a href="http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXcompetition2023.html">You can always download a fresh copy of this collection from the IF Archive website</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://ifcomp.org/comp/2023">online version of this page</a> features controls and links that can help you download and play these games individually.</p>
<p>You may also wish to read <a href="https://ifcomp.org/comp/2023/index.html">some further notes about the 2023 IFComp</a>,
including a list of the volunteers who helped make it possible, and
advice for playing the different kinds of games found among the entries.</p>
<div class="page-header">
<h1>The games</h1>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2889">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">20 Exchange Place</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Sink or swim in the concrete pool.</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_009.png" alt="Cover art for 20 Exchange Place" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Sol FC</span>
<a href="mailto:fenwicsol@myvuw.ac.nz"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="fenwicsol@myvuw.ac.nz"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
"This is what you do. This is what you've been trained to do. You've done it before.
You just have to keep a cool head."
</p>
<p>
A short-form, multi-ending, high-octane race against a ticking clock in the heart of New York City circa 2006.
</p>
<p>
Can you tread water and work your magic?
Or will you sink and drown?
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Contains scenes of violence, death, and hostage negotiation.</p>
<p><em>
Gritty, realistic, short •
15 minutes or less •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2866">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">All Hands</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_023.jpg" alt="Cover art for All Hands" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> 51581 via Pixabay</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Natasha Ramoutar</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
The sea is calling you. Its voice is getting louder.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> This game touches on
themes of death, grief, implied child neglect, implied child abuse,
possession, monsters, deep water, wrongful imprisonment, and wrongful
execution</p>
<p><em>
Horror, Mystery •
One hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2749">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">All Hands Abandon Ship</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">In a race against time, can you escape before it's too late?</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_027.png" alt="Cover art for All Hands Abandon Ship" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">David Lee</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
It's the same old story, really... A low-ranking officer
stuck on a doomed spaceship hurtling headlong toward the inescapable
gravitational pull of a quantum singularity. Only a perfect storm of
systems failures stands between you and your race to find a serviceable
life pod. Good luck, Science Officer Cadet Third Class! You're going to
need it.
</p>
<p><em>
Science Fiction •
One hour •
Parser-based •
Web-based
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2891">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">All the Troubles Come My Way</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">or; Johnny Montana and His Missing Cowboy Hat</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_023.png" alt="Cover art for All the Troubles Come My Way" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Sam Dunnachie</span>
<a href="mailto:samdunnachie4@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="samdunnachie4@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
You, Johnny Montana, are a cowboy from 1883 inexplicably
transported to modern day New York City. The world is a confusing and
awful place, but nonetheless one you have to interact with, especially
considering your newly cowboy misplaced hat.
Explore the world and interact with what you can to try and find a
replacement.
This game is intened to be replayed. There are multiple different
avenues for adventure, and it is up to you which ones you find yourself
on each playthrough. The game contains swearing, and is not designed for
young children.
</p>
<p><em>
Comedy, western, contemporary, replayable •
Half an hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2878">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Antony &amp; Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_035.png" alt="Cover art for Antony &amp; Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Travis Moy</span>
<a href="mailto:moytravis@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="moytravis@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
The year is 2021. Neo-America is prospering under the stern
yet wise direction of President for Life, Gaius Julius Ceasar. 330
million souls live, love, and laugh, all working tirelessly for the
glory of the American people! But with light comes darkness. With
prosperity comes misery. And with law comes crime. Heinous crimes!
Shocking crimes! Cunning crimes! And sometimes, very rarely, crimes so
devious, so shadowy, so slippery that only Neo-America's greatest
detectives can hope to solve them.
</p>
<p>
For these crimes, the very worst of crimes, America has a special team.
Two individuals, both alike in dignity, in fair DC, where we lay our
scene. Their names: Antony and Cleopatra.
</p>
<p>
He's the Vice President.
</p>
<p>
She's the Queen of Egypt.
</p>
<p>
Together, they fight crime!
</p>
<p>
Note that this is a fully synchronous two-player game and requires two
people and internet access to work. You cannot download this game and
play it offline, no matter what the button says.
</p>
<p><em>
Experimental Multiplayer Murder Mystery •
Two hours •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2861">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Artful Deceit</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">For the C64</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_026.jpg" alt="Cover art for Artful Deceit" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">James O'Reilly</span>
<a href="mailto:tenprintclearhome+ifcomp@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="tenprintclearhome+ifcomp@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Three weeks ago, you received an envelope. It had been
pushed under your office door and was marked in ornate script with the
words, “Of Greatest Urgency.” Intrigued, you grabbed your trusty
sword-shaped letter opener from a cluttered desk drawer and tore into
it. Inside, you found the kind of letter that is basically an urban
legend in your line of work.
</p>
<p>
Richard Hawthorne, millionaire art magnate, was retaining your services
to investigate a murder. One that had not yet happened. His own.
Included was a huge check and a set of security codes to access both the
gates of his private community and the back door of his residence, 34
Hush Lane, in the event of his death.
</p>
<p>
Your assignment: if anything were to happen to him, investigate
immediately and determine for certain whether it was due to natural or
nefarious causes.
</p>
<p>
Paranoid or not, the man came to the right place. Your cluttered office
and perpetually disheveled look belie a razor sharp analytical mind and
expert interrogation skills. Underestimation by others is your secret
weapon and allows you to fade into the woodwork, catching clues that
others miss. This has made you one of the most successful P.I.s around.
You had accepted the job immediately, not expecting to have to follow
through so soon.
</p>
<p>
Download includes a .D64 disk image to run on a Commodore 64 emulator such as VICE or real hardware.
</p>
<p><em>
Murder mystery •
Longer than two hours •
Parser-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2796">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Assembly</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_026.png" alt="Cover art for Assembly" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Ben Kirwin</span>
<a href="mailto:bkirwi+assembly@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="bkirwi+assembly@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Today has been an extraordinarily long day. You picked up
the keys to your new apartment in the morning, you went shopping for
furniture in the afternoon, and you've spent the evening putting it
together.
</p>
<p>
And you're almost finished — there's one box left.
</p>
<p>
ASSEMBLY is a story of magic and adventure. Can you assemble a small
table? Can you save the world from the vengeance of ancient gods?
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> supernatural themes and mild peril</p>
<p><em>
Fantasy / slice of life •
An hour and a half •
Parser-based •
Glulx
• Download includes additional content
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2860">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Bali B&amp;B</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Can you keep a bunch of tourists happy in Paradise?</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_017.png" alt="Cover art for Bali B&amp;B" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://felicitybanks.blog/"><span itemprop="name">Felicity_Banks</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/FBanksBooks"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@FBanksBooks"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
"Bali B&amp;B" is a cosy choice-based tale of running a Bed &amp; Breakfast in Bali, Indonesia.
</p>
<p>
There is peril to humans and animals on Friday but your choices will definitely not get anyone or anything killed.
</p>
<p>
Play online: https://dashingdon.com/play/Felicity_Banks/bali-bb-for-if-comp-2023/mygame/
</p>
<p><em>
Real world •
An hour and a half •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2894">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Barcarolle in Yellow</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_002.png" alt="Cover art for Barcarolle in Yellow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Ara Carrasco</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="http://www.victorojuel.org/"><span itemprop="name">Víctor Ojuel</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/victorojuel"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@victorojuel"></a>
<a href="mailto:victor.ojuel@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="victor.ojuel@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Barcarolle in Yellow (1975, released in Italy as "Barcarolla in Giallo"), starring Eva Chantry.
