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| The Usher Foundation I: The Dark, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating:   Average member rating:  A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. Life is tough when you're a six-year-old who's afraid of the dark. And it definitely doesn't help that your night light is broken. |
| The Usher Foundation II: The Hunt, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. College jobs can be boring as all hell, but it's better than the alternative. |
| The Usher Foundation IV: The Vast, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. You're falling in love; you just wish she didn't have such strange hobbies. |
| The Usher Foundation IX: The Corruption, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. Anything that's been locked in a storage unit this long must be dead, right? |
| The Usher Foundation V: The Eye, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. Your grandfather might have been a terrible person but at least you've got your inheritance, right? |
| The Usher Foundation VI: The Desolation, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. If a gunshot wound won't keep you in this hospital room, then certainly you're not going to stop at a little game of murder? |
| The Usher Foundation VIII: The Spiral, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. By all maps you should be in the middle of the East river. Which makes the very 60s living room you're standing in kind of odd. |
| The Usher Foundation XI: The Lonely, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. You're stuck in a fire lookout tower 10,000 feet above sea level, but at least you can see the next lookout over. |
| The Usher Foundation XII: The Flesh, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. It's just a scarification, what could possibly go wrong? |
| (do not) forget, by lectronice OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: (do not) forget is a slightly surreal tale. It takes place in an isometric world inhabited by cute cubic animals. It is, however, not intended for children. This is a contemplative game, sometimes crude,... |
| (not so) strangers in the night, by manonamora Average member rating: Zach and Irene decide to play a little game tonight. What could go wrong with pretending to be strangers... ? This short interactive fiction piece was created for the SeedComp!, ShuffleComp and the Zach Jam.... |
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| > by @, by Aaron A. Reed Average member rating: On the surface, > seems to be a traditional adventure game, featuring treasure, an NPC, a puzzle, and a happy ending. However, matters are complicated by the realization that the work's purported author is... |
| ~~~Into Darkness~~~, by Jacic Average member rating: Straying into the dark is easy, returning is far harder. |
| 1 4 the $, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: A story of consumption. 1 4 the $ ("One For the Money") was written in three days as an entry to the SeedComp! 2024 sprouting round. It is intended for mature audiences. |
| 10pm, by litrouke OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: 10pm, and dinner is still sitting in the oven. The TV is droning. The front door is closed. You look at the clock. You look at the door. You wait. --- Content warnings: profanity, allusions to sex and... |
| 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds, by Abigail Corfman Average member rating: You're a vampire hunter on your night off. You're getting a manicure, seeing a movie, and eating fast food. But there's a vampire in this McDonalds. If you don't do something, then in one hour it will eat... |
| 39 Trillion and 1, by Milo van Mesdag A body horror interactive fiction. The story of a woman and a being with the power to take her pain away. Content warning: Extreme body horror, disease, suffering, social manipulation, apocalypse, religion,... |
| 4 Edith + 2 Niki, by fishandbeer OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: How to renew an old story? Put some new circumstances into the game. An old dating sim of mine, made for Twiny Jam is completed with a few new details. |
| 4x4 Archipelago, by Agnieszka Trzaska OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Adventure waits for you in a procedurally generated Archipelago! Discover strange new lands. Make a fortune from trading. Swing a Really Big Sword at a dragon. Fight wild beasts – or turn them into your... |
| 77 Verbs, by MathBrush (as Prismatik) Average member rating: Use every standard verb in the Inform library to escape deadly situations in this introduction to parser games! (This game was formerly known as 85 Verbs.) |
| 9:05, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: The phone rings. Oh, no — how long have you been asleep? Sure, it was a tough night, but... This is bad. This is very bad. The phone rings. |
| The Absence of Miriam Lane, by Abigail Corfman OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Sometimes people give pieces of themselves away.... |
| Academic Pursuits (As Opposed To Regular Pursuits), by ruqiyah Average member rating: Dear Ms. ████████ We are delighted to offer you a position in our architecture department. After your application and interview we are confident you will really sink your teeth into this... |
| According to Cain, by Jim Nelson OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Two brothers. One murder. And a mystery as old as mankind. You are a medieval investigator sent back in time to learn the secrets behind mankind's first murder. Using a novel alchemy system, observation, and... |
| Admiration Point, by Rachel Helps OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You work as a virtual exhibit artist at a digital culture museum. There is a glimmer of attraction to your co-worker. You are married and Mormon. |
| An Admirer, by Amanda Walker Average member rating: Something loves you. |
| After the Accident, by Amanda Walker OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Relationships can be disastrous. A puzzle-free text game based on the poem seed After the Accident by Sophia de Augustine, written for SeedComp 2023 in Inform 7. Cover and banner art made with Canva. Content... |
| After-Words, by fireisnormal OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Resolve problems. Open Gates. Free Skycity. Go home. A game where you explore a surreal floating city, in which all room descriptions, lines of dialogue, item descriptions and action text are a maximum of... |
| Aisle, by Sam Barlow Average member rating: "Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and you're progressing rapidly. On to the next aisle... Aisle started out as a... |
| Alabaster, by John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, Ziv Wities Average member rating: The Queen has told you to return with her heart in a box. Snow White has made you promise to make other arrangements. Now that you're alone in the forest, it's hard to know which of the two women to trust.... |
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| All Hands, by Natasha Ramoutar Average member rating: The sea is calling you. Its voice is getting louder. ... |
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| All Roads, by Jon Ingold Average member rating: "Wave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For he on honey-dew hath fed And drunk the milk of paradise." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One] |
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| All Your Time-Tossed Selves, by Porpentine Average member rating: a story made in Google Forms |
| Alltarach, by Katie Canning and Josef Olsson Average member rating: An illustrated interactive novel about family, folklore, and grief, set in a semi-historical version of 6th century Ireland. Author's Comment: "This game is part character study, part playful take on Irish... |
| Am I My Brother's Keeper?, by Nadine Rodriguez OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Your sister is missing, and the answers lie within your dreams. You just hope you can find her at the end of this all. Content warning: Drinking. Potential death. Potential drowning mention. Gun mention. |
| And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One, by B.J. Best OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: 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: ★ ★ ★ |
| The Apothecary's Assistant, by Allyson Gray Average member rating: OPENING HOURS Monday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday: 5 a.m. – 9 p.m. Wednesday: CLOSED Thursday: 2 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Friday: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. Saturday: 12:30 p.m. – 3:21 p.m. Sunday: 12 a.m. – 11:59... |
| Approaching Horde!, by CRAIG RUDDELL OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: It's officially hit the fan! Cause, unknown. There's no time to worry about that now anyways...there's a zombie horde approaching! Your job...gather as many survivors as you can and hold out for as long as... |
| Arborea, by Richard Develyn OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: 'The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes... |
| Arc Symphony, by Matilde Park and Penelope Evans Average member rating: (2 ratings)Say, how did you say you got here again? I swear I've seen your handle before... "Surf" for "new destinations"... Become a moderator or be banned. Pilfer the files of strangers for insightful fanfic. Take on... |
| The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. Content warning: optional sexual content (non-explicit), illness, death, transphobia, homophobia |
| The Art of Fugue, by Victor Gijsbers, Jimmy Maher, Dorte Lassen, and Johan Average member rating: 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 Average member rating: 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... |
| Awakened Deeply, by R.A. Cooper OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You are Captain Pitker aboard the S.S. Crusade. You awaken from a deep sleep in your cryo tube. All of the crew has been decimated or vanished mysteriously. The onboard computer instructs you to investigate... |
| Babel, by Ian Finley Average member rating: 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 Average member rating: 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... |
| Bad Beer, by Vivienne Dunstan OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A tale of dodgy drinks, things that go bump in the night, and stuff from the past that just ain’t right Content warning: alcohol (the game is set in a British pub selling beer), some spooky stuff and death |
| Bakemono no Sekai - World of Monsters, by Gianluca Girelli Average member rating: After graduating from the University of Tokyo and living in the overcrowded city for a few years, you decide to take a vacation and return to the village where you grew up. It is now a small town and the... |
| Bandersnatch, by Charlie Brooker, David Slade Average member rating: In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings. Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter, Craig... |
| Barcarolle in Yellow, by Víctor Ojuel Average member rating: Barcarolle in Yellow (1975, released in Italy as "Barcarolla in Giallo"), starring Eva Chantry. ... |
| The Bat, by Chandler Groover OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Master Bryce is throwing a party. As his most faithful servant, that means it's your job to make the party run smoothly. But you only have two hands—and far too many duties. You'll have to manage requests... |
| Beat Me Up Scotty, by Jkj Yuio Average member rating: A bizarre catchphrase word enigma. |
| A Beauty Cold and Austere, by Mike Spivey Average member rating: That survey course in conceptual mathematics seemed like a good idea at the start of the term - no graded homework, no midterm exams - just an oral final at the end. But now that final is tomorrow morning.... |
