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年獸文字冒險遊戲 | The Beast, Nian: A Chinese Text Adventure, by IFforL2
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年獸故事的文字冒險遊戲。For Chinese language learners, I highly recommend the mouse-over annotation bookmarklet found at http://mandarinspot.com/bookmark

迷雾中 | Into the Haze, by Olle Linge and Kevin Bullaughey

Your intrepid protagonist lives in a post-apocalyptic world outside a largely abandoned Chinese city. You must adventure into the city, which is covered in a poisonous haze to rescue your brother who has...

κρύο, by Adam Bredenberg
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You're trapped on a flying island but you don't really mind. Made for LocusJam.

♥Arachne♥, by fractoluminous
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It's about weaving, stories, hacking, magic & gender.
À la basse et au chant, by Eva Simonin
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Une respiration difficile résonne dans vos oreilles. Un voile pesant étouffe tous vos autres sens. Le sang bat dans vos veines en un rythme lourd, juste un peu trop rapide.

The Abbey, by Steve Blanding
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A medieval murder mystery that takes place in an English Benedictine Abbey. Inspired by the board game: The Mystery of the Abbey, which in turn was loosely based on Umberto Eco's book The Name of the Rose.

Above and Beyond!, by Mike Sousa
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Additional Tales from Castle Balderstone, by Ryan Veeder
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Another anthology of terror, edited by Ryan Veeder, again. Also an ECTOCOMP 2019 entry.

An Adventure in Jerusalem, by Warren Melnick
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In this adventure, you will be able to get, wear and examine the objects that you find. You are an Israeli exploring Jerusalem-- beautiful city of your ancestors! You must explore it while outmaneuvering...

Aegis, by Lumin
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"...to hand out justice and mercy in balanced measures, to uphold the law of Greatwater and of its Council, and above all to never tarnish the honor of the Aegis that I hold and swear all this by."

Afuera, by Incanus
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You're a prisoner, a convicted criminal, doing time on the upper levels of the Pyramid, and now you must get ready to go... Outside. Eres un prisionero, un criminal convicto, pagando tu pena en los niveles...

Akabane Nights, by Dobromir Harrison
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You're a vampire living near Akabane Station in Northern Tokyo. Can you make it through another night unscathed, or will your baser urges give you away? "WARNING: It has bad language, (mild) sexual content...
Almost Goodbye, by Aaron A Reed
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Almost Goodbye is an experiment in minimalist procedural content generation for interactive narratives. It does not try to generate a whole story or plot points from scratch, but instead asks what is the...

Amnesia, by Thomas M. Disch and Kevin Bentley
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And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One, by B.J. Best
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Title: Infinite Adventure Year: 1986 Genre: Adventure Summary: Wander through an apparently infinite number of spooky mansions, solving a basic puzzle in each one. ForgottenGames.com rating: ★ ★ ★

And Yet it Moves, by Orion Zymaris
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Eppur si muove

Andromeda Apocalypse — Extended Edition, by Marco Innocenti
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Floating in space on a strange vessel, sole survivor of a world... and maybe of the entire human race, Ektor Mastiff must find a way through the cosmos, on a voyage that can change the history of mankind...

Andromeda Awakening - The Final Cut, by Marco Innocenti
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The most important discovery in history. And then, the whole world goes crumbling down. Armed with but a computer and an expired railway ticket, how can one expect to save the day when the doomsday clock has...

The Anxious Object, by Karol El Masri
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Called "The Anxious object" the story relies on an exaggerated amount of detail about the effect that objects and surroundings have on people, so that what is accepted as real in daily life, ceases to be...

The Arboretum, by Matthew S. Burns
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The Arboretum is a mostly linear interactive story about dating, growing up, and our relationships to our past and future selves. It also demonstrates that a choice doesn't need to show you the consequences...

Are You A Chef?, by Adam Biltcliffe
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The Ark, by Matthew Marcus, Devi Acharya
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The Ark is a multimedia computer game where players navigate text, image, and audio to solve puzzles and unravel an immersive sci-fi mystery. - - You've awoken on an abandoned space craft. As you explore the...

The Art of Fugue, by Victor Gijsbers, Jimmy Maher, Dorte Lassen, and Johan
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A pure story-less puzzle game featuring logical puzzles based on the idea of the fugue: your commands are performed by four different actors, but with increasing delays. The version with music features...

Ascension of Limbs, by AKheon
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You are an antique store proprietor trying to make ends meet. Use your wits, manage your resources, play the hand you are dealt. This game features a story with multiple endings, achievements as well as an...

At Wit's End, by Mike Sousa
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"A case study of Murphy's Law in action. In-game hints available." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

Augustine, by Terrence V. Koch
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St. Augustine, Florida is a city rich in history. Touted as the Oldest City in the United States, tourists flock to her to learn something of the nation's earliest settlers and get a sense of what life was...

Aunts and Butlers, by Robin Johnson
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It's 1920, you're a minor aristocrat fallen on hard times, and your wretched Aunt Cedilla is on the warpath. A Wodehousean comedy of manners, manors, mysterious butlers and unfriendly poodles.

Aviary Attorney, by Sketchy Logic
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The year is 1848. Paris is on the brink of yet another revolution, and the prisons are overflowing with guilty and innocent alike. One man stands for justice amid society's chaos. No. One bird... Play the...

Babel, by Ian Finley
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In this game, you play as an amnesiac inside Babel, an abandoned Arctic facility devoted to biological research. You soon discover that you have the unusual ability to witness scenes from the past by...

Babyface, by Mark Sample
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We are haunted by the houses of our childhood. How unfamiliar they are, when we return. Yet you never forget, do you? You never really forget. A Southern Gothic horror story. Remember, of all the masks we...

Balefires Burning, by Cassandra Wolf
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Share the story of 15-year-old Tansy, who is on the verge of becoming an adult and a witch. In an isolated community where magic is an everyday occurrence and otherworldly beings walk the woods, you face...

Barcarolle in Yellow, by Víctor Ojuel
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Barcarolle in Yellow (1975, released in Italy as "Barcarolla in Giallo"), starring Eva Chantry. ...

Base of the Comet, by rosencrantz
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Base of the Comet is an interactive story about Cal Yeasin, space scientist. There will be monsters. There are sideways paths and detours where you can learn more about Cal or explore a few more bits of ship...

Bedtime story, by Marius Müller
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"Daddy, will you tell me a story?" asks your son, Danny. Your wife, Randa, started the story of Prince George and his quest to rescue a princess while you were away for six months. Now it's your turn to...

The Beetmonger's Journal, by Scott Starkey
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"Victor Lapot and I were miles from base camp on the south continent, once again hacking through previously unsurveyed lands and searching for forgotten cultures. The expedition reminded me of our grand...

Benthic Love, by Michaela Joffe
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- 5 endings! – Learn interesting facts about the ocean depths! – Art by the amazing Sonya Hallett! – The ONLY LGBT-friendly anglerfish dating sim!

Berrost's Challenge, by Mark Hatfield
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Light-hearted (semi-)heroic fantasy. Can an aging apprentice end his apprenticeship with a flourish (and a few new spells to cast)? Just an old-school text adventure with a tip of the cap to Infocom's...

The Bibliophile, by Marshal Tenner Winter
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“Azathoth is a cosmic horror; a force outside of known physics, Higgins.” Doctor Coffey explains, “It is the embodiment of chaos and destruction and now Dennison has found a way to bring this nightmare to...

The Black Lily, by Hannes Schueller
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If you think you are being watched while playing this game, keep telling yourself that it's all in your mind.

Bliss, by Cameron Wilkin
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Bloom, by Caelyn Sandel
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A story about being old enough that you should have everything figured out, only to discover that you’re living as the wrong gender… Ongoing multimedia hypertext serial interactive fiction.

Bolivia By Night, by Aidan Doyle
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A mystery adventure game set in Bolivia.

The Bony King of Nowhere, by Luke A. Jones
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This is a relaxed small(ish) text adventure in the classic parser style (but with a much wider vocabulary), and also with a modest attempt at humour! Author's Comment: "After growing up with text adventures...

Brace, by Merritt Kopas
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"A brief text adventure for two, made for my partner on our two-year anniversary."

Breath Pirates, by Mike Snyder

This is the story of the most important person in the history of the Oxygen Wars. This is the story of an unknown agent who brought the war to an end and instigated the rebirth of our world. This is the...

Briar, by Hanon Ondricek
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You are young, dumb, and full of hope for the future; on a secret quest that may change your life forever! Or it may end in death and utter humliation. Good thing you're not really all that bright. This is...

Bringing the Rain, by Lumin
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It hasn't rained in your village for almost three years. You are young, not quite a man, carrying nothing. You've decided to climb to the top of Feather Mountain to the east, where the rain used to come...

The Broken Capsule, by Mat Westhorpe
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Part text adventure, part game review, The Broken Capsule puts its tongue firmly in its cheek as it puts you in the role of an EVE 'capsuleer', a player in the massively multiplayer sci-fi game, EVE Online....

Broken Legs, by Sarah Morayati
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A blurb? They expect you to write? You're Lottie Plum so you're not going into writing. You sing. And dance and act up a storm while everyone else can only manage a puddle. You belong at Bridger. No matter...

