4/1/2023

2/19/2026 6:23 PM

532

2

1 win / 2 losses

Architect

“This is the ending all stories must eventually reach:
silence around an empty stage.”

—Unknown

Lazarus Cage

They want to keep you bound in the dark, but you won't let them. You will get out, fight and flee, fail and die, then try again and again...

Nautilus

Grudges must always be the first to die when a storm arrives.

After years away you return home to your dying father, but will you be able to get your brother to forgive you for leaving? And will you step up to the challenge to inherit your father's most prized possession?

Written as part of the 2023 Spring/Summer Contest: Gone Fishin' it is a game with a much bigger focus on story than gameplay, but still there is a decent amount of endings and variation for something this short.

You can do it same way you insert images (plot twist .gif is an extension for image files, it just supports multiple images in one file)

Locked. And there's no requirements beyond submitting something that wasn't spat out by ChatGPT an hour before the deadline. Quality would be appreciated though, it is technically a contest.

I can totally agree from the few pages I read and how many notes they produced that it can easily fall into one of those "so bad it's good" troll games. This is mostly why I decided to review it later when I have enough time to do it justice.

In that case I'll go with Drunk Explorer Inn. Should be a good palate cleanser and also a fitting place to rest after Betarune goes to town on my liver.

The Laconia Indicent review is done. It ended up being one of those games I rated higher than its current average. My favorite ending would be a toss up between Pacifist and Literary. Despite me not being that into historical fiction that side of the game worked better for me overall on a personal level while the Lovecraft and Indiana Jones branches felt a bit too detached from the initial premise. (That's just a side thing that wasn't accounted for with the review since it's purely personal preference on my side)

I'll take something from Ogre, but not sure which one I should start with. I like Ogre. I should be done with my review of Laconia indicent later today (I want to gather up a few more endings even though it probably won't affect my final opinion). Then I'll do a proper autopsy of Betarune.

I'm down for it so a mod can update my waiting list. I'll do Betarune tomorrow probably and then Laconia next time I find the time. EDIT: Didn't realize Betarune's 26k puts it at 6/8 length. Doesn't make a difference to me since that's still fairly short.

Yeah no problem, and ultimately I don't consider it that big a deal since if people don't feel inclined to make recommendations for reviews outside the club they probably won't start now. The final few reviews of mine last year was basically just RK throwing stuff my way since nobody else had anything.

I think the main two things affecting the lack of requests so far is that with the current system people can only request reviews of their own stories (which is fine since the main idea is to help people get reliable feedback on their stuff), and that people probably don't see a need/are too shy to request someone read one of their old stories. Making a request for their freshly released story will probably feel less awkward and happen more often, but for that people first need to publish some stories. And yeah nothing stopped people from either asking for or giving recommendations before and shouldn't now. Extra points are cool, but getting to read an interesting story you might've otherwise missed is cooler.

A rival doesn't have to an enemy or someone you hate. It could easily be a friend you're competitive with to help improve each other.