On Saturday, December 27, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of interactive fiction at Patreon and Ko-fi.
The Wise-Woman’s Dog (2025) by Daniel M. Stelzer
In this historical fantasy set in Anatolia, 1280 BCE, you play as the wise-woman’s dog in Nahhanta Village. Your human is very sick, cursed and bedridden for days. But you are a very good dog. You know about cursework. You can smell curses and blessings, take them, and put them onto other things. Running water destroys curses, but this curse is so strong, it would kill you before you could reach running water with it. Still, a way must be found, and you’re the only one who can do it.
This game was written in Dialog and was an entry in IF Comp 2025 where it took 2nd place; it also won 1st place for the Miss Congeniality award.
IFDB | My walkthrough and maps
The Evil Sorcerer (2000-2001) by Gren Remoz
In this fantasy game, you play as a man named George waking up in someone else’s bedroom and wearing unfamiliar clothes. Memories return slowly of drinking at a party, meeting a stunningly beautiful woman named Julia, leaving with her in her car, somehow arriving at an island beach in a far-away empire, making love, learning magic is real, and learning that she wants you to kill an evil sorcerer on her lands.
This game was an entry in IF Comp 2001 where it took 20th place.
IFDB | My walkthrough and maps
The Wrath of Anubis (2025) by Garry Francis
In this Egyptian puzzle game, you play as Ken Richards, an archaeologist. In the remote village of El Rajid, you learn the legend of Sinuhe, a forced laborer who rebelled and tried to kill his pharaoh. But he was caught. Sinuhe was thrown to the crocodiles. The god Anubis, incensed, raised Sinuhe’s ghost to haunt the land thereafter. Can you find Sinuhe’s medallion, the only thing that can end the wrath of Anubis?
This game is an adaptation of the Italian adventure Ken Richards: L’Ira di Anubi by Bonaventura Di Bello; see credits for more details.
IFDB | My walkthrough and maps
Caribbean Treasure (2025) by Garry Francis
In this island adventure, you play as Alan Simmons, a young man who loves sailing and pirate stories. In an old manuscript, you learned about a sunken pirate ship near a then-uncharted Caribbean island which you found on modern maps. Intent on finding pirate treasure, you sailed a rental yacht to the island and started exploring. Unfortunately for you, your first discovery is some footprints on the beach heading to your yacht and back!
This game is an adaptation of the 1987 Italian adventure Alan Simmons: Bucaneer by Bonaventura Di Bello. See credits for more details.
Beat Me Up Scotty (2023) by Jkj Yuio
In this short comedic linear wordplay game based loosely on Star Trek: The Original Series, you play as the ship’s captain. As you party across the galaxy, you often have to say “B___ me up Scotty”, using whatever B-word is appropriate to get of your current jam.
This game was written in Strand and was an entry in Spring Thing 2023’s Main Festival.
Cheese, Go Home! (2008) by C “Sparky” Read
In this simple game you play Frankie, who has plans to go to the State Fair tonight with her friend Kathy. But Cheese has dropped by unexpectedly while you were preparing dinner…and he won’t go home! Worse, old Mr. Herriman won’t let you go to the Fair if Cheese is still in the house at dinnertime. Get rid of Cheese before then or it’s no fair for you…literally.
Fired (2025) by Olaf Nowacki
In this game of revenge, you play as a fired office worker. It’s after hours. A box of your belongings is on your desk, ready to go, but the printouts you made detailing your horrible boss’s many misdeeds are missing! Find those printouts before you leave this miserable building for the last time.
This game was an entry in IF Comp 2025 where it took 42nd place.
Go-Strange-Ghost Range (2025) by Andrew Schultz
In this small surreal wordplay game involving homophonic phrases, you were returning some overdue books to the library on Halloween, but somehow you went the wrong way. Now you’re in the afterlife and need to chase off a ghost, or as an oaf explains, you need to perform a go-stop-ghost op!
This game was written in Adventuron and was an entry in Ectocomp 2025’s Le Petite Mort (English) division where it took 9th place.
Limen (2021) by Elizabeth DeCoste
This surreal dream-like game is about visiting mostly-empty liminal spaces, such as a subway station, a darkened shopping mall, fields, part of a hotel, and a multi-level parkade. It’s not about puzzles or story. It’s more about the experience of being in those places. Still, you must solve a few mild puzzles before you can reach the ending.
This interactive-fiction game was developed for Nuit Blanche Regina 2021.
Rain Check-in (2025) by Zeno Pillan
It’s 11:35 p.m. and it’s dark. You just parked your rental car at the end of a dead-end dirt road. One of the two houses you passed must be your self check-in rental. You just need to find the key and let yourself in before the approaching thunderstorm gets too bad. Your only tool is a phone with 5% power.
This game was an entry in IF Comp 2025 where it took 67th place.
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