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Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Playing category Playing	7	1534	January 3, 2025
The Great Play Marathon of 2026 Forum Games, Wordplay, and Challenges	23	493	February 11, 2026
Let's Translate: Lighan ses Lion by Andrew Plotkin Playing lets-play	511	2422	February 11, 2026
Request for a tester on Apple Mac in time for Spring Thing Beta Testing Requests and Discussion springthing-2026	2	104	February 11, 2026
Cloak of Darkness available to demo in ChronicleHub [now Open Source] Project Announcements chroniclehub	5	147	February 11, 2026
Looking Ahead to a 2026 Play Event [decided: Great Play Marathon] Forum Games, Wordplay, and Challenges	45	1214	February 10, 2026
Hint for Time: All Things Come to an End Game Hints	11	187	February 10, 2026
Announcing The Rosebush IF Magazine IF Reviews and Essays rosebush	71	2986	February 9, 2026
Jacaranda Jim: Anyone worked out how to get 100% or close to? Game Hints	37	539	February 9, 2026
Requesting beta testers for a great depression bank heist game Beta Testing Requests and Discussion	19	347	February 7, 2026
Iron ChIF: Season One Episode 1 (lpsmith vs. Afterward, using Inform 7) Forum Games, Wordplay, and Challenges iron-chif	6	399	February 6, 2026
"Within the Woods" Invisiclues Hints / Walkthrough / Map Game Hints invisiclues	8	81	February 6, 2026
RASCAL, a ZIL roguelike Beta Testing Requests and Discussion rogue-like , zil , z-machine	12	297	February 6, 2026
Seeking testers for Fantasy Opera: The Theater of Memory (choice-based fantasy/mystery RPG) Beta Testing Requests and Discussion	0	54	February 5, 2026
Shop Crush - Psychological Horror VN and Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions Project Announcements visual-novel , announcement , interactive-fiction , ai	7	169	February 5, 2026
Let's play Zork + Colossal Cave Adventure Playing lets-play	16	650	February 5, 2026
Parser Text Adventures on Steam and GOG Getting Started Playing IF	34	3726	February 4, 2026
Recording and playing back commands: Do any Glulx interpreters do this? Playing	6	102	February 4, 2026
Quest Viva WebPlayer works on macOS Getting Started Playing IF	0	39	February 4, 2026
Testing/feedback request for the web version of a hint map feelie Beta Testing Requests and Discussion	22	160	February 3, 2026
New Experimental Game [Under a Killing Sun] Project Announcements ai	7	220	February 2, 2026
DetectivesGame: A New AI-Powered Murder Mystery Experience Project Announcements ai	17	122	February 1, 2026
Let's Play: Samsara Playing lets-play	53	666	February 1, 2026
The Retro Adventurers podcast Project Announcements podcasts	121	4604	February 1, 2026
I'm looking for testers for LLM-empowered IF Beta Testing Requests and Discussion beta-testing , ai	8	648	January 31, 2026
Testers needed for new BDB Project’s game: The Horror of Goldmine City. (Murray Shannon series #2) Beta Testing Requests and Discussion beta-testing	12	137	January 31, 2026
Let's Play Winterstrike While We Still Can Playing lets-play	65	1227	January 30, 2026
"Infocom Chat"? Playing ai	16	262	January 30, 2026
Moonmist IF Reviews and Essays	2	101	January 29, 2026
Spy intrigue Game Hints	6	456	January 29, 2026