| Before the End of the World, by Silverstring Media Average member rating: The sky is tearing itself open. Fire rains from the heavens. And you've returned home to reflect on the person you fell in love with in your dreams. Before the End of the World is a Twine game created to... |
| Beneath Fenwick, by Pete Gardner OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Fenwick is a serene, nineteenth-century township located deep within the wetland regions of western New England. Only a short drive from the storied academy known as Ealdian College, you have long been... |
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| The Blind House, by Amanda Allen Average member rating: I scarcely know the woman at my side. I don't even know why she was the one I turned to. I can only hope that we haven't been followed, that she won't ask too many questions. The only choice left to me now... |
| BLK MTN, by Laura Paul OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A young man named Jackson drives through the southeastern United States in search of someone – or something – he calls “Bluebird” as he experiences visions of the historical past. As you decide who... |
| Blood Island, by Billy Krolick OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Become the Final Girl or Guy (or anything in between) of your dreams on Blood Island. You're a new contestant on the hit reality dating show Passion in Paradise, where you can be who you want and date who... |
| Bogeyman, by Elizabeth Smyth Average member rating: You can go home when you learn to be good. |
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| Bronze, by Emily Short Average member rating: When the seventh day comes and it is time for you to return to the castle in the forest, your sisters cling to your sleeves. |
| Buggy, by Mathbrush OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: This game is buggy. It won't really end unless it crashes. Cover art modified from image by DJTMichel. |
| Bydlo; or the Ox-Cart, by P.B. Parjeter Average member rating: A short Bitsy game based on the 4th movement from Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" |
| Byzantine Perspective, by Lea Albaugh Average member rating: Your task is simple enough. Just nab the chalice. |
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| Cage Break, by Jacic OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: What's a smart, human-savvy cockatoo to do when a group of dastardly bird traffickers come to the forest? No bars can hold you... Or can they? Make your escape, get your revenge and help the others if you... |
| Campus Invaders, by Marco Vallarino OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: For some time you have been waiting for the open day of the Vigamus Academy to visit the building that also hosts the game design course taught by Professor Mark M. Etal. Just arrived, however, you saw a... |
| Candlesmoke, by Caelyn Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine Average member rating: Entry in EctoComp 2014. |
| Cargo Breach, by Garry Francis Average member rating: You wake suddenly. When you look out the porthole, you see that it's dark outside. It should be light. You must have overslept. Why didn't anyone wake you? Maybe they felt sorry for you after you got seasick... |
| The Case of the Solitary Resident, by thesleuthacademy Average member rating: "Police? I hope I'm not wasting your time, but I'm genuinely concerned. There's this weird, awful smell coming from my neighbour's apartment, and I haven't seen her around for days. It's starting to feel... |
| Cell 174, by Milo van Mesdag Average member rating: A micro text-based psychological thriller about a man trying to understand his dreams, his life, and the choices that have led him to seek answers in a prison cell. Written in one afternoon, in four hours,... |
| CHASE THE SUN, by Frankie Kavakich OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: It's the end of the world and everyone's handling it in their own way. CHASE THE SUN is a game about running, family, and death. It features topics that may be considered surreal, unsettling, or upsetting to... |
| Child's Play, by Stephen Granade Average member rating: It is playgroup day and playgroup day is normally a good day but ever since that little red-haired girl started coming she always wants your toys. She shouldn't get your toys. You tried telling the mom this... |
| A Chinese Room, by Milo van Mesdag OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A one or two reader experience, A Chinese Room is one story in two. A story of power, control, inhumanity, and love.... |
| Cicatrix, by Amanda Walker Average member rating: (1 rating)Sometimes masks become scars. This is a poem made with Inform code. You could paste this code into Inform 7 and play it*, but the code is the story and the output is incidental and not very interesting to... |
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| Civil Service, by Helen L Liston OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Some offices attract bad energy - this one has so much that you can see it. But now you've joined the team things could be different! Just maybe there's a way to improve things, to make a difference. If you... |
| climbing 208 feet up the ruin wall, by Porpentine Average member rating: -OVER 207 FEET -MORE THAN 1,000,000 PROCEDURALLY GENERATED VINES -REALISTIC WEATHER SYSTEM -LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A “CLIMB”-INAL INVESTIGATION |
| Closed Door; Key?, by KnightAnNi Average member rating: Closed Door; Key? is an interactive fiction game based on the seed "Room; Closed Door" by Charm Cochran. The challenge from this seed was to make an escape room game using Twine and using only nouns or... |
| Closure, by Sarah Willson OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Kira hasn't been the same since the breakup. Now she's done something really reckless, and she's asking for your help to figure out what went wrong with TJ. What else can you say? She's your best friend. |
| A Collegial Conversation, by alyshkalia Average member rating: The residents of the City of Zelio’s government complex have gathered for one of their regular soirees. The large, gas-lit hall with its gleaming marble floor, columns supporting the mezzanine, tables... |
| Color the Truth, by mathbrush OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Rosalita Morales is dead, and you have to figure out who did it. The four people closest to her had the motive and the means: her partner, her secretary, her ex-husband, and her sister. Re-live their... |
| The Column, by Passerine Average member rating: Perform the ritual or suffer the curse. |
| ConfigurationUploader, by Autumn Chen Average member rating: ConfigurationUploader is a program for uploading configurations. |
| The Counsel in The Cave, by Joshua Fratis OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Graduate. Become lost. Imagine what's possible. |
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: (253 ratings)Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon reduced the British colonizing fleet to one ship. Since then, Atlantis... |
| Cozy Simulation 2999, by KADW Average member rating: Short horror game made for SeedComp 2023 in a few days. About fifteen minutes long. (4/25/2023: This game was made in a short period of time, and looking back on it, I like it even less than I did before. I... |
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 JohnsonAverage member rating: A tribute to Anchorhead. |
| Crash, by Phil Riley OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Space Station Omicron-5 in the Deneb system is the biggest Space Authority outpost for many light years. You have the honor of being a member of the Repair Corps, repairing appliances and the like on Space... |
| creak, creak, by chandler groover Average member rating: "You have to look." 111 words. Made for Porpentine's Twiny Jam. |
| Creatures Such As We, by Lynnea Glasser Average member rating: A dating sim about how humanity connects through art, even out in the vastness of space. |
| CYBERQUEEN, by Porpentine Average member rating: integration necessitates evisceration |
| Cycle, by alyshkalia Average member rating: Tiel's partner Heron is the one thing in his life that makes him happy. So when Heron says ey's done with him, how can Tiel not go to desperate lengths to get em to stay? A story game with three possible... |
| Dark and Deep, by Amanda Walker Average member rating: Secrets, sins, and bones that will not rest. Content warnings: Violence, death, murder, sexual content |
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| The Daughter, by GioBorrows OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: In the far future everybody is queer, immortal, childless and looks like hot 30 years old. The first daughter born in thousands of years is found killed under mysterious circumstances. As her native... |
| A Day for Fresh Sushi, by Emily Short Average member rating: No time for fantasy. Must feed fish. |
| The Dead Account, by Naomi Norbez OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Per Hivekind's 12.3.14 Update, you are required to shut the account of dead users. As it is your first day on this job, you must only close one: Mike Stanvinchi's. How will those closest to him take it? Play... |
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| Deep Dark Wood, by Senica Thing Average member rating: You're now at the Main Crossroads. There are seven paths leading from here into the Deep Dark Wood. Each path is a separate micro game written by a student from Senica, Slovakia as an answer to an open call... |
| Defrosted, by Riyadth Average member rating: submission for #ECTOCOMP2022 learn random bengali phrases and survive in a world where antarctica is an arboretum of plant monsters based on this weird dream i had. there are three endings. credit to... |
| Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin ('Edgar O. Weyrd') Average member rating: |
| Deliquescence, by Not-Only But-Also Riley OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Your close friend is melting. She doesn't have much time left. How will you be there for her final moments? ... |
| The Den, by Ben Jackson OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: (17 ratings)Vee and Aiden have spent their entire lives in a place they call ‘The Den’. Father looks after them and protects them from the outside world. They have never thought about leaving – until something... |
| Depression Quest, by Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, Isaac Schankler Average member rating: "An interactive (non)fiction about living with depression." The player of this multimedia hypertext game is given a series of everyday life events, and has to attempt to manage their illness, relationships,... |
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| Detectiveland, by Robin Johnson Average member rating: New Losago, 1929 - a town full of creeps, clowns, mobsters and, if you know where to look, the occasional honest citizen. Guide private investigator Lanson Rose through a series of puzzling cases: solve the... |
| Die Another Day, by Emery Joyce (And another... and another...) You are having a small problem. |
| Disco Elysium - The Final Cut, by ZA/UM Average member rating: (13 ratings)Disco Elysium is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack... |
| Do Good Deeds..., by Sissy Average member rating: Modis the elf faces mockery from the forest inhabitants due to his unusual appearance. However, many of the animals struggle to complete their preparations for winter, and it depends on Modis whether they... |