</p>
<p>
This lurid but stylish Italian thriller is set in Venice during the
filming of an eponymous exploitation film, with the lead actress
credited as "playing herself". In the day it was critically panned by
highbrow critics as "yet another entertainment for those who relish
scantily clad ladies being murdered in grisly ways, trippy camerawork
and nonsensical plot twists" and relegated to the relative obscurity of
other "video nasties".
</p>
<p>
In the ensuing decades, this giallo has attained cult status, fondly
remembered for its bold photography, ambiguous subtext, and of course
the tragic circumstances that surrounded the production. Rumours abound
about alternative endings that were cut from the theatre version, either
by the Italian censors or the American distributor, with bootleg
Betamax copies commanding high prices online.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Murder, blood, sex, nudity, terrible acting</p>
<p><em>
Giallo •
Two hours •
Parser-based •
Glulx
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2797">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Beat Witch</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">An interactive loneliness</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_006.jpg" alt="Cover art for Beat Witch" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Robert Patten</span>
<a href="mailto:curiousrealms@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="curiousrealms@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
The beat witch killed thousands with a thought. Now you
venture into a city of death to face her. Flee your pursuers. Save a
world that fears you. Stay away from music.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> This story contains dead bodies and some violence.</p>
<p><em>
Horror •
One hour •
Parser-based •
Glulx
• Download includes additional content
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2759">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Bright Brave Knight Knave</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_016.jpg" alt="Cover art for Bright Brave Knight Knave" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Monica (infinityto1) on intfiction--the good stuff is hers, I just superimposed some MSPaint faces</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="http://andrewschultz.itch.io/"><span itemprop="name">Andrew Schultz</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/anandrewschultz"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@anandrewschultz"></a>
<a href="mailto:blurglecruncheon@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="blurglecruncheon@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Friends, for ends, or mends (more).
</p>
<p>
Sixth in my Prime Pro-Rhyme Row series, though it is fully independent of the others.
</p>
<p>
Option to skip one room with an off-color name and bonus puzzle.
</p>
<p><em>
Comedy/surreal •
Longer than two hours •
Parser-based •
Z-code
• Download includes additional content
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2843">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Citizen Makane</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">A Sexual Comedy</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_043.png" alt="Cover art for Citizen Makane" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">The Reverend</span>
<a href="mailto:citizen.makane@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="citizen.makane@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
In the beginning, you thought it was a simple nightmare. But then it just didn't stop.
</p>
<p>
You're trapped in a text-adventure game called "The Incredible Erotic
Adventures of Stiffy Makane". Maybe this is your purgatory. Maybe you
deserve this.
</p>
<p>
Official Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tbJ0Tm3tjIHlmNbKPtojU
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Sexually explicit language</p>
<p><em>
Sexual comedy •
Longer than two hours •
Parser-based •
Glulx
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2817">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">CODENAME OBSCURA</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_005.png" alt="Cover art for CODENAME OBSCURA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Mika Kujala</span>
<a href="mailto:mika23if@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="mika23if@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
It's the year 1987. As an undercover operative Sinus for the
T.U.R.T.L.E organization, (Tactical Unit for Rapid and Thorough Lethal
Espionage), you have recently been assigned to a task in Italy.
A few weeks ago, your colleague, operative Onyx, was sent to Aurelia, a
small village in Northern Italy. His task was to gather intelligence and
uncover the dealings of the enigmatic Count Schwarzberg. Rumored to be
entangled with crime organizations, including the infamous Italian
mafia, the Count's activities have so far remained veiled in secrecy.
</p>
<p>
Your boss, Ember, has recently received a backup and assistance request
from agent Onyx. So they need *you* now, operative Sinus, to be urgently
redirected to Aurelia to assist and evaluate the situation.
</p>
<p>
NOTE: This game uses intentionally retro-style, small resolution images
and limited color palette. The idea is to release a web-based (HTML)
version of the game for this competition. But it has been developed in
Adventuron 8-bit compatibility mode, so it would be possible to
translate and release it also to the ZX Spectrum Next computer at some
point later. I developed the very first version of the game back in the
year 1987. but it never got released, in any form, because it became
much too demanding for the ZX Spectrum 48K memory.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> While intended to be
fun and recreational, this game does include some amount of kicking, and
there is even one dead body. So, not suitable for small children.</p>
<p><em>
Mystery, espionage, languages, 8-bit retro-style •
One hour •
Parser-based •
Web-based
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2899">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Creative Cooking</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">an interactive cooking</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">dott. Piergiorgio</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
Railei, a world hundreds of thousands of years and light years away...
</p>
<p>
In the small town of Luroz is the eve of the Harvesting Festival, a
young (that is, 80 years old) fey has just ended the preparation for a
dinner with friends, and all remains to do is cooking, but the snafu is
always lying in ambush...
</p>
<p>
A short teaser trailer, sequel of an unreleased WIP, presenting a first look into the interesting world of Railei.
It's also the second IFComp entry written with Magx, released with its source code, perhaps the lone actual worked Magx source.
</p>
<p>
Friendly warning: there's a WC ;)
</p>
<p><em>
Fantasy, teaser trailer •
An hour and a half •
Parser-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2853">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Death on the Stormrider</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_009.jpg" alt="Cover art for Death on the Stormrider" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Daniel M. Stelzer</span>
<a href="mailto:dsdraco7@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="dsdraco7@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
You'd had such high hopes, starting out. And now you're
limping home, tail between your legs, as all your plans for a new life
crashed and burned. You barely had enough money to arrange an airship
home, an old freighter that needed extra hands on short notice. You
thought that would be the end of it.
</p>
<p>
But now the man who hired you on—the only one on the crew who spoke your
language—is dead, and they think your brother did it. If you don't find
some way to prove him innocent before the ship lands, he's going to
spend the rest of his life rotting in a Kishadu prison.
</p>
<p>
All you have to do is escape from your cabin, figure out what really
happened on this ship, and prove it to the crew…who can't understand a
word you say. You have no idea how you're going to manage it. But you're
Kiang's last hope. You have to try.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> This is a murder mystery, which includes genre-typical discussion of death, but no blood or gore. Some mentions of drugs.</p>
<p><em>
Mystery •
An hour and a half •
Parser-based •
Glulx
• Download includes additional content
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2872">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Ribald Bat Lady Plunder Quest</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Joey Acrimonious</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
Wherein a bat-themed monster lady goes on a felonious
adventure to obtain a special birthday present for her beloved.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> This game contains
depictions of sexual activity, violence, drug use, rude language, and
various objectionable behaviors and unpleasant events. It should be
played only by adults. A more detailed content warning is available
in-game.</p>
<p><em>
Fantasy/Erotica •
Two hours •
Parser-based •
Glulx
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2862">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Detective Osiris</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Death. Conception. Genesis. Mystery.</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_007.png" alt="Cover art for Detective Osiris" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Illustration: Kama Mielczarek</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://www.adamburt.com/"><span itemprop="name">Adam Burt</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/Newnab"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@Newnab"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
You are Osiris, the recently deceased king of Egypt. And it's time to investigate your own murder.
</p>
<p>
Question the gods!
Interrogate the Egyptian pantheon, to piece together the details of your death.
</p>
<p>
Search ancient streets for clues!
From Waset to Sepermeru, travel through primordial cities to find evidence.
</p>
<p>
Basic puzzles!
As you hunt down your killer to make them face judgement, you'll be free
to complete your investigation in any order, unlocking new conversation
options with characters as you go. Use your observational skills and
complete light riddles will help you catch the killer.
