* [Spring Thing starts now!](http://springthing.net/2017/) Any time soon… ### Tools and platforms * Lectrote 1.2.4 [now supports Hugo games.](http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21721&p=119756#p119756) The interpreter is C Hugo transcribed to Javascript, not HugoJS. There's Lectrote 1.2.5 already with some bugfixes. [Download it here.](https://github.com/erkyrath/lectrote/releases) * Gargoyle is on its way to a new MacOS release. [The latest test build](https://github.com/erkyrath/garglk/releases) has TADS 3.1.3 and fixes Unicode problems. ### New games * [Terra Sauria](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7X2DYiJ6IU) is a Youtube audio gamebook by * Audioventures.* It has a handful of illustrations. There's only a single episode right now. > Can you survive a dinosaur apocalypse? * [Badger Castle](http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=21727) is a debut for *DNABeast*. #### Textadventures.co.uk - [“FISH AND CHIP di Adriano Ziffer. Versione digitalizzata completa 5.5 t1.2. Ultima modifica: 26/03/2017”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/ukdjxk28b0kzilw-upmjng/fish-and-chip-di-adriano-ziffer-versione-digitalizzata-completa-5-5-t1-2-ultima) by *Siddone* > Versione 5.5 t1.2 26/03/2017 \*\*Benvenuto nel futuro\*\* Seattle, > anno 2031. Una città senza legge, in mano ai gangster e alle > megacorporazioni - sempre che una distinzione tra queste due > categorie abbia ancora senso. Non è un posto piacevole in cui > vivere, questo. L’inquinamento è ai massimi storici, il sole è > ormai un ricordo e nella baia sono comparsi i primi pesci a due > teste. Sopravvivere è difficile, quindi dovrai imparare alla > svelta cosa puoi fare per non trovarti in men che non si dica sul > tavolo dell’obitorio, sempre che tu sia fortunato (può andare > molto peggio). - [“A typical day?”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/maqvayly6ewtzkxevpkxqg/a-typical-day) by *Policeguy44* > You begin on a typical day, hence the title. But is it all so > typical? Hmmmmmm? #### IFDB - [“GOOD BOY\!”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=nicbpsn9nuh7xkuw) by *Bailie Karcher* > Learn what it means to be a good boy, as you play as a young puppy > named Jupiter attempting to make his owner proud. - [“Reor's Bush-Cave EXPLICIT”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=k1i6v2vqwpmwpnu6) by *Richard Headkid* > Reor's Bush-Cave -EXPLICIT (The Sprout Pouch pt 4) by Richard > Headkid Release 1 / Serial number 170326 / Inform 7 build 6M62 > (I6/v6.33 lib 6/12N) REOR'S BUSH-CAVE by Richard Headkid is the > worst abuse of... - [“The King's Riddle”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=98iguycx0cym98uf) by *H.W. Williams* > The world isn't the place you once knew it as...DATELINE, the life > of your loving sister and a child lay in the balance of death. It > is up to you, too save the lives of the innocent, before time runs > out.... - [“Southern Reach: Training and Recruitment”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=dkxwzxsjn81iz7op) by *Caroline Moran* > A game commissioned by publishers HarperCollins to promote the > Jeff VanderMeer book "Annihilation", the first part of the > Southern Reach trilogy. Have you got what it takes to join the > Southern Reach? This... - [“Case \#410113”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=b1gncrcckf0e63en) by *FetusCommander* > Short, google form-powered fiction about superheroes and abortion. - [“Dogface Finds a Stick”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=2bfsg7baw2vo94f) by *InkThinks* > This game follows Dogface and the pursuit of a stick. It is an > initial attempt at game creation. - [“Death Checks In”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=4rxiehk2me0m9k0i) by *H.W. Williams* > DATELINE...The Gray Owl Inn, once the place for tired travelers is > now the scene of a baffling murder. A young lady with the whole > world