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Not Just Once, by TaciturnFriend
May 20, 2024You're nearly home when you hear a phone ringing. Will you answer it? Written for the Shuffle Comp 2023 but missed the deadline. The bulk of the piece is one stretch-text passage, so no saves or functional...
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The Portrait: "Pictures of Lily"
May 20, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/16/24 Playtime: 1hr, 60/80 pts, art lover This work is a teaser for an anticipated (by me)..." - See full review Mike Russo reviews
Bydlo; or the Ox-Cart: "The rest is silence"
May 20, 2024 "I’m a reasonably confident critic of several things: writing, first of all, but also characterization, plot, and puzzle design (whether..." - See full review Mike Russo reviews
Luna Gardens: "The tao that can be spoken is still hard to get the parser to understand"
May 20, 2024 "(This is a review of the Spring Thing version of the game; I understand it's since been updated to address some of the implementation..." - See full review JJ McC reviews
Bydlo; or the Ox-Cart: "Metaphor Maze!"
May 20, 2024 "Adapted from a SpringThing24 Review Played: 4/16/24 Playtime: 15min A second ST24 Bitly entry! I’ve only recently encountered my first!..." - See full review See the full list...
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