KathB's Played Games
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| 1893: A World's Fair Mystery, by Peter Nepstad Average member rating:  (25 ratings)A theft on the fairgrounds! Precious diamonds stolen from the Kimberly Diamond Mining Exhibit! An urgent telegram from your old partner arrives, requesting your help to solve the mystery. How can you refuse?... |
| 9:05, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (535 ratings)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. |
| Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort Average member rating: (134 ratings)"With the cantankerous Wizard of Wordplay evicted from his mansion, the worthless plot can now be redeveloped. The city regulations declare, however, that the rip-down job can't proceed until all the items... |
| Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods Average member rating: (97 ratings) |
| Aisle, by Sam Barlow Average member rating: (322 ratings)"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: (121 ratings)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.... |
| All Roads, by Jon Ingold Average member rating: (154 ratings)"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] |
| Amnesia, by Thomas M. Disch and Kevin Bentley Average member rating: (12 ratings) |
| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry Average member rating: (393 ratings)You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little... |
| Arthur, by Bob Bates Average member rating: (29 ratings)"Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone, is rightwise king of England." In the days before Camelot, when magic and evil rule England, a sword sheathed in stone appears in a quiet churchyard. Engraved... |
| Augmented Fourth, by Brian Uri! Average member rating: (65 ratings)WANTED: Amateur musicians to serve the Royal Court. Must provide own instrument and be inured to copious constructive criticism. Impress your friends! Meet the King! Apply in person at the Castle, located on... |
| Bad Machine, by Dan Shiovitz Average member rating: (15 ratings) |
| Bee, by Emily Short Average member rating: (85 ratings)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... |
| Being Andrew Plotkin, by J. Robinson Wheeler Average member rating: (58 ratings)"Zarf? you think to yourself. Could it be? The one and only Zarf? Xyzzy Award winner? IF Competition winner? The mighty Inscruitable One? Gosh. What it must be like to be Zarf... You begin to crawl forward,... |
| Bigger Than You Think, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (51 ratings)Bigger Than You Think is a choice-based interactive narrative. This game was written for the Yuletide 2012 fanfic exchange. The game was inspired -- perhaps loosely -- by Randall Munroe's comic xkcd-1110:... |
| brevity quest, by Chris Longhurst Average member rating: (11 ratings)it's a quest! |
| Bronze, by Emily Short Average member rating: (286 ratings)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. |
| Cis Gaze, by Caelyn Sandel Average member rating: (13 ratings)Cis Gaze is a diary entry told through hypertext effects, an exploration of the intersection of gender dysphoria and depression. It's not really a game. Content warnings: transmisogyny, depression, suicidal... |
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(37 ratings)| A Day for Fresh Sushi, by Emily Short Average member rating: (98 ratings)No time for fantasy. Must feed fish. |
| A Day for Soft Food, by Tod Levi Average member rating: (29 ratings)"Ever since the provider's sickness began, he's been all hisses and growls. Even the slightest misstep seems to annoy him. Perhaps that's why your bowl has held nothing but hard food lately. And not much of... |
| Dead Like Ants, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (58 ratings)You play as a young woman in red overalls, a red worker ant. Every spring, five dangerous creatures visit the tree and threaten the village, and every spring, the Queen sends one of her daughters to... |
| Depression Quest, by Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, Isaac Schankler Average member rating: (61 ratings)"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,... |
| Detectiveland, by Robin Johnson Average member rating: (53 ratings)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... |
| The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (175 ratings)The Dreamhold is interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next. The Dreamhold is designed for people who have never... |
| The Edifice, by Lucian P. Smith Average member rating: (84 ratings)"Something new in your everyday hunter-gatherer routine: where did this strange edifice come from? Dare you enter and explore the secrets of this... thing, or do you try to face your enemies? Like you have a... |
| Endless, Nameless, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (54 ratings)The first time I ever saw someone play a text adventure was in fifth grade. One of the sixth-graders didn't go to outdoor ed, and therefore spent the week in my fifth-grade classroom, playing Scott Adams's... |
| Eric the Unready, by Bob Bates KathB's rating: Average member rating: (40 ratings)A tongue-in-cheek graphic text adventure/point and click adventure hybrid. You are a chivalrous knight attempting to save a princess; your quest takes you through a mad-cap Douglas Adams-style world. |
| Exhibition, by Ian Finley Average member rating: (27 ratings)"The Hartman Gallery extends their invitation to an exhibition of Anatoly Domokov's "American Paintings." Who draws the line between art and life? HTML enhanced." [--blurb from Competition '99] |
| The Fire Tower, by Jacqueline A. Lott Average member rating: (49 ratings) |
| Firebird, by Bonnie Montgomery Average member rating: (32 ratings)"Firebird is based on the Old Russian folk tales that inspired the Stravinsky piece of the same name. You are Prince Ivan, and have been charged by your father, the tsar, to find the Firebird that has been... |
| First Draft of the Revolution, by Emily Short, Liza Daly and inkle Average member rating: (55 ratings)It is dangerous to deceive a husband of magic-using rank... Juliette has been banished for the summer to a village above Grenoble: a few Alpine houses, a deep lake, blue sky, and no society. Now she writes... |
| Fish!, by John Molloy, Pete Kemp, Phil South, Rob Steggles Average member rating: (17 ratings)One nibble and you're hooked. JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GET OUT OF THE WATER: The tide is turning in the teeming metropolis of Fishworld. The oceans and seas are boiling off into space. The Seven... |
| Fuck That Guy, by Benji Bright Average member rating: (9 ratings)A branching narrative exploring the various sexual options open to the urban gay man. Get laid, rinse, repeat. |
| Galatea, by Emily Short Average member rating: (335 ratings)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... |
| Gateway, by Mike Verdu, Michael Lindner, and Glen Dahlgren Average member rating: (36 ratings)In the early twenty-second century, adventurous citizens of Earth can travel to a place called "Gateway": a long-abandoned alien space station, now rediscovered by humans and turned into a jumping-off point... |
| Glass, by Emily Short Average member rating: (106 ratings)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... |
| Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (153 ratings)Step into the shoes of Mute Lawton, a lone cowboy who must stop an execution set to occur at noon by shooting his way past dangerous cyborgs and mutants in a post-apocalyptic western setting. (From the... |
| Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (67 ratings)Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to survive? |
| Hana Feels, by Gavin Inglis KathB's rating: Average member rating: (63 ratings)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... |
| Harold Night (2003), by Will Hines Average member rating: (3 ratings)It's 2003, and you're wandering the UCB Theatre in New York City. You learn long-form improv lessons, get high, do crazys 8s, travel back in time and meet Del Close and then do a scene on the stage. And then... |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky Average member rating: (185 ratings)Don't Panic! Relax, because everything you need to know about playing The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is contained in the pages of this manual. In this story, you will be Arthur Dent, a rather ordinary... |
| The Hobbit, by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler Average member rating: (28 ratings) |
| Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (84 ratings)A far-future story of discovery. |
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(17 ratings)| Indigo, by Emily Short Average member rating: (54 ratings)"Years ago, a witch placed you in this tower and arranged for your upkeep, paying certain villagers well to keep you supplied with the most basic necessities, and no more. Your years in the tower have... |
| The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher KathB's rating: Average member rating: (77 ratings)January 14th Dear friend. My sojourn in parts foreign is at an ende. I am at lodgings in Southwark not far from the bridge at Stoney Street, come dine with me two days hence to ring in the newe year. I have... |
| Leather Goddesses of Phobos, by Steve Meretzky Average member rating: (70 ratings)And now... the next exciting episode of humanoids in space! How did you, a regular at Joe's Bar in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, end up on a Martian moon? Can you prevent the hideous space creature from abducting... |
| Lifeline, by Dave Justus and 3 Minute Games Average member rating: (13 ratings)"[A] surprising iPhone and Apple Watch bestseller is pushing the boundaries of fiction"ť - boingboing.net "This is the best game on the Apple Watch" - Time.com Lifeline is a playable, branching story of... |
| Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Average member rating: (492 ratings)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 |
| Lux, by Agnieszka Trzaska Average member rating: (20 ratings)You wander around in darkness – even though the lights are on. Sandra is the only one to survive a mysterious attack on a deep space mining station. She is alive, but has lost her vision. Now Sandra must... |
| Metamorphoses, by Emily Short Average member rating: (130 ratings)You wake to stillness. The hammering, banging, and shouting that kept you awake half the night are gone. The air is cold, and something smells burnt. Your master's experiments must be finished, but with what... |
| A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Steve Meretzky Average member rating: (116 ratings)"If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not..." --Shakespeare It's 2031. The world is on the brink of chaos. In the United States of North America, spiraling... |
| Mindwheel, by Robert Pinsky, William Mataga, Steve Hales Average member rating: (5 ratings)Travel into the minds of four important people to collect the Wheel of Wisdom and save the world: BOBBY CLEMON, assassinated rock star, once called 'half John Lennon and half Janis Joplin'. This charismatic,... |
| Moonmist, by Stu Galley, Jim Lawrence Average member rating: (48 ratings)More ghosts haunt the misty sea-coast and stone ramparts of Cornwall than anyplace else on earth. One such soul roams Tresyllian Castle: a pale phantom with flaxen hair and a luminous, flowing gown. It seems... |
| Out, by Viktor Sobol Average member rating: (26 ratings)It's a wonderful morning, and you're ready to come out. |
| Photopia, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (559 ratings)"Will you read me a story?" "Read you a story? What fun would that be? I've got a better idea: let's tell a story together." |
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(107 ratings)| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky Average member rating: (121 ratings)"Join the Patrol, and see the Galaxy!" You took the poster's advice, bait and all, and marched right over to the recruitment station near your home on the backwater planet of Gallium. Images of exotic... |
| The Plant, by Michael J. Roberts Average member rating: (34 ratings)You're on a business trip with your boss, driving down a deserted highway in the middle of nowhere, when the car breaks down. You set off on foot seeking help, but you soon find yourself in the middle of a... |
