IF Comp 2010: Ninja’s Fate

Okay, let???s do one more of these, so that I can feel like I accomplished something today before I spend the rest of the night screwing around in Minecraft single-player, which is possibly the most compelling yet utterly pointless activity ever. Ni…

IF Comp 2010: Pen and Paint

Well, fuck. I was playing Pen and Paint, and I had a pretty good post going, because the implementation in this game is terrible, so I had a lot of different things to be snarky about. But naturally, Firefox crashed and I lost it all. I???m not goin…

IF Comp 2010: Heated

All right, one more before I go to bed. Maybe two, if this one is quick. Heated is by Timothy Peers, written in Inform 7 (build 5Z71). heated.z8 weighs in at 233 kB. What???s the spoiler-break pic going to be? Any guesses?It???s an advertisement for a…

IF Comp 2010: Mite

Next we have Mite, by Sara Dee. Mite.z5 weighs in at 188 kB (more than twice as much as The Chronicler), and was coded with Inform 6 ??? specifically 6.30. I think Chronicler was 6.21. Spoilers begin after what will probably turn out to be some horr…

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Before I move on to the next IF Comp game, let???s have a quick break for an orange soda review. Because I have a thirst. A thirst for orange soda. This is Frostie Orange Soda ??? unusually succinct! It???s also a custom bottle, with the logo embossed a…

IF Comp 2010: The Chronicler

Okay, let???s do this. We???re starting with The Chronicler, by John Evans. chronicler0.z5 weighs in at 70 kB, and was written in Inform 6. As is standard for my reviews, this will not be a coherent review so much as a stream-of-consciousness ??? I???m le…

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What? IF Comp again already? Man I did not have the slightest awareness of it. I am entirely unready for this. This is going to seriously cut into my Minecraft time, which has already seriously cut into my cross-stitch time. :( I guess, on the bri…