Really fun collection of games! Props to all the devs, and hopefully there're more compilations like this in the future.
Ms. Blanch, The Participants, Avert Your Eyes, #13, Abraxas, and 999999 are the standout games to me (with Ms Blanch being my favorite), mostly because they ride that line of surreal horror I'm so fond of, have good atmosphere, and actively build on and expand the story and world of their predecessors. Some of the later games started to feel like they were playing very "safe" when it came to that, falling back on tropes and themes that feel a bit on the generic side.
I do also wish there was a little more cohesion to the compilation as a whole. I know the point was to only let each dev see the previous game, and I really like that idea, but perhaps if there was either an overarching theme that was consistent, or if more of the games expanded directly upon the story of the previous one (such as the ones I mentioned earlier). The narrative would still probably end up playing like a fever dream, but that surrealism could be very appealing.
The framing device used for the menu is wonderful, though. It does a good job pulling you in.
Lastly, and kinda just for funsies; even though no overarching narrative was intentionally written, I wanted to look for one anyway. Here's my take:
There's some kind of "things" that exist outside of our reality (Avert Your Eyes, #13). What exactly, who's to say, but they seem to fester and grow in our world, eventually bringing it to the brink of destruction (Abraxas). There's also been some cult-esque group studying them, and the only way to stop these eldritch beings (or maybe that's just what they want you to think) is by sacrificing yourself to them (#16).
But you don't die. Instead, they take you into their world (999999, Torch up through Organ of Eden), where they pass you through some kind of tests, and then pretty much strip you of who you used to be (Ms. Blanch starts as the main character, then is a secondary one, then disappears altogether).
When you finally emerge, you're back in time, or in a parallel timeline, or something, and this time you ARE the eldritch monster. You spread, and the cycle repeats.
Anyway yeah I know that's a lot of text but you all put this out for free and there are some real gems in here so I figured the least I could do was share some of my thoughts. Again, good job to all the devs, hope to see more soon c: