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16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds, by Abigail Corfman
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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...

1893: A World's Fair Mystery, by Peter Nepstad
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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: (544 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: (136 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
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Aisle, by Sam Barlow
Average member rating: (326 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: (124 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: (156 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]

Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
Average member rating: (409 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...

And the Robot Horse You Rode in On, by Anna Anthropy
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

Diode emerges from the porta-tent, yawning and cracking open a canteen. She takes a long swig. "Evening, bandita." Then she comes over to you and plants her foot on the top of your head. "i’ll be honest: i...

an apple from nowhere, by Brendan Barnwell
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The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen
Average member rating: (39 ratings)

The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. Content warning: optional sexual content (non-explicit), illness, death, transphobia, homophobia

At Wit's End, by Mike Sousa
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"A case study of Murphy's Law in action. In-game hints available." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

August, by Matt Fendahleen
Average member rating: (24 ratings)

Babel, by Ian Finley
Average member rating: (156 ratings)

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...

Bad Machine, by Dan Shiovitz
Average member rating: (15 ratings)

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,...

Best of Three, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (62 ratings)

Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas
Average member rating: (95 ratings)

Blue Lacuna, by Aaron A. Reed
Average member rating: (114 ratings)

You have always been different. One in a trillion have your gift, your curse: to move between worlds, never settling, always alone. To Wayfare. Yet there are others like you, and something stronger than...

Bureaucracy, by Douglas Adams, The Staff of Infocom
Average member rating: (49 ratings)

IMPORTANT! Our records show that you do not have a license to operate this software. Normally, you would be required to complete a License Application Form and mail it (with proof of purchase) to our...

The Cabal, by Stephen Bond
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

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...
Carma, by Marnie Parker
Average member rating: (11 ratings)
"A Glulx Inform romp (with graphics and music)." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One]
A Change in the Weather, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (70 ratings)
"Walking away from a picnic, you are suddenly caught in a country storm. You must protect a bridge from being destroyed. An ultra-linear game." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

CHASE THE SUN, by Frankie Kavakich
Average member rating: (17 ratings)

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...

City of Secrets, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (105 ratings)

Coke Is It!, by Lucian P. Smith, Adam Thornton, J. Robinson Wheeler, Michael Fessler, Dan Shiovitz, David Dyte
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

"Ahhhh! Another can of refreshing Coca-Cola! You sigh in contentment as you partake of the sweet carbonated beverage, so recently purchased. But what's this? The dispenser light is still on! You can select...

Common Ground, by Stephen Granade
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Constraints, by Martin Bays
Average member rating: (23 ratings)

Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
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...

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 Johnson

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A tribute to Anchorhead.

Crocodracula: What Happened to Calvin, by Ryan Veeder
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Based on the 90s children's horror soap opera.

Cryptozookeeper, by Robb Sherwin
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Marrow is delicious but that's not why you're here. You're supposed to pick up a single jar of alien bone jelly, which of course can't exist and doesn't exist, so you've convinced yourself that transporting...

Curses, by Graham Nelson
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"As "Curses" opens, you're hunting about in the attic of your family home, looking for a tatty old map of Paris (you're going on holiday tomorrow) and generally trying to avoid all the packing. Aunt Jemima...

A Day for Fresh Sushi, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (99 ratings)

No time for fantasy. Must feed fish.

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...

Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin ('Edgar O. Weyrd')
Average member rating: (78 ratings)

Delusions, by C. E. Forman
Average member rating: (41 ratings)

"A trip into virtual reality: all begins with debugging a VR system, but then things get out of hand. Who is Morrodox, what has he to do with your colleagues, and what is going on?" [--blurb from The Z-Files...

The Djinni Chronicles, by J. D. Berry
Average member rating: (33 ratings)

Doki Doki Literature Club, by Team Salvato
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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...

Earth and Sky, by Paul O'Brian
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It's been almost a month since your parents disappeared. One Tuesday, they just didn't come home, and there's been no sign of them since. For the University and the rest of the town, the mystery is beginning...

Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky, by Paul O'Brian
Average member rating: (55 ratings)

Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
Average member rating: (109 ratings)

In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts.

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...

The Epitome of Toastlessness, by Jason Love
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In this very short game, you play as someone in the land of No TOAST. There is NO TOAST here. Can you do something about it?

Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone, by Ryan Veeder
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The fourth one in a series of anthologies of unbelievable terror, edited by Ryan Veeder. Also an ECTOCOMP 2021 entry.

Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe
Average member rating: (107 ratings)

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....

THE EXIGENT SEASONS, by Jason Love
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A quiz from a magazine. A bored friend. His notepad, his dice, and altogether too much time until the rest of your friends arrive. Pick one of two solutions to ten different crisis scenarios to determine...

Fail-Safe, by Jon Ingold
Average member rating: (115 ratings)

Fallacy of Dawn, by Robb Sherwin
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In a world that never quite got over the '80s, Delarion Yar dispenses quarters for the local arcade... badly. A software pirate from better days, he's crossed the wrong people one too many times. Locked into...

Fallen London, by Failbetter Games
Average member rating: (57 ratings)

Poet or Assassin? Lover or Spy? Choose your fate in Fallen London, a gothic metropolis a mile beneath the surface of the earth. An epic adventure where you live a sometimes horrific, often curious, but...

Floatpoint, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (101 ratings)

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...

For a Change, by Dan Schmidt
Average member rating: (117 ratings)

"The sun has gone. It must be brought. You have a rock." [--blurb from Competition '99]

Galatea, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (346 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...

Glass, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (108 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...

Goose, Egg, Badger, by Brian Rapp
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

The Gostak, by Carl Muckenhoupt
Average member rating: (93 ratings)

"Finally, here you are. At the delcot of tondam, where doshes deave. But the doshery lutt is crenned with glauds. Glauds! How rorm it would be to pell back to the bewl and distunk them, distunk the whole...

A Green Rain, by Jason Love
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An intentionally ambiguous entry in the Second Annual Metafilter IF Competition (2010).

The Grown-Up Detective Agency, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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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...

Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (69 ratings)

Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to survive?

Heroes, by Sean Barrett
Average member rating: (29 ratings)

"A most traditional CRPG experience." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky
Average member rating: (188 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...

Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (86 ratings)

A far-future story of discovery.

The Horrible Pyramid, by Ryan Veeder
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Something weird is going on in this pyramid.

Horse Master, by Tom McHenry
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The Game of Horse Mastery

How the Little Match Girl Got Her Colt Paterson Revolver, and Taught a Virtue to a Goblin, by Ryan Veeder
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Written for Day 13 of #EnigMarch 2023.

howling dogs, by Porpentine
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death cube sim | galactic survey | visionatrix | facet machine | power gardens | women | fascination two significant endings

Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin
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I-0, by Anonymous
Average member rating: (158 ratings)

Stranded on Interstate Zero after your car broke down, you are miles away from the last sign of civilization. It's twenty minutes to noon and the temperature is well over 120°F. It's beginning to look like...

In a Manor of Speaking, by Hulk Handsome
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

In a Manor of Speaking is a punny adventure set in the surreal world of Calembour. Journey through the bizarre Outlands, the bustling streets of Rudeville, and eventually find your way to the manor itself as...
Inhumane, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (21 ratings)
A parody of Infocom's Infidel, written when the author was fifteen [sic -- probably 14], then converted to Inform. To collect a treasure, you must show an ancient guardian how awful an adventurer you are....

The Island of Doctor Wooby, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (16 ratings)

Explore an island populated by tiny felt dinosaurs.

Jigsaw, by Graham Nelson
Average member rating: (84 ratings)

New Year's Eve, 1999, a quarter to midnight and where else to be but Century Park! Fireworks cascade across the sky, your stomach rumbles uneasily, music and lasers howl across the parkland... Not exactly...

Kaged, by Ian Finley
Average member rating: (54 ratings)

""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...

Last-Minute Magic, by Ryan Veeder
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An optimization tale from Leah Naidu's world of Visit Skuga Lake, featuring the same magic system.

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...

The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens, by Ryan Veeder
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The little match girl is hired to assassinate a disgusting old man.

The Little Match Girl 3: The Escalus Manifold, by Ryan Veeder
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"The Snow Queen controls her servants with Shards from the Mirror of Belial," Ebenezer Scrooge explained.

The Little Match Girl 5: The Hunter's Vow, by Ryan Veeder
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A few years have passed since the events of The Little Match Girl 4.

The Little Match Girl against the Universal Sisterhood of Naughty Little Girls, by Ryan Veeder
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This one takes place very soon after The Little Match Girl 4: Crown of Pearls.

