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IF Comp 2015: Crossroads
Crossroads (Cat Manning) is an atmospheric piece about going into a wood to make a bargain with a witch. The protagonist is highly variable and often pretty vague: what they’re bargaining for varies broadly, and isn’t always explicitly defined even once you’ve chosen it.
IF Comp 2015: Grimm’s Godfather
Grimm’s Godfather (Gabby Wu) is a short graphic novel retelling a story from the Brothers Grimm. A father must choose God, the Devil or Death as his thirteenth son’s godfather; this is your first choice. The story plays out much the same … Continue reading
IF Comp 2015: The Baker of Shireton
In The Baker of Shireton (Hanon Ondricek) you play the eponymous baker in a fantasy MUD or MMORPG. The basic joke is pretty much the same as that of Zork: A Troll’s-Eye View: you’re a bit-part NPC in a world designed around someone else’s … Continue reading
IF Comp 2015: Growbotics
Growbotics is a digital toy about creating things. It’s one of those games (like, say, Doodle God) which has a combine-elements crafting-system as the central mechanic. You start with some atomic Essences, combine them to form secondary ones, and then combine primary and secondary … Continue reading
IF Comp 2015: Forever Meow
In Forever Meow (Moe Zilla) you play a cat left alone in a room, messing about with stuff. The limited perspective this affords means that not knowing what’s going on is somewhat important for the experience, so: spoiler warning alert. Aaand: . . whitespace.
IF Comp 2015: Darkiss: Chapter One: The Awakening
Darkiss: Chapter One is an old-school vampire story (sadistic lords in remote castles, rather than leather trenchcoats and high-school angst). The PC was killed and sealed in his lair by vampire-hunters, but has somehow survived; his memory has been somewhat impaired in … Continue reading
IF Comp 2015: Arcane Intern (Unpaid)
Arcane Intern (Unpaid) (Astrid Dalmady) does pretty much what the title implies. Trying to break into publishing, you stumble into a hidden society of magic-users. It’s still a crappy unpaid job, but with more magic sigils and dragon baristas. Games that … Continue reading
IF Comp 2015: Untold Riches
Untold Riches (Jason Ermer) presents itself as a straightforward, self-consciously tropey treasure hunt. You’re the sidekick to an eccentric adventurer, stranded by pirates on a tropical island; your objective is to find the treasure and then get rescued. It reads very much … Continue reading
IF Comp 2015: Second Story
Second Story (Fred Snyder) is a cat-burglar game. Jane Swift, a former thief turned straight, is brought out of retirement when hoods kidnap her brother and demand one last job of her: locate and steal the only surviving print of a … Continue reading
IF Comp 2015: Kane County
Kane County (Michael Sterling & Tia Orisney) is a game about surviving in the high desert of southwestern Utah. Your car breaks down, and you have to get back to civilisation (or at least somewhere where rescue is a reasonable prospect). This … Continue reading
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