| Doki Doki Literature Club, by Team Salvato Average member rating: Hi, Monika here! Welcome to the Literature Club! It's always been a dream of mine to make something special out of the things I love. Now that you're a club member, you can help me make that dream come true... |
| Dr Horror's House of Terror, by Ade McT OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The Grave cannot hold them...Nothing human can stop them...Torn from their tombs to terrify the world, the cravings of their undead blood made them kill...kill...KILL! Feel the chill of the crypt in your... |
| A Dream of Silence: Acts 1 and 2, by Abigail Corfman OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A monster has its teeth in your companions. It builds nightmares out of their worst memories and drinks their pain. One of your companions has a particularly bad worst memory. But you can interfere. You are... |
| Dungeons & Distractions, by Emery Joyce Average member rating: Having recently been turned into a werewolf, you're trying to make some friends in the supernatural community, and you're doing it the only way you know how: through tabletop gaming. Funny coincidence,... |
| Dust, by IkeC Average member rating: A Western Story. English version of Staub (German). |
| The Dying of the Light, by Amanda Walker Average member rating: Do not go gentle. Rage, rage. Content Warnings: This game is about dementia and violent psychosis. |
| Eat Me, by Chandler Groover Average member rating: In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts. |
| Eikas, by Lauren O'Donoghue OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: a community kitchen You've just arrived at the Canteen, ready to take up the role of Community Chef. It's your job to host regular feasts for the people in the village--and to impress your new employers... |
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| Elvish for Goodbye, by David Gürçay-Morris OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: "To think of 'living' there was to reduce the miraculous to the mundane; one does not 'live' at Xanadu." ... |
| Elysium, by Ethersic A short interactive fiction butchering of Greek mythology made in 5 hours. It contains mature themes and content and is intended for ages 17 and up. Submission for Locus Jam 2024 — Other Entries Content... |
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| End of Life Care, by 80% Relatable Average member rating: This is a short Twine story about navigating the US health care system while suicidal. But, like, in a funny way. |
| Endings, by Grim OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: "Misunderstandings reach their expected endings." |
| Endure, by Emily Short Average member rating: "Endure" is an interactive translation of four lines of the Odyssey. It responds to the player's choice of translation strategy as well as to the order of translation; the words you translate first will... |
| The Enigma of the Old Manor House, by Daniel M. Stelzer OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Everyone's heard stories about the old mansion on the hill. Decades ago, they say, old Doctor Black lived up there all alone. Until something happened—nobody knows what—and he vanished without a trace.... |
| Enveloping Darkness, by John Muhlhauser, Helen Pluta, and Othniel Aryee OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Your brother is dead. Well, that’s what everyone tells you. He was taken by orcs when you were eleven, and since then, you’ve been living on your own. |
| Erstwhile, by Aster (formally Maddie) Fialla, Marijke Perry OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The neighborhood Thanksgiving party was going pretty well until you keeled over and died. Now you're a ghost, and you're going to figure out who killed you. But you can't exactly interview people or search... |
| Escape from Hell, by Nils Fagerburg Average member rating: You've been trapped in a stupid zombie accountant long enough, tonight you steal another body and... Escape from Hell! A puzzly parserless parser game. |
| Escape From the Tomb of the Celestial Knights, by Megona Average member rating: Find your way out of a mysterious crypt. (Author's Comment: "My first text adventure game attempt.") |
| Esther's, by Brad Buchanan and Alleson Buchanan OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: At Esther's cafe your adorable host Served cheese to the mice when they wanted toast! That won't bother Harold's robust appetite, But Janie insists that the order's not right. Author's Postmortem |
| Etiolated Light, by Lassiter W. Average member rating: A marriage contract, an isolated island, a house that seems to gnash its teeth in waiting. You have saved your family - but at what cost? |
| Euphoria Brighter Than A Comet, by Naomi Norbez (call me Bez) Average member rating: Beckj, a Plutonian on earth for beir ornithology degree, has been invited to a fraternity's Halloween party. Can bey stay within humanity's expected gender roles, and navigate beir love for beir best Earth... |
| eurydice exhumed, by sweetfish Average member rating: EURYDICE EXHUMED Orpheus descends into the underworld to retrieve his beloved. Made for Single Choice Jam. Click, tap, or press space/return to advance text. |
| Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: It starts with a metalhead, Graham, realizing that throwing that shopping cart over the bridge was not the great idea he thought it was. Even if it did get him out of washroom duty at Cost Cutters.... |
| EVISCERATETHISGIRL.COM, by KADW Average member rating: EVISCERATETHISGIRL.COM—the website you spend a bit too much time on... Horror game made for the Neo Twiny Jam, with less than 500 words. About 10 minutes long. Contains flashing animations and audio. |
| Ex Nihilo, by Juhana Leinonen Average member rating: In the beginning there was nothing. From nothing light and darkness were born. |
| Excalibur, by J. J. Guest, G. C. Baccaris, and Duncan Bowsman Average member rating: The psychedelic science fantasy series Excalibur was wiped by the BBC. It lives on, in the memories of its fans. Author's Comment: "Welcome to the Excalibur Wiki. This fan-run encyclopaedia preserves the... |
| Façade, by Michael Mateas, Andrew Stern Average member rating: Façade is an artificial intelligence-based art/research experiment in electronic narrative—an attempt to move beyond traditional branching or hyper-linked narrative to create a fully-realized, one-act... |
| Faery: Swapped, by mathbrush Average member rating: When you discover that your family has been invaded by faeries, there is only one thing to do: take names, and kick...well, actually, just take names. Cover art by Xing. |
| Fail-Safe, by Jon Ingold Average member rating: |
| Fairest, by Amanda Walker Average member rating: “Mirror, mirror, on the wall,” you say dreamily, gazing into its sparkling surface… “You know,” replies the mirror, “I can do a lot more than just reflect fair faces. O, how I long to leap off... |
| A few hours later in the day of The Egocentric, by Ola Hansson OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Walk around a comic strip in which an absurdly egocentric guy gets caught in the crossfire between two tough guy-LARPing elderly track and field officials who've turned their starter-pistol hobby into their... |
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| Fine Felines, by Felicity Banks OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You are a twenty-four-year-old who just inherited $10,000. Can you run a successful cat-breeding business? --------------- There is a spoiler-filled Cheat Sheet option at the very beginning of the game for... |
| Fingertips: Everything Is Catching On Fire, by Emery Joyce Average member rating: This may be just one of the job hazards that you have to put up with in your line of work, but still, you're not really a big fan of apartments being set on fire. (Unless you're doing it, which is only when... |
| Fingertips: I don't understand you, by Matt Weiner Average member rating: Type what you want at the command prompt! |
| Fingertips: I Found a New Friend, by Adri Average member rating: You've had a long day. All you want to do is climb into bed. But why is your pillow quivering like that? Written for the Apollo 18+20 tribute album project, and loosely inspired by the They Might Be Giants... |
| Fingertips: I Hear the Wind Blow, by Jacqueline A. Lott Average member rating: |
| Fingertips: I'm Having a Heart Attack, by Andrew Schultz Average member rating: It's your time to make a statement. Make sure your nerves don't fail before your heart does. |
| Fingertips: What's That Blue Thing Doing Here?, by Ruth Alfasso Average member rating: Each step of this one-move game takes you into an entirely different, very short, story. Often, there's a blue thing. What's it doing here? |
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| Fish Bowl, by Ethan Rupp and Joshua Rupp Average member rating: You are a beachcomber living by the shore. Today, you wake to find an empty fish bowl in your home, and don't remember how it got there. You try to piece your memory back together, but soon learn what the... |
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| fix it, by Lily Boughton Average member rating: there are many things for you to do today but first, there is a slight issue |
| Focal Shift, by Fred Snyder OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: All you were supposed to do is sneak into a fintech company and steal some data. You didn't expect the client to use the comm chip jacked into your cybernetic implant as a cattle prod. And you definitely... |
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| Forever and Ever, by PetricakeGames-IF Average member rating: A father will do anything to keep his son safe. |
| Forsaken Denizen, by C.E.J. Pacian OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: THIS GAME CONTAINS SCENES OF IMPLICIT VIOLENCE AND GORE. * * * (A text-only survival horror.) |
| Forward, by Naomi Norbez (call me Bez) Average member rating: CW: Discussion of anxiety & self-hatred. Developed for SeedComp 2024. I made this because I needed it. I hope it can help someone else, too. Seeds used: https://amanda-walker.itch.io/memory-quilt... |
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| Fourbyfourian Quarryin', by Andrew Schultz Average member rating: After conquering Fivebyfivia to create a full Twelvebytwelvia in ParserComp 2021, your homeland is looking to expand again! The seven small bordering Fourbyfourias are just waiting to become part of... |
| free bird., by Passerine OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A minimalist hopepunk avian escape game written for SeedComp! 2023. Seeds used: Feathered Fury by Amanda Walker Room; Closed Door by Charm Cochran This story includes mild descriptions of animal neglect and... |
| Galatea, by Emily Short OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Emily Short's description: A conversation with a work of art. "47. Galatea. White Thasos marble. Non-commissioned work by the late Pygmalion of Cyprus. (The artist has since committed suicide.) Originally... |
| The Garbage of the Future, by AM Ruf OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: On a dark and ominous night, two workers drive to the lake to do a job. It's a dirty and difficult job, but somebody has to do it. It's probably best not to think too much about it, or about the strange... |
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| Gestures Towards Divinity, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was a British painter, infamous for his use of brutal imagery and distortions of the human face and body. Well-known for both his violent subject matter and cutting wit, he is... |
| Ghost Hunt, by solipsistgames Ghost Hunt Search for a ghost in a locked room full of clues and bric-a-brac. A Locus Jam entry |
| A Ghost Story, by Nils Fagerburg Average member rating: |
| Glass, by Emily Short Average member rating: The Prince sits awkwardly on the couch, holding his glass slipper and trying to keep it from crushing. Lucinda and Theodora have the ends of the same couch, and they are taking turns seeing who can bend... |
| Glimmer, by Katie Benson OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: It's bleak out there. No one would blame you for turning away. |
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| God is in the Radio, by catsket OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: HIS LOVE IS ETERNAL. HIS LIGHT IS ETERNAL. CONTENT WARNINGS INCLUDE: death, cults, nonsexual nudity, abuse, and descriptions of body horror and gore. RENPY 8.0 IS NOT ALLOWING WEB BUILDS AT THE MOMENT. THE... |
| The Golden, by Kerry Taylor Average member rating: You are Jane, a seventeen year old girl trapped in a seaside house with no electricity and little food. Navigate the house, your increasingly strained relationships with your father and brother, and your own... |
| The Good Ghost, by Sarah Willson, Kirk Damato OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A wholesome haunt in five acts. |
| Grandma, by Oliver Lomax Grandma is a short interactive retelling of a popular fairy tale. Written using Twine. |
| Grandma Bethlinda's Remarkable Egg, by Arthur DiBianca Average member rating: How do you break out of handcuffs when all you've got is an egg? |
| Graveyard Strolls, by Adina Brodkin OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The sky is grey. The sun is setting. You’ve never been a believer in ghosts, but they still want to tell you all their secrets as you wander their graveyard.... |
| The Grown-Up Detective Agency, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The only thing Bell Park likes more than a mystery is solving it on her own. But when a time-traveling 12-year-old version of herself lands face-down on her rented co-working desk, she'll have no choice but... |
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| Halfway, To The Lamppost, by Kaitlin Tremblay OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Halfway, To The Lamppost is a short horror Twine game about fear. Play as Caroline as she walks down the street to her friend's house. Caroline and her friend are supposed to meet each other halfway -- at... |
| Hanging by threads, by Carlos Pamies OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Discover Oban, the spider-web city. |
| The Haunted Help Desk, by DSherwood Average member rating: Survive a maze of oddly themed offices to get IT support. Get help from characters whose unique personalities define the bizarre day you're about to have. One wrong move could mean spending eternity trapped... |
| He Knows That You Know and Now There's No Stopping Him, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: How are you going to talk your way out of this? Act I of the RGB Cycle, written for the Neo-Twiny Jam 2024 and the Bluebeard Jam. Word count: 497 Content warnings: violence, murder, brief strong language,... |
| Headlights, by Jordan White and Eric Zinda OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You’ve made some poor decisions and they’ve brought you to this place. The clock is ticking but you still have time. Time to make some better choices. Time to turn things around. Time to get on the right... |
| Hebe, by Marina Diagourta OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Your anniversary celebration takes a dark turn when the Titan Kronos strikes Mount Olympus, threatening the very existence of the Olympian gods! Embark on a journey through ancient Greece, where you'll solve... |
| Hidden Gems, Hidden Secrets, by Naomi Norbez, Josh Grams Average member rating: The members of the Hidden Gems Of Poetry Group are close. Even the move from internet forum to web server can't break their bond. But heartbreaking news could mean the end of things as they know it. A short... |
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| Horse Master, by Tom McHenry OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The Game of Horse Mastery |
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| The House Abandon, by jonNoCode Average member rating: A unique horror game, inside another horror game. 80’s text-adventure by way of psychological horror and meta-representation. A short story, free, for PC and Mac. Created for Ludum Dare 36, this 72 hour... |
| House of Wolves, by Shruti Deo OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Wake up. Work. Eat. Dream. Bear it all again, over and over. How can a human live in the House of Wolves? Content warning: abuse, bigotry, coercion |
| How Dare You, by alyshkalia OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Your partner's just told you ey's done—ey's leaving you. But you know you can convince em to change eir mind. You just have to show em how much ey means to you. How much you care. _______ This is a short,... |
| howling dogs, by Porpentine Average member rating: death cube sim | galactic survey | visionatrix | facet machine | power gardens | women | fascination two significant endings |
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| i love gardening, by shecallsmecdawg Average member rating: i love gardening !!! Do you love gardening too?! |
| I PROMISE I AM WORKING ON THE GAME, by manonamora Average member rating: Come aboard the struggle bus... I PROMISE I AM WORKING ON THE GAME is a binksi... something I guess. Sort of an interactive game, sort of not? I don't know anymore. Most of it was written at 2am... CW:... |
| i wish you were dead., by Sofía Abarca OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: you can’t take the burden of it anymore, no matter how strong your love is for her. but how do you tell the person you love that you can’t – or won’t – love them anymore?... |
| The iCarly RPG, by StamblerRambler OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The iCarly RPG is an interactive fiction game based on the Nickelodeon show iCarly! Kind of. Help Carly Shay survive the ups and downs of high school, from math tests to encounters with ancient deities, in... |
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| The Impossible Bottle, by Linus Åkesson Average member rating: Housework is only as dull as your imagination. Join Emma, six years old, on a playful adventure of peculiar proportions. Merciful puzzlefest. Parser or point-and-click, as you please. Web (including mobile)... |
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| In The Details, by M.A. Shannon Average member rating: Tonight's your big night, Mx. Soon-To-Be Superstar and nothing will stand in your way. You've had everything planned out for the last year leading up to now, and with all the big names coming to tonight's... |
| INK, by Sangita V Nuli OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: After the death of someone important, a mysterious letter is found that changes everything. Content warning: Horror, Character Death, Body Horror, Implied Violence |
| Inside, by Ira Vlasenko OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: We were sentenced to trial by ordeal. However, there is a way to survive. I taught you this incantation when I got into your head. Now it's time to take a deep breath and say it. Even I can't tell you what... |
| Insomnia: Twenty-Six Adventures After Dark, by Leon Lin Average member rating: What adventures will you have when you can’t sleep at night? An enthralling tale with more than 25 endings! |
| Into The Sun, by Dark Star OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Sitting on the cold side of Mercury, you've waited two months for space debris to drift through the system, caught in the sun's gravity well. Satellites make for great salvage, and you've earned enough... |
| It can't be true it mustn't be true, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: He couldn't have... could he? Act III of the RGB Cycle, written for the Neo-Twiny Jam 2024 and the Anti-Romance Jam. Word count: 500 Content warnings: violence, murder, brief strong language, brief... |
| It Was Meant to End Like This, by catsket Average member rating: a 495 word introduction to the death of the receptionist. best understood if you have played art without blood, though it is not required.this game contains music by zack valence. made for the neo-twiny jam.... |
| January, by litrouke OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A year in the life of a man after the end of the world. Dynamic fiction, story-based, heavy themes. Content warning: Suicide, trauma, violence, gore, strong language |
| Jumpscare Manor, by Damon L. Wakes Average member rating: It's pronounced "Jump-scar-ay." |
| Junior Arithmancer, by Mike Spivey OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A one-to-many-room puzzler. |
| The Killings in Wasacona, by Steve Kollmansberger OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: There's a killer on the loose! As a fresh graduate of the FBI Academy, you have been called to a small town struck by a series of suspicious deaths. Can you solve the mystery before the clock runs out?... |
| KING OF XANADU, by MACHINES UNDERNEATH OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: And what a lovely place. ... |
| The King's Ball, by Garry Francis Average member rating: Every year, the king holds an extravagant ball where he invites all the local dignitaries and they lavish him with gifts. The king sells some of these gifts after the ball and uses the money to fund the ball... |
| Kiss of Beth, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: A short piece, in which you have a conversation and then make a choice. It was created in two weeks as an entry to the first Indie Horror Jam, run in July of 2021, where it placed joint 3rd. This game... |
| The Kuolema, by Ben Jackson Average member rating: This game has now been entirely 'remastered' in Twine. An abandoned ship is found adrift in the South China Sea. Its radio is silent and there's no sign of anyone on board. As a lone operative, you are... |
| Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier Average member rating: Navigate fraught social situations by day and pull off heists by night as Lady Thalia, the not-actually-aristocratic thief bent on making a mockery of British high society. |
| The Lady's Book of Decency, by Sean OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A Practical Treatise on Manners, Feeding, and etiquette |
| The Last Christmas Present, by JG Heithcock OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: "There was one present left under the Christmas tree, a wooden box with a tag that said 'I open at the close'"... |
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| Last Valentine's Day, by Daniel Gao Average member rating: This Valentine's Day feels an awful lot like Groundhog Day... ... |
| Last Vestiges, by thesleuthacademy Average member rating: Hertfordshire Avenue. A body. ... |
| Lazy Wizard's Guide, by Lenard Gunda OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: It is time to take the final exam in your magician studies. The only problem is, for all the years you have spent in this prestigious school of magic, you have been really lazy. Really, really, "you don't... |
| leave the lights on, by Naarel Average member rating: This story features sexual content (so, it's NSFW). It touches upon issues of objectification, abusive relationship dynamics, victim blaming (centered on self) and degradation in sexual context. Is it wrong... |
| let the lights bleed, by Naarel Average member rating: (1 rating)At this moment, you don't want me. Did you ever want me? Or is it all just about my body? This story features sexual content (so, it's NSFW). It touches upon issues of objectification of trans individuals,... |
| Let Them Eat Cake, by Alicia Morote OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The small riverside town of Sangnoire holds a deep and dear tradition: the Saving Day Festival. Each year, the citizens gather and offer their best tributes to celebrate the town and its continued existence.... |
| Let's Talk Alex, by Stephanie Smith Average member rating: A simulation of what it’s like to try and leave a relationship after emotional & mental abuse. Players confront their significant other about unhealthy behaviors, using memories to support their claims. |
| The Library, by Leonardo Boselli OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: When you read in the evening and a tale catches you, you immerse yourself in reading late into the night, until you fall asleep. It's night. You are reading the "Library of Babel" by Jorge Luis Borges. You... |
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| Lime Ergot, by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight) Average member rating: Now everyone is gone. (Well, almost everyone.) Entry in ECTOCOMP 2014. |
| Limerick Heist, by Pace Smith Average member rating: Rule 1 is that no one gets iced. Rule 2: the loot's evenly sliced. There's only two rules. Now listen up, fools! We're pulling a... |
| Lonehouse, by Ayu Sekarlangit Mokoginta Average member rating: After your estranged sister's death, you face difficulty sorting through her personal belongings. As you navigate your grief through these objects, you begin to reminisce about old times and learn about her... |
| A Long Way to the Nearest Star, by SV Linwood OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A thief on the run from the galactic police finds refuge on an abandoned spaceship. A lonely ship AI finds unexpected company. Explore the ship, solve puzzles, uncover mysteries, and befriend an AI who... |
| The Lost Artist: Prologue, by Alejandro Ruiz del Sol and Martina Oyhenard OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: All artists deserve to be free. Don't you agree? This is a narrative driven game made to simulate the experience of being a successful detective solving a strange case. An artist has lost her way, and it's... |
| Lost at the market, by Nynym OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: On my boatride back to my hometown after a failed music career, my insomnia seems to have finally ended, yet the world I have woken up to seems so different than the one I know of, and it talks to me in it's... |
| Lost Coastlines, by William Dooling OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: > SHARE all your stories > RECORD all your secrets > ANSWER all your questions > RENOUNCE all your possessions > WAKE UP... (For a *slightly* less surreal mapping experience, improved fonts, and a manual,... |
| Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: 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 |
| Low-Key Learny Jokey Journey, by Andrew Schultz OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The Burning Bright Spurning Sprite had nothing better to do than dumping you here. Maybe they'll give you a backhanded compliment if you stumble through! |
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| Lucid, by Caliban's Revenge OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: "The train stops at the rain slick station. The lights are going out on the platform. No one has ever seen the sky from here, but you can tell it's black outside. It will be black here too, very soon.”... |
| machina caerulea, by manonamora Average member rating: Hello, Blanche... Do you remember what happened? No... Well... That's fine. machina caerulea is a short Twine piece made for the Neo-Twiny Jam, the Bluebeard Jam, the Love/Violence Jam and the Anti-Romance... |
| Mad, Sad, Glad, by echo river We did it, team! It's time to reflect on all the wins of our last project. We know there were some misfortunes and bumps on the road, but we achieved our goals thanks to TEAMWORK. Please don't be late to... |
| Make It Good, by Jon Ingold Average member rating: 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... |
| A Man Outside, by litrouke Average member rating: a short atmospheric horror game in the vein of creepypasta and r/nosleep. audio required. |
| MARTYR ME, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: From the moment you first saw me, you knew what you had to do. Contains strong language, violence, and gore, all purely on a textual level. Created in less than four hours as an entry to the La Petite Mort... |
| Masks, by Mark Sample Average member rating: You’re a courier for the resistance, trapped on a university campus under siege. The environment around you is coming apart, fast. Made for subQjam 2019, where works are limited to 1000 words and the... |
| A Matter of Heist Urgency, by FLACRabbit OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: "CROWN JEWELS STOLEN!" scream the headlines of the Meighsalot newspapers. Anastasia the Power Pony is no ordinary horse, and she's not going to let the Smashy Llamas get away with their latest villainous... |
| maybe make some change, by Aaron A. Reed Average member rating: Inspired by the Maywand district killings in Afghanistan, 'maybe make some change' explores a frozen battlefield moment from six violently conflicting perspectives. |
The Maze Gallery, by Cryptic Conservatory, Paxton et al.Show other authorsRachel Aubertin, Chrys Pine, Ed Lu, Toni Owen-Blue, Christi Kerr, Sean Song, Joshua Campbell, Dawn Sueoka, Randy Hayes, Allyson Gray, Shana E. Hadi, Dominique Nelson, Orane Defiolle, An Artist's Ode, Sisi Peng, Kazu Lupo, divineshadow777, Robin Scott, Sarah Barker, TavernKeep, Alex Parker, Mia Parker, J Isaac Gadient, Charm Cochran, Ghost Clown, and IFcoltransGAverage member rating: The Maze Gallery was created over the course of 6 months by 34 contributors, 27 of them authors. It is a choice-based interactive fiction game about a surreal art museum that is intent on keeping its patrons... |
| Mermaids of Ganymede, by Seth Paxton OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Trapped at the bottom of Ganymede's ocean, beneath a thick layer of ice, your survey ship has crash landed. Your crew has begun to see things swimming out there in the dark, and no one has ever made if off... |
| Metallic Red, by Riaz Moola OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Wake from uneasy dreams. Float within the mist created by the low flow shower head in the bathroom of your inter system capable Personal Space Vehicle. Tend to the Japanese greens in the hydroponics array.... |
| The Miller's Garden, by Damon L. Wakes OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: When the miller died, he left his garden. And when the mill was torn down, the river changed its course. |
| Miss Duckworthy's School for Magic-Infested Young People, by Felicity Banks OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The thing about being seventeen years old and newly infested with magic is that you are no longer a child to be protected, but a problem to be solved. There's a solid chance you'll get shot or stabbed or... |
| Miss Gosling's Last Case, by Daniel M. Stelzer OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: "We are saddened to report that Miss Winifred Gosling of Marswich Green met her untimely demise this morning in a heartbreaking canine mishap. Miss Gosling, 76, was well-known for her long and illustrious... |
| My Brother; The Parasite, by qrowscant Average member rating: It is a kind of symbiosis. ... |
| my father's long, long legs, by michael lutz Average member rating: A weird tale. Some parts make use of sound, so this game is best played with headphones. One ending. |
| My Gender Is a Fish, by Carter X Gwertzman OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Magpies from the forbidden woods like to steal things: coins, jewelry, your gender identity. It's starting to get dark, so you'd better find your gender fast. If only you could remember what it looked... |
| My Girl, by Sophia de Augustine OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Santiago loves the sea, and is loved by Her in turn. Carmilla can't live like this. |
| Narthex, by Wilem Ortiz Meet a sweet creature who will guide you to your party (made in 4 hours) |
| Never Gives Up Her Dead, by Mathbrush OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: (20 ratings)Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the strange red portals opening up throughout the ship. Explore ten... |
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| No More, by alyshkalia Your father's had enough of your insolence... and you've had enough of his abuse. A short, interactive horror story. Play the traditional way by typing commands to progress, or enable story mode and simply... |
| No One Else Is Doing This, by Lauren O'Donoghue OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You are a community organiser. This is your job, four nights out of five; you sell people hope on their doorsteps. But your passion for the work is waning, and you're struggling to hit your targets. Can you... |
| Nonverbal Communication, by Allyson Gray Average member rating: Words fail you — in a literal sense — as you prepare to confront a monster from your past. |
| The Northnorth Passage., by Caleb Wilson (as Snowball Ice) Average member rating: Oh no, the old family curse has flared up! This is a short story about limits to action. |
| Nose Bleed, by Stanley W. Baxton OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Please, stop embarassing us. Content warning: Excessive bleeding, mild gore, social anxiety |
| Not Another Sad Meal, by manonamora Average member rating: After a difficult breakup, and a long night of drinking, you decide to take your life back and put things back in order. Starting with a simple meal. Treat yourself! Not Another Sad Meal is a parser cooking... |
| not knowing when the dawn will come, i open every door, by Patrick Fox Average member rating: A man goes home to a small town in Quebec to investigate rumours about a haunted house next door to his childhood home. |
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| Octopus's Garden, by Michael D. Hilborn Average member rating: You have no complaints about your aquarium... except for its view. You’ve been staring out the same window for months on end. It’s time for this octopus to make a change. Author's Comment: "This author's... |
| Of Their Shadows Deep, by Amanda Walker OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A story about love and disease and loss. Contains graphics and has a screen reader mode for use with text to speech software. Written in Inform 7 for 2022 ParserComp. Play time about one hour. Content... |
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| One Final Pitbull Song (at the End of the World), by Paige Morgan OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: "this is for you, a playlist for our adventures" Track Listing: 1. The Old World Has Ended - Evanescence 2. From the Ashes I Rise - Pitbull 3. Criminales Enamorados - Shakira 4. Hidin’ in Zona - Macklemore... |
| One More Page, by PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé Average member rating: Your friend Ash and you were up to no good last night. You agreed to meet up at yours tonight, but it seems like you may have bitten more than you could chew. What is that mysterious tome you've been trying... |
| One Way Ticket, by Vitalii Blinov OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: I was heading for a new life and my train brought me here. Nice town: friendly people, corn cuisine, mysterious architecture... ... |
| The Only Possible Prom Dress, by Jim Aikin OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Ten years ago you had to burgle every store in Stufftown to get your hands on the sought-after doll called Sugar Toes Ballerina so your 7-year-old daughter Samantha wouldn't be heartbroken on Christmas... |
| origin of love, by Sophia de Augustine Average member rating: heretical poetry for your undead lover. 23:4 - though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i will fear no evil: for you are with me. entry for ectocomp 2022 in the "la petite mort" category: 4... |
| Palazzo Heist, by Julien Z / smwhr Average member rating: Your mission, should you accept it, is to penetrate the Palazzo Moltieri tonight. Made for the Neo-Twiny Jam : an interactive fiction in less than 500 words. Made using the Porcelaine framework in the... |
| A Papal Summons, or The Church Cat, by Bitter Karella OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The pope -- the holy father himself! -- has summoned you to Rome for a personal audience. But the Vatican is a massive, bustling city, full of twisting avenues and winding corridors and so many oubliettes,... |
| PARANOIA, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: Paranoia is a short interactive spot-the-difference puzzler. It was created in less than one week for ParserComp 2024, the Locus Jam, and the I'm On Observation Duty Jam. |
| parasite, by Porpentine Average member rating: trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9tGJapK-jI made for the new inquiry, to coincide with my interview: http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/beautiful-weapons/ |
| Pass A Bill, by Leo Weinreb OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Corruption and greed run rampant across the nation and people are losing hope. That's why it's tough for a newly-elected politician like yourself; there's a lot of pressure on you to get things done. But in... |
| PataNoir, by Simon Christiansen Average member rating: The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle. |
| Patrick, by michael lutz Average member rating: A very short game about having an uncomfortable conversation with a vaguely sinister white guy. One ending. Or is there? Ask a friend to play and then compare notes. |
| The Periwink, by Jedediah Berry Average member rating: It's your last day as her ladyship's groundskeeper—but you still have a little work left to do. A Petite Mort entry for ECTOCOMP 2016. |
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| The Play, by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky) Average member rating: Pull yourself together, Ainsley. Just one more rehearsal until the big day, assuming nothing catastrophic happens. But really, all you have to do is get your motley crew of actors to run their parts once... |
| Please Leave a Message, by Sarah Willson Average member rating: To delete and rerecord, press 2. |
| Poetic Justice, by Onno Brouwer Average member rating: Step into the shoes of a legendary poet defending yourself against accusations of plagiarism from iconic poets of history. Will you prevail and secure your rightful place in the annals of poetic history, or... |
| Polish the Glass , by Keltie Wright Average member rating: An odd story about a child, a bar, and something hiding in the glass. Does contain sound, recommend checking settings and using headphones for best experience. Mature content. There is only one ending. |
| The Pool, by Jacob Reux OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You work at a research institute that studies aquatic life. But you swear you just saw something strange in the water. Content warning: There are scenes of violence and horror. As such this game contains... |
| The Princess of Vestria, by K Paulo OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: ‘Be brave, listen to the voice inside that guides you…’... |
| Prism, by Eliot M.B. Howard OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Born to a city of wonders beyond your reach, scarcity has always been a close friend. As a courier, the city’s human infrastructure, you scale its roofworks, evade its constables, risk death every day for... |
| PROSPER.0, by groggydog OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You are a corporate drone tasked with purging poetry from CORPOTECH's Database of Subsumed Cultures. But when a mysterious interloper hacks into your console, you're faced with an escalating series of... |
| Queers in Love at the End of the World, by Anna Anthropy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: |
| Quintessence, by Lapin Lunaire Games Average member rating: Galina has always been Good. How could she not be? Beloved daughter of the town blacksmith, sweetheart of the farmer's most charming son, and envy of her peers—Galina's life is as close to ideal as it can... |
| Red Door Yellow Door, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: Guide your sister through a game of visualization, adventure, and danger, and perhaps discover truths about each other along the way. This was originally intended for SeedComp!, but winded up being a bigger... |
| Redjackets, by Anna C. Webster OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Rosco Jeppson has to die. But a man like that: a fine art dealer at the head of a massive organized crime ring (and a vampire at that) won't go down easy. But the Redjackets aren't your typical vampire... |
| Reg and the Kidnapped Fairy, by Caranmegil Average member rating: In this adventure, you are Reg, the Good Werewolf, who is tasked with finding all the good fairies who are kidnapped by the bad fairy. |
| Repeat the Ending, by Drew Cook Average member rating: Explore an all-new "critical edition" of a 1996 Inform 5 game about mental illness, magic, and the second law of thermodynamics. When D, a psychiatrically disabled chaos wizard, learns that an estranged... |
| The Roads not Taken, by manonamora Average member rating: The Ritual awaits... Are you ready to make your choice? The one that will shape the rest of your life? Or will regret the roads not taken? This game was submitted to the 2023 Edition of the SpringThing, an... |
| The Role of Music in Your Life, by Five Dials Average member rating: What is it? It's a questionnaire. But don't ask too many questions. The subject is music. That's about all you need to know. |
| Roofed, by Jim Munroe Average member rating: 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... |
| Rustjaw, by mathbrush Average member rating: Inspired by the Wayhaven Chronicles. |
| The Rye in the Dark City, by manonamora Average member rating: Entry to the SeedComp! Play Detective Rye, a down-on-the-luck detective about to delve into a strange case... Based on the names, locations, or plot points from following seeds: The Witch's Bakery by Ramona... |
| Save the Date, by Chris Cornell OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: "It’s a perfectly normal evening, and you have a quiet dinner planned with one of your friends. And so begins one of my weirder games. Save the Date is a game about a lot of things. Friendship. Stories.... |
| Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short Average member rating: The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne, carriage rides in the Tuileries, having your name whispered behind... |
| Savor, by Ed Nobody Average member rating: All you remember is that you're cursed. Cursed to spend every night writhing in pain. You've come here, to this desolate farmland, to find a cure. But now that you're here, you might find more than you... |
| Scarlet Portrait Parlor, by MathBrush (as Prismatik) Average member rating: In this minimalist story: Darkness has fallen. There is a loom. You carry a heavy guilt. |
| The Sculptor, by Yakoub Mousli Average member rating: Sways of an artist's delicate spirit. An 82 year old sculptor with no achievements to his name or a penny in his pocket now seeks to make the masterpiece of his dreams before his life fades. ... |
| Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero] |
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| The Shyler Project, by Naomi Norbez (call me Bez; e/he) OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Meet the latest advancement in AI technology! In times of trouble, Juniper turns to Shyler, a new mental health AI chatbot, for reassurance and help. Watch their relationship develop through the course of... |
| A Simple Happening, by Leon Lin OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: As a samurai, you have been condemned to die by your own hand. Can you escape your fate? |
| A Single Ouroboros Scale, by Naomi Norbez OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Algie was a Twine developer. Now he’s gone, but one of his online remnants is in your hands. (One last game, for now or forever. Time will decide which one.) |
| A Single Ouroboros Scale: My Postmortem, by Naomi Norbez Average member rating: A reflection on my Spring Thing project from the year I thought I would die. If you’re looking for a fun video game, you’ll be disappointed with this. I wanted to share my thoughts on ASOS’s... |
| Sirens in the Distance, by Astrid Dalmady Average member rating: You're sitting on a boat a few miles off shore when, suddenly, you hear sirens in the distance. An interactive short story for #mermay2019. |
| Skull-Scraper, by chandler groover Average member rating: "Scrape into a skull." Made for the Tiny Utopias Jam. |
| Skulljhabit, by Porpentine Average member rating: kind of like Dampe the gravedigger meets Harvest Moon meets Ligotti. |
| Smart Theory, by AKheon OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A strange, new thought system has been spreading like wildfire through schools and institutions - it has even taken over the university that you go to. What could this all mean? Perhaps we'll discover the... |
| So You Have a Knife at Your Throat, by Natasha Luna Average member rating: So You Have a Knife at Your Throat is a sapphic mini-thriller created for Neo-Twiny Jam, a game jam for tiny interactive fiction games. You are an assassin whose hard work has been rudely interrupted—by... |
| Soft Earth, by Jon Sorce OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: (4 ratings)It's been a long, long summer, and this town has gone longer still without rain. You are ten years old. Your parents are asleep. The window is unlocked, and there's a house in the woods where Grandma's ghost... |
| Solkatt_ (english version), by BenyDanette Average member rating: Solkatt (n.) Pronunciation : sole-cat Meaning : the spot of light from sunlight reflecting off a shiny surface. December 2023 - Game created on Decker by BenyDanette - submitted to ShuffleComp 2023,... |
| Something Blue, by Emery Joyce Average member rating: A young bride writes letters to her sister. |
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| Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: 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... |
| The Spirit Within Us, by Alessandro Ielo OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: THE SPIRIT WITHIN US is a psychological thriller & exploration game with four different endings based on the choices made during the game, leaving the player to decide the best course of action. THE SPIRIT... |
| Star Tripper, by Sam Ursu OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Inspired by the Palm Pilot game "Space Trader"... |
| Starlight Shadows, by Autumn Chen Average member rating: Lyra Leblanc has a mission: to save her city from the infiltrating nanotech entities. Help her gather allies to fight the demons that threaten her home. Made in 4 hours for La Petite Morte, Ectocomp 2022. |
| The Staycation, by Maggie H OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Your housemate and her boyfriend leave for a spring break trip.... |
| Sting, by Mike Russo Average member rating: Six bees. Five bags of groceries. A four-pound dumbbell. Three sailboats. One twin. Sting is a puzzleless parser memoir about ordinary days and unexpected interruptions. |
| The Storm, by Stephane F. Average member rating: At home, safe and warm. Everywhere : the night. Outside, the storm. « The Storm » is the english version of « La Tempête » released for the French comp 2018. Translation by Stéphane F. and Jack Welch. |
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| String Theory, by W Pzinski OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Some things in life you can choose, and some things, you're just stuck with... String Theory is an interactive short story about family and finding the courage to love. You play as Jay, a college student... |
| Studio, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: It's been a whirlwind few days, but you’re finally just about settled in. New place, new city, no one here yet for you to lean on. You’ve spent all day getting things set up, running errands, and... |
| Sugarlawn, by Mike Spivey Average member rating: With a loud "click," the door closes behind you. Finally! You are locked inside an antebellum Southern mansion, alone, wearing only a chicken costume. You've fantasized about this moment for years. |
| The Sun Doesn't Shine Here, by Stanley W. Baxton Average member rating: You're on an archeological expedition to the Lost City, and the sun doesn't shine here. |
| Sundown, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: You wake up from a nap, and realize it's getting late. It's past your dog's dinner time, and you haven't fed him yet! And where is that dog, anyway? |
| Suspended in the air so that all of your weight is concentrated on a single point halfway down your spine, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: Alone in a dark, unfamiliar room. Act II of the RGB Cycle, written for the Neo-Twiny Jam 2024 and the Love/Violence Jam. Word count: 500 Content warnings: violence, murder, and gore, on a purely textual... |
| Suveh Nux, by David Fisher Average member rating: An entry in the 2007 One Room Game Competition. You play a magician's servant who gets trapped in your master's vault; you'll need to learn some of his tricks if you want to get out. |
| Sweetpea, by Sophia de Augustine OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Someone claiming to be your father is trying to break in. Following the eponymous Sweetpea is: a mosaic faced guardian angel, something wearing her father’s guise, and the detritus of life in their gently... |
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| Tangaroa Deep, by Astrid Dalmady OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: We know more about space than we do about the ocean. Isn’t it time to start changing that? Released for the 2016 Spring Thing |
| Taste of Fingers, by V Dobranov OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Xianggang. Mere 20 years have passed and they don’t call the city its normal name anymore. Never was a fan of flying here. Still, here I am: left alone in a foreign country, in the middle of a sprawling... |
| TENT GAME, by ellis dex Average member rating: Inspired by true events... You are in charge of pitching your family's years-old tent. |
| Tethered, by Linus Åkesson Average member rating: "I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man."... |
| Thanatophobia, by Robert Goodwin OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A session with Madeline.... |
| Thanks, but I don't remember asking., by Mea Murukutla Average member rating: Making decisions for others has consequences. Be sure you’re prepared for them before you proceed. |
| That Sinister Self, by Astrid Dalmady Average member rating: You look in to a mirror. Your reflection does not look back. That Sinister Self is a short Twine game about a young girl and how she sees herself in the mirror. |
| their angelical understanding, by Porpentine Average member rating: I train to fight angels in a monastery by the sea. Wear headphones. TW: Suicidal ideation, ableism, abuse, possible epilepsy trigger. |
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| The Thick Table Tavern, by manonamora OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: One dream. Fourteen days. Serve drinks and gather enough tips to make it happen in time. Or choose chaos and mix whatever you feel like, damned the consequences.
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| Thin Walls, by Wynter Average member rating: I wonder how long it will take this room to feel like mine, this house to feel like home. I wonder when I will actually get to meet Eddie, the landlord. It's almost as if the house itself is pulsating, its... |
| A Thing of Wretchedness, by AKheon Average member rating: A lonely farmstead... A troubling situation... No easy answers. ... |
| The Thirty Nine Steps, by Graham Walmsley OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The man on the floor was quite dead, a knife through his heart skewering him to the floorboards. At a quarter to eight, the train would take me from London, where people would be searching for me, into the... |
| This Game is a Dog, by Amy Clare Fontaine OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: "This game is your dog. He may not seem like a real dog, because he is made of text. But it is still your task to love and care for him." This Game is a Dog is a short Twine-based story-game about wordplay,... |
| This Is A Picture Book, by A. Merc Rustad Average member rating: Don't turn the page. Jo's mountain adventure is not what it seems. |
| This Is A Real Thing That Happened, by Carolyn VanEseltine OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: This short game was created for RuinJam 2015. |
| This Person Is Not My Father, by N. Cormier Average member rating: Something is happening to your dad. |
| This Won't Make You Happy, by Mike Gillis OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Trek into the fearsome Caves of Despair in search of the Jewel of Happiness! Encounter grotesques and total weirdos! Collect all the shiny, shiny gems! All this and more in THIS WON'T MAKE YOU HAPPY——a... |
| A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: You awaken in a rowboat, in the middle of the ocean. Your food supply is low. Your drinking water is low. If you can wait 'til night, if you can see the stars, maybe you can navigate towards land. But... |
| A Thousand Words, by Milo van Mesdag Average member rating: A satirical comment on modern art commentators who have many more words than insights, with a sprinkle of absurdism on top as garnish. For the content warning, type 'content warning' in game. Made for... |
| Throne, by GamesByCam A kingdom suffering from rebellion. Your allies, deserted. Your palace, abandoned, save for you. Basking in your throne during the twilight hours of your empire, you’re feeling nostalgic. A... |
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| THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD., by Travis Moy Average member rating: A story of the sea. Made in four hours for the La Petite Mort category of EctoComp 2022. Story adapted from the Byzantium and Friends, episode 40, "Byzantine tales of horror and the macabre." Cover image... |
| The Tin Mug, by Alice E. Wells, Sia See and Jkj Yuio OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The Tin Mug is a short illustrated children's story of around 10 minutes. Meet the Tin Mug and his friends, Colin the colander, Silvia the spoon and Stu the stew pot as well as several others. Find out what... |
| The Tiniest Room, by Erik108 OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: An "Escape the Room" kind of game made with less than 300 words for the Twiny Jam. |
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| To Let Go, by Max Fog Average member rating: When the city finds the woods, they do not agree. And sometimes, their rage creates wars. It affects the outcome of important events throughout time. And sometimes, time itself. |
| To Persist/Exist/Endure, Press 1, by Anthony O OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Thank you for calling the Agency Of Neverending Happiness and Clearing Out Monsters From Under Your Bed! We offer assistance in all matters related to your well-being and any supernatural troubles you might... |
| To Sea in a Sieve, by J. J. Guest Average member rating: Peter Petibon, cabin boy, hath a problem. He be goin' down -- to Davy Jones' locker, by the powers! Lest he seize the booty o' the dread pyrate Booby, and heave it all o'erboard, he and the Cap'n both will... |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog. |
| Tower of Plargh, by caranmegil OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Title: Tower of Plargh... |
| Trenchline, by JJ McC "Mercenaries make easy money," your army buddies said. "It's all scowls and shows of force. It'll never come to real fighting." Well, they're all dead now, and here you are. Stranded deep in a war zone,... |
| Trick or Treat or Trick or Treat or Trick, by Stewart C Baker Average member rating: This is your first year trick or treating alone. Will it be your last? A short parser game about time loops written for Ectocomp 2022 in just under four hours. |
| Trouble in Sector 471, by Arthur DiBianca OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The power just went out in Sector 471. You had better go take a look. (The Glulx version was entered in IFComp 2022. A browser-based version was released subsequently, in 2024.) |
| The Truth About PRIDE!, by Jemon Golfin Average member rating: The Truth About PRIDE! is an interactive narrative game where the goal is to undergo self-discovery to reveal the true meaning of the word and concept of 'PRIDE!' |
| Turn Right, by Dee Cooke OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Long day done, groceries bought and you're so nearly home! Unfortunately it's rush hour, and getting out of this supermarket car park is a difficult job at the best of times. Will you ever get out of this... |
| turn the lights off, by Naarel Average member rating: (1 rating)This story features sexual content (so, it's NSFW). It touches upon issues of objectification and rape (talked about, not happening on screen). I don't deserve you. I don't deserve this. |
| U.S. Route 160, by Sangita V Nuli OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A runaway bride is forced to confront her deepest desires as she flees the demons of her dangerously religious hometown and considers what - and who - she left behind. Content warning: Horror, Homophobia,... |
| the uncle who works for nintendo, by michael lutz Average member rating: You are 11 years old. You are sleeping over at your best friend's house. You and your friend like videogames. Your friend has a lot of cool games. And, believe it or not, an uncle who works for Nintendo. And... |
| Under the Bridge, by Samantha Khan OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Survive as a monster that has taken up residence underneath a bridge, interact with strangers who pass over your bridge and see if you can not only survive the encounters, but create a home for yourself.... |
| Under the Cognomen of Edgar Allan Poe, by Jim Nelson OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A tale of literary ambition. "There are some secrets that do not permit themselves to be told." In 1849, Edgar Allan Poe disappeared among the back alleys of Baltimore. A week later, he was found delirious... |
| Uninteractive Fiction, by Damon L. Wakes (as Leah Thargic) OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The only winning move is not to play. |
| Unreal People, by Viwoo OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Indulge in your voyeuristic desires Set in an imagining of early mediaeval India, you play as a voyeuristic entity with the ability to enter people's minds and be privy to their sordid inner thoughts. Tasked... |
| Untitled Ghost Game, by Damon L. Wakes Average member rating: Not to be confused with goose game of similar name. |