Brume, by Rémi Verschelde (Akien)
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A small game that won the French IF Comp 2008, in which you have to find the exit of an unknown room... but you wake up in some kind of altered state if I may say so... The emphasis has been set on the...

Building, by Poster
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Building the Right Stuff, by Laura Mitchell
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Nobody likes to mention that space is boring, that's why the OC are willing to pay so much to send you into the great black to press a few buttons. At least they've given you a nice new AI to help you with...

By the Lake, by Marius Müller (as Eldridge Murray)
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An entry in ShuffleComp: Disc 2. Inspired by "The Ghost Who Walks" by Karen Elson.

Campus Row - Part 1, by Dylan Lockhart
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The adopted daughter of a prominent family has gone missing in the small college town of Ambrose, Indiana. Detective Taylor Moore is on the case, but when he arrives at the girl's apartment he makes a grisly...

Cana According To Micah, by Christopher Huang (as Rev. Stephen Dawson)
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Being an account of the wedding at Cana, by the servant Micah; in which further details, doubtlessly apocryphal, are given of the event, including his contention with a surly Baptist, an interfering orphan,...

Cannonfire Concerto, by Caleb Wilson
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In an 18th century symphony of intrigue, your supernatural virtuoso performance begins an overture to war! "Cannonfire Concerto" is a 190,000-word interactive novel by Caleb Wilson, where your choices...

Capsule, by PaperBlurt
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Alone. In space. A vessel the size of Wales, floating through the endless night. You are the keeper of millions of people. But what might be happening in Sector 24-R?

The Chinese Room, by Harry Josephine Giles and Joey Jones
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The Chinese Room is a hilarious romp through the world of philosophical thought experiments. Have you ever wanted to win Zeno's race? Free the denizens of Plato's Cave? Or find out what it's really like to...

Chlorophyll, by Steph Cherrywell
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Choices, by Sophie3
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You find yourself in charge of a small group of people who survived the zombie outbreak, making decisions that decide whether not you and your group survive. There are the good choices...and the bad ones.

Christminster, by Gareth Rees
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"When your brother Malcolm sends you a telegram inviting you to visit him at Biblioll College in the ancient university town of Christminster, you imagine that the mysterious `discovery' he alludes to is...

Christy, by Joey Jones
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Christy is a teen detective solving crimes at her high school while avoiding the attention of the principal. The format presents a fully embedded multimedia experience (images, animated gifs etc.) with...

City of Dead Leaves, by Felix Pleşoianu
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There's nothing left in your life. There's nothing left in anyone's life. Will he even remember you after all this time? Will he want you back? ...

Click Faggot, by Christopher Kinniburgh
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It's two thirty in the morning. My eyes are shutting. My shoulder bounces off a door frame. I shouldn't have had this much to drink. The shortcut I've taken to get back to my dorm has me lost in a sea of...

A Colder Light, by Jon Ingold
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The last light has gone. The stars are coming out in the black sea above. Many are hidden by ice-fingered winds. My father is still not returned and the fire is almost gone. But this is how life is: always...

Coloratura, by Lynnea Glasser
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Stolen away by apathetic Blind Ones, your only desire is to return to your Cellarium and the Song of the Universe. They should understand. You shall make them to understand.

Come to Bag, by PaperBlurt
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"...and humans shall cometh to thy bag and feast upon its bounties" (a twine cacophony filled with goodness for all)

A Comedy of Error Messages, by Adam Le Doux
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A loyal but punctilious PC attempts to save its master from taking part in a disastrous blind-date, set up through the MMORPG Realms of Realmland....

Composition in a Minor Key, by Aleks Samoylov
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"Composition in a Minor Key" is a surreal interactive story about love, community, loneliness, etc. It boasts roughly 8000 words, and does not contain puzzles, action, or difficult moral choices. There is a...

Computerfriend, by Kit Riemer
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The year is 1999. The place is Godfield, Louisiana: the tech capital of the world, where the sky bleeds acid and the mud boils in the bayou. It’s time for your state-mandated digital therapy.

Consensual Torture Simulator, by Merritt Kopas
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This is a game that simulates a session of consensual sadomasochism - specifically, impact play. The player takes the role of the sadist, and must manage the session with care and diligence - watching the...

The Cove, by Kathleen M. Fischer
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The Cradle of Eve, by Kitty Horrorshow
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Cragne Manor, by Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna et al.
Show other authorsAdam Whybray, Adri, Andrew Plotkin, Andy Holloway, Austin Auclair, Baldur Brückner, Ben Collins-Sussman, Bill Maya, Brian Rushton, Buster Hudson, Caleb Wilson, Carl Muckenhoupt, Chandler Groover, Chris Jones, Christopher Conley, Damon L. Wakes, Daniel Ravipinto, Daniel Stelzer, David Jose, David Petrocco, David Sturgis, Drew Mochak, Edward B, Emily Short, Erica Newman, Feneric, Finn Rosenløv, Gary Butterfield, Gavin Inglis, Greg Frost, Hanon Ondricek, Harkness Munt, Harrison Gerard, Ian Holmes, Ivan Roth, Jack Welch, Jacqueline Ashwell, James Eagle, Jason Dyer, Jason Lautzenheiser, Jason Love, Jeremy Freese, Joey Jones, Joshua Porch, Justin de Vesine, Justin Melvin, Katherine Morayati, Kenneth Pedersen, Lane Puetz, Llew Mason, Lucian Smith, Marco Innocenti, Marius Müller, Mark Britton, Mark Sample, Marshal Tenner Winter, Matt Schneider, Matt Weiner, Matthew Korson, Michael Fessler, Michael Gentry, Michael Hilborn, Michael Lin, Mike Spivey, Molly Ying, Monique Padelis, Naomi Hinchen, Nate Edwards, Petter Sjölund, Q Pheevr, Rachel Spitler, Reed Lockwood, Reina Adair, Riff Conner, Roberto Colnaghi, Rowan Lipkovits, Sam Kabo Ashwell, Scott Hammack, Sean M. Shore, Shin, Wade Clarke, Zach Hodgens, Zack Johnson

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A tribute to Anchorhead.

Craverly Heights, by Ryan Veeder
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Take on the role of Doctor Langridge, whose patient, Janine, is very sick.

Critical Breach, by Grey
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A science fiction/horror game, set in an underground laboratory. Something is breaking free... This is my first game, it should be pretty short and easy.

Crypt, by Steve Herring
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The CryptoGame, by Manan Singh
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"A Cryptography based Interactive Fiction." Plot: Sudden Disappearance of a Cryptographer has led to a trail of mysterious Cipher clues. Investigate the Case - Riddles, Warnings and Secret messages - to...

Crystal and Stone, Beetle and Bone, by Jenny Brennan
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You are God! The last God and Lornedei is your only true believer. You need her to stand against the coming dark. Can you guide her? Will she follow?
Cuddlefish, by Misty De Meo
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A game about the incredibly lurid world of cuttlefish dating. Inspired by this comic.

Cute Forest Bus Story, by piratescarfy
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a short text game about star-crossed robots and puzzles A little game I made in about a week...just because! My most complicated Twine game. which is to say it involves remembering user-inputted strings wow...

Dad and Chloe, by Romanos Fasoulis
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A short story between a man and his daughter.

The Dangers of Driving at Night, by Lumin

While pulling an all-nighter on the road, you stop at a tiny gas station to refuel your vehicle and your tired mind.

Dark Carnival, by Marshal Tenner Winter
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There have been unexplained murders and disappearances at a seemingly innocent amusement area just north of Providence, Rhode Island. Due to your strange investigations in the past, you are the one called in...

Daytime Never Had a Chance, by Snoother
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When the weather transforms the woods

Dead Man's Fiesta, by Ed Sibley
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Summer was coming to an end, and all you wanted to do was finish grieving in peace before you had to go back to work. And because it had been a rough couple of months you bought yourself a car, you know, as...

Death and Dissonance, by Matthew Parsons
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In 1935, 1945 and 1951, a tight-knit trio of weird, controversial composers all died spectacular deaths. The first died of blood poisoning, after a botched DIY surgery. The second was caught in the crossfire...

Deathbringer, by Trevor Whitsey

Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin ('Edgar O. Weyrd')
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Delphina's House, by Alice Grove
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A girl must say goodbye to her home. But there's time for one last adventure....

Delusions, by C. E. Forman
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"A trip into virtual reality: all begins with debugging a VR system, but then things get out of hand. Who is Morrodox, what has he to do with your colleagues, and what is going on?" [--blurb from The Z-Files...

Dial C for Cupcakes, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (31 ratings)

A cantankerous ex-cop calls in a favor from his old partner.

Dirk, by Andrew Schultz
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A retelling of a favorite game from a textual perspective.
Divergent Theme Project, by Wendalius
My English class has assigned a project where we had to read a book, and then make a project showing what we though was the theme. We could do any form of art, so I said yolo and made a text adventure. I...
Downtown Tokyo, Present Day, by John Kean
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"In this game you actually play two people - one is the real you, sitting in the dark in a movie theatre, and the other is the hero of the film that you are watching. Originally conceived for Adam Cadre's...
Dragon Fate, by Kris Schnee
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In the hills of Gerrick's Boon, strange stories reach your ears. Alchemy, a rare art elsewhere, here seems more commonly taught than reading. Judging from the wordless shop signs lining the four dirt...

