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News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - Dishes are served! May 29, 2026
The games produced by the competing chefs have been released for play: Time Swap by challenger Onno Brouwer, and Arkanen by defending Iron Chef Max Fog. Both are available to play at the intfiction forum... - Details
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The Reluctant Prophet, by fleischgemuese
Twine
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The Canon: Old Harbor, by RageMD
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Nosferatu, by Hohenstein256
Lua
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ROUND / SQUARE, by lavieenmeow
Twine
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GET MANIFE$TO, by Matt Bee
Inform 7
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Emily is Away <3, by Kyle Seeley
Unity

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jakomo reviews TR-49: ""It's not real." "I love you in every reality, Bear."" ImageImageImageImageImage - See full review
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EJ reviews Social Democracy: Petrograd 1917: "Petrograd 1917 review" ImageImageImageImageImage - See full review
JJ McC reviews Unseelie: "Mushroom Misgivings" ImageImageImageImageImage - See full review
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Tito Valenz reviews Wonderful Swamp Crab: "A perilous journey" ImageImageImageImageImage - See full review
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Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Den: "Exceptional" ImageImageImageImageImage - See full review
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News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - Dishes are served! May 29, 2026 Details
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - The battle has begun! May 24, 2026 Details
(No) Dialogue Jam 2026 created May 6, 2026
French Comp 2026 created May 5, 2026
LOTECH Comp 2001 created April 24, 2026
Spring Thing 2026 created April 6, 2026

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ImageSuperluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but...

Image80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around...

ImageEat Me, by Chandler Groover
In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts.

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