</p>
<p>
From the bank of the River Nile, to the heavens above, DETECTIVE OSIRIS
is an explorable re-imagining of Ancient Egyptian mythology, with a
light noir twist. Featuring art by Kama Mielczarek, and music by
Mycelium Music. Playtested by Ben Joy and Taya Beleanina.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Injury detail, sex references, drug references, alcohol references</p>
<p><em>
Historical Fantasy •
One hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2845">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">DICK MCBUTTS GETS KICKED IN THE NUTS</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_015.png" alt="Cover art for DICK MCBUTTS GETS KICKED IN THE NUTS" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Hubert Janus</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
It's exactly what it sounds like.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> flashing images, crude humour, testicular trauma, Hitler</p>
<p><em>
Humour •
15 minutes or less •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2757">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Dr Ludwig and the Devil</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_034.png" alt="Cover art for Dr Ludwig and the Devil" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://svlin.itch.io/"><span itemprop="name">SV Linwood</span></a>
<a href="mailto:svlinwood@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="svlinwood@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Join esteemed mad scientist Dr Ludwig as he faces the
greatest challenge of his nefarious career: making a deal with the Devil
and coming out on top.
</p>
<p>
Research demonology! Read legal documents! Face off against the world’s
least effective torch and pitchfork-wielding mob! All this and more!
</p>
<p><em>
Comedy •
One hour •
Parser-based •
Glulx
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2793">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Dysfluent</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_033.png" alt="Cover art for Dysfluent" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Allyson Gray</span>
<a href="mailto:allyson_gray@hotmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="allyson_gray@hotmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Sometimes talking is easier said than done.
</p>
<p><em>
One hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2798">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Eat the Eldritch</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Everybody's got a hungry something.</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_021.png" alt="Cover art for Eat the Eldritch" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Annette Köhn</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="http://final-beta.de/"><span itemprop="name">Olaf Nowacki</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/OlafNowacki"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@OlafNowacki"></a>
<a href="mailto:olaf.nowacki@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="olaf.nowacki@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
You are Jun Do, captain on the fish processing ship Tataki.
Your crew is not only new to you, they are also quite strange. And your
destination is Point Nemo, the furthest place on earth from any coast...
</p>
<p>
The song "Star Ocean" by Rainer Torres is included in the game - courtesy of the artist.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> This game is not suitable for children and has creepy elements. There is some violence and alcohol consumption.</p>
<p><em>
Horredy •
Two hours •
Parser-based •
Glulx
• Download includes additional content
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2920">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Engima of Solaris</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_024.jpg" alt="Cover art for The Engima of Solaris" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">jkj yuio</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
Amidst the stars, Solaris stands as a beacon of human
achievement and discovery. A space station dedicated to unravelling the
universe's deepest secrets, it has been a centre of groundbreaking
research.
</p>
<p>
But now, Solaris faces a crisis. A mysterious power loss threatens to
destabilise its orbit hurling the station into the planet below,
jeopardising thousands of lives.
</p>
<p>
Agent Elara Grey, a master trouble shooter, is sent on a perilous
mission to Solaris. As she delves into the heart of the station's
secrets, she'll grapple with the consequences of obsession, the balance
between knowledge and humanity, and the ultimate choice between saving
lives and unlocking the cosmos.
</p>
<p><em>
Sci-Fi •
15 minutes or less •
Choice-based •
Web-based
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2880">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Escape your psychosis</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Exit the loop game</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_010.png" alt="Cover art for Escape your psychosis" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Gina Fringante</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Georg Buchrucker</span>
<a href="mailto:georgbuchrucker@web.de"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="georgbuchrucker@web.de"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Here a serious topic is presented in a funny way.
The goal is to both entertain and inform those willing to play.
You have to escape your psychosis by finding
one of the two endings.
Otherwise you are stuck in the loop.
Best played in a pdf reader like acrobat. Playing it in the browser, leads to malfunctions.
This game is translated from German language. It will be printed for charitable purposes and is a non-commercial project.
</p>
<p><em>
Mental health •
15 minutes or less •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2804">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Finders Commission</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Episode One: Pharaohs Tombs</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_045.png" alt="Cover art for The Finders Commission" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Deborah Sherwood</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Deborah Sherwood</span>
<a href="mailto:sherwood.deborah.a@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="sherwood.deborah.a@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
You've been hired to recover a priceless Egyptian artifact
from a traveling antique show. Security is tight and the officer in
charge has a history with you.
Explore the show, find the artifact, avoid the officers and snatch the
prize before some one else does. Oh, and you might fall in love along
the way.
Includes game stats and gender choices.
</p>
<p><em>
Half an hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2852">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Fix Your Mother's Printer</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Laugh, Cry, Troubleshoot</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_036.png" alt="Cover art for Fix Your Mother's Printer" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://www.adventuresnack.com/"><span itemprop="name">Geoffrey Golden</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/geoffreygolden"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@geoffreygolden"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Fix Your Mother’s Printer is a "family sim" visual novel
where what you say changes the story and your relationship with your
mom.
</p>
<p>
It’s Sunday afternoon and your mother is calling you on Swoon, the video
conferencing app specifically for moms. She’s having a tech emergency
and you’re the only one who can help! Will you be the golden child and
fix her out-of-pocket printer? Make fun of her and watch her fume? What
kind of adult child do you want to be? Remember, it's not just a
printer. It's an emotional journey.
</p>
<p><em>
Slice of Life Comedy •
Half an hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2913">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">For Eternity, Again and Again</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">TheChosenGiraffe</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
Two lovers. A hero, who's reborn over and over into a new
life. A higher being that must love and lose again and again. The cracks
start to form as the Universe keeps them from living happily together.
Includes:
-2 Routes
-4 Endings
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Death, violence, gore</p>
<p><em>
Fantasy, romance, adventure •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2900">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">GameCeption</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Who is the player?</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_037.png" alt="Cover art for GameCeption" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Ruo</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Ruo</span>
<a href="mailto:ruoshi.dr@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="ruoshi.dr@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Welcome to the 5th annual broadcasted gaming competition
known as GameCeption, where you compete in duos to win real money!
</p>
<p>
This year, it seems like the producers are shaking up the format to
something a little more exciting and a little more...high-stakes, we
shall say.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Mild flashing images and text, some coarse language</p>
<p><em>
Action, thriller •
Half an hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2849">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Gestures Towards Divinity</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_039.png" alt="Cover art for Gestures Towards Divinity" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://overthinking.itch.io/"><span itemprop="name">Charm Cochran</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/Over__Thinkings"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@Over__Thinkings"></a>
<a href="mailto:charmwritesthings@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="charmwritesthings@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was a British painter, infamous
for his use of brutal imagery and distortions of the human face and
body. Well-known for both his violent subject matter and cutting wit, he
is commonly considered one of the most important artists of the
Twentieth Century.
