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* IF Text Club has a [March discussion](https://www.imzy.com/if/post/text_club_discussion_march_2017_midnight_swordfigh) on 'Midnight. Swordfight.', 'Secret Agent Cinder' and 'Magical Makeover'
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* Spring Thing festival [needs a few helping hands.](http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21697&p=119530#p119530) It opens next week.
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## Tools and platforms
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* Thunderworld Android app got a [webserver update.](http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21635&p=119482#p119482) You can use a desktop computer as a remote keyboard now.
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* Gargoyle has a [new MacOS build.](http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=21701) Testers are welcome.
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* *Leon Nicholls* from Google [explains how to port Gargoyle to Google Assistant.](https://medium.com/@leonnicholls/interactive-fiction-actions-part-1-ca022b4d088d) You'll be able to play verbally and listen to the game, but you'll have to package it yourself first.
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## Random
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Jonathan Coulton has a music video in IF style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvVNxqosZ7s
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## New games
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* [Time to Feed](https://sub-q.com/play-time-feed/) is a new game by *Sharang Biswas*, published in Sub-Q magazine.
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* [House Taken Over](https://facundoolano.github.io/house-taken) is a text adventure by *facundoolano* based on the story by Julio Cortázar.
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* [The Eagle's Heir](https://www.choiceofgames.com/2017/03/the-eagles-heir-defend-the-heir-of-napoleons-steampunk-france/) is a new *Choice of Games* title by *Jo Graham* and *Amy Griswold*.
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> Defend Napoleon’s heir in this steampunk alternate history game of political maneuvering, airship adventure, and romantic intrigue! Will you bring liberty to France, or plunge Europe into bloody war?
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#### Textadventures.co.uk
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* [“Fish and Chip di Adriano Ziffer (27/03/2017)”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/yfsufzpegei67pd6oeynlg/fish-and-chip-di-adriano-ziffer-27-03-2017) by *Siddone*
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* [“The Perils of Penelope”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/gjpkv4nb70g04o0_9rv2iw/the-perils-of-penelope) by *Peregrine Wade*
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* [“Kill Switch”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/xs8m4fd6o0eptrddfgf2ga/kill-switch) by *dude13579*
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> Kill Switch is a game where you investigate this red house that nobody seems to go in. There are rumors that this house contains a "Kill Switch," which is said to destroy the world when used. It's up to you to find it.
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* [“How Well Do You Know World War One?”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/hslcdmnmo02m6qvgphqlsa/how-well-do-you-know-world-war-one) by *Caryus Pak*
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* [“Can You Successfully Reenter without Revocation?”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/bdcp0xyb5us5eclqyhbcha/can-you-successfully-reenter-without-revocation) by *jklein4387*
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* [“When life gives you lemons”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/q7rmqqilz0u6gndrnyv7pw/when-life-gives-you-lemons) by *ShevinR*
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* [“A Day in the Life”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/djglmokgyeses0bom6c4wa/a-day-in-the-life) by *maize*
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* [“Borders”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/sk3pijxwrkw1puvqunrk3g/borders) by *ckhaw*
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#### IFDB
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* [“The Train”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=2shn3wfk4nfv7ohr) by *Ivan Chuang*
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> Re-playable story about destiny.
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* [“Der unsägliche und vermeidbare Tod des Matthias Claudius”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=nnfwx430zad2k99z) by *Christian Holmok*
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> **Eine Geschichte über das Leben, das Sterben und das, was dazwischen liegen könnte.** ...
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* [“Don't Go In The Old Greene House”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=nwor8wdds7vglfu) by *Laura Knetzger*
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> "(Content warning: contains depictions of abuse, neglect, suicide, blood, body horror.) A short video game I wrote, coded, and drew. Created with Twine. You play as Lisa, a teenager who must spend an hour in...
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* [“Backslash Mountain”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=pqa6td41fhru6jk) by *fortis*
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> This game has nothing to do with mountains. Or backslashes. This is a stupid game I made on Twine. Will you be a wizard attempting to sell hand lotion to a ravishing dinosaur? Will you be a Roomba, plotting...
