#spring thing 2023

[manonamora-if]

The Ritual awaits...

Are you ready to make your choice? The one that will shape the rest of your life? Or will regret the roads not taken?

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In this short parser-like Twine game, play a being about to go through The Ritual, where you will be asked to make a choice to shape the rest of your life.

Life is about choices. Best to make the correct one...

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Features:

a keyboard-only Twine game

multiple endings

about 17.000 total words

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This was my first attempt at creating a parser. And because I don't like to do things the easy way, this was created in Twine (which is more a program to create a choice-based/hypertext stories)!

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This game was submitted to the 2023 Edition of the SpringThing, an IF festival. You can find all entries (and vote for them) here!

If you prefer to play on itch, you can find my entry there instead!

IFDB Page

[golmac]

weird, ergodic, metafictive parser game about magic, mental illness, and the second law of thermodynamics is on a list

The 2023 Interactive Fiction Top 50 – The Rosebush (the-rosebush.com)

Repeat the Ending by Drew Cook (Gold Machine)

Explore a "critical edition" of a 1996 Inform 5 game about loss, magic, and the second law of thermodynamics.

[twinegardening]

Protocol, by 30x30

You are a crewman aboard Observatory Station Calypso-54414d. Everything you know is a lie.

[groggydog]

Today I finished what should be the last pixel art for my upcoming parser game, "The Familiar" - the city of Gennemont's famed opera house.

I'm hoping to start beta testing in a few weeks, so if you're interested be sure to hit me up!

[manonamora-if]

Ribbon nominations are live!

Players can now nominate entries in this year’s Spring Thing for ribbons. There are two kinds of ribbons: “Best In Show” ribbons, for Main

You can now vote/nominate games for the SpringThing!

There are 20+ fun games this year, all so different from one another!

If you have some time, consider filling in the voting form!

[golmac]

About Repeat the Ending

I mentioned my game yesterday. So what is it?

Repeat the Ending is an Inform 7 game (parser) that can be played offline or in a web browser.

The story: A young man with severe mental illness and magical powers must travel across a small, southern town to see his dying mother at the hospital.

The setup: Explore a "critical edition" of a failed 1996 IF game called Repeat the Ending, complete with footnotes, menu-based hints, critical essays, and more.

The extras: Read a transcript of the infamously buggy 1996 version of the game, consult an "Interdimensional Entity's Guide to Primeoid Fashion," and listen to an obnoxiously obscure playlist of 1990s indie rock.

Get more than you bargained for: Over 150,000 words of code, most of which no one will ever see!

O pretty: enjoy several pieces of attractive-yet-alienating art by Callie Smith!

Repeat the Ending

Explore an all new, "critical edition" of a 1996 Inform 5 game about mental illness, magic, and the second law of thermodynamics. Features

[manonamora-if]

The 2023 Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction

Spring Thing is an annual online festival celebrating new interactive fiction from all kinds of people.

The 2023 Spring Thing Festival is open!

Come check out all the fun games. And starting April 13th, you can vote for them :D

[golmac]

Thanks to everybody who played, voted, or hell even read my posts about it. Wow wow wow