On Friday, October 29, 2021, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below and at IFDB! 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.
Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! (2015) by Steph Cherrywell
You play as Bonnie Noodleman, a normal teen-ager in 1959’s Canyonville, New Mexico. You’re on a nice normal date on Make-Out Mountain when aliens from beyond guzzle out your boyfriend’s brains! Jeepers! You’ve got to do something about this menace, but everyone’s busy with the Pine Nut Days festival and won’t take your warnings about brain guzzlers seriously!
This game is an entry to IF Comp 2015 where it won 1st place. At the 2015 XYZZY Awards, it won in the Best Individual Puzzle category; the game was also a finalist in the Best Game, Best Puzzles, and Best NPC categories.
Ailihphilia (2018) by Andrew Schultz (as “N. Y. Llewellyn”)
In this game, a DARER AD in a GAME MAG transports you to a land based entirely on palindromes, which are words or phrases that use the same letters backwards as forwards. There, you’ll need to solve many puzzles, destroy the KAOS OAK, and defeat the DIKTAT KID before you can use the TIX EXIT and leave.
This game was an entry in IF Comp 2018 where it took 28th place.
Berrost’s Challenge (2008) by Mark Hatfield
Berrost has finally decided you should learn some spells, but he’s also evicting you from his tower. So, as a test of your wit, you’re to search the village for five hidden scrolls containing your new spells. Berrost will be watching your progress from his scrying room.
This game was an entry in IF Comp 2008 where it took 10th place.
Ponderances (2014) by Roadcrosser
In this short joke choose-your-own-death game inspired by Star Trek, you play as someone in a rather hot white cube. There’s nothing here but a panel with two buttons: red and blue. Try to escape.
Don’t Push The Mailbox (2019) by Ralfe Rich
In this very short joke game, you play as a homeowner. It’s a beautiful day for working outside, but you’re disturbed by the presence of what looks like a mailbox at the foot of your front lawn. What will you do about it?
Ibo (2012) by Bahri Gordebak
In this very sparse and very short one-room story, you play as someone tired and wet from the rain, waiting for their tea at a coffee house. You missed seeing the boy approach you. He said something.
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