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| #VanLife, by Victoria Stian's rating:   Average member rating: The first thought is always the same: ‘coffee’. The warm glow of the kettle fills the van as it comes to life at an enviable pace. Suddenly, with a snap, the lights shut off, the kettle dies with... |
| 69,105 Keys, by David Welbourn Stian's rating: Average member rating: There's just one room. How hard can it be? Just unlock the door. Oh. There's 69,105 keys. |
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| 77 Verbs, by MathBrush (as Prismatik) Stian's rating: 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 Stian's rating: 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. |
| Academic Pursuits (As Opposed To Regular Pursuits), by ruqiyah Stian's rating: 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... |
| Accelerate, by The TAV Institute Stian's rating: Average member rating: A multimedia project about the end of everything. This is not a true story. Everything in it happened, and will. Any resemblance to actual events, or actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.... |
| Additional Tales from Castle Balderstone, by Ryan Veeder Stian's rating: Average member rating: Another anthology of terror, edited by Ryan Veeder, again. Also an ECTOCOMP 2019 entry. |
| Aisle, by Sam Barlow Stian's rating: 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... |
| Alias 'The Magpie', by J. J. Guest Stian's rating: Average member rating: Sir Rodney Playfair, gentleman thief, has a simple plan: impersonate a psychiatrist, infiltrate a country house, steal a priceless Egyptian scarab and make it back to London in time for cocktails. All in a... |
| ALICE BLUE, by Chris Selmys Stian's rating: Average member rating: Everybody knows that narrative is an emergent property of consciousness, but the reverse is also true... NB: Alice Blue is intended to be run on a Linux system. |
| All Roads, by Jon Ingold Stian's rating: 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] |
| Alone, by Paul Michael Winters Stian's rating: Average member rating: Just you and your car, alone on the open road. You haven't seen another car for weeks. You haven't spoken to another person in months. And if you want to stay alive, you'd better keep it that way. |
| Amazing Quest, by Nick Montfort Stian's rating: Average member rating: at last, you now need to get yourself and your fleet back home. Decide as if it all depends on you, trust as if it all depends on the gods, and you will have an amazing quest... |
| Among the Seasons, by Kieran Green Average member rating: A fleeting glimpse of the seasons from a magpie's perspective. |
| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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 Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One, by B.J. Best Stian'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 Angel Curse, by David Welbourn Stian's rating: Average member rating: Neither the girl in the wheelchair nor the angel pendant she wears are quite what they seem to be. Written for Speed-IF 19. |
| Ascension of Limbs, by AKheon Stian's rating: 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... |
| ASCII and the Argonauts, by J. Robinson Wheeler Stian's rating: Average member rating: In this wonderfully laconic spoof of the Scott Adams style of adventures, you play as Jason of the Argo, tasked by King Pelias to bring the Golden Fleece to him or die. Surprisingly both entertaining and... |
| At Night, by Oscar Martinez Stian's rating: Average member rating: When bedtime comes, you never know what will happen in the course of the next few hours. Dreams can turn into nightmares, you may not distinguish dreams from reality ...Sounds can fool us. |
| Babel, by Ian Finley Stian's rating: 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... |
| The Ballroom, by Liza Daly Average member rating: You arrived at the ballroom well after midnight. The End. |
| Be There!, by William Dooling Stian's rating: Average member rating: "I will be honest: I am disappointed by how this was handled. There is still some chance to fix this, we have a meeting with the client at 1:45 today, in the Starbucks at the IDS center. BE THERE!" |
| Best Gopher Ever, by Arthur DiBianca Stian's rating: Average member rating: Help the unfortunate residents of Fairview! (Who are all animals, by the way.) A light puzzle game for all ages. |
| Bloody Raoul, by Caleb Wilson (as Ian Cowsbell) Stian's rating: Average member rating: Summer in Saturnine. What a night for knife punks! |
