Coloratura is parser-based science-fiction/horror, with a fair number of puzzles, as well as feelies, cover art, and design notes. It took me somewhat over an hour to play even though I sometimes resorted to hints.
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Machine of Death is a choice-based short story about a world in which people can get cryptic predictions of how they will die, but not when, and where the predictions are so vague as to be functionally worthless.
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The House at the End of Rosewood Street is a surreal, parser-based game centered on the life of an odd-jobs man. It’s one of the more sizable games I’ve run into in the comp so far.
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Sam and Leo Go to the Bodega is a short, choice-based game about two stoners making a snack run. It takes less than fifteen minutes to play. Review after the jump.
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Trapped in Time is an on-paper choose-your-own adventure about a Danish time traveler. It took me somewhere between 30 and 45 minutes to read through, I think. (This was in multiple sessions, so my tracking is a little more shaky than usual.)
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Reels is a choice-plus-text-input-driven game with a minimal slice-of-life framing story. Review follows the break.
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