</p>
<p>
This story is not about him.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Intended for mature audiences. Content warnings can be found in-game.</p>
<p><em>
Meditation •
Two hours •
Parser-based •
Glulx
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2825">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Gift of What You Notice More</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_032.png" alt="Cover art for The Gift of What You Notice More" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Elanor Pam</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="http://xavid.us/"><span itemprop="name">Xavid</span></a>
<a href="mailto:blessings@xavid.us"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="blessings@xavid.us"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
If you’re gonna get your heart broke, you’d better do it just right…
</p>
<p>
It’s the middle of the night and you’re trying to pack your things. But
can you really bring yourself to walk through the door? And how did it
come to this? If only you had three mysterious poets to help you figure
things out…
</p>
<p>
The Gift of What You Notice More is a surreal escape-room-esque puzzle-based Twine game about memories and choices.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> relationship troubles</p>
<p><em>
Surreal escape room •
Two hours •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2778">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Hand Me Down</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_013.jpg" alt="Cover art for Hand Me Down" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Maggie McMahon</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://www.brettwitty.net/"><span itemprop="name">Brett Witty</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/brettwitty"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@brettwitty"></a>
<a href="mailto:handmedown@brettwitty.net"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="handmedown@brettwitty.net"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Ruby Walker takes a hesitant bus ride to the hospital where
her father has spent the last nine months. But he has not called her
there to discuss his condition. With James, her supportive partner by
her side, Ruby is about to discover a deeply personal project decades in
the making.
</p>
<p>
Dive into this intimate tale spanning IF platforms (Twine and TADS 3), all within your browser.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Terminal illness, divorce, very mild rough language</p>
<p><em>
Choice- and parser-based, slice of life •
An hour and a half •
Web-based
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2746">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Have Orb, Will Travel</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_020.jpg" alt="Cover art for Have Orb, Will Travel" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Older Timer</span>
<a href="mailto:jimmacbrayne@protonmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="jimmacbrayne@protonmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
You've spent a lifetime travelling and solving problems for
others, but on this occasion have you bitten off a little bit more than
you can chew? Where will you find that elusive orb, or has The Council's
faith in you been misplaced?
</p>
<p>
'Have Orb, Will Travel' is a text-only interactive fiction fantasy game,
very much in the 'old-school' style. It was written from the ground up
for the PC using qBasic64, and has a comprehensive and powerful parser.
Included in the game are detailed HELP instructions, and it also has
comprehensive hints, both implicit and explicit, which can be accessed
using the command HINT.
</p>
<p>
It is written for Windows on the PC, but can also be run on MacOS using Cross Over or on Linux using WINE.
</p>
<p><em>
Fantasy Adventure •
Two hours •
Parser-based •
Windows executable
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2865">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Hawkstone</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">A TRS-80 Text Adventure with RPG elements</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_025.jpg" alt="Cover art for Hawkstone" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Handsome McStranger</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
Hawkstone: A retro TRS-80 adventure with extras for modern day adventurers.
</p>
<p>
Combining old school text adventures with RPG elements, opening up a
deeper world of discovery options and choices for the player. Hawkstone
has traditional puzzles to solve with new twists, comedy, and an
underlying fantasy story with secrets to discover.
</p>
<p><em>
Two hours •
Parser-based •
Windows executable
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2895">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Help! I Can't Find My Glasses!</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Lacey Green</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
(To be updated)
</p>
<p>
Synopsis: Your glasses are missing, and it reeks of a cruel prank to
your dependence on them. You have your suspects. Now it’s only a matter
of time before you unmask them. Will you find your glasses, and see
what’s hidden in their heart?
</p>
<p><em>
Slice of life •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2747">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Honk!</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">A Fair Game</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_004.png" alt="Cover art for Honk!" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Alex Harby</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://wisprabbit.neocities.org/"><span itemprop="name">Alex Harby</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/wisprabbit"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@wisprabbit"></a>
<a href="mailto:alexjharby@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="alexjharby@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
A berserker's at the circus, and they're ruining everyone's
performances! And all you have to stop them is a stack of custard pies, a
squeaky red nose and your own wits. But the show must go on!
</p>
<p><em>
Comedy •
Two hours •
Parser-based •
Glulx
• Download includes additional content
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2783">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">How Prince Quisborne the Feckless Shook His Title</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">A Fanciful Tale Both Whimsical and Earnest</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_011.png" alt="Cover art for How Prince Quisborne the Feckless Shook His Title" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">John Ziegler</span>
<a href="mailto:johnnywz00@yahoo.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="johnnywz00@yahoo.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
It was supposed to be really straightforward: take the
king's mollycoddled heir under your capable wing, get him away from the
castle, and turn him into Noble Ruler material within the space a year
or so.
</p>
<p>
Well, you still have to do that... but thanks to the limerick-loving
prince's romantic attachment to a princess with an unwilling father, now
it sounds like the agenda includes investigating old legends that speak
of a haunted fastness in the North—legends that might lead you all the
way to the Overworld.
</p>
<p>
So much the better! This new twist should provide plenty of challenge
and adventure for you to ply the pampered prince with along the way; and
fortunately, you have an ample amount of time to accomplish your
objectives and try to shape the prince into something more—as he would
say—*feckful*…
</p>
<p>
(Author highly recommends playing with QTads interpreter; otherwise,
content/features are missing and formatting may be unsightly. 2-hour
estimated play time applies to standalone intro/warmup game... full game
is much larger.)
</p>
<p><em>
Light pseudo-medieval fantasy •
Two hours •
Parser-based •
TADS
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2879">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">In The Details</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_040.png" alt="Cover art for In The Details" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> William DePaula</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">M.A. Shannon</span>
<a href="mailto:mic.shann97@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="mic.shann97@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Tonight's your big night, Mx. Soon-To-Be Superstar and
nothing will stand in your way. You've had everything planned out for
the last year leading up to now, and with all the big names coming to
tonight's concert, you cannot wait to put your musical talents to bear
and finally live a life of luxury.
Nothing will stop you, not even the Devil Himself...?
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Death, dismemberment, religious mention, verbal abuse, mentions of drug use.</p>
<p><em>
Contemporary, Horror, Humor •
Half an hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2877">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Into The Lion's Mouth</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_011.jpg" alt="Cover art for Into The Lion's Mouth" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Alexas Fotos</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Metalflower</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
The Serengeti, a 30,000 square kilometre Savannah wilderness
in Tanzania, Eastern Africa. It's not your natural habitat.
Your jeep, a square box with a messed up engine perched dead centre in
that wilderness is not a lion's natural habitat.
Luckily, you have options.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Talk of killing, carnivores and histories of animal cruelty..as much as animal rescue, and wild love.</p>
<p><em>
Hypothetical Reality drama •
15 minutes or less •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2847">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Kaboom</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Translated from Russian</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_006.png" alt="Cover art for Kaboom" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Vera Pohl</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">By anonymous, artwork by Vera Pohl</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
You're still the only one whom she takes to bed with her.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Rated 16+</p>
<p><em>
One hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2776">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">LAKE Adventure</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_019.png" alt="Cover art for LAKE Adventure" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">B.J. Best</span>
<a href="http://twitter.com/bjbest60"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@bjbest60"></a>
<a href="mailto:bjbest60@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="bjbest60@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
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</p>
<p>
LAKE Adventure!
</p>
<p>
By Eddie Hughes
</p>
<p>
Copywrong 1993
</p>
<p>
* * *
</p>
<p>
Revisited by Ed Hughes
</p>
<p>
March 2020
</p>
<p>
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</p>
<p><em>
Two hours •
Parser-based •
Web-based
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2850">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Lake Starlight</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_019.jpg" alt="Cover art for Lake Starlight" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">SummersViaEarth</span>
<a href="mailto:summersviaearth@proton.me"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="summersviaearth@proton.me"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
You are young and female and coming-of-age on a planet in
utter chaos--its people on a path to ecocide and self-destruction. Magic
runs in your blood, but you're just a kid and you're stuck in a toxic
little town with no way out. Except...today you wake up to new choices.
Will you learn to harness your inner magic or sleepwalk through your
planet’s darkest days?
</p>
<p>
Character Art by Artkblo.