Dream State Zero, by Mero
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Dream State Zero is a game in your mind and a game not in your mind.

Dungeon Adventure, by Jonathan Evans

An Earth Turning Slowly, by Mæja Stefánsson
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She ran through her list of findings. “We’ve never had one quite like her. The diversity of simultaneous wounds, I mean, in a surviving specimen. There’s this long-standing hand-wave in paleopathology: we...

EGYPTIAN WALKING SIMULATOR, by Jason Dyer
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Using Greg Hassett's 1978 game King Tut's Tomb as a base, an art experiment of sort is laid upon the same locations and items.

Eh what drink did you order?, by chintokkong
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Play this fast-paced coffeeshop simulation: remembering customers' order of drinks and delivering the beverages to them. How much will you earn in hundred seconds? 220 cents? 570 cents? Or will it be just a...

A Elven Adventure, by WonderlandIsAnIllusion
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Two elves: Sapphire and Callum head out to explore and have themselves an adventure. ...

The Elysium Enigma, by Eric Eve
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It was meant to be a routine visit on behalf of the imperial government, just to remind the settlers that the Empire hadn't forgotten them, and if you stick rigidly to the letter of your orders and refuse to...

Ember's Diary, by Amy
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★ A short and cheesy choose your own adventure story. Free android app with no ads. ★ In Ember’s Diary, you play as a middle school student named Ember who has a career day fair at her school. Strange things...

Endless Sands, by Hamish McIntyre
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Exiled to the desert for a crime they didn’t commit, a vampire must find shelter before sunrise.

Endless, Nameless, by Adam Cadre
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The first time I ever saw someone play a text adventure was in fifth grade. One of the sixth-graders didn't go to outdoor ed, and therefore spent the week in my fifth-grade classroom, playing Scott Adams's...

Enlightenment, by Taro Ogawa
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"The intrepid Adventurer has escaped the caverns. Nought remains to block a successful escape but this troll here. Hmmm. A one-room adventure. The author recommends this for people who grew up on Zork II and...

The Entropy Cage, by Stormrose
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Sub-sentient computer programs 'subs' coordinate our future society. You, the first cyber-psychiatrist, are drawn into the sub's war for their next evolution. PLAYTIME: ~20mins FORMAT: standalone .html file....

Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman
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Eravola, by Bjarke A. Larsen (Chronologist)
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An investigation of a curse. A flickering look at a village when a Sage arrives, and no one thinks there's anything to worry about. Created for the WAG (Write a Game) Challenge. Awarded Runner-Up in the...

Escape From Summerland, by Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy
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Original Blurb: "In the near future a drone war rages in the skies, but below in Summerland there is only one thought: who's going to feed Jacquotte?" - Take Control of Three Characters each with their own...

Escape from the Underworld, by Karl Beecher
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Take control of Bobby T. Minion, the demon who has had a change of heart, and help him escape from the Underworld, the place to where torturing the souls of the damned has been outsourced. [blurb from IF...

Escape In The Dark, by Owen Parish
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For a thief, being arrested is an occupational hazard. While you can't exactly plan out an entire escape in advance, having the right skills and tools can let you improvise one without too much trouble.

Ether, by MathBrush
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"For the first time in centuries, something is different. Your tentacles tingle as you float to the east past icebergs and whirlwinds. You skirt a pocket of hot air, bounce through a field of ice, and...

An Evening at the Ransom Woodingdean Museum House, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (24 ratings)

Karen Chambers gives tours in a restored Victorian home.

Everything you swallow will one day come up like a stone, by Porpentine
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Suicide is a social problem. Suicide is a social failure. This game will live through social means only. This game will not be around forever because the people you fail will not be around forever. They are...

Fallacy of Dawn, by Robb Sherwin
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In a world that never quite got over the '80s, Delarion Yar dispenses quarters for the local arcade... badly. A software pirate from better days, he's crossed the wrong people one too many times. Locked into...

Fate, by Victor Gijsbers
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You are nine months pregnant, and the contractions have already begun. Trapped in a castle with more enemies than friends, and Queen in name but not in influence, you fear for the future of your child. But...

Fear, by Chuan-Tze Teo
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"The world is suddenly such a frightening place. People are out to get you, and everywhere there is danger, lurking in the dark, even here, in your own home. Can you conquer your own fears before it's too...

Ferrous Ring, by Justin Morgan ('Carma Ferris')
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

Fifteen Minutes, by Ade McT
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You're in a tight spot. You have fifteen minutes before the Principal expels you from the cosy world of academia and into the cold harsh reality of the real world. You really should do something about it. A...

Figaro, by Victor Gijsbers
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A short example game created to accompany the essay "Co-Authorship and Community". It gives the player a kind of freedom that is not seen in any other interactive fiction: the freedom to determine what the...

Filaments, by FibreTigre
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Allez Margot, va falloir se lever. Je crois que ce coup-ci tu vas pas y couper : mmm y a de la lumière, du bruit en bas, je crois bien que c’est parti pour l’avant dernier jour d’école de l’année. (Vous vous...

Film at Eleven, by Bowen Greenwood
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"Welcome to a day in the life of Betty Byline! Two months out of journalism school you enter the workplace with big time dreams of network television news. Fame, fortune and glory, all writ large under the...

Final Selection, by Sam Gordon
Average member rating: (18 ratings)

Fingertips: I Hear the Wind Blow, by Jacqueline A. Lott
Average member rating: (23 ratings)

The Fire Tower, by Jacqueline A. Lott
Average member rating: (49 ratings)

First Times, by Hero Robb
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This is my first foray into IF, so be gentle. I used a simplified language for inputs on this game. You pretty much only need to type look, take, use "whatever" (on "whatever"), go (north/east/south/west),...

Flight of the Necrovoyager, by Joey Bones
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It's impossible to keep someone alive for centuries long space journeys, so that's why they send the undead instead. Play as either: - a dracolich - a ghost - a lich - a vampire or - a skeleton Count gold,...

Floatpoint, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (99 ratings)

It is night on this side of the planet. Settled areas are lit: a jagged crescent in the tropics, lining the inland sea. The bright splatter along the top of the curve is Tanhua, as bright from space as New...

Flotsam & Driftwood, by Peter Orme (as Conrad Elton)
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Flotsam and Driftwood was published for the 2014 ShuffleComp, and like all those games it is based (or at least inspired) by a song, in the case the Genesis song Home by the Sea. Conrad Elton is an alias of...

The Fly Human, by Hensman Int'l
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Your life literally started on the garbage heap, and should have ended there. You are a fly in search of food. How were you to know this would be the end of your normal existence?

Following Me, by Tia Orisney
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Two women take a wrong turn in the woods and make a gruesome discovery. They seek help from a mysterious stranger and are dragged into a vicious trap that they will be lucky to survive. Intended for mature...

For a Change, by Dan Schmidt
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"The sun has gone. It must be brought. You have a rock." [--blurb from Competition '99]

For the Moon Never Beams, by J. Michael
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Springtime, 1993. Prom night. A lonely road on the way to the big dance. This should be a magical evening, but your date suddenly seems distant and withdrawn. Is it something you said? Or perhaps something...

Fourdiopolis, by Andrew Schultz
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A sequel to Threediopolis. It has teleporters!
Further, by Will Hines
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You are a collection of energy loosely held. You are an echo of a person. Something holds you here.
The Gate, by Owen Parish
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Gaucho - An Interactive Geek Western, by Dave Bernazzani, Steven Robert, Jason Hanks
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Gaucho was written for the RPG Geek / BoardGameGeek site-wide adventure project. Nearly 500 players worked their way through this game in the first full week of August, 2012. Gaucho was written by Dave...

Gigantomania, by Michelle Tirto and Mike Ciul
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

Living under the Stalin era, in four parts.

The Girl Who Was Death, by Stephen Preston

You resign from your job in the secret service - but someone somewhere does not like it - so they put you away. You are abducted and wake up in a strange village filled with other people taken out of...

Glass Boxes, by Yoon Ha Lee and Yune Kyung Lee
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Glowgrass, by Nate Cull
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You play as a xenohistorian on an expedition. You've been dropped (more literally than you planned) by a dropship over the ground of the Ancients. Your equipment was scattered and the dropship crashed. Now...

Gnu in the Zoo, by Alex Ball
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The powerful sun radiating down from the endless blue sky. Vast empty wilderness for as far as the eye can see. Running through the glorious scrubby grasslands, running, running, running free... The flash of...

Goose, Egg, Badger, by Brian Rapp
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Gourmet, by Aaron A. Reed and Chad Barb
Average member rating: (55 ratings)

Missing employees, wily crustaceans, malfunctioning kitchen equipment and a terminal food shortage, all on the night the most important culinary critic in the world has chosen to review your debut...

The Griffin and the Minor Canon, by Frank Stockton, Chandler Groover
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A griffin pays an unwanted visit to a town. Adapted from Frank Stockton's classic short story.

