Games to choose from

• monkbythesea: Monk by the Sea % Elizabeth Decoste % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=awdcacv1wqw13ozq
  It is a first-time-effort beginner-friendly game written in Inform 7, published in 2020, and based on the artwork of Caspar David Friedrich.

• quotient: Quotient, The Game % Gregory R. Simpson % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=96cxkhaijmsdru
  It is a science-fiction espionage game written in Inform 7 and published in 2024.

• roguelikegoose: Roguelike Goose % Lizzard % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=awahllb90bdpzfv5
  It is a fantasy dungeon game written in Inform 7 and published in 2020 where you play as a beautiful goose.

• yourdeath4acts: Your Death, in four acts % Amanda Walker % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=klw3ibwft87uttk3
  It is a horror story written in Inform 7 and based on the poems of Emily Dickinson. As "Your Death, in two acts", this story was entered in Ectocomp 2021 (La Petite Mort) where it took 9th place.

• homeparty: Home party % Zeno Pillan % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=d77u4zqk9x80la1f
  It was written in Inform 7 and entered in TALP 2025 where it took 6th place.

• cutthesky: Cut the Sky % SV Linwood % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=2fl14wjyoar8n1p4
  It is a limited-parser science-fiction game written in Inform 7 and entered in Spring Thing 2025's Main Festival where it won Best in Show.
  DavidW played it already

• hellride: Hell Ride % Dana Montgomery % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=f8qt7ianqsivgy7y
  It is a mystery game set in a carnival, written in Inform 7, and entered in Spring Thing 2025's Main Festival (placement to be determined).
  DavidW played 2/3rds of it already

• kaged: Kaged % Ian Finley % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=gdl05tnyqjja5vc6
  It is an Orwellian science-fiction game written in TADS 2 and entered in IF Comp 2000 where it won 1st place. At the 2000 XYZZY Awards, it was a finalist in the Best NPCs category.

• themuseum: The Museum % Andreas Jörgensen % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=sfgaszp8e63v8dtm
  It is a humorous horror game written in Inform 7 and entered in TIGsource's Commonplace Book Competition 2008.

• portraitwithwolf: Portrait with Wolf % Drew Cook % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=y19sm08i51b118bq
  It is a very short IF-Art-Show-esque game with multiple endings. It was written in Inform 7 for Spring Thing 2025's Back Garden.
  Flag for adult content.

• prodly: Prodly the Puffin % Jim Crawford and Craig Timpany % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=a70sbudzo8496l1x
  It is a small, satirical and surreal game with a penguin protagonist, written in Inform 6, and entered in IF Comp 2000 where it took 35th place.

• retoollooter: Retool Looter % Charm Cochran % IFDB
  It is wordplay science-fiction espionage game written in Inform 7 and entered in Spring Thing 2025's Main Festival (placement to be determined).
  DavidW played it already

• strikeforce: Strike Force % Christopher Drum % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=b4k7iwzxt4glb007
  It is an espionage game written in PunyInform and entered in 2023's PunyJam #3 where it took 2nd place.

• transfer: Transfer % Tod Levi % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=frut6bkz93wtu9we
  It is a science-fiction game written in Inform 6 and entered in IF Comp 2000 where it took 5th place.

• thewolf: The Wolf % Leo Weinreb % https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=jzbwh5px79fqthvo
  It is a fairy-tale-inspired game written in Inform 7 and entered in the Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2024 where it took 5th place.

Previously played in 2025

• Renegade Brainwave (2010) by J.J. Guest

  • Comedy • B-Movie • Mad Science • 1950s • ADRIFT • Inform 7 port • IFDB • renegadebrainwave
  • Ectocomp 2010: 2nd place
  • Session 1: 2025-06-08: Notes so far
  • Session 2: 2025-06-15

• Studio (2024) by Charm Cochran
  • played on 2025-06-01

• Tempus Fugit - The Past is Yet Unwritten (2025) by Gianluca Girelli
  • Session 1: 2025-05-18
  • Session 2: 2025-05-25

• The Time Crystals of Cythii (2025) by Garry Francis
  • Session 1: 2025-05-04
  • Session 2: 2025-05-11

• The End Means Escape (2000) by Steve Kodat
  • played on 2025-04-27

• A D R I F T (2022) by Pinkunz
  • played on 2025-04-20: see transcript

• The Crew (2021) by Olaf Nowacki
  • played on 2025-04-20: see transcript

• Espresso Moka (2025) by Roberto Ceccarelli
  • played on 2025-04-20 : see transcript

• Marbles, D, and the Sinister Spotlight (2025) by Drew Cook
  • played on 2025-04-13

• ZIT (2022) by Amanda Walker
  • played on 2025-04-13 : see transcript

• Deephome: A Telleen Adventure (1999) by Joshua Wise
  played 2025-03-23 (part 1)
  played 2025-03-30 (part 2)
  played 2025-04-06 (part 3)

• A Train to Piccadilly (2024) by Marco Innocenti
  played 2025-02-23 (part 1)
  played 2025-03-02 (part 2)
  played 2025-03-09 (part 3)
  played 2025-04-16 (part 4)

• Words of Power (2002) by Stark Springs
  played 2025-02-09 (part 1)
  played 2025-02-16 (part 2)

• Andelmans' Yard (2022) by Arlan Wetherminster
  played 2025-02-02

• A Dodecapedic box (2024) by Zeno Pillan and
  No More (2024) by Tabitha
  played 2025-01-26

• Mars, 2049 AD (2024) by Fredrik Ramsberg
  played 2025-01-19

• Late Night at the Mall (2024) by Johan Berntsson
  played 2025-01-12

• The eight-headed giant (2024) by by Zeno Pillan and
  Thornfell Manor: 1984 (2024) by Tijn Kersjes
  played 2025-01-05