Mark Jones's Played Games

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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]

Afflicted, by Doug Egan
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(52 ratings)

This isn't the safest neighborhood. A young woman was abducted near here only recently. But as a city sanitarian you are obligated to complete your annual inspection of the local dive. [blurb from IF Comp...

Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
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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...

The Ascot, by Duncan Bowsman
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Anything might happen to you on the way to the convenience store. You might even run into a guy handing out cursed ascots that lead you to lost fortunes guarded by terrible monsters. Can you nab 100% of the...

Babel, by Ian Finley
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In this game, you play as an amnesiac inside Babel, an abandoned Arctic facility devoted to biological research. You soon discover that you have the unusual ability to witness scenes from the past by...
Beta Tester, by Darren Ingram
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The goal is discovery. The fun is walking around and doing and seeing, with an emphasis on games and puzzles.

Beyond, by Roberto Grassi, Paolo Lucchesi, and Alessandro Peretti
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A mysterious death, a secret to be revealed… and someone who wants to know the truth, at any cost. ...
Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas
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Broken Legs, by Sarah Morayati
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A blurb? They expect you to write? You're Lottie Plum so you're not going into writing. You sing. And dance and act up a storm while everyone else can only manage a puddle. You belong at Bridger. No matter...
Buried In Shoes, by Kazuki Mishima
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Everything is about the question. [blurb from IF Comp 2008]

Byzantine Perspective, by Lea Albaugh
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Your task is simple enough. Just nab the chalice.
The Cabal, by Stephen Bond
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In this satire, you play as a young American man who loves old puzzle-based IF. You are also racist, sexist, and prone to believe in conspiracies. While playing Infidel, you learn that a secret society...

Channel Surfing, by Mike Vollmer
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You play as someone who's supposedly consented to test an experimental television, but you don't really remember anything about your prior life. The "box" you wake up in has nothing in it except the...

Chicks Dig Jerks, by Robb Sherwin
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"An ancient evil threatens to invade a decadent mountain town, yet all that concerns young grave robber Avandre Varick is hitting on gorgeous babes." [--blurb from Competition '99]

Conan Kill Everything, by Ian Haberkorn
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(68 ratings)

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.

De Baron, by Victor Gijsbers
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An evil nobleman, a kidnapped daughter and a father who wants to rescue her at any cost--that is not the way life works. Something much darker, something much more human, lies underneath. Een kwaadaardige...
The Duel in the Snow, by Utkonos
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A Tale of Old Russia

Earl Grey, by Rob Dubbin and Allison Parrish
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(29 ratings)

A game about a tea party, a monarchy, and the unpredictability of language.

Ecdysis, by Peter Nepstad
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You wake, a pounding headache loud in your inner ear, the back of your head itching and tingling, your mouth full of cotton. The pain drives away your dreams, weird visions of alien landscapes... Ecdysis is...

Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman
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Eruption, by Richard Bos
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You have just woken up, in a cave, with a hangover, and something is rumbling. And it isn't your stomach.

Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe
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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....

Floatpoint, by Emily Short
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It is night on this side of the planet. Settled areas are lit: a jagged crescent in the tropics, lining the inland sea. The bright splatter along the top of the curve is Tanhua, as bright from space as New...
Freedom, by Anonymous
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An ordinary day in the life of an ordinary person. [blurb from IF Comp 2008]

Fusillade, by Mike Duncan
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(7 ratings)

"Fusillade (fU - zi - lAd') n. - 1. (a) A simultaneous discharge of firearms. (b) a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession. (c) something that gives the effect of a fusillade (ex. a...

Gamlet, by Tomasz Pudlo
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(21 ratings)

GATOR-ON, Friend to Wetlands!, by Dave Horlick
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(12 ratings)

Gleaming the Verb, by Kevin Jackson-Mead
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(23 ratings)

In this very short one-room game, you play as someone abducted to solve a series of related word puzzles.

The Grand Quest, by Owen Parish
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(10 ratings)

You've spent the best part of your life as a man dreaming of the goblet. While you've had a job, and a family, your thoughts were always looking forward, dwelling on the day when it would surely fall into...

Grief, by Simon Christiansen
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Jane, by Joseph Grzesiak
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Kaged, by Ian Finley
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""But my madness speaks: It will but skin and film the ulcerous place, Whilst rank corruption, mining all within, Infects unseen." Welcome to the Citadel of Justice. The Inquisitor is waiting." [--blurb from...

LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup, by Paul O'Brian
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In this historical drama and treasure hunt set in 2062, you have rented a robot called a MULE that you can control remotely to salvage artifacts from an abandoned irradiated plantation near Macon, Georgia....

Little Blue Men, by Michael S. Gentry
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This game is a joke. This game is a warning. This game is a satire. This game is inspired in equal parts by Vaclav Havel's "The Memorandum" and Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". This...

Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
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Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe Grunk just forget. -- IFComp 2007 blurb
The Lucubrator, by Ricardo Dague
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Madam Spider's Web, by Sara Dee
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(38 ratings)

Opening Night, by David Batterham
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(28 ratings)

You stepped off the streetcar moments ago, halting before the grand facade of the Marquis Theatre. You have come to see your idol, the Broadway star Miranda Lily, performing in all her dizzying glory. [blurb...

Photopia, by Adam Cadre
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"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."
Punk Points, by Jim Munroe
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"It's the first day of high school and you've decided to give yourself a mohawk. Now you've gotta stand up to teachers, impress peers and make a name for yourself until you've earned enough Punk Points to...

Rameses, by Stephen Bond
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Red Moon, by Jonathan Hay
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In this short one-room game, you play as a young former football player somehow trapped by fear in a wooden hut with your sister. It's frighteningly dark in the hut, save for the red light that shines...

Resonance, by Matt Scarpino
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Riverside, by Jeremy Crockett and Victor Janmey
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In this incomplete mystery, you play as a man named Mike who feels obligated to investigate the murder of his psychiatrist friend John. CAUTION: Contains read-authors'-minds issues and an abrupt troll...

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

Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
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In the beginning was the Word, and it was hungry. ...
Snatches, by Gregory Weir
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Snowquest, by Eric Eve
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You've been on your quest so long you've almost forgotten what it is all about, but now you are nearing your destination -- if only you can stay alive long enough in this frozen wilderness to reach it.
Sting of the Wasp, by Jason Devlin
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Sunset Over Savannah, by Ivan Cockrum
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(54 ratings)

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

Tough Beans, by Sara Dee
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(21 ratings)

Transfer, by Tod Levi
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(19 ratings)

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

Vespers, by Jason Devlin
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It has been five days, now. Five days since I made the choice. Five days since I closed the gate. Really, there was no choice. Rovato was damned when the first spot appeared: when the first bloody cough...

Vicious Cycles, by Simon Mark
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(17 ratings)

Violet, by Jeremy Freese
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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]

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