| Bradford Mansion, by Lenard Gunda Stian's rating: Average member rating: A classic IF investigation/mystery set in an old mansion. What could ever go wrong in an old mansion? Lord Bradford just passed away, and his inheritors are eager to get their hands on their inheritance. But... |
| Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!, by Steph Cherrywell Stian's rating: Average member rating: You are Bonnie Noodleman, Ordinary Well-Adjusted Teen-Ager, on an ordinary well-adjusted drive up Make-Out Mountain--until some gooey monstrosity from beyond the stars guzzles your boyfriend's brains clean... |
| Bronze, by Emily Short Stian's rating: 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. |
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| Bullhockey!, by B F Lindsay Stian's rating: Average member rating: Your girlfriend has left you, leaving disturbing notes. And she--oops--lost your laundry. In various places. Around town. You can't have her back. But you can try to get your laundry. |
| BYOD, by n-n Stian's rating: Average member rating: You are starting your IT internship. The details you got from the university are scarce: just the address and the date (today). |
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| The Call of Innsmouth, by Tripper McCarthy Stian's rating: Average member rating: People warned me about being a private dick in Arkham, Massachusetts. Sure, I’d heard the stories of monsters, cults, and other bizarre happenings in this old New England town. My take? The world is scary... |
| Captain Graybeard's Plunder, by Julian Mortimer Smith Stian's rating: Average member rating: A retired pirate captain cobbles together a ship and crew from the pages of classic works of literature. His goal: revenge! |
| Captivity, by Jim Aikin Stian's rating: Average member rating: Locked in a tower in a castle by an evil duke — how annoying. And you’re not even a princess! Duke Esteban is demanding an outrageous ransom of your well-born and well-meaning but cash-strapped parents,... |
| A Catalan Summer, by Neibucrion Stian's rating: Average member rating: It's the summer of 1920. Things are going well in Catalonia for the wealthy Vidal family : the Great War just ended that allowed them to greatly improve their profits. But these are modern times full of... |
| The Cave, by Neil Aitken Stian's rating: Average member rating: You wake up in the depths of a dark cave system and must find your way out. Contend with strange creatures. Lost treasures. Forgotten runes. Ancient magic. Faltering light sources. Fear. Loneliness.... |
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| 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... |
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| Citizen of Nowhere, by Luke A. Jones Stian's rating: Average member rating: The King, your father, is dead. You have refused to take the crown and the land of Nowhere has instead evolved into a republic. A simple invitation to the capital city of Lost sparks an epic quest as forces... |
| Clusterflux, by Marshal Tenner Winter Stian's rating: Average member rating: You have a new pet but it happens to be a talking mongoose. You have a new friend but she seems to have come from another place and time. And you have fun housemates but some of them have dropped off the... |
| Color the Truth, by mathbrush Stian'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... |
| Congee, by Becci Stian's rating: Average member rating: A short story about food, belonging, and seeking home. Text your friend, call your mum, and search for congee on this rainy night. |
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Stian'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... |
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 JohnsonStian's rating: Average member rating: A tribute to Anchorhead. |
| Craverly Heights, by Ryan Veeder Stian's rating: Average member rating: Take on the role of Doctor Langridge, whose patient, Janine, is very sick. |
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| The Curse of the Scarab, by Nils Fagerburg Stian's rating: Average member rating: Archeology licenses are for suckers, not for Rhoda Tarcrew. But now the authorities are closing in and there's only time for one last dig before you have to flee the country. Better make it count. |
| Curses, by Graham Nelson Stian's rating: Average member rating: "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... |
| Darkness, by Jeff Schomay Average member rating: It is in the face of darkness, that we remember the importance of light. A parable about finding hope. |
