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ADRIFT

ADRIFT 4

• Cut the Red Wire! No, the Blue Wire! (David Whyld; 02-Feb).
• Irvine Quik & the Search for the Fish of Traglea (Duncan Bowsman; 30-Sep).

Alan

Alan 3

• The Sealed Room (Robert DeFord; 30-Sep).

Glulx

Glulx: Inform 7

• Andromeda Apocalypse (Marco Innocenti; 30-Sep).
• Belief (Justin de Vesine; 17-Jul).
• Compliance (Christopher Conley; 17-Jul).
• The Egg and the Newbie (Robert DeFord; 08-Apr).
• Fingertips: I Hear the Wind Blow (Jacqueline A. Lott; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Mysterious Whispers (Peter Nepstad; 26-Mar).
• Genesis (I.B.; 17-Jul).
• IFDB Spelunking (Joey Jones; 11-Jun).
• In a Manor of Speaking (Hulk Handsome; 30-Sep).
• J'dal (Ryan Kinsman; 30-Sep).
• Kicker (Pippin Barr; 30-Sep).
• A Killer Headache (Mike Ciul; 30-Sep).
• Muggle Studies (M. Flourish Klink; 31-Mar).
• Narrow Your Eyes (Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch; 26-Mar).
• Olivia's Orphanorium (Sam Kabo Ashwell; 11-Jun).
• Pirates des Charaïbes (Mnemocyon, Epistolaire, both as "o0o0"; 10-Jun; French).
• Rentrer à la maison (Théo; Mar; French).
• She's Actual Size (Jake Eakle; 26-Mar).
• Shuffling Around (Ned Yompus; 30-Sep).
• Turn Around (Andrew Schultz; 26-Mar).
• Which Describes How You're Feeling (Adam Parrish; 26-Mar).

Hugo

• Escape from Ice Station Hippo (Jason McWright).
• The Hugo Clock (Jason McWright; 03-Jan).
• Retro-Nemesis (Robb Sherwin; 04-Jan).
• Spinning (Rob O'Hara; 04-Jan).
• Tales of a Clockwork Boy (Marius Müller; 04-Jan).
• World Builder (Paul Lee; 04-Jan).

TADS

TADS 3

• The Feather Grange Job (David Fletcher; 11-Jun).
• The Island (Andrew Brown as "Old Andy"; 30-Sep).
• Die Pionierin und die Tragödie des telematischen Typewriters (Michael Baltes; 28-Jun).
• The White Bull (Jim Aikin; 07-Apr).

Z-code

Z-code: Inform 6

• Les aventures de Zeus (Benjamin Roux as "Quetzalcóatl"; 22-Jan; French).
• Endless, Nameless (Adam Cadre; 19-Apr).
• Homeland Security (Hugo Labrande as "Terry S. Albright"; 24-Jan; French).
• Spiral (Justin Morgan; 30-Sep).