| Untitled Relationship Project, by Sophia de Augustine, Charm Cochran, Drew Cook, Matt Devins, Piergiorgio d’Errico, Max Fog, Hanon Ondricek, Hidnook, Joey Jones, Kastel, Manonamora, Mathbrush, Mike Russo, Tabitha Average member rating: This is a short game about bits and pieces of relationships, written by a group of authors. |
| Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee's, by Geoffrey Golden OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You are a Psychic Brand Ambassador for Schtupmeister Beer. Listen to the thoughts of customers at the local Applebee's and convince them to try your syrupy ale. But will being in these peoples' heads... |
| The Usher Foundation III: The Buried, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. You and your husband are vacationing at a beautiful, snowy ski cabin that has the weirdest selection of books. |
| The Usher Foundation VII: The Slaughter, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. The historical society is going to owe you one hell of a stipend for this reenactment. |
| The Usher Foundation X: The Stranger, by Apollosboy OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fan game for Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives podcast. Comfort a friend who has been a little off recently! |
| Verses, by Kit Riemer OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Then the externality comes apart like something wet. Then the truth reveals itself to be a nutrient or a poison. Then the sun goes away and the rain comes, and you and I freeze in it, the translucent... |
| A Very Strong Gland, by Arthur DiBianca OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You find yourself abducted by space aliens who would like to give you some challenging tests. How will you perform? Note: To reduce wear and tear on your poor fingers, this game uses a patented*... |
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| Violet, by Jeremy Freese OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Calm down. All you have to do is write a thousand words and everything will be fine. And you have all day, except it's already noon. [blurb from IF Comp 2008] |
| Voyage of the Marigold, by Andrew Stephens Average member rating: A 20 minute scifi adventure where YOU are the hero! Join the Federation Starship Marigold as its captain in a desperate mission through unexplored sectors. A new game awaits each time you play. |
| The Waiting Room, by Billy Krolick OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A haunted nursing home. A mysterious past. And life-or-death choices that actually matter. Can you solve the mystery of Back Hall before it's too late? |
| A Walk Around the Neighborhood, by Leo Weinreb OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: The sun is filtering hazily through a partly-cloudy sky on this gorgeous Sunday afternoon. You're feeling lazy and a bit glued to the couch, but your partner insists on you getting some exercise. And... |
| The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca Average member rating: Explore the wizard Bartholloco's castle with the help of a versatile magic wand. Can you overcome his challenge? Can you levitate a rock? Can you slice a baltavakia? (Puzzle-oriented and family friendly.) |
| we, the remainder, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: it's been twenty-four days since everyone else floated up. you haven't been out since then; Momma doesn't like you leaving the flat without her, and the effort of getting down the stairs hasn't been worth it... |
| The Weight of a Soul, by Chin Kee Yong Average member rating: In a world of arcane mysteries, a young doctor's apprentice unravels a conspiracy most grim. The Weight of a Soul is a mystery-horror interactive novel inspired by IF classics like Blue Lacuna and... |
| Weird Grief, by Naomi Norbez OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Mike Stanvinchi is dead. Juniper, who was in a polyamorous threeway with Mike and his spouse, Roger, must navigate her relationship with the surviving partner. But grief isn't always easy. . . Help her... |
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| Welcome to the Universe, by Colton Olds OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: SimpleChef is helping parents out with a new back-to-school offer. Also, you're going to die. Content warning: brief mention of suicide, cancer, vomit, height self-consciousness |
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| What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed, by Amanda Walker OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Margaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving… Come home to Goldengrove, a beautiful old house haunted by a lost soul. Uncover the secrets of your tormented past in a tale of unrequited love,... |
| Where Nothing Is Ever Named, by Viktor Sobol OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A brief escape puzzle inspired by Chapter 3 of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll. |
| Who Iced Mayor McFreeze?, by Damon L. Wakes Average member rating: A Bubble Gumshoe Mystery ... |
| Who Shot Gum E. Bear?, by Damon L. Wakes OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Gum E. Bear lies dead in a pool of his own liquid centre, and only Bubble Gumshoe - private eye extraordinaire - can deliver sweet justice on the rain-sticky streets of Sugar City. Explore the area, seek out... |
| Why Pout?, by Andrew Schultz Average member rating: Silence! We GAVE you ice cream. Content advisory: there's a small profanity-themed area with no penalty whatsoever for skipping it. It is clearly signposted. Just so you're forewarned! |
| Winter-Over, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Pickering Station, Antarctica: A place of science, knowledge, and deep isolation. When the last plane leaves for the winter, you and your colleagues may as well be on Mars. At least this winter-over has gone... |
| The Witch, by Charles Moore Average member rating: You’re typically a sober-minded upstanding elf but last night you were out a little too late and had a little too much mead. This morning you woke up wedged in a tree in the woods outside of town with a... |
| Witchfinders, by Tania Dreams OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Middle ages left their footprints on the history of humankind: rich and poor, steel and wood, pest and wild celebrations mixed together in a one wild sauce. Technology was far from our days, but a true power... |
| With Those We Love Alive, by Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: no dreams written by porpentine scored by brenda neotenomie |
| The Withering Gaze of the Earth, by Emily Worm Average member rating: 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 Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson Average member rating: 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... |
| The Lottery Ticket, by Dorian Passer OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A fool and his money will soon depart, but a fool and his thoughts will lose more than that! |
| Restitution, by Dorian Passer Average member rating: What's left of a man after he buries his past deeds? |
| You, by Carter X Gwertzman OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Lost in a strange wood, and your YOU isn't YOURS. Solve puzzles, meet strange creatures, and undergo transformations as YOU search for YOUR missing self. |
| You Are a Zombie Yelp Reviewer, by Geoffrey Golden Average member rating: Tell the post-apocalyptic internet about your brain-eating experience in this funny, short, choice-based interactive fiction game where you play an outspoken zombie with opinions on cuisine. You've just... |
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(1 rating)| You are SpamZapper 3.1, by Leon Arnott OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: DISTINGUISH TRUTH AND SCAMS IN OVER 130 UNIQUE EMAILS • PROTECT THE INBOX FROM URBAN LEGENDS • EXCHANGE WITTY REPARTEE WITH YOUR PLUGIN COWORKERS • CROSS SWORDS WITH A DEADLY EMAIL WORM • LEARN WAY... |
| You Are Standing, by Aaron A. Reed Average member rating: A bonus text game created specifically for the Ultimate Collector's Edition of 50 Years of Text Games; initially, available exclusively to backers on 3.5" floppy disc and/or as a download. The game was... |
| You are Standing at a Crossroads, by Astrid Dalmady OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You are Standing at a Crossroads is a short Twine story about being lost, being changed, and being stagnant. |
| You Can Only Turn Left, by Emiland Kray and Ember Chan and Mary Kray OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You Can Only Turn Left is a playful exploration of the hypnagogic state between sleeping and wakefulness. Within this liminal space, memories morph into dreams and dreams feather into reality. You, the... |
| You Can't Save Her, by Sarah Mak OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You have three seconds to kill your former friend. The nuns and sacred algorithms have willed it. And no matter how much you want to save her, you can't. *** A 12-minute interactive story, featuring music by... |
| You Couldn't Have Done That, by Ann Hugo Average member rating: Your first day on the job wasn't going to be pleasant. Such was inevitable. It's a big change. And, you are autistic. But this was a different story, far worse than unpleasant. |
| You Feel Like You've Read this in a Book, by Austin Lim OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: A time-sensitive mystery puzzle game with multiple endings. As you explore your surroundings, you get the feeling that your surroundings are vaguely familiar. |
| You Lose. Good Day, Sir., by Daring Owl Studios Average member rating: You start with NOTHING. Plus your Scrabble-solving mind. And an angry armadillo. How many words can you make? Will any of them be the right ones? It is highly recommended that you play in full screen. For... |
| You May Not Escape!, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: You are one of the unlucky many to enter the maze. Will you be one of the lucky few to escape? Contains brief strong language and some mature themes. |
| You, Me and Coffee, by Florencia Minuzzi Average member rating: Catch up with an old friend over coffee, discovering layers to your relationship that would otherwise be forgotten. |
| You're In Deep, by Xuelder OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: Reminisce on the end of your world as the flood waters rise while you are trapped in your attic. Contains coarse language.. Made for Ectocomp 2022 at the last minute. |
| YOUNGBLOOD; YELLOWBELLY, by swanchime Average member rating: a hannibal inspired cookbook...of sorts |
| Your Body a Temple, or the Postmodern Prometheus, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: Oh, my dear, they’ve destroyed you, haven’t they? They could never understand a being such as yourself. Not to worry. We’ll build you a new body, with which you will take your revenge. A tale of... |
| Zero Chance of Recovery, by Andrew Schultz OverThinking's rating: Average member rating: You're way behind the last enemy pawn. The enemy king's close to yours. So it's over, right? |
| ZIT, by Amanda Walker Average member rating: A freshly divorced mother of two, at age 50 you are preparing for your first job interview in twenty years. There's a problem. A big one. A petite mort game written in 4 hours for Ectocomp 2022. Play time... |
| Zombie Blast 2023, by Sam Ursu Average member rating: Will your family survive the coming Apocalypse?? |
| Zombie Eye, by Dee Cooke Average member rating: You find yourself facing down the Zombie Eye... again. Can you cure it this time? |
| Zombie Eye: Campfire Tales, by Dee Cooke Average member rating: Just your average Hallowe'en night telling tales around the campfire... |
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