Grofast Industries, by Brwarner Studios
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After her partner's death in a gruesome metal mill accident, Jennifer Holdings, former sex worker turned steel worker, finds herself trapped between an encroaching union, an elected but stale board, her...

Groove Billygoat, by Hanon Ondricek (as Efrain Finnell)
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The commissioner usually takes a blind eye to the burnouts who writhe at the feet of Muse Terpsichore, but when something happens it's always you. You are the one who knows your way around the parquet floors...

Grooverland, by Mathbrush
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"Magic comes with a price. But on your birthday, all your expenses are paid. Welcome to Grooverland." Grooverland is a large parser game that takes over two hours to complete. It is based on the works of...

The Guardian, by Lutein Hawthorne
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A beginner level fantasy quest, made to be straightforward to finish without previous IF experience. Small feelies, an instruction book and MIDI music, are included.

Guilded Youth, by Jim Munroe
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You play Tony, a fourteen-year old thief who needs some help looting the legendary Oakville Manor. Luckily it's the 1980s and finding fellow adventurers is just a modem squeal away...

Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian
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Step into the shoes of Mute Lawton, a lone cowboy who must stop an execution set to occur at noon by shooting his way past dangerous cyborgs and mutants in a post-apocalyptic western setting. (From the...

H.E.LLC, by Lynda Clark
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A multiple-choice interactive fiction in which you are an intern in Hell, tasked with sending souls to damnation.

HAIZARA, by Rani Baker
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My first game attempt, a Twine project that hearkens back to the days of LCD handheld games. A short adventurous romp in a fantasy world. Made for Twiny Jam.

Hallowmoor, by Mike Snyder
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Your quest: infiltrate Castle Hallowmoor, find the potion, and make it out alive. This is a Halloween-themed adventure -- hypertext interactive fiction playable in most modern web browsers.

The Hallway Phantom, by Tyler Zahnke
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Hauntings, by E. Joyce
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You've never met your new employer, and in his letters he was awfully vague about just what it was he wanted you to do. At the time, that didn't concern you very much - all that mattered was that he didn't...
Heezy Park, by Andrew Schultz
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La Petite Mort entry in ECTOCOMP 2015.
Hell: A Comedy of Errors, by John Evans
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Heretic's Hope, by G. C. Baccaris
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Eser is the only human left alive. Gods and monsters, blessings and curses, an island ruled by giant insects — and in their midst: a reluctant human priest. Grief-stricken and bound by oath to obey the...

Heroes, by Sean Barrett
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"A most traditional CRPG experience." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One]

Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin
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A far-future story of discovery.

Hollowed Weed, by Alex Beauchesne
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Help Simon, a scientist who needs your help to understand some of the stranger parts of human culture. Assist him in figuring out such archaic rituals as "Dinner Party", "First Date", and "Democracy", and...

Home, by Benjamin Rivers
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Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens. Awakened by an oncoming storm, you open your eyes...

Hoosegow, by Ben Collins-Sussman, Jack Welch
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Muddy's plan done landed you and your partner in the hoosegow. Now you're fixing to rectificate the matter before the marshal introduces you to the business end of a hangin' rope at dawn. Created for the...

The House at the Edge of Time, by Pat Pflieger
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The Hugo Clock, by Jason McWright
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Two men, one a brusque bowling ball; the other a murderous dandy, discuss their fate and the fate of the world. They've chosen someone to send. He's clever, but hopefully not too clever.

HUNTING UNICORN, by Chandler Groover
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A maiden leads a unicorn hunt. Sixteen narrative variants. Choose-your-own-adventure style. Mature thematic elements.

A Hymn Long Silenced, by Lapdog
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A short fantasy game, exploring the long undisturbed ruins of a forgotten temple. My first game so comments are welcome. Written in Twine 2.

A hypertext night, by chintokkong
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An experimental puzzle investigating our mind's instinct to tell stories. What do you do when you are woken up in the middle of the night by some noise and you can't get back to sleep? Three possible ways to...

Hypervisible, by porree
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"What we are experiencing here is our incapability to accept meaninglessness. We have to face that maybe, all that is happening here is a woman turning dark for no reason at all - we have to face that she...

I.A.G. Alpha, by Serhii Mozhaiskyi
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You may think this game is about a post-Soviet Research Institute. About an experiment that went out of control. You may think that the initials "I.A.G." are somehow related to the Institute. You may think...

Identity, by Dave Bernazzani
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Identity Thief, by Rob Shaw-Fuller
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In this game, you play as a thief who uses cyber implants to steal identities and commit crimes. A "Mr. Johnson" hired you to steal a datachip from Senator Barbara Tarlette's mansion, but things went south...

If I Wasn't Shy, by Joey Jones
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"I kinda just sit at the checkout, and the place isn't even all that busy. So why'd you want to play a game about my life? I mean, it's not terrible but it would be so much more if I wasn't shy." (Part of...

Ill Wind, by Marshal Tenner Winter
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Your friend and fellow private dick, Jack Sullivan, has telegrammed you saying he's onto something big while investigating the Lanzetti murder and desperately needs your help. So here you are, two days...

Images Across a Shattered Sea, by Stewart C Baker
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The message orbs carry ancient secrets across the sea, so why does the one that Fatima finds seem to be recording? Cause and effect aren't always guaranteed.

Impetum Maleficus, by Hamish McIntyre
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Things are pretty weird during a Wizard Apocalypse. Try to get to safety, before it's too late!

In Search of Angels, by Gary Kelbrick

In the End, by Joe Mason
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Your best friend has just died, and life drags on miserably. Would death be better than this? [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Inpatient: A Psychiatric Story, by Alana Zablocki
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Inpatient is a simulation of a mental health crisis and the patient experience of psychiatric hospitalization. It is an interactive novel of over 160,000 words that takes you through a 72 hour hospital stay....

Into the Dragon's Den, by Xanmag

If Dr. Seuss designed on Quest, this may what became his best. The adventures within this game, will bring you danger, gold, and fame. Your job's to join an elite crew of thieves, of cons, and bandits, too....

Into the Open Sky, by Matthew Lindquist
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Repair an ancient starship named Nightingale. Discover the ship's past by exploring and unlocking 11 hidden entries in the computer. Most important: escape from the gray skies of your world and soar "Into...

Invasion, by Cat Manning
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The end of the world, and there's something after you. A short horror Twine about sacrifice, survival, and relative humanity. Le Grand Guignol entry in ECTOCOMP 2015.

Invisible Parties, by Sam Kabo Ashwell (as Psychopup)
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You are a walker of the ways between the worlds. It is not an arrangement conducive to straightforward relationships. The Three Rebeccas have created a tangle, a temporary artifice woven from parts of many...

Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter, by Mike Gentry and David Cornelson
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Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter is the first game published by Textfyre. You are a fourteen year old orphan in the northern town of Toresal. Minding your own business, about to sit down with a recently...
Jacks or Better to Murder, Aces to Win, by J. D. Berry
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In this short game of intrigue, you play as the venerable A, the highest-ranking member of your religion's Hierarchy. During a formal service at a remote holding, you sense a conspiracy to eliminate you is...
Janitor, by Peter Seebach and Kevin Lynn
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The Journey of the King, by Peter Nepstad
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"The King goeth upon a journey with many horses, yet riding upon none, when the pomp of travelling shall be heard in the streets and the sound of the lute and the drum and the name of the King. And I would...

Katana, by Matt Rohde
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You play as an American tourist visiting Shinobu Palace in Japan hoping to learn more about your ancestor, Matsuo Kaneiji, an infamous samurai executed for treason. Through several puzzles and flashbacks,...

The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher
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January 14th Dear friend. My sojourn in parts foreign is at an ende. I am at lodgings in Southwark not far from the bridge at Stoney Street, come dine with me two days hence to ring in the newe year. I have...

a kiss, by Dan Waber
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Prose, poetry, recipes, and memoir all spring forth from and return to the single and singular moment of a kiss. A torus-shaped tale told in a thousand and one passages. A novel-length hypertext first...

The Kuolema, by Ben Jackson
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This game has now been entirely 'remastered' and released as part of the Spring Thing 2024 competition. An abandoned ship is found adrift in the South China Sea. Its radio is silent and there's no sign of...

Kurusu City, by Kevin Venzke
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An IFComp 2004 Entry

La Cité des Eaux, by Adrien Saurat
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Quand donc finira cette société abâtardie par toutes les débauches, débauches d’esprit, de corps et d’âme ? … Le battement d’un volet maltraité par le vent du sud vient de vous réveiller. Cette courte nuit...

Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory, by Katherine Morayati
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Synpiece: A wearable technology that changes the wearer's mood. Users of the Synpiece can adjust the 'color' of their experience, which adjusts psychological traits mapped to hue (emotion), saturation...

The Last Dark Day, by Bob Reeves
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The darkness is almost done. Go toward the light!

Laterna Magica, by Jens Byriel
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As you seat yourself and turn toward your inner light, you ask that one burning question. "What is laterna magica?"

The Legend of Lady Magaidh, by Daniel Freas
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Lethophobia, by Jess Mersky, Olivia Wood
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Lethophobia is an unsettling and comic haunted-house mystery-adventure from Jess Mersky and Olivia Wood. The game explores the nature of memory, self and forgotten trauma. It is also a gesture of love to...

