On Friday, May 29, 2026, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of interactive fiction at Patreon and Ko-fi.
The White Bull (2012) by Jim Aikin
In this mythological game, you play as a young man named Matt. You, your archaeologist girlfriend Julia, her fey-like best friend Fawn, and Fawn’s dirtbag boyfriend Leo came to this remote Mediterranean hunk of bleached rock because Julia hopes to find King Minos’s palace, later called the Labyrinth, here. You just plan to poke about and have a great summer vacation.
This game was an entry in Spring Thing 2012 where it took 2nd place.
IFDB | My walkthrough and maps
Adventures of Helpfulman (1999-2000) by Philip Dearmore
In this large but flawed superhero game, you play as Helpfulman, one of Porthaven’s newest heroes. Your girlfriend, Aquagirl, just ditched you at the graduation dinner, and soon, your professor urges you to leap into action. Which heroic deeds will you perform to earn your cape, win back your girl, and save all of Porthaven?
IFDB | My walkthrough and maps
The Thief of Woven Woods (2011) by Arielle Shander
In this game, you play as a masked thief waking up in the quiet hours of the morning in your damp wooden crate. You need to get going and steal eight food items, eat them, then nurse your growing children. Soon they will have to learn to be as excellent a thief as you.
The Time Machine v2.0 (2021-2024) by Bill Maya
In this fantasy inspired by H.G. Wells’ novel, The Time Machine, it’s 1895. You play as Wells’ friend and attorney, and watch helplessly as Wells is forced into the horse-drawn ambulance on Dr. Humboldt’s orders. Unless you can find evidence that Wells’ fantastic story about time travel is true, he’s doomed to be committed into an insane asylum.
An earlier version of the game was entered in ParserComp 2021 where it took 6th place. This new version was enhanced in various ways and entered into Spring Thing 2024’s Back Garden.
Ransack! (2026) by Charles Moore, Jr.
In this adventure game for beginners, you play as a back-alley amateur archeologist. You even got a fedora like that guy in that movie. Your plan is to find (steal) an emerald skull from a maybe-haunted maybe-booby-trapped maybe-Mayan pyramid, smuggle it out of this stupid country, sell it, and never work again.
This game was written in Dialog and was an entry in the Text Adventure Literacy Jam of 2026.
IFDB | My walkthrough and maps
Loadstone (2025) by rosetinted
In this short fantasy, you play as a diplomat visiting the Crystal Valleys, the first of your people to do so. After days of meetings, you’re finally free to explore with both Learis, a guardian of the city, and a very illegal loadstone you acquired. You must get rid of the stone as soon as possible, but it’s cursed: you can’t drop it or put it anywhere or even talk about it.
This game was an entry in SeedComp 2025.
The Missing City Council (2026) by Solarius
In this first-time effort, a severely-underimplemented slice-of-life mystery, you play as someone visiting Loimijoki City Hall, at night, in Finland. Although never stated in the game itself, you’re here to attend a council meeting about zoning. But apart from two taciturn British guards in the basement, the building seems empty. Where is everyone?
This game was entered in Spring Thing’s Main Festival.
A Potion Labeled ‘Time’ (2020) by Finn Fabish
In this short game, you wake up in an ugly room with no memory how you got there. You have a potion labeled ‘time’ and a watch. The room itself has an ugly door, an ugly key, and an ugly mailbox. Escape this series of meaningless puzzle rooms until you reach the end, then quit.
This game was written in ZIL and was a participant in the unrated Infocom Tribute Jam.
Window Washer (2025) by Galvan
In this short, strange, and disturbing game, you play as a man who wakes up in the middle of the night. Your wife, Melinda, and your daughter, Jess, still sleep, but little details about your high-rise apartment seem off or wrong, somehow. And why is there a window washer on a platform at this time of night?
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