before here was taken away recently. The residents of the > Inn, are now... - [“Don't Mind My Apocalypse Head”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=oraqsfgxgrpqgcj) by *Bruno Dias* > A social anxiety body horror short story about surviving a dinner > party when you are just a little bit possessed by an entity that > wants to bring about the end of the universe. Features nine > official endings... - [“Fall of Man”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=go8iphzltwjhqgmk) by *Frasier Panton* - [“A Cock and Bull Story”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=yy44tspotj9swyv3) by *Theodore "Ted" C. Lim* > An awkward escape-room game using common euphemisms and idioms. - [“The Murder of Mr. Luston”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=39ebdwy1qygmyyp7) by *H. W. Williams* > A stormy night falls over the Luston homestead. You've been sent a > letter, notifying you of you're services. But not everything is as > what it seems. You must solve the mystery of death of Mr. Luston. - [“Queens of Wrestling: Road to Victory”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=h8062hih7l68krd7) by *Squaregate* > A Japanese RPG/Anime inspired game about a female wrestler and her > adventure in the fictionalized version of Japan. If you like > action with some comedy, give this one a go. The game is still a > work in... - [“Nootropic Wonderland”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=sgi3uk3g5m2nve5c) by *Sasha Lea Griffin* > 'Nootropic Wonderland' takes the well known and loved story of > Alice in Wonderland but re-imagines the tale in a cyber age. Set > in the post-apocalyptic ruminants of England Alice Rose, an > aspiring engineer... #### Itch.io - [“land's end”](https://guinevak.itch.io/lands-end) by *guinevak* > An interactive flashfic. - [“Carrocracia + Text Based Contra + Quem Sabe Outro Dia”](https://pedro-paiva.itch.io/carrocracia) > An experimental/videogame manifesto collection. - [“Skjóldr Bálkr”](https://dispelgamesinc.itch.io/skjldr-blkr) by *DispelGamesInc* > Text Based Adventure Viking style game - [“Number Warlock”](https://jcheese-games.itch.io/number-warlock) by *JCheese Games* > A game based off of the classic "Number Wizard" - [“The Life of a Dog”](https://nailamalik.itch.io/the-life-of-a-dog-) by *Naila Malik* > “The Life of a Dog” is a short 5-minute experience aimed at > raising awareness of issues we don't always think about. - [“Artorias Takes a Walk”](https://eggwarexyz.itch.io/artorias-takes-a-walk) by *Eggware.XYZ* > A Dark Souls twine. Sir Artorias goes on a grand quest. - [“MAN/WOMAN”](https://shellyalon.itch.io/menwomen) by *Shelly Alon* > A guide - [“The Last December Demo 1.0”](https://ourdecemberdreams.itch.io/the-last-december-demo-1-0) by *ourdecemberdreams* > 18y/o girl finds out she only has a month left and she escapes the > hospital to fulfil her bucket list. - [“Arizona Craters”](https://norbez.itch.io/arizona-craters) by *Naomi "Norbez" Z* > Meteors. Aliens. Storytelling. - [“Our Home.”](https://watercress-studios.itch.io/our-home) by *Watercress Studios* > 'Our Home.' follows a girl who must choose between following her > dreams or saving her family. - [“Riddle Rooms”](https://littlebro.itch.io/riddle-rooms) by *LittleBro* - [“CatharsisVN”](https://neotalon.itch.io/catharsis) by *NeoTalon* > A visual novel about magic and morality - [“Don't Mind My Apocalypse Head”](https://bonsequitur.itch.io/dont-mind-my-apocalypse-head) by *Bruno Dias* > A social anxiety body horror story. - [“A Pointless Adventure”](https://littlebro.itch.io/a-pointless-adventure) by *LittleBro* > Adventurous - [“This, My Soul”](https://agashi.itch.io/thismysoul) by *Agashi* > A short, scifi - romance visual novel... - [“Best Wishes”](https://glitterbark.itch.io/best-wishes) by *Glitterbark* > Viking Birthday Simulator - [“Porpentine Charity Heartscape's Red Lobster Fanfic”](https://porpentine.itch.io/lobster) by *Porpentine*