Until Dawn is an interactive survival horror video game released in 2015 for the PlayStation 4, developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game is set in Western Canada at a cabin on the fictional Blackwood Mountain. Exactly one year after the disappearance of twin sisters, Hannah and Beth, their friends Mike, Sam, Chris, Ashley, Jessica, Matt, Emily and their brother, Josh,…
Author: cmalec
The Act of Misdirection: Look Over There!
In the interactive fiction game The Act of Misdirection by Callico Harrison, you play as The Great Meldellevo, a woman mastered in the arts of misdirection and slight-of-hand, performing a show in Victorian London. Once you figure out how to get the show going you amaze the audience with your magic, all the while taking note of the fact that they’re only…
Open Sorcery: Some People Just Want to Watch the World Burn
Open Sorcery by Abigail Corfman is a science fiction interactive fiction game made with Twine and was published on May 5, 2016. The game follows the development of an “Elemental Firewall” (a creature described as being made of magic and C++ code), created by the characters Decker and Janet, as it protects a variety of people and places from harmful spirits. The player guides…
Quing’s Quest VII: A Fabulous Way to “Ruin” the Game Industry
Quing’s Quest VII: The Death of Videogames is a fantasy hypertext fiction made in Twine in 2014. The game’s creator, Dietrich Squinkifer, made it in response to Ruin Jam 2014‘s invite, “It’s open to anyone and everyone who has been, is being, or plans to be accused of ruining the games industry. All Ruiners are welcome to contribute to the…