Category: Interactive Fiction
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Hinterlands: Marooned!
In this year’s Spring Thing, the next game I played was Hinterlands: Marooned! It turns out that this is a one-move game, but I had no idea going into it. The game has you stranded on a very small island, standing next to a Q’udzlth. And almost everything you do will kill you. There are…
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Fairest
The next game I played in Spring Thing 2022 was Fairest. This is the latest game from Amanda Walker, an author that took 4th place in last year’s competition. This game came with a walkthrough, the reason I played it next, but it’s the only one in the competition to have one. In this game,…
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The Legend of Horse Girl
The second game I played for Spring Thing 2022 was The Legend of Horse Girl by Bitter Karella. I like the artwork, and I thought the setting was neat, but I didn’t know there was no walkthrough when I started. The game starts off in the plaza of Santa Diablo, Texas. A small western town…
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Bigfoot Bluff
I started the 2022 Spring Thing Festival with Bigfoot Bluff by P.B. Parjeter. It looked like a light-hearted, easy to play through game, but I got stuck, and without a walkthrough, I couldn’t finish it. You start the game as Bigfoot Jr. trying to photograph the cryptid creatures in the park. The game comes with…
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Past Present
Past Present is a beautiful game written by Jim Nelson that pulls on the heartstrings. You start alone in a simple house where your marriage has fallen apart, the place is packed up, and you have one hour to pick up your things. Not a lot of time, but she’s coming for her stuff and…
Grue Eater 