Category Archives: ParserComp 2021

Gruesome is a parody of some of the earliest cave-crawling text games: the Zork series (especially Zork I), but there are also references to Adventure, Enchanter, and even Hunt the Wumpus. You play as a grue, that “sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth” – a monster invented by the creators ofContinue reading “Gruesome”

Fivebyfivia Delenda Est is a snack-sized game, featuring a small collection of puzzles on a reduced chessboard. The implementation is solid, with one possible exception (discussed below). The story is rather slight and exists to provide a framing for the puzzles, which fits my tastes just fine for a puzzle-focused game but might bother someContinue reading “Fivebyfivia Delenda Est”