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Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Playing category Playing	1	1449	September 20, 2019
Do you read other reviews before writing your own? IF Reviews and Essays split-on-request	10	54	October 6, 2024
Magic 8-Ball for game recommendations (new and improved Mark III) Playing recommendations	94	658	October 5, 2024
Threads about NSEW/compass alternatives Playing	45	460	October 5, 2024
Playing IF with an LLM browser plug-in Playing ai	4	59	October 5, 2024
Pictures in Interactive Fiction [parser] Playing	28	351	October 5, 2024
Hints for Hebe Playing ifcomp2024-game	3	40	October 4, 2024
Beta testers wanted for "The Master's Lair" (IF Comp Entry) Beta Testing Requests and Discussion	16	267	October 4, 2024
Has anyone played David Laird's HAUNT? Game Hints	12	4493	October 3, 2024
An Unexpectedly Green Journey (Orc life-simulator) OUT NOW! Project Announcements	0	40	October 3, 2024
Hint Thread for Never Gives Up Her Dead Game Hints	174	2819	October 3, 2024
Exploring the 'Best Games': Being Andrew Plotkin Game Hints	3	1690	October 3, 2024
Does anyone else confuse East and West? Playing	95	1240	October 2, 2024
New game released - THE BOOK OF JAX Project Announcements	0	89	September 20, 2024
Ozmoo Release 14.40 Project Announcements interpreter	17	2607	September 28, 2024
Review: Lime Ergot, and notes on the nested concept genre IF Reviews and Essays	18	265	September 26, 2024
New game, based on a book series Project Announcements zorkmid , beta-testing , inform7	2	211	September 25, 2024
Play logic puzzle mysteries for research! Beta Testing Requests and Discussion	0	61	September 25, 2024
Released: Never Gives Up Her Dead, an epic sci-fi parser game (looking for ending feedback, post 79) Project Announcements	80	2892	September 24, 2024
Need beta editors for Astralily - story about magical girls im working on Beta Testing Requests and Discussion	10	149	September 22, 2024
The Chinese Room Beta Testers! Beta Testing Requests and Discussion inform , inform-7 , beta-testing , inform7	6	203	September 22, 2024
Final Exam - alternate endings? Game Hints	4	94	September 22, 2024
The Retro Adventurers podcast Project Announcements	20	885	September 19, 2024
Trouble in Sector 471 - Browser Edition Project Announcements	1	56	September 18, 2024
Must have features in a parser UI Playing	23	273	September 17, 2024
Joey Jones Announcement Thread - New paper with results of IF interviews Project Announcements parser , choice-based	10	699	September 16, 2024
Hints for Hildy by J Michael Game Hints ifcomp2024-game	4	66	September 15, 2024
Anchorhead Music Playlist? Playing music	5	131	September 13, 2024
This is what I need to tell you Project Announcements anti-productivity , jam-entry	6	237	September 13, 2024
"The Ghost and the Golem" - 480,000-word Jewish historical fantasy epic from Choice of Games Project Announcements choicescript , historical , fantasy	3	110	September 12, 2024