Comments(0) This is the first game on my queue of the several written in Twine. I didn’t leave this so late deliberately; the Comp’s official random number generator gave them to me all bunched up at the end. Spoilers follow the break. (The judging period for the Comp only lasts for a few more hours, but I will abide by the spoiler rules up to the end, and longer if necessary.)
Comments(2) It’s that time of year again! In fact, it’s been that time of year for more than a week now, but now I’m ready for it. A manageable 28 games up for judging this year, and the few I’ve already tried have been quite short, so I encourage anyone reading this to give it a go themselves instead of just reading blogs about it. (If you can play four a day, you’ll be done in a week!)
Notably, seven of the entries — fully a quarter of the total — are HTML-based, and five of those are in a new CYOA system called “Twine”. Inform is still the most popular authoring system of the Comp, but Twine is more popular this year than all the other non-web-based systems combined. Whether this is the beginning of a trend or just a band enthusiasts agreeing to enter the Comp together, only the future will show.