Lifestream, by Unimatrix Productions
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"Father Randolph Holton was dead. Not literally, of course. But in his heart, he knew he could not live on...not after everything he had learned. Sitting at his dark oak desk in the corner of the dimly lit,...

Light up, by The Dominant Species
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I love the Lord, but if he doesn't send me a nice woman to me soon, I'm going to be mighty unhappy. I'm sorry. The alcohol is talking again. Let me get a grip. I put my hand on the wheel and put the bottle...
Lightyear., by chromebookbob
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A game about loss, loneliness and space. Nominated for the Bafta YGD award Check out this review on RockPaperShotgun: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/14/freeware-garden-lightyear/ To give feedback...

Little Falls, by Alessandro Schillaci, Roberto Grassi, Simonato Enrico
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Minnesota, September 2005. A serial killer hunting young women. A policeman with nightmares in his past. “To all units near Little Falls, there’s a 5150 code. A woman called 911, saying she’s in trouble....

Lockdown, by Richard Otter
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It is only a few hours until sunrise. By then you will have proved to everyone that you are right!

A Long Drink, by Spankminister (as Owen Parks)
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The first time I'd met Val was the day before yesterday, on my way out of the hospital. I'd been in a numb stupor for hours. There's no good way to take that kind of news. She'd asked me out for a drink. I...

Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Granade
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The Lost Heir: The Fall of Daria, by Mike Walter
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Take back the throne that was rightfully yours! When demon-summoning usurpers assassinate the king and queen, the right of rulership falls to you, their only child. Develop your own unique prince or...

The Lost Islands of Alabaz, by Michael Gentry
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Once upon a time, our Kingdom was much larger than it is now, reaching across all ten islands of the Alabaz Archipelago. But then a terrible curse fell upon us. A thick, gray mist covered the sea, hiding...

Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
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Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe Grunk just forget. -- IFComp 2007 blurb

The Lost Spellmaker, by Neil James Brown
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Spells are in short supply, and spellmakers are disappearing one by one. So your boss T sends you on a mission to find the famous Drew Tungshinach so that he may entertain the community further with his...

Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower, by C.E.J. Pacian
Average member rating: (42 ratings)

The Lucubrator, by Ricardo Dague
Average member rating: (10 ratings)

Lullabies and Moss, by B R Sanders
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You're lost in Germany's Black Forest. Night is falling. A weirdness creeps from the darkness. The choice you make tonight determine if the forest claims you, or if you live to see morning.

The Lurking Horror, by Dave Lebling
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A winter night at the G.U.E. tech campus with most students away on vacation serves as the backdrop for this tale of Lovecraftian horror.

Make It Good, by Jon Ingold
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The call comes through. Of all the dicks; you get the call, sitting in the front seat of your car, hands shaking on the steering wheel. An urgent call; but all you were thinking of was the bottle in the...

The Mamertine, by K Vella
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The Mamertine is a rather confusing cult escape story that evolved out of a tech demo for the upcoming second iteration of the VIBAE engine for Twine.

Mammal, by Joey Jones
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The lizards have taken over. You, a lowly human slave, are tasked with eradicating all mammalian traces from the Don Quixote Memorial Museum. (Written for the Apollo 18+20 tribute album project.)

The Mary Jane of Tomorrow, by Emily Short
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You, Mary Jane Minsky, have a few things to clear up with your best friend Jenny Yoshida. When your robotic birthday gift doesn't go over as planned, you may need to reset your expectations, for her and...

Masquerade, by Kathleen M. Fischer
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"You walk purposefully down the sidewalk, looking neither left nor right. You don't need to look; you can tell you are being watched from whispers overheard as you pass by. "Poor Amelia..." you hear somebody...

The Matter of the Great Red Dragon, by Jonas Kyratzes
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As is written in the Book of the Carvings of Narm, every one hundred years the Great Red Dragon rises from his lair in the Clawed Mountain, and descends with terrible fire on all the people of the Land of...

maybe make some change, by Aaron A. Reed
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Inspired by the Maywand district killings in Afghanistan, 'maybe make some change' explores a frozen battlefield moment from six violently conflicting perspectives.

Metamorphoses, by Emily Short
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You wake to stillness. The hammering, banging, and shouting that kept you awake half the night are gone. The air is cold, and something smells burnt. Your master's experiments must be finished, but with what...

Mighty Mage, by IncogitableZ
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Your boring life changes completely the day your magic powers are awakened. Play Mighty Mage to experience life of a mage in this open-world text adventure role playing game. Start as a boy who discovers his...

Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, by Max Fog
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In Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, every step you take has an equal probability of sending you over the edge of perilous cliff drops or spinning into the stratosphere. But before that...

Mindshadow, by Brian Fargo
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You find yourself lost in the middle of nowhere. In the middle of a mystery. Who are you? Where will you go? What will you do? London. Luxembourg. Across oceans and continents. You struggle for answers. For...

Mingsheng, by Deane Saunders
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minor fall MAJOR LIFT, by Lady Isak Grozny
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You step into the shoes of Lev/Liubov Morgenshtern, a bigender writer living in the city of Svet-Dmitrin. You meet and get to know one Anzu Menelik, beautiful and mysterious. A proof-of-concept/prototype for...

Missing Since ’77, by Andrew Watt
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When a derided author vanishes from his home, his incriminated wife hires a prodigious young detective to investigate.
Mite, by Sara Dee
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In this small fantasy adventure game, you play as Mite, a pixy lad, who is carrying an egg-shaped jewel dropped by a cloaked thief who you tripped that morning. The gem belongs to the Fairy Prince! You must...

Modus Vivendi, by Incanus
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Best Writing, Playability, Interactivity and Best Puzzle Winner on spanish Premios Hispanos 2010. Roma, circa 58 A.C. You're a handy man, doing chores for your neighbors and customers on the Aventine Hill...

Monkey and Bear, by Carolyn VanEseltine (as the opposite of sublimation)
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Moonlight Walks, by Tom "PyTom" Rothamel

It's the summer before you go away to college, and you're spending it visiting with your aunt and uncle on a small island in the Atlantic ocean. One night, while out taking pictures of the full moon, you...

More, by Jason Dyer (as Erin Canterbury)
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Morning Rituals, by Lucas J.W. Johnson, Devin Vibert
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Making our morning cup of coffee is, for many of us, ritualistic; it's a pattern we often choose not to end, whether because we are unwilling or unable to. Morning Rituals explores what might happen if we...
Motion, by Abbi Park
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You're flying a rocket up three miles into the air. Since fuel is very expensive, and you're on a budget, you've ordered only the exact amount you'll need for the ascent...

mr. leg needs some milk, by amelia tsukum
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Mr. Leg woke up in the middle of the night. Help him get some milk. One puzzle. Extremely short. This experimental game was made in an hour and a half. The game is in first person and intentionally uses a...

Ms. Lojka or: In Despair to Will to Be Oneself, by Jordan Magnuson
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A short game about ignorance, defiance, and freedom—or: self-knowledge, acquiescence, and fate. Takes about 15 minutes to play. There are two significantly-divergent endings, but replays are intentionally...

Much Love, BJP, by Megan Stevens
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A brief look at the life of a fictional war correspondent. "Much Love: BJP" was showcased to a limited audience at the Hope College Celebration for Undergraduate Research.
The Mulldoon Legacy, by Jon Ingold
Average member rating: (45 ratings)
"In the event of my disappearance, my legacy shall not be distributed until every room in my museum has been searched in case I can be located." --Last Will and Testament, E. Mulldoon.

MURDERED, by James Schannep
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Could YOU Solve a Murder? MURDERED is a mystery novel unlike any other -- YOU are the main character. Follow clues, interrogate suspects, and piece together the puzzle before the killer gets away! It's up to...

Muse: An Autumn Romance, by Christopher Huang
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Early September, 1886. Autumn. The Victorian Era. The Rev. Dawson, 59, is off to the Continent and an unexpected Romance... [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Mustard, Music, and Murder, by Christopher Huang
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"Daniel Hopkins, investment broker, has been murdered. The police are on their way, and meanwhile you are locked in with the other suspects.... "Can you piece together the clues, apply a little logic, and...

My Evil Twin, by Carl Muckenhoupt
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After last night's all-nighter (I had an important report to do for work), I intended to sleep all through the day. But I can't afford to do that. Somewhere out there, my evil twin is plying his schemes, and...

My Name is Jack Mills, by Juhana Leinonen
Average member rating: (20 ratings)

The Myothian Falcon, by Andy Joel
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

"That day, the 9th of June, 3145, started out like any other, perhaps a little hotter than usual. Then Maisy DeValle entered his office." Vic Gantry, P.I., has a new client. She is wanted for the murder of...

A New Day, by Jonathan Fry
Average member rating: (9 ratings)

For some reason, the author of this game died while writing it, and so you're stuck in an unfinished room. The author's creation, Winston, asks you to find out what happened. Can you finish an unfinished...

Niney, by Daniel Spitz
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

Explore the nature of relationships and identity on a weird train. Author's Comment: "We all ask ourselves, "Who am I?" One of the ways we try to answer this question is by examining the effects we have on...

