Polls by Andrew Schultz
View this member's profileShowing All | Show by PageGames that take place completely in museums -
15 votes for 10 games; created October 18, 2023IFComp 2023 had a couple, and they reminded me of another I tested in Shufflecomp. I like having the ability to leave when I want and see...
One City or State or Country per Room -
8 votes for 7 games; created September 4, 2023I'm interested in works where you have one city or state or country (or city-state) per room. David Welbourn noted that this may apply to...
Games with root beer in them -
8 votes for 7 games; created September 2, 2023I played two entries in the Single Choice jam that made very visible references to root beer. Then I realized not many other games did...
Games with oblivion as the goal -
3 votes for 3 games; created September 2, 2023I'm trying to look away from a noble or ignoble death or, say, Ragnarok, just a "*this is the end (no really)* effect.
Games with faceplants/heel turns at the very end -
5 votes for 5 games; created July 30, 2023I'm looking for--well, anything that does this. Not "you are missing 4 of 5 pieces of the magic sword," but more, it could either be...
Games where deliberately losing/dying/losing an item advances the plot -
19 votes for 15 games; created July 30, 2023The meaning of "deliberately" can be a bit broad, but I'm wondering about cases where an action clearly marked risky or fatal helps you...
Games with a limerick (or more) in them -
10 votes for 7 games; created January 8, 2023They may be all over the place Or just one, but it's hard to trace Well-known or obscure Games? Each, my joy's pure You've helped to...
Games where you can dispose of useless items -
7 votes for 5 games; created January 2, 2023Mike Spivey's A Beauty Cold and Austere had a gray lady guarding a storage bin, where you could ask her if something had served its...
Games with NPC dialogue that gives strong yet mimesis-keeping hints -
12 votes for 10 games; created January 2, 2023In IFComp 2022, it struck me how your partner Alex, in A Walk Around the Neighborhood and your father in The Last Christmas Present did a...
Games that roast players for trying "do this and you die" actions -
4 votes for 2 games; created August 31, 2022There are a lot of serious games that do this, but I'm wondering more about stuff like "There is a button saying PUSH THIS AND DIE." And...
Games where the enemy/game fourth-walls big-picture meta-commands -
14 votes for 12 games; created August 11, 2022Which games say something extra for quitting or save/load/restore? I'm thinking largely of parser commands, but Twine is welcome, too....
Poem-based games with puzzles/endings -
12 votes for 10 games; created May 5, 2022I enjoy seeing people trying to mix poetry and puzzles. Even if it doesn't work, it still is fun to see people try, and quite bluntly,...
Games with Trump-like (antagonist) characters -
9 votes for 9 games; created December 14, 2021While we want to put something like Trump behind us, it's not easy. Humor can help. So can comparing him to a historical villain. I'm...
Games with Books/Bookshelves/Libraries -
47 votes for 32 games; created May 13, 2016I'm interested in games with lots of books you can read through. Maybe it's just a lot of cool titles and authors. Maybe they're randomly...
Games with amusing deaths -
33 votes for 24 games; created April 7, 2015Lots of games have one amusing death, but what games best take the concept and run with it? These deaths could be nudges on messing...
Games with non-standard directions -
29 votes for 20 games; created December 28, 2014I'm wondering about games (primarily parser) with weird directions beyond NW/SW/SE/NE, up, down or inside/outside. I like the example in...
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