IF Comp 2014: The Contortionist (Nicholas Stillman)

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The Contortionist is a puzzly game that uses a menu of verbs, somewhere between parser and choice-based. I played for a while normally, then as much further as I could with the walkthrough, until I got to a point where the walkthrough did not help.

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IF Comp 2014: Jesse Stavro’s Doorway (Marshal Tenner Winter)

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Jesse Stavro’s Doorway is a parser-based story of time travel and time-travel-related mysticism. I played to the end, though I relied heavily on the walkthrough to do so.

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IF Comp 2014: With Those We Love Alive (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie)

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With Those We Love Alive is a choice-based nightmare-fantasy game, with music, which also requires that the player draw on her own body during play. I played it to completion.

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