Arthur DiBianca’s games tend to be minimalist, puzzly, and whimsical. Most of the last several games of his I’ve played lean heavily into the puzzly aspect. Grandma Bethlinda’s Remarkable Egg leans much more into the whimsical — more so, in fact, than any game of his I’ve played — including even the original Grandma Bethlinda’sContinue reading “Grandma Bethlinda’s Remarkable Egg”
Category Archives: Arthur DiBianca
Sage Sanctum Scramble
Arthur DiBianca has one of the most distinctive authorial styles I’ve seen in IF. His games tend to be limited-parser puzzlefests that are light on story and feature a whimsical tone. Not only that, the puzzles are really good — and players have come to recognize that — with the result that when IFComp rollsContinue reading “Sage Sanctum Scramble”
Skies Above (Arthur DiBianca)
The following was originally posted on the private IFComp 2019 authors’ forum on intfiction.org. It’s partially a review of Arthur DiBianca’s game Skies Above (which placed 10th overall and 3rd in Miss Congeniality in IFComp 2019) and partially some thoughts on Arthur’s games in general.