I promise for authors, it can be stressful, but fun. I always* love the games, flaws and all. I’ll be tweeting @ people who gave their handles to the IFComp site (like, only 1/5 of you) so pay attention here too to catch when your game is up. Because of the gag rule, feel free to PM me if you have thoughts, hints, notes, w/e.
Next week, I’ll go Monday - Friday from 2 - 4(5?)pm CST. The weeks after, I’ll just be playing on Fridays at the same time (my regular schedule). Anticipate 2-5 games per session.
Here’s my randomized list:
The Shoe Dept.
The Little Lifeform That Could
Manlandia
Not Another Hero
Cactus Blue Motel
Hill Ridge Lost & Found
Color the Truth
Sigil Reader (Field)
Steam and Sacrilege
Stone Harbor
How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors
Letters
This is My Memory of First Heartbreak, Which I Can’t Quite Piece Back Together
A Time of Tungsten
The Queen’s Menagerie
Take
Theatre People
Toiletworld
Stuff and Nonsense
Zigamus: Zombies at Vigamus
Fair
The Skyscraper and the Scar
Yes, my mother is…
The Skull Embroidery
500 Apocalypses
Snake’s Game
Mirror and Queen
Ventilator
Riot
You are standing in a cave…
Eight characters, a number, and a happy ending
Evermore
Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell
The Mouse
Ariadne in Aeaea
Inside the Facility
Black Rock City
Fallen 落葉 Leaves
Thaxted Havershill And the Golden Wombat
Rite of Passage
Slicker City
Ash
Pogoman GO!
Take Over the World
Moonland
Detectiveland
16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds
Aether Apeiron: The Zephyra Chronicles
Quest for the Traitor Saint
To The Wolves
The God Device
Cinnamon Tea
SCREW YOU, BEAR DAD!
Night House
Labyrinth of Loci
The Game of Worlds TOURNAMENT!
All I Do is Dream
*Caveat: I almost never love games that endorse sexism / racism / etc.
Just wanted to check - but are these enjoyable / useful? Is the time good, or would another time be better?
I feel like these sorts of live-action, hour-long-plus reviews may be coolest for the authors themselves, but that’s tricky to gauge just how cool, because of that gag order.
I usually catch them after the fact, but I personally do find them helpful as feedback for my writing! We usually only get reviews, which reviewers (we hope) have pondered over and thought about, so it’s quite useful to see players’ immediate reactions as well.