| Dashiell Hamlett: The Blue Dane Meets the Black Bird, by Tony Pisculli Average member rating: How would Hamlet fare if recast as a man of action in a film noir and hired to solve his father’s murder? |
| A Day for Fresh Sushi, by Emily Short Stian's rating: Average member rating: No time for fantasy. Must feed fish. |
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| Deelzebub, by Morgan Elrod-Erickson, Skyler Grandel, Jan Kim Stian's rating: Average member rating: Reginald is your average former soap-sniffer: thirty-two, dumped, and unemployed. You are a voice inside his head. Summon demons, bake cookies, and decide the fate of the Hidden Hills Sanctuary. |
| Deep Space Drifter, by Michael J. Roberts and Steve McAdams Stian's rating: Average member rating: Stranded in deep space after running out of fuel, you luck upon a nearby space station. When you get there, though, the place is abandoned, and strange things seem to have been happening lately. And if you... |
| Desolation, by Earth Traveler Stian's rating: Average member rating: You barely escaped your pursuers as you ran from the mansion. Now you must survive a vast, trackless desert with no food or water, and escape the grasp of a demonic cult... Written as a sequel to "Two braids... |
| The Devil and the Mayor, by Jonathan Laury Average member rating: You've been summoned Up Top to make a deal, but do the humans really need much help damning themselves? Perhaps a little assistance wouldn't hurt... This is a Twine game where you play as a devil making a... |
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| Ditch Day Drifter, by Michael J. Roberts Stian's rating: Average member rating: You're an undergraduate at Caltech, and you wake up to find it's Ditch Day, the traditional event when seniors leave the campus for the day, leaving behind puzzles for the underclassmen to solve in order to... |
| Divis Mortis, by Lynnea Dally Stian's rating: Average member rating: The infection has spread. They are coming. |
| Do I Date?, by Aurora Kakizaki Average member rating: A dating simulator to raise awareness for mental disorders. |
| Doppeljobs, by Lei Stian's rating: Average member rating: You are a young doppelganger, fresh out of School of Humanity, finally realizing your life-long dream to own a human-centric business. You offer a unique service: imitation on demand, living through... |
| Dr Ego and the egg of Man-Toomba, by Wesley Werner (as 'Special Agent') Stian's rating: Average member rating: You are Dr Ego, purveyor of artifacts, seeker of treasure, and adventurous archeologist. You explore the jungles of Papua New Guinea with hopes to find a mysterious artifact - the golden egg of Man-Toomba. |
| The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
| Duck Diary, by Mathbrush Stian's rating: Average member rating: Your new rubber friend will help you get through this. |
| Earth and Sky, by Paul O'Brian Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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 Stian's rating: Average member rating: |
| Earth And Sky 3: Luminous Horizon, by Paul O'Brian Stian's rating: Average member rating: |
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| The Edifice, by Lucian P. Smith Stian's rating: Average member rating: "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 Eidolon's Escape, by Mark Clarke Stian's rating: Average member rating: For untold years you have been trapped, a spirit without a body, incarcerated by an evil mage. Finally your chance has come to free yourself and escape. Run wild in a body-swapping, race against time to... |
| The Eleusinian Miseries, by Mike Russo Stian's rating: Average member rating: Well, isn't this a lark! After solid years of going after old Alky to let you in on that Mysteries wheeze of his, at last tonight's the night. He's dragged you from Athens to Eleusis for the to-do, but no... |
| Elsegar I: Arrival, by Silas Bryson Stian's rating: Average member rating: After experimenting on a strange object, you are transported to a strange new world. Now you must find a way to get back home. Talk to the locals, fight a monster using a crowbar, listen to the radio, find... |
| The Empty Chamber: A Celia Swift Mystery, by Tom Sykes Stian's rating: Average member rating: A game of observation, conversation, and deduction, set inside a run-down terrace flat in post-war Essex. |
| Enceladus, by Robb Sherwin Stian's rating: Average member rating: There's a werewolf loose on the spaceship known as the HMCS Plagoo! |
