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A new Recommended List by MathBrush, My Top 10 Game list (2026) August 10, 2026
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A new competition page: IntroComp 2026 created August 10, 2026
The Veil, by Josh Hamelin
Twine
The Mermaid's Mystery, by Vance Chance
ChoiceScript
Onion Hugs, by Alex Birch
Quest
Made with Real Forest Scouts, by Tessa Lee Ren
Twine
CoreOS, by Julian
Godot

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Reviews

Tabitha reviews Trenchline: "In the trenches" - See full review
RainbowDarter reviews Every day I get emails: "Corporate Enpoopification, but Make It Spooky" - See full review
RainbowDarter reviews 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds: "Maybe the Best Opening Line in IF History" - See full review
Dan Fabulich reviews Onion Hugs: "So surreal, it's hard to connect" - See full review
Dan Fabulich reviews Made with Real Forest Scouts: "It's a microgame, not really an intro" - See full review
Dan Fabulich reviews CoreOS: "Solid database search game" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

IntroComp 2026 created August 10, 2026
1st Annual Thinky Awards 2023 created August 3, 2026
Neo-Twiny Jam 2026 created July 3, 2026
ParserComp 2026 created July 1, 2026
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - Dishes are served! May 29, 2026 Details
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - The battle has begun! May 24, 2026 Details
(No) Dialogue Jam 2026 created May 6, 2026

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Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but...

Type Help, by William Rous
A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead. Investigate the files on an old...

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