Inspired by this thread from Ectocomp 2025, I thought I’d start a one-off review thread for this year’s Text Adventure Literacy Jam. If you don’t want to review every game entered but still want to post your thoughts on one you played, feel free to do so here.
Epic Expedition, by dgtziea:
For experienced players, this game is pretty quick and easy, but it seems like a good introduction for people completely new to parser IF. The tutorial is in-depth, and I appreciated that it explained what the word “parser” refers to and common conventions in other text adventures that weren’t required here, such as the explanation of “look behind” and “look under.” I wished there had been more worldbuilding, and I could imagine a new player not comprehending the full height of the pots and therefore not realizing why they couldn’t reach the document, but these are my only critiques.
I was inspired to illustrate a scene from it:
