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'Mid the Sagebrush and the Cactus, by Victor Gijsbers
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They shot you in the leg, the sheriff or one of his men, but you still managed to get away. You always manage to get away. And while they're off pursuing you to, who knows, perhaps Colorado, you have quietly...

17776, by Jon Bois
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Or, "What Football Will Look Like in the Future." A sci-fi work about three sentient space probes watching humans play extended football games, originally written for SB Nation.

20020, by Jon Bois
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Or, "The Future of College Football." A sequel to the 2017 multimedia story 17776.

9:05, by Adam Cadre
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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.

Acid Whiplash, by Ryan Stevens and Cody Sandifer
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"Tooth beavers, hermits, phallic-shaped dust tomatos. Billed a living memorial to the wit, style, and unintentional genius of Rybread Celsius by Cody Sandifer." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Advent Door, by Andrew Plotkin
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Where’s that door? This game was written for a collaborative 2019 Advent Calendar project. The theme was "The City of Doors" from the Planescape roleplaying setting. That project was never completed, so I...

Aisle, by Sam Barlow
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"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...

Analogue: A Hate Story, by Christine Love
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Back in the 25th century, Earth launched a generation ship into deep space, with the goal of establishing the first interstellar colony. It dropped out of contact and disappeared, never reaching its...

Bears, Bears, Bears, by Admiral Jota
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Bee, by Emily Short
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The story of a home-schooled girl preparing to compete in the national spelling bee, dealing with various small crises with family and friends, and gradually coming to terms with the clash of subcultures...

The Best Man, by Stephen Bond
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brevity quest, by Chris Longhurst
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it's a quest!

The Burger Meme Personality Test, by Carlos Hernandez
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(Not an actual personality test) Welcome, job applicant! If you've made it this far, that means you are a prime candidate for Burger Meme™'s Executive Program! All you need to do now is to complete our...

Coming Out Simulator 2014, by Nicky Case
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A half-true game about half-truths. You play as a semi-fictional version of me, on a night that changed my life forever. Choose your (my?) words wisely. Every character will remember everything you say - or...
Conan Kill Everything, by Ian Haberkorn
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In this short one-room game, you play as Conan with a very large sword, and an evil wizard has just summoned a wildcat to attack you. Your goal is obvious: KILL EVERYTHING.

Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
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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...

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

A Dark Room, by Michael Townsend
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A Dark Room is a famous text-based indie game made by doublespeakgames, which was inspired by Candy Box, but it's much grimmer in tone, with a stronger plot and a more roguelike-like focus on survival. And...

A Day in the Life, by GrubStudios
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It is 1980, the beginning of an eventful decade, that has seen the progress of the 1970s and foresees progress that would have been unimaginable in the decades prior. Like always the day starts by getting...

Depression Quest, by Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, Isaac Schankler
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"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,...

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut, by ZA/UM
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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...

Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story, by Christine Love
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A spiritual sequel of sorts to Digital: A Love Story, set in a prestigious private high school, and on the social networks of 2027. Seven students, three endings, one eavesdropping teacher. A full length...

Donkey Kong, by Andrew Plotkin
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Eider Cake, by sweetfish
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It's the feast day of your patron saint, and a recipe has gone missing....

Even Cowgirls Bleed, by Christine Love
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Everything We Do Is Games, by Doug Orleans
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A null game, inspired by John Cage's 4′33″.

Fascism - Off Topic, by eavesdropper
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fascism (fæʃɪzəm) ...

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

Galatea, by Emily Short
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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 Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode, by Victor Gijsbers
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The Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode was, in fact, formerly known as Hidden Nazi Mode. As such it was a failed experiment, detailed in the accompanying essay. In this release the Nazi mode has been...

Glass, by Emily Short
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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...

Hana Feels, by Gavin Inglis
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Something is bothering Hana. Can you work out what it is? Take the part of four important people in her life and guide their conversations. After each scene, peek at Hana's journal and find out how she felt...

I Got You, by Kastel
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I get it, man. Relationships can be pretty hard. Let me give you a hand. Four endings. Made for EctoComp 2025's La Petite Mort. I got you.

If You Had One Shot, by Wade Clarke, Victor Gijsbers, Hanon Ondricek, Brian Rushton
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What if you had only one shot? Made for the One Choice Jam by Wade Clarke, Victor Gijsbers, Hanon Ondricek and Brian Rushton. A brief parser game with a single choice. Take your time and read carefully:...

Just Two Wishes, by Pablo Martínez Merino (as Kozelek)
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When the alarm clock throws you back into the world of the living, the first thing that strikes you is how dark everything is. The electricity seems to have gone out, and police sirens and army trucks fill...

Kerkerkruip, by Victor Gijsbers
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Kerkerkruip is a short-form roguelike in the interactive fiction medium, featuring meaningful tactical and strategic depth, innovative game play, zero grinding, and a sword & sorcery setting that does not...

The Kidnapping of a Tokyo Game Developer, by P.B. Parjeter
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A Docufabulation About the Life and Work of Kenji Eno

Ladykiller in a Bind, by Christine Love
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My Twin Brother Made Me Crossdress As Him And Now I Have To Deal With A Geeky Stalker And A Domme Beauty Who Want Me In A Bind!! or, Ladykiller in a Bind Can you survive seven days trapped on a cruise ship...

left/right, by chandler groover
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pick one

Lime Ergot, by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight)
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Now everyone is gone. (Well, almost everyone.) Entry in ECTOCOMP 2014.

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

Lucid Night, by Dee Cooke
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You've always been a lucid dreamer, but these days your dreams never last very long. If only you could get some rest... Lucid Night was created for PunyJam #3 in February 2023.

Marble Madness, by Emily Short
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Midnight. Swordfight., by Chandler Groover
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A fool receives a challenge from a countess. Violence. Sex. Profanity. Sausage.

My creation, by dino
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There’s nobody. Nobody who will come and help you. The window is rattling. It has been rattling since you got here. In this strange room, in this strange empty house that is nothing but a tall, rickety...

my father's long, long legs, by michael lutz
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A weird tale. Some parts make use of sound, so this game is best played with headphones. One ending.

Nemesis Macana, by Herman Schudspeer, Victor Gijsbers
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Standing in front of a London brothel with the clear intent to enter, our protagonist's future may seem dark and foreboding. But perhaps an unexpected and life-changing experience is waiting for him. Comes...

The Northnorth Passage, by Caleb Wilson (as Snowball Ice)
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Oh no, the old family curse has flared up! This is a short story about limits to action.

Nouns, by Andrew Plotkin
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A hypertext fiction based on the They Might Be Giants song of the same name.

Patrick, by michael lutz
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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.

PhD Simulator, by Mianzhi Wang
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Congratulations. You have been admitted as a new PhD student here. Will you accept the offer? Technically a random event driven text-based game.
Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle, by David Dyte, Steve Bernard, Dan Shiovitz, Iain Merrick, Liza Daly, John Cater, Ola Sverre Bauge, J. Robinson Wheeler, Jon Blask, Dan Schmidt, Stephen Granade, Rob Noyes, and Emily Short
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Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die, by Rob Noyes
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A very short game. Whatever you do, do not pick up the phone booth; well, you can guess from the title what happens if you do. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Queers in Love at the End of the World, by Anna Anthropy
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Rain Check-in, by Zeno Pillan
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Easy self check-in, they said. Turned out to be more of an escape room experience. This summer my partner and I rented a room with self check-in for one night. The instructions to get in were wild: we had to...

Rameses, by Stephen Bond
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Rematch, by Andrew D. Pontious
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You thought you were such a great pool player. But Nick has beaten you once tonight already, and Ines is watching him more closely than you would like. So you challenge him to a rematch. "Sure, Kurt!" Nick...

rottweiler., by boopus

an interactive essay on memes, labels, cauterization, and the decay beyond idealism.

Shade, by Andrew Plotkin
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"A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

soporfall., by boopus

between reality and the realm of slumber rests a kingdom where images and stories gather. befriend fallen angels, spelunk impossible ruins, find love amidst regal bugs, get in poetry battles with forest...

Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
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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...

Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303, by Victor Gijsbers
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A text terminal interface for interacting with your model RCM301-303 remote controlled mech.

Thriftgirl, by fivestarcrest
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A mini memoir about being trans in 2024. tw: fascism, f-slur, d-slur, transphobia, AIDS epidemic, death, suicide

To Spring Open, by Peter Berman and Yoon Ha Lee (as Two-Bit Chip)
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An entry in ShuffleComp: Disc 2. Inspired by "Paper Planes" by MIA and "Tragic Kingdom" by No Doubt.

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

vanitas, by sweetfish
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VANITAS Conversations about being online, in 495 words. Written in an hour for Neo-Twiny Jam and coded in Twine for a lot longer. Warning for very brief sexual language. Click, tap, or press space/return to...

A Visit to the Human Resources Administration, by Jesse
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An alien applies for SNAP benefits in New York City in order to better understand human society.

Xanthippe's Last Night with Socrates, by Victor Gijsbers
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It's your last night together, for literal fuck's sake, but your husband is 'not in the mood'. Can you convince him to fulfil his marital duties? ...

Your Very Last Words, by Interactive Dreams
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Live the last ten minutes in the life of Juan Fuentes, who has been given the chance to choose his very last words before death. Captured by Victoriano Huerta's army after the Ten Tragic Days, Juan will have...


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