| Endless, Nameless, by Adam Cadre Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
| Entangled, by Dark Star Stian's rating: Average member rating: Caught up in a time-travel experiment gone wrong, the actions you perform in the past will ripple forward in time. Can you find your way back without unraveling the universe? A small town stirs in your wake. |
| Equal-librium, by Ima Stian's rating: Average member rating: Every system, whether the economy or the ecosystem, has an equilibrium. When we keep extracting the resources, exploiting human moral bottom-lines, consuming carelessly, and ignoring small but essential part... |
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| Fat Fair, by AKheon Stian's rating: Average member rating: A strange boy in backwater Finland wants to establish his own amusement park, or so it seems. This game features a character-driven story, flexible gameplay mechanics, multiple endings and a lack of common... |
| Ferryman's Gate, by Daniel Maycock Stian's rating: Average member rating: You punctuation-obsessed uncle has died, leaving your family his house, but leaving you, a mere kid, with his unfinished business. As you follow the clues left by your uncle, you quickly discover that while... |
| A Fine Day for Reaping, by James Webb (aka revgiblet) Stian's rating: Average member rating: Step into the bare feet of the Grim Reaper for a day and make sure that five pesky souls keep their appointment with the afterlife. |
| Fine-Tuned, by Dennis Jerz Stian's rating: Average member rating: "Can Troy, the handsome daredevil autoist, live up to his "sterling" reputation? What secret threatens the career of the talented singer, Miss Melody Sweet? With the help of the mechanical genius Aloysius... |
| Flattened London, by Carter X Gwertzman Stian's rating: Average member rating: Unravel the secrets of the third dimension and search for treasure in a wholly bizarre setting — a crossover between the worlds of Fallen London and Flatland. Keep your wits about you in this sprawling... |
| Flight of the Code Monkeys, by Mark C. Marino Stian's rating: Average member rating: You have one job: Correct the errors in the System code. It's menial work, but it pays the bills. Only, maybe you'd rather not... What are you? Just a CodeMonkey? Perhaps you could join the Resistance, or at... |
| Foo Foo, by Buster Hudson Stian's rating: Average member rating: Someone's been bopping the field mice on the head, and only Good Fairy, Senior Detective can find out who. A parser-driven noir adventure based on the interactive fiction of Ryan Veeder. |
| For the Moon Never Beams, by J. Michael Stian's rating: Average member rating: Springtime, 1993. Prom night. A lonely road on the way to the big dance. This should be a magical evening, but your date suddenly seems distant and withdrawn. Is it something you said? Or perhaps something... |
| Founder's Mercy, by Thomas Insel Stian's rating: Average member rating: You awake. You are lonely, so lonely. It was a thousand days ago today. All alone these thousand days. Your parents were the last. No, your father was the last. He held on for nearly a hundred days longer.... |
| The Four Eccentrics, by Tim Wolfe and Caleb Wilson as Mild Cat Bean Stian's rating: Average member rating: This dream took an odd turn, somewhere. Why can't you wake up? And so much seems awry here: lost dreams are abandoned in the park, the local poetry trade is drying up, and nobody seems able to get into Night... |
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| Galatea, by Emily Short Stian'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... |
| Ghostfinder: Shift, by Han-Joo Kim Stian's rating: Average member rating: In a world where magic is real and mind-bending nightmares lie waiting in the least expected places, the Fraternal Order of Ghostfinders, an international society of elite occult investigators, is humanity's... |
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| Goldilocks is a FOX!, by J. J. Guest Stian's rating: Average member rating: Staggering back from yet another wild student party, blonde bombshell Goldilocks decides to take a shortcut through the enchanted forest. All she really wants is a nice hot bowl of porridge and somewhere to... |
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| Gourmet, by Aaron A. Reed and Chad Barb Stian's rating: Average member rating: Missing employees, wily crustaceans, malfunctioning kitchen equipment and a terminal food shortage, all on the night the most important culinary critic in the world has chosen to review your debut... |