No Room, by Ben Heaton
Average member rating: (15 ratings)

Northern Powerhouse: Last Towns Standing, by Re-Dock, Young People of Wigan, Burnley, Hull
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The year is 2065. Wigan, Burnley and Hull are the only towns left in The North. Wigan is a harsh place to live (after a nuclear explosion in the year 2035) with dead zones where technology doesn't work....

Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina, by Jim Aikin
Average member rating: (30 ratings)

Nothing Could be Further From the Truth, by Adam Wasserman
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Welcome to the Bunker, an orderly, underground utopia where everyone’s needs have been satisfied. You, Oliva Mirram, are a dust maid assigned to Research Lab A-U61, a facility in the Developmental...

Number Six in the Village, by Philip Richmond
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Original version made with The Quill in 1986; later version made with PAW in 1987. You are a top government agent working for British Intelligence. However, you suddenly take it upon yourself to resign - but...

Old Man's Tale, by Hugo Bourbon, Ludovic Moge, Gabrielle Cluzeau, Drice Siamer, Enzo Carleo
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Vous êtes face à un narrateur amnésique. Pour reconstituer son histoire vous devez lui rappeler des éléments de son récit. Les mots soulignés sont les mots que vous pouvez récupérer. Pour les conserver,...

Ollie Ollie Oxen Free, by Carolyn VanEseltine
Average member rating: (28 ratings)

"War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children." - Jimmy Carter
On a Horse with No Name, by Greg Ewing
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The horse plods on wearily across the sand. You can’t remember the horse's name, of course, if it ever had one, any more than you can remember your own. That’s not surprising. What's just a little surprising...
On Optimism, by Tim Lane
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A suicide attempt after a break-up leads to a metaphorical exploration of your ex-girlfriend's heart. ...

On the Farm, by Lenny Pitts
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"Visiting Grandma and Grandpa on the farm for the weekend is not your idea of a good time. Mom has told you countless stories about the great adventures she had growing up there. Days spent feeding the...

Orchesterprobe, by Nena Ost
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Ein Orchester studiert ein Stück auf unkonventionelle Weise ein. Ein lustvoller Einblick in die klassische Musik. The player acts within a free-spirited rehearsal of an orchestral piece. An insight full of...

Out There, by FibreTigre
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Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction....

Overboard!, by inkle
Average member rating: (9 ratings)

Overboard! is a whodunnit where you’re the one whodunnit. You have just eight hours to cover the evidence, mislead the witnesses, frame another suspect and escape ... if you can! The Story July, 1935....

Palace of Shadows, by Christos Stogiannopoulos

I live in a palace of infinite passages and infinite halls. My footsteps have led me through its peaceful splendor so many times that there is no secluded niche, no carved gateway or sculpted pillar that I...

Party Foul, by Brooks Reeves
Average member rating: (33 ratings)

You're cornered, trapped. There seems to be no escape. You aren't in a jail cell. No, you're in the cocktail party from hell and only by using your wits and luck are you going to get out of this suburb...

Pascal's Wager, by Doug Egan
Average member rating: (26 ratings)

"The original Pascal's Wager was essentially a cost/benefit analysis of religious faith. However, Blaise Pascal (a 17th century Catholic) disregarded the possible existence of non-Christian Gods. This game...

Perdition's Flames, by Michael J. Roberts
Average member rating: (23 ratings)

The afterlife isn't what you expected. Explore a strangely modernized and bureaucratic underworld, replete with strip malls, government offices, and science labs, as well as the occasional lake of molten...

Pest, by Jonathan4
Average member rating: (1 rating)

[IMPORTANT: Seems like there are some errors when playing the game in browser that could prevent you from finishing the game. I recommend downloading it for the best experience!] ...

Phlegm, by Jason Dyer
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

You've found it at last - the chest containing the Treasure of Phlegm. Now, all you need to do is get it down from the tree. A cannon could help, if you can find the tools necessary to fire it... [--blurb...

The Phoenix Move, by Daniele Giardini
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

You are standing on a tall pole. So tall you can't see the ground below. All you see, is a bright blue sky around you. And the sun. And some clouds. And a huge egg, motionlessly floating a couple of feet...

The Physiognomist's Office, by Christina Nordlander
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

Find a way to escape the clinic. Try not to think about the things you see. A short escape-the-room game, created in three hours. La Petite Mort entry in ECTOCOMP 2015.

Plasmorphosis, by Agnieszka Trzaska
Average member rating: (5 ratings)

Help a plucky rover complete its planetary research mission by studying alien lifeforms... and morphing them into brand new shapes and forms! "Plasmorphosis" is a short game about exploration, with light...

Pontefract, by Kitty Horrorshow
Average member rating: (3 ratings)

A chilling haunted castle game.

Pytho's Mask, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (68 ratings)

On the Night of the Comet, the usual astrological bonds do not hold, and the order of the universe is threatened. It is a time made for rebels and usurpers, and all who would claim the kingdom for...

Raik, by Harry Giles
Average member rating: (18 ratings)

A Scots fantasia about anxiety Featuring kelpies, lost keys, mysteriously-lit underground caverns, boring work, panic attacks and red hair. Raik is written in Scots, one of the languages of Scotland, with a...

rat chaos, by Winter Lake
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

The Recruit, by Mike Sousa
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

Try your hand at the Real Life Interactive Gaming Simulacra! You'll face a variety of challenges and simulations and have a chance to win some money and great prizes. Apply today!

The Reliques of Tolti-Aph, by Graham Nelson
Average member rating: (15 ratings)

"It used to be said that there are two kinds of magic-user: those who have been to Tolti-Aph, and charlatans. It used to be generally understood that the attempt to prove oneself in the unforgiving society...

The Reluctant Resurrectee, by David Whyld
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

The Further Adventures Of The King Who Wanted To Die But Whose Subjects Just Weren't Ready To Let Him Go… You’re alive. Again. And not too happy about it. During your current period of deadness, your son has...

Rematch, by Andrew D. Pontious
Average member rating: (91 ratings)

You thought you were such a great pool player. But Nick has beaten you once tonight already, and Ines is watching him more closely than you would like. So you challenge him to a rematch. "Sure, Kurt!" Nick...
Requiem, by David Whyld
Average member rating: (9 ratings)

Return to Ditch Day, by M.J. Roberts
Average member rating: (30 ratings)

It's been a decade since you graduated, but now it looks like you're going to have to solve one more Ditch Day stack.

Rites of a Mailmare, by Owlor
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

You are a Mailmare, delivering letters across the Lucidious Archipelago. Using the art of Oneiromancy you can remove the obstacles that stand in your way. The game sends you on a randomized journey across an...

Robin & Orchid, by Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim
Average member rating: (64 ratings)

High school journalists spend the night in a church, investigating reports of a ghost.

Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian
Average member rating: (73 ratings)

Congratulations, convict 76954! You have been selected for scientific experimentation! You will be matter-transmitted to exotic non-Treaty worlds - where opportunities abound to take in fantastic sights and...

Roofed, by Jim Munroe
Average member rating: (16 ratings)

You and your brother’s job — scouring the city’s highest spots for a rare building material in the year 2040 — is already hard enough. Now Anton’s gone and gotten you trapped on a rooftop. Your acrobat...

A Rope of Chalk, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (35 ratings)

An account of the disastrous sidewalk chalk tournament of August 27, 2011.

Rover's Day Out, by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman
Average member rating: (54 ratings)

Three hundred years ago, the Brazilian Space Agency discovered a rocky exoplanet only 38 light years from Earth. With a surface temperature of 1200 Celsius and nine times Earth gravity, it's hardly the sort...

Ryan Veeder's Authentic Fly Fishing, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (15 ratings)

Relax at the Jewel Pond Recreation Area with Ryan Veeder as your guide.

The Sacred Shovel of Athenia, by Andy Galilee
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

A simple puzzle based IF game in the style of the early Infocom games. The Aim of the game is to find the lost ‘Sacred Shovel’ and return it to the king. We had recently acquired a kitten and my son was a...
Salvanas, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (3 ratings)
A small collection of interconnected puzzle-worlds in the mode of Myst. Salvanas is itself set within Seltani, the author's Myst-themed, text-based MMO. The meat of the game is strictly single-player, with a...

Sam and Leo Go To The Bodega, by Richard Goodness
Average member rating: (16 ratings)

One day, Sam Dellaria and Leo Akane dropped acid and went to a bodega. This is their story.

Sam Fortune - Private Investigator, by Steve Blanding
Average member rating: (5 ratings)

The IBS Radio Network presents... Sam Fortune - Private Investigator A transcribed drama filled with suspense and adventure broadcast weekly over this IBS affiliate. Tonight's drama: The Case of the Missing...

Save the World in 7 Moves, by chintokkong
Average member rating: (12 ratings)

Aliens are invading earth with flying cups and flying saucers! And you have only 7 moves to make before the end. Can you save the world in time?

Scaffold 22, by MoLoLu
Average member rating: (3 ratings)

Scaffold 22 is a text-based RPG set in the distant future. The galaxy is divided, its spiritual life dictated by the Church of Eden, while the Corporate Hegemony endeavors to squeeze every last credit from...

Scavenger, by Quintin Stone
Average member rating: (30 ratings)

Search a war-shattered world for secrets of the past.

