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manonamora reviews How Do You Like Your Pain?: "how do *YOU* like pain?" May 10, 2024
"How Do You Like Your Pain? is a short grim visual novel made in Ren’Py about a demon looking for death, or at the very least learning..." - See full review
manonamora reviews I don't want to talk about it.: "Heartbreaking conversation" May 9, 2024
"I don’t want to talk about it. is an emotional short Ink game about grief and connections. Set in a therapy office, you meet with a..." - See full review
manonamora reviews Who Stole My Sausages?: "Meaty Mystery " May 9, 2024
"Who Stole My Sausages is a quirky little mystery made in Twine, centred around the theft of a package of sausages in a communal fridge of..." - See full review
OtisTDog reviews Heroes: "Five in one, five as one" May 9, 2024
"Heroes is a delightful old-school fantasy-style work that took 3rd place in the 2001 IF Comp (following All Roads and Moments Out of..." - See full review
OtisTDog reviews Tapestry: "A game about Nothing" May 9, 2024
"Released in the early days of the Amateur Era, this work achieved some notoriety by taking a definitive if hesitant step away from..." - See full review
MathBrush reviews The Basilisk and the Banana: "Adventuron game about Greek mythology with cute kid-made drawings" May 8, 2024
"This game was entered in the Text Adventure Literacy Jam, designed to introduce newcomers to the genre. It was co-written with a kid, who..." - See full review

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