My Reviewing approach
I want to highlight games with good ideas, good writing and good implementation. I want to improve games and writers if I can. Being nasty is not useful (however fun), but being constructive is (however hard).
I’ll review games and put the review up when I can, and may release my ratings at the end of the judging period. I may jump the random ordering for games that I am interested in.
I’m happy to have discussions with authors at any time, but as per the rules, I won’t change my ratings. Authors, feel free to drop me a line on Twitter.
List of games
Using some fancy programmin’, I randomly sorted the IF Comp entries this year, using JTN’s handy CSV format.
Here’s the list of games I’ll attempt to review, in order, but I can’t promise I’ll reach them all. When I review them, I’ll add a link here.
- “Bullhockey!” by B F Lindsay — (My review)
- “Dilemma” by Leonora — (My review)
- “The Origin of Madame Time” by Mathbrush — (My review)
- “Bi Lines” by Norbez — (My review)
- “The Addicott Manor” by Intudia — (My review)
Unreviewed
- “Time Passed” by Davis G. See
- “A Final Grind” by nrsm_ha
- “Within a circle of water and sand” by Romain
- “The Forgotten Tavern” by Peter M.J. Gross
- “Intelmission” by Martyna “Lisza” Wasiluk
- “The Mouse Who Woke Up For Christmas” by Luke A. Jones
- “Eunice” by Gita Ryaboy
- “Writers Are Not Strangers” by Lynda Clark
- “Nightmare Adventure” by Laurence Emms, Vibha Laljani
- “Cannery Vale” by Keanhid Connor
- “Diddlebucker!” by J. Michael
- “Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303” by VigiMech Corporation
- “A Woman’s Choice” by Katie Benson
- “Tower” by Ryan Tan
- “Charming” by Kaylah Facey
- “Dungeon Detective” by Wonaglot et cie
- “Adventures with Fido” by Lucas C. Wheeler
- “Campfire Tales” by Matthew Deline
- “En Garde” by Jack Welch
- “Escape from Dinosaur Island” by Richard Pettigrew
- “StupidRPG” by Steven Richards
- “Ostrich” by Jonathan Laury
- “I Should Have Been That I Am” by E. K. Wagner
- “Basilica de Sangre” by Bitter Karella
- “Alias ‘The Magpie’” by J. J. Guest
- “Ailihphilia” by N. Y. Llewellyn
- “Tohu wa Bohu” by alex wesley moore
- “Dream Pieces 2” by Iam Curio
- “Border Reivers” by Vivienne Dunstan
- “Dreamland” by eejitlikeme
- “Abbess Otilia’s Life and Death” by A.B.
- “H.M.S. Spaceman” by Nat Quayle Nelson and Diane Cai
- “And You May Find Yourself” by VPC
- “Ürs” by Christopher Hayes and Daniel Talsky
- “Birmingham IV” by Peter Emery
- “The King of the World” by G.A. Millsteed
- “Instruction Set” by Jared Jackson
- “Pegasus” by Michael Kielstra
- “They Will Not Return” by John Ayliff
- “Junior Arithmancer” by Mike Spivey
- “+ = x” by Chandler Groover
- “Haywire” by Wade
- “The Broken Bottle” by Josh Irvin et cie
- “Tethered” by Linus Åkesson
- “Anno 1700” by Finn Rosenløv
- “Six Silver Bullets” by William Dooling
- “I.A.G. Alpha” by Serhii Mozhaiskyi
- “LET’S ROB A BANK” by Bethany Nolan
- “DEVOTIONALIA” by G. Grimoire
- “smooch.click” by Devon Guinn
- “Dead Man’s Fiesta” by Ed Sibley
- “Polish the Glass” by Keltie Wright
- “Into the Lair” by Kenna
- “Murder at the Manor” by Obter9
- “Railways of Love” by Provodnik Games
- “Linear Love” by Tom Delanoy
- “Stone of Wisdom” by Kenneth Pedersen
- “Awake” by Soham Sevak
- “Bogeyman” by Elizabeth Smyth
- “Dynamite Powers vs. The Ray of Night!” by Mike Carletta
- “Lux” by Agnieszka Trzaska
- “Flowers of Mysteria” by David Sweeney
- “Careless Talk” by Diana Rider
- “Let’s Explore Geography! Canadian Commodities Trader Simulation Exercise” by Carter Sande
- “Erstwhile” by Maddie Fialla, Marijke Perry
- “Re: Dragon” by Jack Welch
- “The Temple of Shorgil” by Arthur DiBianca
- “Animalia” by Ian Michael Waddell
- “Shackles of Control” by Sly Merc
- “Grimnoir” by ProP
- “The master of the land” by Pseudavid
- “Space Punk Moon Tour” by J_J