Search for the Ultimate Weapon, by Sharon Lynn Chu Yew Yee
Average member rating: (3 ratings)

The interactive fiction is very loosely based on the story of Wu Mei, a legendary Kung Fu nun during the Qing Dynasty in China. She is said to be the founder of various Chinese martial arts such as Wu Mei...

Secret of the Black Walrus, by spaceflounder
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

A wicked plot is afoot in Victorian London. Are you a clever enough to discover the Secret of the Black Walrus?

The Secret Vaults of Kas the Betrayer, by A.E. Jackson
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

Earthquakes have been reported in a region south of the city. A landslide has cleared large swaths of land away from a massive granite wall buried deep under the hillside. This granite wall is merely the...

Seeds and Survival, by Caelyn Sandel
Average member rating: (1 rating)

Seedship, by John Ayliff
Average member rating: (52 ratings)

An AI ship full of frozen colonists must find the best planet to be the new home of the human race.

Selma's Will, by Dana Crane
Average member rating: (1 rating)

Sensory Jam, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (3 ratings)

Sentencing Mr Liddell, by Anonymous
Average member rating: (15 ratings)

"The time has come", the Teacher says, "to talk of many sins: of wives and mums and unloved sons (of where it all begins), and why it's really all your fault, and whether no-one wins."

Sequitur, by Nigel Jayne (as Tin Foil Jenny)
Average member rating: (5 ratings)

The only person who can explain what happened in a long-forgotten house with four dead people inside is comatose and clinging to her life in hospital. Detective Stephen Cochone of the New Orleans Police...

The Shadow in the Cathedral, by Ian Finley and Jon Ingold
Average member rating: (31 ratings)

When the monks took me, aged six months, into their care, they named me Wren. Maybe because I was small, insignificant, and happy to eat any crumbs they threw my way. But these days I'm Wren, 2nd Assistant...

shadows on the mirror, by Chrysoula Tzavelas
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe...

She's Got a Thing for a Spring, by Brent VanFossen
Average member rating: (32 ratings)

It's been a hectic year, and it's time to get away. He told you that, and you agreed. Now you're here, in a grove of aspen, and long for a good, long bath in the nearby hot spring. [--blurb from The Z-Files...

Silent Streets: The Boy with the Flower Skin, by Richard Cobbett, studio Funbakers
Average member rating: (1 rating)

1867, the peak of Victorian era. You play a private eye from London who arrives in a grim coastal town to investigate a distress call from your old friend. You find him brutally murdered, and a short visit...

Silver & Gold, by rosencrantz
Average member rating: (13 ratings)

These things come in pairs... A sacrifice, a chase, a dark night in a dark city. Silver & Gold is a story told in two voices. Started for a challenge on Twinery.org. Thanks to this Twinery forum post for...

Sins Against Mimesis, by Adam Thornton
Average member rating: (25 ratings)

Your lover Black left, and your days are full of loneliness. Your progress in finding him, however, is blocked by none other than the Devil himself; and to get rid of him, you must commit the seven deadly...

Six, by Wade Clarke
Average member rating: (40 ratings)

Your name is Harriet Leitner, and you and your twin sister Demi turned six this morning! You're having a fancy dress birthday party, and this afternoon you'll be playing Hide and Seek Tip over in the park....

Six Stories, by Neil K. Guy
Average member rating: (25 ratings)

After losing control of your car during a blizzard in the mountains of British Columbia, you make your way to a rundown shack and sleep. You wake up elsewhere and soon encounter a mouse, a pair of drawing...

Six-Chamber Champion, by C.E.J. Pacian
Average member rating: (17 ratings)

Derelict Warehouse (sitting on the hard plastic chair) Crammed full of bloodthirsty spectators, the air is heavy with cigarette smoke and body odour. You sit at a simple plastic table opposite your opponent....

Skies Above, by Arthur DiBianca
Average member rating: (20 ratings)

Play minigames to get your airship flying, tour the skies, and see what mischief is going on up there. Champion of the Skies: Sarah Adams

SLAMMED!, by Paolo Chikiamco
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

Turn a scripted steel-cage wrestling match into a real fight in this 250,000-word interactive novel! You’ve always dreamed of becoming pro wrestling’s biggest star…but a wrestler’s world is fraught with...

Sleep, by Snoother
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

[This game is a stupid bit if juvenilia -- Snoother]

Snowblind Aces, by C.E.J. Pacian
Average member rating: (33 ratings)

Two aces shelter from a snowstorm under the wing of a biplane. They've duelled and played in the air for years. Love is inevitable. But what kind of relationship will they end up in?

Someone Keeps Moving My Chair, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (9 ratings)

Something is amiss in Garry's office. A prequel to The Statue Got Me High.

Son of a..., by C. S. Woodrow
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

The Sound of One Hand Clapping, by Erica Sadun
Average member rating: (5 ratings)

Space Poop, by Collin Pointon
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

Space Poop is a sci fi comedy interactive RPG text game. You play as Space Station Intern Ejest Bindle. Depending on your choices in Space Poop, you will encounter one of TEN different endings. Be careful...

The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (98 ratings)

A new, experimental game that has no puzzles but uses only words that change your focus on things, thereby adapting the story. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Sparkle, by Juhana Leinonen (as Karly Di Caprio)
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

My search for the Pattern has brought me to Mount Shanshan. Now it's just a matter of a short cable car ride up to the top.

Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (311 ratings)

A vacation in our lovely country! See the ethnic charms of the countryside, the historic grandeur of the capital city. Taste our traditional cuisine; smell the flowers of the Old Tree. And all without...

Spiral, by Justin Morgan
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

Standoff, by Matthew R.F. Balousek
Average member rating: (1 rating)

Standoff is a game about collaboratively telling action stories full of twists and turns and reversals.

Stink or Swim, by Renee Choba
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

The only entry in a personal Speed-IF challenge. The Olympic medalist, skunk, and public bathing one.
Storm Over London, by Juhana Leinonen
Average member rating: (4 ratings)
A stormy night. An old mansion. And the woman keeps calling me Elizabeth.

A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight, by Heather Albano
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery! Inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper, "A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight" is an epic 277,000-word interactive mystery...

Stuff of Legend, by Lance Campbell
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

The only thing worse than being a village idiot is being an unemployed village idiot. Maybe it’s time to change careers. Maybe it’s time to be a knight.

Stygia, by Kitty Horrorshow
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

Another cold, rainy Stygian afternoon. Rainy, anyway. That much you can observe. Cold is a different matter; the dead are insensate to things like ambient temperature. For better or worse. But everything...
Submerge, by Joshua Houk (as Carlos Percival Saldanha)
Average member rating: (9 ratings)
"You could see the damage immediately. Open scar in her hull. Aside from that, nothing too bad. Some barnacles have already started attaching themselves to the underside. Some paint peeling where there were...
sugar lung, by malachy_o
Average member rating: (3 ratings)
finally the journey stops will you be safe from the sharks? and what is sugar lung? who can say

Sunburn, by Caelyn Sandel
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

Sunburn is a text adventure puzzle game about entitlement, misogyny, and violence against women. It's set in Caelyn Sandel's Age of Corporations universe and the city of New Washington, but stories like it...

Sunset Over Savannah, by Ivan Cockrum
Average member rating: (54 ratings)

In this game, you play as an office worker on vacation on a beach in Savannah. This is your last day of a very blissful vacation, and you realize you really really hate your job. You could quit, but should...

Surface, by Geoff Moore
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

You breathe, and the vessel breathes with you. The pod attempts to bind with you as you shift, restless, weak with hunger and exhaustion. Too long now, far too long since Xil left. She should have returned...

Suspended, by Michael Berlyn
Average member rating: (43 ratings)

They said you would sleep for half a millennium - not an unreasonable length of time, considering you'd be in limited cryogenic suspension. Your body would rest at the planet's nerve center, an underground...

Swan Hill, by Laura Michet
Average member rating: (23 ratings)

Swan Hill is an interactive story about brothers who have grown apart. It has multiple endings.

A Tale of the Cave, by Snoother
Average member rating: (12 ratings)

No longer are William McGonagall's ruinous effects confined to poetry. A Tale of the Cave is the unlikely marriage between Scotland's notoriously bad poet and the classic cave-crawl genre. Made for the Ruin...

Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303, by Victor Gijsbers
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

A text terminal interface for interacting with your model RCM301-303 remote controlled mech.

The Terror Aboard the Speedwell, by Javy Gwaltney
Average member rating: (4 ratings)

A sci-fi horror story with many different endings, this game takes place in the same fictional universe of You Were Made For Loneliness, an earlier work by a team which included this author as the lead...

Theatre, by Brendon Wyber
Average member rating: (89 ratings)

Your job as a real estate agent brings you into contact with many old buildings, but none are quite like the old theatre that has stood deserted for almost thirty years. After visiting it with some...

their angelical understanding, by Porpentine
Average member rating: (75 ratings)

I train to fight angels in a monastery by the sea. Wear headphones. TW: Suicidal ideation, ableism, abuse, possible epilepsy trigger.

The Thing About Dungeons, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Average member rating: (16 ratings)

An interactive short story (about dungeons).