</p>
<p><em>
YA Fantasy, coming-of-age story. •
An hour and a half •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2756">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Last Valentine's Day</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_031.png" alt="Cover art for Last Valentine's Day" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Matt Wang</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="http://dangaocake.com/"><span itemprop="name">Daniel Gao</span></a>
<a href="mailto:danwcgao@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="danwcgao@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
This Valentine's Day feels an awful lot like Groundhog Day...
</p>
<p>
You find yourself in an inexplicable time loop, reliving the same day
over and over again. Can you find a way to stop your lover from leaving
you?
</p>
<p><em>
Fantasy, romance, story-driven •
Half an hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2745">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Last Vestiges</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_002.jpg" alt="Cover art for Last Vestiges" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">thesleuthacademy</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
Hertfordshire Avenue. A body.
</p>
<p>
Inspector Knapp is asking for your help. Will you use your powers of deduction to find out what happened to the victim?
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Contains material inappropriate for young children, given the typical descriptions expected in a crime scene.</p>
<p><em>
Mystery, Puzzle, Detective •
An hour and a half •
Parser-based •
Glulx
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2808">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Library of Knowledge</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_004.jpg" alt="Cover art for The Library of Knowledge" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Li Cheng - 晴巒蕭寺圖</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://ellesillitoe.github.io/"><span itemprop="name">Elle Sillitoe</span></a>
<a href="mailto:ellesillitoe.work@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="ellesillitoe.work@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Peruse an ancient library in which all learnt things reside,
including Shaanxi - the omniscient spirit of knowledge. Shaanxi offers
you three interweaving tales, one of which is yours. Discover where you
came from, why you came, and why the world will never be the same after
you leave.
</p>
<p>
This story contains mystical beasts, menacing pirates, a journey across the world, and one lovely little goat.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Contains scenes of violence, illness, and death.</p>
<p><em>
Historical / Fantasy •
Longer than two hours •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2792">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Little Match Girl 4</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Crown of Pearls</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_030.png" alt="Cover art for The Little Match Girl 4" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Ryan Veeder</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="http://rcveeder.net/"><span itemprop="name">Ryan Veeder</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/rcveeder"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@rcveeder"></a>
<a href="mailto:rcveeder@me.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="rcveeder@me.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
A touching epic time travel fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
</p>
<p><em>
Two hours •
Parser-based •
Glulx
• Download includes additional content
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2871">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Lonehouse</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_008.png" alt="Cover art for Lonehouse" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Matthew Hamilton</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Ayu Sekarlangit Mokoginta</span>
<a href="http://twitter.com/articulattes"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@articulattes"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
After your estranged sister's death, you face difficulty
sorting through her personal belongings. As you navigate your grief
through these objects, you begin to reminisce about old times and learn
about her life years after she left. Where can you find your sister? Who
was she through all those years?
</p>
<p>
(The game contains topics such as grief and death)
</p>
<p><em>
Slice of life •
15 minutes or less •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2762">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Long Kill</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover.png" alt="Cover art for The Long Kill" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">James Blair</span>
<a href="mailto:jc.blair@zoho.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="jc.blair@zoho.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
A thought-provoking tale of friendship under fire; The Long
Kill is an Interactive Novel that places readers in the shoes of
"Mister", a prodigious sniper in the British army. Lying prone in the
scorching desert sun, your rifle plays guardian angel to a patrol
performing a risky house to house search.
</p>
<p>
Make the calls both big and small that will impact the soldier's life
forever. Wind estimates, sight adjustments, moral judgements and luck
all have their part to play in shaping the outcome of his final mission.
</p>
<p>
With three experiences of varying difficulty and a variety of outcomes
based on your actions, The Long Kill charges you with setting the
trajectory of Mister's life.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> This entry contains descriptions of violence, torture and in some instances allusions to suicide.</p>
<p><em>
Interactive Novel - Thriller •
One hour •
Choice-based •
Web-based
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2940">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">LUNIUM</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_007.jpg" alt="Cover art for LUNIUM" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Ben Jackson</span>
<a href="mailto:ben@radiosity.co.uk"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="ben@radiosity.co.uk"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
You wake to find yourself trapped in a room filled with
locks and strange contraptions. A killer has locked you in here and
unless you can escape soon and bring them to justice they will surely
strike again.
</p>
<p>
But who did this to you? Identifying the murderer may hold the key to
your escape and hidden somewhere are the clues you need to set yourself
free. The evidence points to a list of suspects; could it be 'The
Politician’ or 'The Inventor’? Perhaps it's 'The Painter’ or 'The
Schemer’?
</p>
<p>
Time is running out. Uncover the clues, unlock the chains and solve the mystery!
</p>
<p>
Features:
</p>
<p>
Specially created art including items, locations and notes that help bring this Victorian-era story to life.
</p>
<p>
Unique visual puzzles that will challenge your detective skills. Also includes a helpful hint system.
</p>
<p><em>
Detective / Mystery / Escape room •
One hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2803">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Magor Investigates...</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Adventures In The World Of Alaric Blackmoon - Episode 4</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_012.jpg" alt="Cover art for Magor Investigates..." style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Funkwood</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Larry Horsfield</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
You are Magor, court sorcerer to King Kelson Haldane, the
young king of the kingdom of Hecate. You are in your chambers, having
just had a herald bring the news that the king and Duke Alaric Blackmoon
have arrived back from their journey to the Great Sand Sea to
investigate reports of Xixon lizardmen being seen down there.
</p>
<p>
The herald also told you, most unusually, that Kelson &amp; Alaric will
be coming to see YOU instead of you having to go to the king's audience
chamber and that the visit will be informal, so no bowing will be
required. You wonder what tales they will have to tell you?
</p>
<p>
"Fancy that," you think to yourself. "The king coming to see me!"....
</p>
<p><em>
Fantasy •
An hour and a half •
Parser-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2883">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Meritocracy</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">A quest to define merit: A battle of wits, an interactive fiction game.</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_015.jpg" alt="Cover art for Meritocracy" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Ronynn ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ</span>
</strong></p>
<p>
Are you ready to challenge your professor's ideas on what makes good merit?
</p>
<p>
- Explore the depths of philosophical thought in this immersive game
where you must debate with your professor on the nature of merit.
</p>
<p>
- Engage in a battle of wits and see if you have what it takes to come out on top.
</p>
<p>
- Will you be able to convince them of your ideas?
</p>
<p><em>
Debate •
Half an hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2755">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_016.png" alt="Cover art for Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Max Fog</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Max Fog</span>
<a href="mailto:mfouquetogarra@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="mfouquetogarra@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
In Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe,
every step you take has an equal probability of sending you over the
edge of perilous cliff drops or spinning into the stratosphere. But
before that all happens, you have a choice: should you hitchhike the
galaxy, or stay home and drink beer?
</p>
<p>
Oh, right. Your home was destroyed ages ago. I guess there's only one way to go then.
</p>
<p>
As the game begins, you find yourself on the ramp leading from the
hatchway down to the surface of the legendary lost planet of Magrathea.
Soon, you will find yourself exploring dead planets, escaping white
mice, navigating the fjords of Norway, and of course - at Milliways, the
Restaurant at the End of the Universe!
</p>
<p>
Zarfian Cruelty Rating: Cruel. But don't fret; built-in hints are available!
</p>
<p><em>
Science fiction comedy •
Longer than two hours •
Parser-based •
Z-code
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2788">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">My Brother; The Parasite</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">It is a kind of symbiosis.</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_041.png" alt="Cover art for My Brother; The Parasite" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">qrowscant</span>
<a href="http://twitter.com/qrowscant"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@qrowscant"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
People die, and sometimes they come back. Your brother is
one of those. Even as his body rots and his mind unravels, he still has
control over you— just like when you were kids.
