La Petite Mort, by manonamora

Help Suzette to get ready to go for an outing with her very particular grandmother… Aide Suzette à se préparer pour une sortie avec sa grand-mère un peu particulière…. Was first released for the French EctoComp 2022. A Remaster and translation was done for the EctoComp 2023

Ah Lim's Chicken Rice, #01-08A, by Kastel

cooking | hawker center | family (Content Warnings: suicide, queerphobia, death) Everyone loves your chicken rice. Slice-of-life horror. EctoComp 2023 English.

The Revenant's Lament, by 30x30

or, the Ballad of John Cassidy King Way out west, in the most lonesome of reaches, strange things are afoot. Cowboys around campfires tell ghost stories and tall tales, speak of impossible, supernatural things. They say the devil walks amongst men. They say he'll grant you impossible wishes at the cost of your eternal soul. They say he can bring dead men back to life. They say that somewhere out where the wind whispers secrets, there roams a cowboy who can't die. Abandoned by God and the devil alike, left to wander the range, forever searching for something. For someone - that accursed devil or a merciful angel or a lost love or death itself. And when the cowboy finds who he's looking for - there'll be hell to pay. The Revenant's Lament, they call this tale of woe, the unfortunate ballad of John Cassidy King.

Dark Communion, by alyshkalia

Two teenage girls. One abandoned church. ??? survivors. A short Twine game written for Ectocomp 2023. Cover photo by me.

YOUNGBLOOD; YELLOWBELLY, by swanchime

amadeus is back! from the amadeus vu series of works: the unfinished mothlily visual novel the novella in verse the poetry collection one of the zines another zine amadeus is my vietnamese hannibal-inspired meow. this is his cookbook.  if you have ever wanted a vietnamese hannibal cookbook this is the game for you.

Your Body a Temple, or the Postmodern Prometheus, by Charm Cochran

Oh, my dear, they’ve destroyed you, haven’t they? They could never understand a being such as yourself. Not to worry. We’ll build you a new body, with which you will take your revenge. Written in less than four hours for the La Petite Mort category of ECTOCOMP 2023.

GUT THE MOVIE, by Coral Nulla

It's a bad idea, and it's a movie! In this game there are three budding young rockstars called GUT who want to make a horror movie. Unfortunately, they don't have very much money. But they will try anyway! They just need you, whoever you are, to settle a few disputes. Made in four hours for the Ectocomp 2023 la petite mort category, and also fits with the restrictions of the Bare-Bones Jam. It doesn't take very long to play and isn't very scary.

Good Bones: A Haunted Housewarming, by Leon Lin

You've just bought a new home! Sure, it's a fixer-upper, what with the electricity not working and the walls cracked and crumbling. Not to mention the strange structures in the backyard and the odd art gallery with the spooky paintings. But the price was right and the location was good, and besides, your realtor told you that this place had the best quality you can find in any home..."Good Bones". All's well during the day, but at night things get a little frightening. A simple trip to the bathroom gets complicated when there are no lights, and no shortage of strange things in the dark that have an unnatural interest in you...

Mothman Test, by Sara Messenger

This is a multiple-choice test about mothmen. You do not believe in mothmen. And your brother is not dead.  If you feel lost, look at the moon, as moths do. 5-15 minute playtime. One ending. FAQ, insight, and guide on my blog. Created for Ectocomp 2023 (English), Le Grand Guignol category.

End Of History, by n-n

An interdimensional visitation narrative. Submitted to ECTOCOMP 2023 Le Grand Guignol. Translation of Spanish La Petit Mort entry El Fin de la Historia.

Among the Haunted, by aurelim

Celebrate Halloween as a single parent living in a haunted house.

Being a single parent is never easy, especially when you have two kids to raise. You also live in a haunted house, where the supernatural inhabit the same space as the place you are meant to call home. Both of these factors equal chaos, which leads you to the present. It is Halloween. Live through the spooky day on 13 Hallows Lane and decide what you will do when the sun begins to set and trick-or-treat goers fill the sidewalks. What will you do? Decorate your house? Play some pranks on poor trick-o-treaters with help from the ghosts within your walls? Attend to your children to make sure they do not tell anyone that your house is haunted? The choice is yours!

Please Leave a Message, by Sarah Willson

To delete and rerecord, press 2.

Just queued all 12 of the Ectocomp 2023 English twine games (I think...)

Antony & Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando by Travis Moy

The year is 2021. Neo-America is prospering under the stern yet wise direction of President for Life, Gaius Julius Ceasar. 330 million souls live, love, and laugh, all working tirelessly for the glory of the American people! But with light comes darkness. With prosperity comes misery. And with law comes crime. Heinous crimes! Shocking crimes! Cunning crimes! And sometimes, very rarely, crimes so devious, so shadowy, so slippery that only Neo-America's greatest detectives can hope to solve them. For these crimes, the very worst of crimes, America has a special team. Two individuals, both alike in dignity, in fair DC, where we lay our scene. Their names: Antony and Cleopatra. He's the Vice President. She's the Queen of Egypt. Together, they fight crime! Note that this is a fully synchronous two-player game and requires two people and internet access to work. You cannot download this game and play it offline, no matter what the button says.

The Paper Magician by Soojung Choi

"The cat leapt for the star." Every time I conjured a cat and a star from the words I penned on paper, I found myself more and more like the cat. Longing for something bright and hopeful, but forever out of my reach. Until one night when I dreamed for the first time... I met someone who promised to help me escape. This is the story of a test subject, their encounter with a spirit, and their escape from a mysterious lab.

Trail Stash by Andrew Schultz

A surreal, small treasure hunt with bumpers. Lots of them.

The Whisperers by Milo van Mesdag

An Interactive Play The year is 1938, two newcomers have just arrived at their new home: a communal appartment in Moscow, the beating heart of Soviet power. But what will they make of their new lives? And what will their neighbours make of them? The Whisperers is a story of love, revolution, belief, and the choices oridnary people make in extraordinary times. Or: the year is 1938 and you have arrived at your local soviet sponsored theatre, ready for a play lauded by the agents of the Department of Agitation and Propoganda as "the first truly socialist play", in which the audience, the people, decide the course of events. Or: The Whisperers is a script for an interactive play, loosely adapted into a piece of written interactive fiction (while also featuring an annotated version for the ease of use of prospective directors and actors). Content warning: Physical violence. Mention of executions. Mention of Holodomor (genocide by engineered famine).