The Bones of Rosalinda
I had a blast with this!
A comedy-fantasy story with a sense for the macabre. An interesting NPC-who-turns-coPC with great deadpan delivery of his lines. Some good puzzlework in a slowly opening-up map.
Also: A Twine that plays like a parser, with all the fiddliness we’ve become accustomed to but still like to grumble about. (“We” being parser players)
EDIT: @fos1 and @ChristopherMerriner . Remember this thread: ParserComp 2022 is open! - #16 by J_J_Guest? About allowing Gruescript games in ParserComp. If the clicketiness of Gruescript is allowed, then a Twine like this, with a freely explorable map, object tracking, inventory juggling and lock-and-key puzzles should also meet the requirements. Blurring lines, I like it.
Full review: The Bones of Rosalinda - Details (ifdb.org)
My next game will be The Wolf and Wheel.