</p>
<p>
A story about a corpse, a complicated sibling relationship, and the things we forget.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> flashing, eyestrain, body horror, descriptions of physical abuse, implied assault, implied drug/alcohol abuse</p>
<p><em>
Familial Horror •
Half an hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2799">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">My Pseudo-Dementia Exhibition</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">a personal &amp; public museum</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_020.png" alt="Cover art for My Pseudo-Dementia Exhibition" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Naomi Norbez (with public domain/CC0 images)</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://norbez.itch.io/"><span itemprop="name">Naomi Norbez (call me Bez, he/they)</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/NaomiNorbez"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@NaomiNorbez"></a>
<a href="mailto:bezthezebro@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="bezthezebro@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
If you want a swashbuckling adventure game, or exciting
puzzles to solve, then I apologize, but this game doesn't have that.
This Twine contains a museum, which consists of items notable to me
during my long period of mental health recovery. I wanted to share my
journey in some form or fashion, and this Twine is the result.
</p>
<p>
This game is a museum, so treat it as such. Peruse slowly. Stop and
listen to the music. Linger on an exhibit that you like. Exit whenever
you feel ready to.
And do leave your name in the guestbook, won't you?
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> This game explores my
personal experience with a serious health crisis that affected me
physically &amp; mentally. I discuss my terrible mental health at the
time, including my intense suicidal ideation &amp; depression. See more
in game.</p>
<p><em>
Autobiography •
Two hours •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2914">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">One Does Not Simply Fry</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_018.png" alt="Cover art for One Does Not Simply Fry" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Image based on "Ring of Fire" by Brunello Panucci (used under a CC-BY license), plus a CC-0 picture of onion rings.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Stewart C Baker and James Beamon</span>
<a href="mailto:stewart.c.baker@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="stewart.c.baker@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
One Ring of onion and flour, One Ring that's frying,
One Ring to bring them all, and to the menu bind them...
</p>
<p>
~ ~ ~
</p>
<p>
It's the Great Godstone Fry-Off, and Tira Misu has gathered chefs and
celebrities from all the Twelve Mostly Civilized Realms for a
no-holds-barred cooking challenge at the base of Mount Boom.
</p>
<p>
Face off against the likes of Marcher, Argyle the Chefromancer, Sour
Ron, Friar Fryest, and a surprisingly skilled loaf of bread. Choose
between four playable characters, with tactics including confusion,
violence, sabotage, bribery, and even (to everybody's lasting shock)
actual cooking!
</p>
<p>
No matter what approach you take, you'll face stiff competition as
tensions rise and fall around you like overmixed pancake batter. Will
you craft the perfect Ring of Onion and usher in a new age of peace,
prosperity, and delicious crispiness—or fall to the black eyeliner and
fiery theatrics of Másgoth, the mostly-vanquished ancient godking bent
on sending all the Realms hurtling back to the Worst Age?
</p>
<p>
~ ~ ~
</p>
<p>
(The first playthrough takes roughly 30-45 minutes, depending on your
reading speed. Playing through a couple of times is recommended for the
full Fry-Off experience!)
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> strong language, comic violence, occasional adult themes</p>
<p><em>
Fantasy / comedy / baking •
One hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2863">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">One King to Loot them All</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">A tale of High Adventure</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_010.jpg" alt="Cover art for One King to Loot them All" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> RION</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Onno Brouwer</span>
<a href="mailto:onekingtolootthemall@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="onekingtolootthemall@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
In the old free days, all you needed was a sharp sword and a
straight path to your enemies. Overthrowing the old dynasty was easy
enough, but you quickly learned that as a King, no path was straight,
and your sword was useless. Now, an old enemy has sent you this
abomination through a magical portal, and you face death. You feel alive
once more.
</p>
<p>
You hear your blood sing in your ears, and you crave vengeance.
Vengeance upon the dark sorcerer who sent this creature that killed your
priestess, Lydia, into the very heart of your kingdom. It is time to
take the fight to him. You are the Barbarian. You are the King. You
are...
</p>
<p>
ONE KING TO LOOT THEM ALL.
</p>
<p>
Includes a story mode and hints!
</p>
<p>
This game uses custom commands. Consult the Player Primer available through the Walkthrough button below.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Fantasy Violence</p>
<p><em>
Fantasy •
An hour and a half •
Parser-based •
Glulx
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2870">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">One Knight Stand</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Part 1: The Beginning of the End</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_029.png" alt="Cover art for One Knight Stand" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://oneknightstand-if.tumblr.com/"><span itemprop="name">A. Hazard</span></a>
<a href="mailto:oneknightstand@darkluna.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="oneknightstand@darkluna.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
It's another humdrum day as the weekend winds to its
inevitable end. The pandemic has stretched on for a decade now. A new
serial killer stalks the streets. A ghost haunts your dreams. And your
polo club is waiting. Exactly as expected.
</p>
<p>
Just ignore the sounds in your living room. Just ignore that shadow
scuttling across the floor. Just ignore the lies of the 'friend' whose
known you for years. He's lying. She's lying. That stranger on the
street is lying. And the voices whispering in your mind are definitely
lying. Even this blurb is lying.
</p>
<p>
But that's fine...
</p>
<p>
Y̸̷̶̷̸̷̷̷̥͑̅̌̔̉ͯo̼̩̖̓ͪ̽͢ǔ̢͢͏̫͕͋'͎̬́͐ͥ᷇͢r̉͏͍̾᷉̓̓e͓͕ͦ̿᷅͆͠ l̜̻̈̅̃͢͞y̡̬͙̪̦̦ͧi̘᷅̓͒̐̍͑n̰͈᷅ͯͥͨ͜g̯᷾̒̑᷄̕͟ t̶̙͍̏͊᷈͠o̙̟ͦ̏̄ͭ͂ő̶͎̘̝̂
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Violence, Language, Mature Themes, Body Horror, Mind Control</p>
<p><em>
Dark Urban Fantasy •
Longer than two hours •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2842">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Out of Scope</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_042.png" alt="Cover art for Out of Scope" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Drew Castalia</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://www.hwstn.com/"><span itemprop="name">Drew Castalia</span></a>
<a href="mailto:drewc@hwstn.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="drewc@hwstn.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Zoe and her brother Joe grew up close. Too close, according to their parents.
</p>
<p>
Their parents would go far to protect society. Too far, according to their children.
</p>
<p>
"Out of Scope" is about which forms of love and violence our society
condones, and which it condemns. It follows the downfall of the
Carnation family, and your effort to put it into perspective.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Violence</p>
<p><em>
Political romance •
Two hours •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2794">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Paintball Wizard</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_017.jpg" alt="Cover art for Paintball Wizard" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> infinityto1</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Doug Egan</span>
<a href="mailto:dougegan2@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="dougegan2@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Sure, I know Quidditch: expensive and impossibly complex
game played by fictional wizards at an imaginary boarding academy. The
guys in my house (frat house, that is) came from marginal high schools
where we were afraid to identify as wizards to our non-magical
classmates. Here in college we’ve formed our brotherhood. The sport we
pursue on Saturdays away from campus is mystic paintball.
