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on ifcomp-2015
Interactive fiction competition 2015 is over. There were 53 games and you can see their results here. But the games are still worth discussing so let's do it.

This article is spoiler-free.

Author: Astrid Dalmady. Play online

A good short-ish story. It’s more about what’s it like to be a Harry Potter fan and less about.. well, arcane.

It skips through the magic part. You can cast some magic but it isn’t described in much detail. It paints a dull and repetitive experience — which is a point, but still.

There’s no save button and you can see the “rewind” link only on the title screen (i totally skipped that and played the game three times from begiining to the end). There’re only two puzzles: a pure flavour one and one to determine the ending. Still, I enjoyed the game and that’s what matters.

I think you should play it at least once, see if you like the puns and references. It’s short and online, so that should be a quick look.