For those not paying attention, you may not have noticed that the submission period has closed and judging has started. There were 7 submissions and there's quite a variety in game styles and authoring tools used. It looks like three of the games opted to use the time travel theme, the others didn't. And that's okay, as the theme was optional.

Now's the time to start playing and rating the games. I'd suggest playing all the games before submitting your ratings to make sure that your scoring is fair. If one game is clearly better in one category than the others, then make sure it has a higher score in that category. Similarly, if one game is clearly worse in one category than the others, then make sure it has a lower score in that category. If two or more games are equal in one category, then make sure you give them the same score. You might like to consider using a sliding scale where the worst game in one category gets one star, the best gets 5 stars and the others are distributed accordingly.

Keep a piece of paper with your scores in a table. Write the titles of the games in the rows and the scoring categories in the columns. Fill in the scores for each game when you complete the game, while it's fresh in your memory. Try to complete each game before you score it. If it's a large game (and many of them are), make sure you play it for at least two hours before you rate it.

There are some interesting discussions on the games on the Discord server, so join in the fun or ask for hints there, but please use spoiler tags when necessary so that you don't spoil the game for anyone that hasn't played it yet.

Finally, if you didn't submit a game, consider writing reviews of the games in the Competitions category on intiction.org and tag your reviews with 'TALP'.