Timecrest, by Sneaky Crab

There exists another world, and that world desperately needs your help. Alyncia is about to be destroyed by meteors. When it seems all hope is lost for this magical world, a young mage named Ash establishes...

To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest
Average member rating: (112 ratings)

Professor Pettibone, eminent Victorian balloonist, has a problem. He can't get it up. His balloon that is. If he can't reach an altitude of 20,000 feet, and soon, both he and his mysterious travelling...

Tonight Dies the Moon, by Tom McHenry
Average member rating: (14 ratings)

From the author of HORSE MASTER: THE GAME OF HORSE MASTERY, comes a Twine game about life during war between the Earth and Moon in the year 2000. Fall in love, subsistence farm, make spreadsheets, and wear...

Transfer, by Tod Levi
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

"The staff's jubilant anticipation of the first human transfer was now replaced with dread. Why had the Professor fallen ill so suddenly? And how callous of the Overseers to insist on proceeding without...

Transparent, by Hanon Ondricek
Average member rating: (20 ratings)

There is a house. There is a room in the house. There is a door in the room. The door is locked. Some people are in the room. Some people are transparent. An eerie exploration of an abandoned historic house....

Trapped in Time, by Simon Christiansen
Average member rating: (25 ratings)

A Science Fiction adventure where YOU are the hero!

Triune, by Papillon
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

"What are little girls Made of? Sugar and spice And everything nice That's what little girls Are made of." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One]

Turandot, by Victor Gijsbers
Average member rating: (45 ratings)

An operatic performance. A tale of atonement. A dating sim with a crocodile pit. Content warnings: sex; sexism and other gender issues; suicide; torture; homophobia; xenophobia.

Ürs, by Christopher Hayes, Daniel Talsky
Average member rating: (23 ratings)

You're a regular rabbit who's lived in the same warren your entire life. You have no reason to leave, but the THUD threatens to destroy all the baby kittens. Maybe something in the ancient places of the Ürs...

Ultimate Quest, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (2 ratings)

You've been kidnapped, confused, and trapped in a factory to do labor far beneath your true level. The friends you once knew think you're dead, if they think about you at all. But you're equipped with...

ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III, by Porpentine
Average member rating: (59 ratings)

I’ve finally finished porting and cracking an old edutainment game from the 90′s. Please enjoy.

Under, In Erebus, by Brian Rapp
Average member rating: (17 ratings)

Board that Drain-Bound El for an adventure that could only happen in Erebus.

Undertow, by Stephen Granade
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

Go sailing on a yacht with three friends, and a corpse....

Unicorn Story, by Conrad Cook
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

"The unicorn, through its intemperance and not knowing how to control itself, for the love it bears to fair maidens forgets its ferocity and wildness; and laying aside all fear it will go up to a seated...

Valley of Steel, by The Custodian
Average member rating: (4 ratings)

The creep of surveillance and control has continued unabated. Every citizen is required to have a chip implant which can definitively identify them to anyone with a scanner. You've spent years working with...

Varkana, by Maryam Gousheh-Forgeot
Average member rating: (25 ratings)

Varkana is the name of a region in a world with a timeless, mildy fantasy/sci-fi setting (some technological and magical elements are present at this moment, but not prevalent), with the city-state of Arg...

Verb!, by Neil deMause
Average member rating: (9 ratings)

Vesp, by Porpentine
Average member rating: (16 ratings)
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Vespers, by Jason Devlin
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Average member rating: (174 ratings)
It has been five days, now. Five days since I made the choice. Five days since I closed the gate. Really, there was no choice. Rovato was damned when the first spot appeared: when the first bloody cough...
the virtual human, by Duncan Bowsman
Average member rating: (6 ratings)
In this game, the user participates in the textual formation of a virtual human. By filling in strings of text under simple constraints, the user can create any number of possible humans from the absurd to...
VirtuaTech, by David S. Glasser
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

Voices of Spoon River, by Jon Scoresby, Tim Stowell, Tom Caswell, Jared Bernotski, Marie Duncan, Marian Jensen, Jennifer Jorgensen, and Brett Shelton
Average member rating: (1 rating)

"Every cemetery has a plot, a series of secrets that some would prefer stayed buried. This graveyard is haunted. It wouldn’t be, except that unresolved issues torment Spoon River’s former inhabitants and...

The Volunteer Firefighter, by Stefanie Handshaw
Average member rating: (4 ratings)

An action-packed multiple-choice firefighting game, filled with humor, heartache, adventure, and romance! Fight fires! Save lives! Do you have what it takes to be a hero?

The Voyage of the Resplendent, by Philip Douglas
Average member rating: (4 ratings)

For centuries the Empire has been ruled by successive clone daughters of its founder with a mix of military might, political manipulation and a total monopoly on faster-than-light travel. That control has...

We Are the Firewall, by Anya Johanna DeNiro
Average member rating: (10 ratings)

A game-novella set in near future Minneapolis.

We Are Unfinished, by Ade McT
Average member rating: (10 ratings)

The last of the day's light is fading. And, without light, how can he see? A very short piece of Interactive Fiction for the TinyUtopia jam.

Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0, by Caroline M. Yoachim
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

"You have a weird rash on your arm, so you head to the medical clinic in search of a cure. In your way stand impenetrable bureaucracy, predatory aliens, nurses with a penchant for amputation, and your own...

Wetlands, by Clara Raubertas
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

Wetlands is an interactive quagmire that leads you from the image of a fantastical city to a choice about the actual city's future, via a collection of mechanical puzzles in a watery setting.

What to Expect When You're Expecting Hive Spiders, by Julian Hyde
Average member rating: (2 ratings)

The day when the Hive Spiders that live inside your bloodstream devour your grey matter and escape through the back of your neck is one of the most important moments in the life of a human being. It is vital...
When I die, I want you to have all of my stuff., by elizawriteshere
Average member rating: (2 ratings)

When in Rome 2: Far from Home, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (15 ratings)

Manhattan, 1954.

wHen mAchines aTtack, by Mark Jones
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

When the Land Goes Under the Water, by Bruno Dias (as Nikephoros De Kloet)
Average member rating: (9 ratings)

The great, powerful elder empire of Atlantis has fallen, though accounts diverge on why. She will soon sink beneath the waves. But there is time, first, to sift through the ashes and catalog some of its...

WhoDunnIt, by Oranges

This is part of a game that teach students how to use tech tools safely. The game involves asking students to solve a mystery using the Internet and their devices.

Wildflowers, by Carolyn VanEseltine
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

"Wildflowers" was written as a "diary game", as defined by Caelyn Sandel - a game that was written specifically for the benefit of the author, rather than being written for an audience. It is properly...

Winter Wonderland, by Laura Knauth
Average member rating: (43 ratings)

"Young Gretchen could have only imagined the fanciful events that were to occur before finding herself lost in a winter wonderland." [--blurb from Competition '99]

Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist, by Xavid
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

From the ranks of the people you have been raised up as a Wisher— ...

Witch's Girl, by Geoff Moore
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

The Withering Gaze of the Earth, by Emily Worm
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

On an island where the world ended, away from the judgmental eyes of the world, a new god (your terrible mother) is waking up.

The Witness, by Stu Galley
Average member rating: (28 ratings)

February 1938, Los Angeles. FDR's New Deal is finally rolling. Hitler's rolling, too; this time through Austria. But as Chief Detective for a quiet burgh on the outskirts of L.A., you've got other fish to...

The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson
Average member rating: (131 ratings)

You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are not a wizard sniffer (if such a thing even exists). As far as you can...

Words of Power, by Stark Springs
Average member rating: (9 ratings)

Worlds Apart, by Suzanne Britton
Average member rating: (90 ratings)

For over 20 years, I dreamed about an alternate universe I called the Higher World. For three of those years, I poured almost all of my creative energy into a novel-length story set in that universe. Worlds...

Worldsmith, by Ade McT
Average member rating: (30 ratings)

The Septem Tower has held steady in the Manifold, the space between time and the Real, for billenia. Populating the Tower are the Anemoi, a race of beings so far advanced that they hold the power of life and...

Worship the Pig, by Heal Butcher
Average member rating: (4 ratings)

The city at the edge of the clay desert held a strange bazaar...

Write or Reflect?, by Andrew Schultz
Average member rating: (4 ratings)

A semi-autobiographical thought experiment about Getting Stuff Written

Yellow Dog Running, by Sam Kabo Ashwell
Average member rating: (10 ratings)

Yes, Another Game with a Dragon!, by John Kean
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

In this game, you play as a brawny adventurer heroically rescuing a fair maiden from a fire-breathing dragon. Oops, sorry, no, that was just a dream. You're actually an out-of-shape drunken lout. But then...

You Were Made For Loneliness, by Tsukareta
Average member rating: (10 ratings)

It’s the future. The remnants of humanity, in the aftermath of a cataclysmic event known only as The Fall, have fled a dying homeworld to seek refuge among the colonies of the solar system. Twenty years...

You've Got a Stew Going!, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (36 ratings)

Your friend has invited you over for stew. He has not bothered to procure most of the ingredients.

The Zen Garden, by Privateer
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

This is a text-only brainteaser (with some sound) inspired by Japanese art and haiku. ...


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