News: Fullbright Announces Tacoma
Fullbright, the studio behind indie darling Gone Home, has announced their newest endeavor Tacoma. This game follows Amy Ferrier and her first, lonely, day on the Lunar Transfer Station Tacoma. Comparisons to Fullbright’s other games are bound to occur, especially since there are some obvious similarities. The playable character is female, you appear to be the […]
Visual Novel: Cherry Tree High I! My! Girls!
Cherry Tree High Comedy Club is a cute little game that follows the adventure of Miley, a high school student on a quest to rebuild her school’s once great comedy club with the help of her friend Harriet and anyone else she can rope into her scheme. Cherry Tree High I! My! Girls! is a […]
Interactive Cinema: Her Story
This guest post was written by Bruno Dias. If you want to hear more from him, check him out on Twitter or his website. Her Story (Sam Barlow) is a difficult thing to classify, because it’s premised on a clever hop across medium boundaries. We’re used to talking about interactive fiction as a near-synonym of interactive […]
Visual Novel: Bionic Heart 2
Recently my editor asked me to review Bionic Heart 2, either because she really enjoyed my review of the first game or actually hates me with a passion, possibly because I’ve started coming over to her apartment 5 out of 7 days of the week and encouraging her fiancé to steal her socks. I told […]
News: New IF Publication sub-Q
This post was written by sub-Q founder Tory Hoke, who has written for us previously. You can find more from Tory on Twitter. On Tuesday, August 4, sub-Q Magazine launches its first issue of interactive fiction. This may be a good time to discuss what the hey sub-Q is. Details about us–our pay rates, our […]
News: Eczema Angel Orifice Comes to itch.io
Porpentine has released a Twine compilation of 25 works, including some of her award-winning hyper-text fiction, on itch.io as well as Steam Greenlight. Eczema Angel Orifice features an all new launcher, updated versions of several of the works as well as some new soundtracks by Porpentine collaborator Brenda Neotenomie. Some of the games featured in […]
First Person Exploration: Home is Where One Starts
It’s clear to see where David Wehle got his inspiration to make Home is Where One Starts. In terms of gaming, it has clear ties to other “walking simulators,” like Dear Esther and Gone Home. But even the casual observer can see the literature he’s referencing — from his Steinbeck-ian portrayal of the downtrodden American […]
Visual Novel: Bionic Heart
There are some visual novels that make a reader laugh because they’re incredibly funny. There are some visual novels that make the reader laugh because the writing or characters are so bad that they’re unitentionally funny. And then there are some visual novels that never make the reader laugh because said reader is too busy […]
Kickstarter: the Frankenstein Wars
From the mind of Dave Morris, the writer behind inkle’s highly rated iOS interactive publication Frankenstein, comes a new Mary Shelley inspired work — the Frankenstein Wars. Currently on the final stretch in Kickstarter, the Frankenstein Wars is an interactive gamebook about war, dominance and an “unstoppable army of the dead.” The premise of the game […]
Visual Novel: Shan Gui
Shan Gui is a sweet kinetic novel about the adventures of a young Chinese woman and a mysterious girl she meets on a mountain trail. Shan Gui begins with the main character, Han Hui, lamenting the heat of the mountain and her lack of water. She’s come to the mountain to recall memories of happier […]