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* [“Seedship”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=d8vc24jntql44fe) by *John Ayliff*
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> An AI ship full of frozen colonists must find the best planet to be the new home of the human race.
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#### Itch.io
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* [“Snail Party”](https://manstersoft.itch.io/snail-party) by *MansterSoft*
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* [“Egress”](https://thealeks.itch.io/egress) by *Aleks Samoylov*
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> Finally, you are perfect...
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* [“The Mr. Dude 4-in-1 Poopy-Pak”](https://manstersoft.itch.io/poopy-pak) by *MansterSoft*
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> Four Poopy Games in One Poopy Pack!
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* [“Commander”](https://nathaniel-holle.itch.io/commander) by *Nathaniel*
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> You are a senior military officer of Cinethra
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* [“Gulam”](https://aracade.itch.io/gulam) by *Aracade*
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> A visual novel about a girl, a pig and a book (Nanoreno 2017)
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* [“Seedship”](https://johnayliff.itch.io/seedship) by *John Ayliff*
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* [“Aisles of Odyssey”](https://garygreen.itch.io/aisles-of-odyssey) by *garygreen*
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> Toni Basil stars as Odysseus & she's shopping from A to Z
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* [“The Train”](https://herringblue.itch.io/the-train) by *herringblue*
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> a date, a drink, a way back home
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* [“Journey to the Northwest”](https://keightdee.itch.io/journey-to-the-northwest) by *keightdee*
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> Two sisters on a journey.
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* [“Backslash Mountain”](https://fortis.itch.io/backslashmountain) by *fortis*
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> A Stupid Twine Adventure
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* [“CharTrek-TFO alpha”](https://zonemaster.itch.io/chartrek-tfo-alpha) by *zonemaster*
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> An ASCII/Text style 'Star Trek-like' combat simulator
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* [“Jeremy Ducatt and the Saturday Prison”](https://benschiffler.itch.io/prison-game) by *benschiffler*
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> A short text adventure game about dreams and prisons.
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* [“Supposedly Wonderful Future”](https://gamblingdostoevsky.itch.io/supposedly-wonderful-future) by *gamblingDostoevsky*
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> A science fiction story about screens, small rooms, and existential dread
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* [“Oogle Quest”](https://rattuspuer.itch.io/oogle-quest) by *Rattuspuer*
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> My take on the Prison narrative text adventure: "tomorrow I will stop drinking got 17 cents for a beer man"
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* [“Commander”](https://nathaniel-holle.itch.io/commander) by *Nathaniel*
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> You are a senior military officer of Cinethra
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* [“Aisles of Odyssey”](https://garygreen.itch.io/aisles-of-odyssey) by *garygreen*
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> Toni Basil stars as Odysseus & she's shopping from A to Z
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* [“Firecrackers Sound Like”](https://jehmbo.itch.io/firecrackers-sound-like) by *jehmbo*
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> a poem. a controlled detonation
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* [“Hyperion's Wake”](https://benjaminhorak.itch.io/hyperions-wake) by *Benjamin*
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> Love, ambition, sea monsters and algae!
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* [“The Train”](https://herringblue.itch.io/the-train) by *herringblue*
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> a date, a drink, a way back home
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* [“Medieval Chef”](https://omercagdir.itch.io/medieval-chef) by *omercagdir*
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> A short drag&drop game with different endings based on your cooking decisions.
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* [“Backslash Mountain”](https://fortis.itch.io/backslashmountain) by *fortis*
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> A Stupid Twine Adventure
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* [“What Can I Get You?”](https://kait_zilla.itch.io/what-can-i-get-you) by *Kaitlin Tremblay*
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> A food game anthology.
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* [“Supposedly Wonderful Future”](https://gamblingdostoevsky.itch.io/supposedly-wonderful-future) by *gamblingDostoevsky*
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> A science fiction story about screens, small rooms, and existential dread
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