Esther’s won an IFDB Award! “Outstanding Short Game of 2022 – Author’s Choice” with 7 votes. Hooray! (We also came in second for “Outstanding Short Game of 2022 – Player’s Choice” with 9 votes, right behind the much-deserving Use Your Psychic Powers At Applebee’s)
Read moreEsther’s: Impressions and Reviews
Collecting as many responses to Esther’s, our IFComp 2022 entry, as I can find.
Read moreBuilding Esther’s Cafe
This year Alleson and I submitted a short story called Esther’s to the 28th annual Interactive Fiction Competition. We placed 17th, which is great!
Read moreIFComp 2022
The 28th annual Interactive Fiction Competition is now open, and for the first time I’ve submitted a game! Esther’s is a short Twine game that Alleson and I built over the last month. There are 71 games in the competition this year, but you only have to play five of them to submit ratings as…
Read moreMarginalia August 2022
What’s on my mind and what I found interesting of late. I went six weeks without working a 5-day week. Between holidays, camping, and a wedding it’s been long weekends all summer. While it’s lovely, I have to admit that it’s affecting my work more than I anticipated. It turns out there’s a fixed overhead…
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