The Little Match Girl and Her Friend, the Crow, by Ryan Veeder
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The little match girl goes on a spooky adventure with her friend (a crow). Written for Day 21 of Drawlloween 2023.

The Little Match Girl and His Holiness Pope Pius IX, by Ryan Veeder
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His Holiness has a favor to ask of the little match girl and her associate.

The Little Match Girl at the Battle of the Gray Peaks, by Ryan Veeder
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The little match girl performs a good deed in the late Cretaceous.

The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

A touching short story.

Lock & Key, by Adam Cadre
Average member rating: (78 ratings)

Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Granade
Average member rating: (22 ratings)

Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
Average member rating: (500 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

Mask of the Rose, by Emily Short and James Chew

Welcome to Fallen London: a darkly hilarious gothic underworld where death is a temporary inconvenience, the rats talk, and Hell is only a stone's throw away. Thanks to an unknown bargain, London now resides...

Mastaba Snoopy, by gods17
Average member rating: (17 ratings)

An Unknown Alien Being acquires a child's forgotten book and mistakenly believes that it depicts proper protocol for interaction with the human world. The book is a collection of Peanuts comics.

Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus, by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short
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Someplace on Venus a secret weapon is being built that threatens Earth with total destruction. You and your comrade must penetrate the Xavian base and save the world -- before it's too late!

Metamorphoses, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (133 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: (118 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...

Moments Out of Time, by L. Ross Raszewski
Average member rating: (16 ratings)

"Note: requires a Z6-capable interpreter, preferably with Blorb sound support." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One]

Moondrop Isle, by Ryan Veeder, Nils Fagerburg, Joey Jones, Zach Hodgens, Jason Love, Mark Marino, Carl Muckenhoupt, Sarah Willson, Caleb Wilson
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The Third Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction invites you to visit Moondrop Isle.

Mud Warriors, by Ryan Veeder
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General Shaquille has a mission for you.

The Mulldoon Legacy, by Jon Ingold
Average member rating: (45 ratings)

"In the event of my disappearance, my legacy shall not be distributed until every room in my museum has been searched in case I can be located." --Last Will and Testament, E. Mulldoon.
My Angel, by Jon Ingold
Average member rating: (28 ratings)
"I wake peacefully, and already she is there." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents "Detective", by C. E. Forman, Matt Barringer, Graeme Cree, and Stuart Moore
Average member rating: (58 ratings)
"A rewrite of Matt Barringer's incredibly bad game "Detective", this game was ported to Inform and subjected to treatment with Mystery Science Theater 3000 sarcasm. This version is the Silver Screen edition...

Narcolepsy, by Adam Cadre
Average member rating: (63 ratings)

Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin
Average member rating: (18 ratings)

Necrotic Drift is a survival horror text adventure... but with graphics and sound! An homage to the old Magnetic Scrolls game in presentation, Necrotic Drift follows the story of gaming store employee Jarret...

NEST, by Ryan Veeder
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Written for Day 2 of #EnigMarch 2023.
The Newcomer, by Jason Love
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Ninja, by Paul Allen Panks
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You are a lone ninja, protecting a shinto shrine of Japan. Your goal is to avoid capture by the Evil One, a deft ninja from a rival shrine. He is nearby, but you don't know exactly where. And it is dark...

Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman
Average member rating: (79 ratings)

You are online. You are fire and order. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a person. It follows the development of an Elemental Firewall--a creature...

Overboard!, by inkle
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Overboard! is a whodunnit where you’re the one whodunnit. You have just eight hours to cover the evidence, mislead the witnesses, frame another suspect and escape ... if you can! The Story July, 1935....

Photograph: A Portrait of Reflection, by Steve Evans
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

Photograph was an entry in the 2002 IFComp, in which it placed 3rd out of 38 entries. It was also nominated for two XYZZY awards, "Best Player Character" & "Best Use Of Medium". It's a story-driven, almost...

Photopia, by Adam Cadre
Average member rating: (568 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."

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
Average member rating: (107 ratings)

Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die, by Rob Noyes
Average member rating: (114 ratings)
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]

Pytho's Mask, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (71 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
Average member rating: (127 ratings)

Rematch, by Andrew D. Pontious
Average member rating: (93 ratings)

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...

Ribbons, by J. D. Berry
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

A Rope of Chalk, by Ryan Veeder
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An account of the disastrous sidewalk chalk tournament of August 27, 2011.

Ryan Veeder's Authentic Fly Fishing, by Ryan Veeder
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Relax at the Jewel Pond Recreation Area with Ryan Veeder as your guide.

Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (134 ratings)

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...

Scents & Semiosis, by Sam Kabo Ashwell, Cat Manning, Caleb Wilson, Yoon Ha Lee
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A perfumer keeps a private collection of scents, each tied to a memory. Decide what they mean. Scents & Semiosis makes heavy use of procedural generation to create strange perfumes, full lives, and potent...

Screen, by Edward Floren
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Shade, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (421 ratings)

"A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre
Average member rating: (170 ratings)

Sins Against Mimesis, by Adam Thornton
Average member rating: (25 ratings)

Your lover Black left, and your days are full of loneliness. Your progress in finding him, however, is blocked by none other than the Devil himself; and to get rid of him, you must commit the seven deadly...

Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
Average member rating: (219 ratings)

In the beginning was the Word, and it was hungry. ...

So Far, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (73 ratings)

Sitting in a cramped theatre, irritated that your partner apparently hasn't turned up, you are strangely intrigued by a current of air. It will lead you to a place very different from your own familiar...
Soul-Searching, by Jason Love
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In this very short game, you play as Eric, a man weary with life. But thanks to an unknown great-uncle and the Seelie Court, there is a plan to save you. If you are willing, meet the soul technician waiting...

The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (100 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]

Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (318 ratings)

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 Statue Got Me High, by Ryan Veeder
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Your job is to make sure John's party is successful. It won't be, though. Written for the Apollo 18+20 tribute album project.

Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country, by Adam Thornton
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"Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country. A game months in the making. A game designed to stretch the limits of Glulx Inform, and completely shatter the boundaries of good taste. A game described by sentence...

Sunless Sea, by Failbetter Games
Average member rating: (22 ratings)

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic...

Sunless Skies, by Failbetter Games
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SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling for PC, Mac and Linux.

Sunset Over Savannah, by Ivan Cockrum
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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...

Taco Fiction, by Ryan Veeder
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Taco Fiction is a game about crime.

The Tale of the Kissing Bandit, by J. Robinson Wheeler (as 'Cary Valentino')
Average member rating: (47 ratings)

Textfire Golf, by Adam Cadre
Average member rating: (24 ratings)

Stand steady at the tee... head down... slow backswing. Now, drive your tee shot 220 yards down the fairway, splitting a pair of sandtraps. Loft a five iron onto the green. And sink a twenty foot putt for a...

This Old Haunted House, by Jason Love
Average member rating: (4 ratings)

Your show's normally a solo act, but co-ghosting's a nice change of pace.

Thy Dungeonman 3, by Videlectrix
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

Varicella, by Adam Cadre
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You are Primo Varicella, Palace Minister at the Palazzo del Piemonte. This title is unlikely to impress anyone. Piedmont is the laughingstock of the Carolingian League, and the Palace Ministry has devolved...

Vespers, by Jason Devlin
Average member rating: (179 ratings)

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...

Violet, by Jeremy Freese
Average member rating: (389 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]

A Walk Around the Neighborhood, by Leo Weinreb
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

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...

We Know the Devil, by Aevee Bee and Mia Schwartz
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Anyone can kill the devil; that's why they always make teens the vampire slayers, the magical girls. But some kids can't even get that right; and that's why meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy...

The Weapon, by Sean Barrett
Average member rating: (38 ratings)

Welcome, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

There are no quotation marks in the source code for this game. Please check out the readme first.

Will Not Let Me Go, by Stephen Granade
Average member rating: (75 ratings)

Dallas, Texas. 1996. Fred Strickland has Alzheimer's.

Winter Storm Draco, by Ryan Veeder
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A chronicle of the events of the winter storm of the same name.

Wrenlaw, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (24 ratings)

It would be nice to know what you're looking for.

The Yawhg, by Damian Sommer and Emily Carroll
Average member rating: (4 ratings)

The Yawhg will be here in six weeks... and no one expects it. Not a one of us. We just keep on living our lives, week by week, unaware... The Yawhg is a one- to four-player choose-your-own-adventure game...

You are a Chef!, by Dan Shiovitz
Average member rating: (50 ratings)

You are SpamZapper 3.1, by Leon Arnott
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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...

Zork, by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling
Average member rating: (32 ratings)

Also known as Dungeon. The original mainframe game that was later split and adapted into the Zork trilogy for microcomputers.

Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling
Average member rating: (222 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...


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