Z-code: Inform 7

• The Adventures of Houdini (Colleen Boye; 18-Apr).
• The Algophilists' Penury (Jon Stall; 01-May).
• Antifascista (Greg Farough; 11-Jun).
• baby tree (Lester Galin; 10-May).
• Back to the Future: Marty Quest (George Gipe, Ryan North, and Hulk Handsome; 05-Mar).
• Bed Time (Charlie the Spiffy; 24-Mar).
• Body Bargain (Amanda Lange; 30-Sep).
• Castle Adventure (Ben Chenoweth; 30-Sep).
• Changes (David Given; 30-Sep).
• Darkness in Daytime (Rob Adair; 11-Jun).
• Dig My Grave (Ryan Veeder; 26-Mar).
• Dinner Bell (Jenni Polodna; 26-Mar).
• Entre Terre et Ciel (Natrium; 22-Jan; French).
• Escape From Summerland (Jenny Roomy (primary writer) and Jasmine Lavages (primary programmer); 30-Sep).
• Eurydice (Anonymous; 30-Sep).
• Fingertips: All Alone (Joey Jones; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Aren't You the Guy Who Hit Me in the Eye? (Michael Hilborn; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Come On and Wreck My Car (Paul Laroquod; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Everything Is Catching On Fire (E. Joyce; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Fingertips (Michael Hilborn; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Fingertips (Reprise) (Melvin Rangasamy; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Hey Now, Everybody (Melvin Rangasamy; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: I Don't Understand You (Matt Weiner; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: I Found a New Friend (Adri; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: I Heard a Sound (Kevin Jackson-Mead; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: I Walk Along Darkened Corridors (Andrew Schultz; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: I'm Having a Heart Attack (Andrew Schultz; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Leave Me Alone (Kevin Jackson-Mead; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Please Pass the Milk Please (Adri; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Something Grabbed Ahold of My Hand (Melvin Rangasamy; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: The Day That Love Came to Play (S. John Ross; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: What's That Blue Thing Doing Here? (Ruth Alfasso; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Who's Knockin' on the Wall? (Melvin Rangasamy; 26-Mar).
• Fingertips: Who's That Standing Out the Window (Melvin Rangasamy; 26-Mar).
• Fish Bowl (Ethan Rupp and Joshua Rupp; 30-Sep).
• La Grande Prédiction ou l'Astrologue étourdi (Natrium; 22-Jan; French).
• The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) (Jason B. Alonso, Catherine Havasi, and Val Grimm; 26-Mar).
• Hall of Heads (Dan Efran; 26-Mar).
• Hypnotist of Ladies (David Cornelson; 26-Mar).
• If I Wasn't Shy (Joey Jones; 26-Mar).
• IF Whispers 5 (the 5th IF Whispers team; 11-Mar).
• Jay Is Ponies (JohnB, Kyh, Steve, Tricky, and Trinn; 01-Apr).
• leaves (Ed Blair; 11-Jun).
• The Legend of the Missing Hat (Adri; 11-Jun).
• Lunar Base 1 (Michael Phipps; 30-Sep).
• Mammal (Joey Jones; 26-Mar).
• Monkey Business (Benjamin Sokal; 11-Jun).
• My Evil Twin (Carl Muckenhoupt; 26-Mar).
• Nostrils of Flesh and Clay (Porpentine; 24-Jan).
• Offering (Richard Smyth; 11-Jun).
• The Rocket Man from the Sea (Janos Honkonen; 07-Apr).
• Room Serial (merricart; 26-Jun).
• See the Constellation (Ed Blair; 26-Mar).
• Sloth on a Stroller (Juhana Leinonen; 11-Jun).
• Space Suit (Andrew Schultz; 26-Mar).
• Spider (Andrew Schultz; 26-Mar).
• The Statue Got Me High (Ryan Veeder; 26-Mar).
• The Subtropical Server Room (Andrew Schultz; 11-Jun).
• Sunday Afternoon (Virgil Hilts; 30-Sep).
• The Test is Now READY (Jim Warrenfeltz; 30-Sep).

Other platforms

JACL

• Le camion frigorifique (Eric Forgeot as "Barnabé Froleneau"; 22-Jan; French).

Quest

• The Bafflingly Casual Adventures of No One of Significant Import (Robb Kinnison; 17-Jul).
• First Times (Hero Robb; 08-Jun).
• Signos (Mauricio Diaz Garcia a.k.a. "M4u"; 30-Sep).
• Sleuth (Scott Greig; 07-Apr).

Web browser

• Dragon and Tears: Part 1 of the Spiraling Darkness Trilogy (Anna Anthropy; Volition, Inc.).
• Guilded Youth (Jim Munroe; 30-Sep).
• Home Sweetie-Bot Home (Jacques Frechet; 11-Jun).
• howling dogs (Porpentine; 30-Sep).
• I Palindrome I (Nick Montfort; 26-Mar).
• Last Minute (Ruderbager Doppelganger; 30-Sep).
• The Lift (Colin Capurso; 30-Sep).
• Living Will (Mark Marino; 30-Sep).
• Magicassette (Tyler Zahnke; 6-Nov).
• Resonance (Nereida Scales; 17-Jul).
• Transit (Shaye; 30-Sep).
• Valkyrie (Emily Forand; 30-Sep).
• Wasteland (Taylor Melton and Alex Tocco; 17-Jul).