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Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Playing category Playing	7	1503	January 3, 2025
Seeking beta testers for text based adventure game Beta Testing Requests and Discussion beta-testing , inform7	2	45	June 25, 2025
Let's Play: Inside Woman by Andy Phillips Playing lets-play	193	2160	June 24, 2025
First 225 game plays! Thank you -- Changes made, new version rolled out -- LLM Parser Beta Testing Requests and Discussion ai	1	65	June 24, 2025
The Second Annual IF Review-a-thon (2025) Playing event , review-a-thon	12	375	June 23, 2025
'Deadline' interactive mystery game Playing	10	280	June 23, 2025
Gateway II will not SAVE Playing	4	550	June 23, 2025
The Retro Adventurers podcast Project Announcements	88	3431	June 23, 2025
Interactive Fiction feature for my newsletter IF Reviews and Essays	17	452	June 23, 2025
Unsolved Games Playing	93	2818	June 22, 2025
Looking for testers for Neo-Twiny Jam game Beta Testing Requests and Discussion inform7	0	41	June 21, 2025
GOLMAC plays Emily Short's Bee IF Reviews and Essays lets-play	28	477	June 21, 2025
ParserComp 2025 Testers needed for western-themed games (Inform6 + PunyInform) Beta Testing Requests and Discussion	1	98	June 20, 2025
Venonta Vivo. The second season Project Announcements short-story	3	113	June 19, 2025
Discoggin: an IF Discord bot Project Announcements	9	190	June 19, 2025
Walkthrough / Gradual Hints for "Type Help" Game Hints	6	1118	June 18, 2025
"Type Help" post-completion discussion (spoilers galore!) Game Hints	30	635	June 17, 2025
Indie game edits or CONSPIRACY Playing	9	218	June 16, 2025
The RGB Cycle by Charm Cochran, Acts I through III Playing	12	229	June 16, 2025
Echoes of the Future Project Announcements science-fiction , retroinform , retro	4	153	June 13, 2025
Seeking testers for choice-based fantasy/mystery inspired by Venice & opera Beta Testing Requests and Discussion ink	2	74	June 13, 2025
Looking for playtesters for completed CYOA-game Beta Testing Requests and Discussion chapbook , twine	3	86	June 12, 2025
Quirky Test post-comp release testing Beta Testing Requests and Discussion	0	56	June 11, 2025
New Author's WIP soliciting Alpha Testers Beta Testing Requests and Discussion tads3	4	119	June 11, 2025
[FULL!] Help needed testing rough cut of new Galaxy Jones game for IFComp Beta Testing Requests and Discussion	2	72	June 11, 2025
(Prototype, 100k words) Tunnel, "open-world" IF based on exploration Project Announcements choicescript , beta-testing	17	679	June 10, 2025
Initial inquiries for a "Let's Play" of Emily Short's Bee IF Reviews and Essays lets-play	19	340	June 9, 2025
Gold Machine: Leather Goddesses of Phobos IF Reviews and Essays infocom	12	370	June 9, 2025
Bottlecap Rabbit Games Beta Testing Requests and Discussion choicescript	2	123	June 6, 2025
Reviewing all the neo-twiny 2025 games! IF Reviews and Essays neotwinyjam , reviews	7	163	June 6, 2025