The Bright Blue Ball, by Clary C Description: You are Max, a beloved golden retriever, and you have to find your bright blue ball with only your sense of smell and your wits amidst danger and peril. Author Statement: This is a short game aimed at IF beginners that I spent an embarrassingly long time on :) I wanted to give people a cute and easy game to focus on instead of the many stressful recent events that have happened (covid, the war, etc.) so enjoy playing it! System: Inform/Glulx Entered In: Main Festival Tags: kid-friendly, for IF beginners, animal main character, hints included This story was entered in the 2022 Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction. More info on the festival is available at http://www.springthing.net/