| Plundered Hearts, by Amy Briggs Average member rating: (66 ratings)In the 17th century, the seas are as wild as the untamed heart of a young woman. But when you set out on the schooner Lafond Deux, bound for the West Indies, your thoughts are only of your ailing father who... |
| Pytho's Mask, by Emily Short Average member rating: (68 ratings)On the Night of the Comet, the usual astrological bonds do not hold, and the order of the universe is threatened. It is a time made for rebels and usurpers, and all who would claim the kingdom for... |
| Rameses, by Stephen Bond KathB's rating: Average member rating: (125 ratings) |
| Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (73 ratings)Congratulations, convict 76954! You have been selected for scientific experimentation! You will be matter-transmitted to exotic non-Treaty worlds - where opportunities abound to take in fantastic sights and... |
| Scapeghost, by Pete Austin Average member rating: (3 ratings)Alan Chance was on an undercover mission, trying to infiltrate a drugs gang. All was going well, but then something or someone alerted the gangsters and they killed Alan and escaped, taking his colleague... |
| Seastalker, by Stu Galley, Jim Lawrence Average member rating: (28 ratings)There's something down there in the ocean, something terrifying. And you have to face it - because only you can save the Aquadome, the world's first undersea research station. The alarm sounds and your... |
| Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (413 ratings)"A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero] |
| Skull-Scraper, by chandler groover Average member rating: (16 ratings)"Scrape into a skull." Made for the Tiny Utopias Jam. |
| The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (98 ratings)A new, experimental game that has no puzzles but uses only words that change your focus on things, thereby adapting the story. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] |
| Spellcasting 101 - Sorcerers Get All The Girls, by Steve Meretzky Average member rating: (24 ratings)From MobyGames: Spellcasting 101 is the first in a series of risque adventures from the mind of Steve Meretzky of Leather Goddesses of Phobos fame. This textual liaison pits you as Ernie Eaglebeak, a student... |
| Suveh Nux, by David Fisher Average member rating: (225 ratings)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. |
| Swigian, by Mathbrush (as Rainbus North) Average member rating: (34 ratings)I don't like talking. Let's build a fire. Swigian is a minimalist game. It is long, but quickly finished, with few words and few complications. |
| Thaumistry: In Charm's Way, by Bob Bates Average member rating: (16 ratings)Thaum: (noun). A unit of magical energy Bodge: (verb). To hack or kludge Eric Knight was a child prodigy who was featured on the cover of Invent! Magazine at the age of 13 for his invention of an anti-stain... |
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(89 ratings)| TimeQuest, by Bob Bates Average member rating: (11 ratings)You are a private in an organization called the Temporal Corps. As the game begins, a general calls you into his office, explaining that a Corps lieutenant has apparently conceived the insane notion of going... |
| The Tiniest Room, by Erik108 Average member rating: (32 ratings)An "Escape the Room" kind of game made with less than 300 words for the Twiny Jam. |
| To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest Average member rating: (112 ratings)Professor Pettibone, eminent Victorian balloonist, has a problem. He can't get it up. His balloon that is. If he can't reach an altitude of 20,000 feet, and soon, both he and his mysterious travelling... |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover Average member rating: (109 ratings)A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog. |
| Tuuli, by Daurmith and Ruber Eaglenest Average member rating: (26 ratings)"The old witch, your teacher Mákke, is dead. If you want to save your village you'll have to destroy the raiding fleet that's coming. Can you do it, young Lenne-who-would-be-the-witch?" ---------- Mákke, la... |
| Violet, by Jeremy Freese Average member rating: (383 ratings)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] |
| Voices, by Aris Katsaris Average member rating: (26 ratings) |
| Weird City Interloper, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (54 ratings)An interactive tale of strange conspiracy. Pull up your hood, lower your gaze and enter the city of Zendon. If you can gather enough information, you may just be able to change the course of history. (Weird... |
| Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty Average member rating: (109 ratings)It's an ordinary day in your ordinary little town, and you've been performing your ordinary mail clerk's duties in an altogether ordinary way. But there's something quite extraordinary in today's mail. It's... |
| Wonderland, by David Bishop, Bob Coles, Paul Findley, Ken Gordon, Richard Huddy, Steve Lacey, Doug Rabson, Anita Sinclair, Hugh Steers and Mark Taylor Average member rating: (14 ratings)Dream the dream... EVERYONE HAS READ WONDERLAND...BUT ONLY ONE HAS DREAMED IT... UNTIL NOW! The newest and largest-ever adventure from Magnetic Scrolls draws you into the bizarre logic of Lewis Caroll's... |
| You Will Select a Decision, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy Average member rating: (77 ratings)A pair of knock-off choose your own adventure books from Soviet-era Kyrgyzstan. |
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(32 ratings)| Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling Average member rating: (218 ratings)Many strange tales have been told of the fabulous treasure, exotic creatures, and diabolical puzzles in the Great Underground Empire. As an aspiring adventurer, you will undoubtedly want to locate these... |
| Zozzled, by Steph Cherrywell Average member rating: (45 ratings)Hotsy-totsy! It's 1928 and you're madcap flapper Hazel Greene, tottering around the city's finest hotel with a gullet full of giggle juice...until a gaggle of ghosts shows up to spoil the fun by turning... |
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