</p>
<p>
Learn spells, hang with the brothers, compete for the title of Paintball Wizard.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> PG equivalent frat-house humor, depictions of (non-fatal) physical injury, episodic memories of family loss and deprivation.</p>
<p><em>
Comic puzzler •
Two hours •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2859">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Paper Magician</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_014.png" alt="Cover art for The Paper Magician" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Soojung Choi</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Soojung Choi</span>
<a href="mailto:soojung.c.choi@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="soojung.c.choi@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
“The cat leapt for the star.” Every time I conjured a cat
and a star from the words I penned on paper, I found myself more and
more like the cat. Longing for something bright and hopeful, but forever
out of my reach.
</p>
<p>
Until one night when I dreamed for the first time… I met someone who promised to help me escape.
</p>
<p>
This is the story of a test subject, their encounter with a spirit, and their escape from a mysterious lab.
</p>
<p><em>
Speculative Fiction, Fantasy •
One hour •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2916">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Please Sign Here</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_012.png" alt="Cover art for Please Sign Here" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> XLEHX</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Road</span>
<a href="mailto:leharts@yahoo.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="leharts@yahoo.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Jackie Parker's life gets turned upside down after getting
involved in a fatal car accident with her best friend. Now, Jackie's
signature has been showing up at murder sights across the area and she
has to think back to who could have done it. You have to prove Jackie's
innocence, or, are you willing to throw someone else under the bus?
</p>
<p>
Get to click and play through different scenarios as a coffee barista to
see if anyone you had came across could be the true culprit behind it.
Figure out the mystery to who might have decided to frame Jackie or, if
Jackie is as innocent as she seems.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Distressing themes of racism, police corruption, stalking, mentions/indications of self-harm, and toxic behaviors</p>
<p><em>
Suspense, Mystery •
One hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2789">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head</span>
</h2>
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<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_044.png" alt="Cover art for Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> The Hungry Reader</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">The Hungry Reader</span>
<a href="mailto:gravidtron@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="gravidtron@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
The world’s most beloved puppeteer has died under mysterious
circumstances. His legacy must be preserved! Hunt your way through his
studio and talk to seven different puppets to learn the truth and
protect Mal Newsome’s honor.
</p>
<p><em>
Mascot horror •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2869">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Sculptor</span>
</h2>
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<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_005.jpg" alt="Cover art for The Sculptor" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> José de Ribera</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Yakoub Mousli</span>
<a href="mailto:mousliyakoub@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="mousliyakoub@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Sways of an artist's delicate spirit. An 82 year old
sculptor with no achievements to his name or a penny in his pocket now
seeks to make the masterpiece of his dreams before his life fades.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Occasional profanity</p>
<p><em>
Experimental, Self-Reflection, Echoes of Life •
15 minutes or less •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2873">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Shanidar, Safe Return</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_022.jpg" alt="Cover art for Shanidar, Safe Return" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Cecilia Dougherty</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://www.ceciliadougherty.com/"><span itemprop="name">Cecilia Dougherty</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/cdougherty"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@cdougherty"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Eurasia, 40,000 years ago. As the story begins, a band of
Cro-Magnons have just invaded a nearby Neanderthal camp, falsely
claiming that the Neanderthals were planning to steal meat, skins and
ivory from the Cro-Magnon mammoth hunt. The Cro-Magnons visit the
Neanderthal camp with the intent of chasing them out of the territory.
As they approach the camp with axes and knives, their rage gets the
better of them and they end up murdering every Neanderthal in sight.
</p>
<p>
You, the reader, are a young Neanderthal woman named Haizea. You have
escaped the massacre and are on the run with your son, Eneko, and your
Cro Magnon partner, Esti. Esti's best friend, Oihana,is coming with you.
Your goal is to reach Shanidar, your ancestral homeland. Follow the
story and meet the characters from the Deep Past by choosing links at
the end of each story passage as the group of early humans makes their
way from what is now southern France to Iraqi Kurdistan.
</p>
<p><em>
Speculative Fiction, Prehistory •
One hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2830">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Ship</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">An interactive novel about reaching out to others and finding oneself</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_003.png" alt="Cover art for The Ship" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> DALL·E 2</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Sotiris Niarchos</span>
<a href="mailto:sot.niarchos@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="sot.niarchos@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
It is the year 1719. A Captain embarks on an extraordinary
voyage into the unknown, guided solely by a cryptic poem passed down as
an unexpected family heirloom. A fabled promised land beckons, but as
the Captain inches closer to their elusive destination, a series of
extraordinary events unfold, prompting a profound reevaluation of
identity and potential. Do they really know who they are? Who they could
have been? What truly awaits at the journey's end? And what formidable
challenges must the Captain surmount to reach it?
</p>
<p>
Embark on a journey through a meticulously crafted universe teeming with
enthralling characters and a richly developed world. Prepare to unravel
a unique mystery with intricate puzzles, lifelike personalities, each
with a different story to tell, and a tapestry of interconnected events.
Will you manage to piece together the greater picture? Are you prepared
for what or who you’ll find at the end of the line? Or for what comes
after?
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> strong language, violence</p>
<p><em>
Pirates, scifi, mystery, puzzles, achievements •
Longer than two hours •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2826">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">A Thing of Wretchedness</span>
</h2>
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<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_025.png" alt="Cover art for A Thing of Wretchedness" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">AKheon</span>
<a href="http://twitter.com/AKheon"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@AKheon"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
A lonely farmstead... A troubling situation... No easy answers.
</p>
<p>
This is a parser-based sandbox horror adventure with multiple endings.
It takes place in the setting of Ascension of Limbs, but it's intended
to be a stand-alone story that doesn't require any foreknowledge.
Contains scenes some may find disturbing.
</p>
<p><em>
Horror •
One hour •
Parser-based •
Glulx
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2795">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">To Sea in a Sieve</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">Episode one of The Curse of Captain Booby</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_024.png" alt="Cover art for To Sea in a Sieve" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Cover art by Howard Pyle. Image acquired from Wikimedia Commons. Graphic design by J. J. Guest.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://jjguest.blogspot.com/"><span itemprop="name">J. J. Guest</span></a>
<a href="mailto:jason.guest@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="jason.guest@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Peter Petibon, cabin boy, hath a problem. He be goin' down —
to Davy Jones locker, by the powers! Lest he seize the booty o' the
dread pyrate Booby, and heave it all o'erboard, he and the Cap'n both
will be hors d'oeuvres for the sharks. But what be in that mysterious
sea-chest? Do beavers eat boats? And what, i' the devil's name be THE
DREADED "YATEVEO" TREE? All o' these questions, an' more besides, will
be answered when ye play "To Sea in a Sieve", a one-room game by J. J.
Guest.
</p>
<p><em>
Pyratical yarn •
Two hours •
Parser-based •
Glulx
• Download includes additional content
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2758">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Trail Stash</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_022.png" alt="Cover art for Trail Stash" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="http://andrewschultz.itch.io/"><span itemprop="name">Andrew Schultz</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/anandrewschultz"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@anandrewschultz"></a>
<a href="mailto:blurglecruncheon@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="blurglecruncheon@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
A surreal, small treasure hunt with bumpers. Lots of them.
</p>
<p><em>
Comedy/surreal •
Half an hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2763">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Tricks of light in the forest</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_014.jpg" alt="Cover art for Tricks of light in the forest" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://pseudavid.itch.io/"><span itemprop="name">Pseudavid</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/pseudavid"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@pseudavid"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
Some year not too far, in a foggy morning just before sunrise, a normal girl takes a normal walk in a normal forest.
