Spoilers ahoy. I recommend you play this game before you read this review. I was looking forward to playing this. I am a big fan of Mathbrushs' games. The blurb states that this is a sequel to The Owl Consults, a game that won 6th place entry in last years IFcomp - given that I … Continue reading The Origin of Madame Time →

    You are at the top of the stairs. Exits : east, west, down What now? > Spoilers ahoy. I recommend you play this game before you read this review. Utterly and un-apologetically old school, Flowers of Mysteria is like a Scott Adams adventure has been brought joyously into the 2018 IFcomp. I love … Continue reading Flowers of Mysteria →

Spoilers ahoy. I recommend you play this game before you read this review. A very short choice game. I played through three times - each play through was about 10 minutes or so. You play as William, lead scientist on an AI project which is being shut down for some unknown reason - maybe public … Continue reading Awake →

Spoilers ahoy. I recommend you play this game before you read this review. A mid-length choice based game of about 30 minutes. I played through twice. Grieving after the funeral of a relative, whose identity is never revealed, the protagonist decides to buy a car and scatter the ashes. Unfortunately, the car turns out to … Continue reading Dead Man’s Fiesta →

Spoilers ahoy. I recommend you play this game before you read this review. A parser adventure written in Quest. I played this game for the full 2 hours. As a distinguished gentleman mouse named Gerald you are charged with completing a list of tasks to ensure your daughter, Jessica, has a happy Christmas. This is an … Continue reading The Mouse Who Woke Up for Christmas →

Spoilers ahoy. I recommend you play this game before you read this review. My first parser game this year. Junior Arithmancer is an Inform parser game. I played for a full two hours and reached an ending. I would term it as a difficult puzzlebox with minimal story. The basic premise is that, as the … Continue reading Junior Arithmancer →

Spoilers ahoy. I recommend you play this game before you read this review. "My father compounded with my mother under the Dragon’s Tail, and my nativity was under Ursa Major, so that it follows I am rough and lecherous. Fut! I should have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in the firmament twinkled … Continue reading I Should Have Been That I Am →

Spoilers ahoy. I recommend you play this game before you read this review. King of the World is a choice based game. I've played it three times now - each play through took about 20 minutes or so. This is high fantasy in the classic sense. A young boy, Andras, through the course of the … Continue reading The King of the World →

Spoilers ahoy. I recommend you play this game before you read this review. Dreamland is a choice based game about, well, dreams. I think. I tried to play through three times. The first thing that leaps out is that the grammar is not quite there. There are multiple typos, tense issues and grammatical problems. This game … Continue reading Dreamland →

Spoilers ahoy. I recommend you play this game before you read this review. A choice based game, Erstwhile took me around one and a half hours to complete. The blurb does a good job of setting the scene - you have just died at a party and are now a ghost - you need to … Continue reading Erstwhile →