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* [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. Linquinamento 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 dellobitorio, 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*