</p>
<p><em>
One hour •
Choice-based •
Web-based
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2829">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Vambrace of Destiny</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_021.jpg" alt="Cover art for The Vambrace of Destiny" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Arthur DiBianca</span>
<a href="mailto:a_dibianca@yahoo.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="a_dibianca@yahoo.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
A light dungeon crawl. Tap spell gems to defeat monsters!
</p>
<p><em>
Parser-based •
Glulx
• Download includes additional content
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2819">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Virtue</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">A Satire on Indulgence</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_003.jpg" alt="Cover art for Virtue" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Chris Halls</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="http://oliver-revolta.weebly.com/"><span itemprop="name">Oliver Revolta</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/oliverrevolta"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@oliverrevolta"></a>
<a href="mailto:oliverrevolta@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="oliverrevolta@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
(Satire. 45 minutes)
</p>
<p>
Middle-aged Gloria knows she’s made it: finally she has it all—kids at a
posh school, a house in a posh town, and her confidence, shaky for so
long, in a place that befits her new upper-middle-class lifestyle.
Unfortunately, the universe has other ideas than letting her settle.
When she’s out walking her beautiful Border Collie pup Clio along the
equally-beautiful canal, she stumbles on an incident that tests her
new-found composure and sends her on a self-righteous path of utterly
ludicrous foundations. (“Someone has been caught doing what now on the
canal !?”). She’s quick to blame the easy targets, and equally as slow
to scrutinise her own family.
</p>
<p>
You’ve seen and read superhero origin stories.
</p>
<p>
This is an off-beat origin story of a shameful MP.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> This game isn't
suitable for young kids. I imagine it might have a 15 rating if it was
in the cinema. The plot revolves around an 'off-screen' but openly
discussed sexual element, which is really a satirical reference to
self-indulgence.</p>
<p><em>
Satire •
One hour •
Choice-based •
Web-based
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2867">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">We All Fall Together</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_038.png" alt="Cover art for We All Fall Together" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Tassneen Bashir</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://linktr.ee/thingsbycam"><span itemprop="name">Camron Gonzalez</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/CamronJGonzalez"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@CamronJGonzalez"></a>
<a href="mailto:camronjgonza@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="camronjgonza@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
You wake up. You're falling. A ceaseless sky and a never
ending cyclone greets you. Others fall all around you. No where else to
go but down.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Profanity</p>
<p><em>
Fantasy; Surreal •
15 minutes or less •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2806">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Whale's Keeper</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_028.png" alt="Cover art for The Whale's Keeper" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Sylvie Parzybok</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<a href="https://levinofearth.com/"><span itemprop="name">Ben Parzybok</span></a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/sparkwatson"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@sparkwatson"></a>
<a href="mailto:ben@ideacog.net"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="ben@ideacog.net"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
You appear to have been swallowed by a whale.
Expect to find wonders and horrors, mythical and real, inside the cavernous belly of the greatest mammal on Earth.
Fortunately, you’re a cetologist.
</p>
<p>
This story is delivered via Plotopolis - at this point, a
proof-of-concept interactive fiction journal that publishes to chat
platforms - which was written in concert with this story.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Some threads contain (accidental) violence, others talk about suicide.</p>
<p><em>
Literary / speculative •
Half an hour •
Choice-based •
Web-based
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2858">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Whisperers</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">An Interactive Play</small>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_013.png" alt="Cover art for The Whisperers" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Milo van Mesdag</span>
<a href="http://twitter.com/MiloMesdag"><img src="assets/twitter.svg" class="author-link" alt="@MiloMesdag"></a>
<a href="mailto:m.mesdagwriter@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="m.mesdagwriter@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
The year is 1938, two newcomers have just arrived at their
new home: a communal appartment in Moscow, the beating heart of Soviet
power. But what will they make of their new lives? And what will their
neighbours make of them? The Whisperers is a story of love,
revolution, belief, and the choices oridnary people make in
extraordinary times.
</p>
<p>
Or: the year is 1938 and you have arrived at your local soviet sponsored
theatre, ready for a play lauded by the agents of the Department of
Agitation and Propoganda as "the first truly socialist play", in which
the audience, the people, decide the course of events.
</p>
<p>
Or: The Whisperers is a script for an interactive play, loosely adapted
into a piece of written interactive fiction (while also featuring an
annotated version for the ease of use of prospective directors and
actors).
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> Physical violence. Mention of executions. Mention of Holodomor (genocide by engineered famine).</p>
<p><em>
Play, romance, historical, politcal. •
One hour •
Choice-based •
Web-based
</em></p>
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<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Who Iced Mayor McFreeze?</span>
<br><small itemprop="alternateName">A Bubble Gumshoe Mystery</small>
</h2>
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<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover.jpg" alt="Cover art for Who Iced Mayor McFreeze?" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
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<p><strong>
<a href="http://www.damonwakes.wordpress.com/"><span itemprop="name">Damon L. Wakes</span></a>
<a href="mailto:damon.l.wakes@gmail.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="damon.l.wakes@gmail.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
The mayor has only been missing for about an hour, but Mrs.
McFreeze has good reason for concern: her husband left to attend some
business at the old taffy factory with the notorious Don Toblerone, and
she fears he's got himself into a sticky situation. Naturally she calls
upon Bubble Gumshoe - Sugar City's premiere private eye - to check up on
him.
</p>
<p>
But unfortunately for the mayor, Bubble Gumshoe comes too late. And
Unfortunately for Bubble Gumshoe, the killer is there when she arrives.
Locked in the abandoned building - with a demolition charge set for 9am
the next day - she must use all her cunning to sniff out the building's
secrets so she can once again taste freedom, all while chewing over...
</p>
<p>
...who iced Mayor McFreeze?
</p>
<p>
Thanks to Brett Witty, felix, Dave Diamond and Matt Campbell for playtesting.
</p>
<p><strong>Content warning:</strong> violence, sex, drug use and cannibalism, all involving colourful candy characters.</p>
<p><em>
Mystery •
Half an hour •
Parser-based •
Glulx
• Download includes additional content
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2848">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">The Witch</span>
</h2>
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<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_018.jpg" alt="Cover art for The Witch" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Charles Moore</span>
<a href="mailto:charlesmoore@improvmonster.com"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="charlesmoore@improvmonster.com"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
You’re typically a sober-minded upstanding elf but last
night you were out a little too late and had a little too much mead.
This morning you woke up wedged in a tree in the woods outside of town
with a splitting headache. Thanks to your late-night escapades, though,
you luckily avoided the previous night’s calamity when a powerful witch
swept in and snatched away all the other elves in your village. Now,
you’re the only one left to save them. Time is short, however, for the
the witch is lurking and she’ll be back at sunset for any stragglers.
</p>
<p><em>
Fantasy •
Longer than two hours •
Parser-based •
Z-code
• Download includes additional content
</em></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="well" id="entry-2820">
<h2>
<span itemprop="name">Xanthippe's Last Night with Socrates</span>
</h2>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/cover_008.jpg" alt="Cover art for Xanthippe's Last Night with Socrates" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 350px;">
<p><strong>Cover art by:</strong> Guillaume Rouillé</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p><strong>
<span itemprop="name">Victor Gijsbers</span>
<a href="mailto:victor@lilith.cc"><img src="assets/email.svg" class="author-link" alt="victor@lilith.cc"></a>
</strong></p>
<p>
It's your last night together, for literal fuck's sake, but
your husband is 'not in the mood'. Can you convince him to fulfil his
marital duties?
</p>
<p>
And will that bring any solace at all?
</p>
<p><em>
Romance •
Half an hour •
Choice-based •
</em></p>
</div>
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