Category Archives: cyoa
Introcomp 2019
Introcomp, one of interactive fiction’s long-running annual events, is out, with eleven entries. The past few Introcomps I have either missed or only looked at briefly, and I think I’ve got an expectations mismatch going on. I think that the value … Continue reading
House of Danger: CYOA book to tabletop game
House of Danger is an adaptation of a Choose Your Own Adventure book into a card-based format, sold in a box in board-game format. Considered purely as game design, this might seem wrong-headed. Turning a choice-based book into a board … Continue reading
IF Comp 2018: Recommendations
Voting in the IF Comp is concluded for this year, so before we get the actual results, here are the works of interactive fiction that I’d encourage people to play. This year I didn’t really have a single clear favourite … Continue reading
IF Comp 2018: Dead Man’s Fiesta
Dead Man’s Fiesta is a choice-based story about grieving and angst and having a car haunted by crappy ghosts. It’s funny and sad, shortish but packs a lot in, and is one of the better-written games of this year’s Comp. The … Continue reading
IF Comp 2018 mini-reviews, pt. 3
More capsule reviews of games that I don’t have a full review for: Awake, HMS Spaceman, Instruction Set, I Should Have Been That I Am, Nightmare Adventure, Space Punk Moon Tour and The Stone of Wisdom.
IF Comp 2018: Polish the Glass
Polish the Glass is a choice-based horror piece, almost entirely linear, about growing up under a family curse and being unable to escape it yourself. This is a piece which gets narrative flow, and which is thinking about text presentation. It’s not … Continue reading
IF Comp 2018: Erstwhile
Erstwhile is a choice-based murder mystery in which the deal is that you’re a ghost trying to solve your own murder; your memory is patchy, at least in part because there are things you don’t want to think about, but … Continue reading