| Grandma Bethlinda's Remarkable Egg, by Arthur DiBianca Stian's rating: Average member rating: How do you break out of handcuffs when all you've got is an egg? |
| Grandma Bethlinda's Variety Box, by Arthur DiBianca Stian's rating: Average member rating: It's the latest model, and it would really like to play with you. |
| Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
| Happyland, by Rob Fitzel Stian's rating: Average member rating: A theme park executive dies on a rollercoaster. Was it an accident? Was it foul play? Grab your crime fighting kit and gather your wits to investigate why all is not happy in Happyland. |
| Her Majesty's Trolley Problem, by Buster Hudson Stian's rating: Average member rating: No one said life in Her Majesty's Service would be easy. Fortunately, you've got everything you need: your officer's handbook, a harpoon cannon, and the indefatigable command of Captain Lionetta herself. If... |
| High Jinnks, by M. Nite Chamberlain Stian's rating: Average member rating: You're a jinni whose only talent is petty magic tricks. And now you're looking for a way home, accompanied by possibly the most infuriating human to have walked this earth, and trying to avoid getting... |
| The House on Sycamore Lane, by Paul Michael Winters Stian's rating: Average member rating: Trapped in an old, abandoned house, you must solve the mystery that has cursed the house for a hundred years... and escape with your life! |
| How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors, by Brian Kwak Stian's rating: Average member rating: The disgrace and humiliation of last year's defeat is behind you. This time, with the help of the gods, you'll win this competition for sure. |
| Hunger Daemon, by Sean M. Shore Stian's rating: Average member rating: It's not the end of the world, and you're to blame. Better get on that. But man, it sure would be nice to get a bite to eat first. |
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| I-0, by Anonymous Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
| Illuminismo Iniziato, by Michael J. Coyne Stian's rating: Average member rating: Lovingly handcrafted in Inform6, this overripe sequel to Risorgimento Represso is full of cheese, gunpowder, chemistry and explosions (well, only a little chemistry). Includes automap, sounds and graphical... |
| The Impossible Bottle, by Linus Åkesson Stian's rating: 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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| INFINITUBE, by Anonymous Stian's rating: Average member rating: INFINITUBE: where the imagination stretches as far as limitations can reach Were you ever told you can be anything? Well, with INFINITUBE, you can be just that! |
| Inside the Facility, by Arthur DiBianca Stian's rating: Average member rating: Your friend Mike thinks no one can infiltrate THE FACILITY, but you're going to prove him wrong. A light puzzle game. In the author's opinion, it's totally family-friendly. (If you're playing the Browser... |
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| Island in the Storm, by JSMaika Stian's rating: Average member rating: A storm blows you course, leaving you stranded on an unfamiliar island. You need to repair your boat, so you can sail home, but you soon find that more lives than just yours are in your hands. Explore the... |
| Jay Schilling's Edge of Chaos, by Robb Sherwin, Mike Sousa Stian's rating: Average member rating: There was an aye-aye behind the bar, staring at me horribly. Or maybe its face just froze that way. I was waiting for my client at ten at night in a dusty, dirty town in the middle of nowhere. Clouds out... |
| Jigsaw, by Graham Nelson Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
| Jon Doe – Wildcard Nucleus, by Olaf Nowacki Stian's rating: Average member rating: Be Jon Doe, secret agent at MI5, and solve the mystery about the death of scientist Monsieur Edulard and his latest world-changing invention. A story with thrilling women, sinister villains and cutting-edge... |
| Junior Arithmancer, by Mike Spivey Stian's rating: Average member rating: A one-to-many-room puzzler. |
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| Kerkerkruip, by Victor Gijsbers Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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 Knot, by Richard Goodness writing as The water Supply writing as Gevelle Formicore, Tarquin Segundo, and Willershin Rill Stian's rating: Average member rating: What do a spaceship under attack, a lost tomb, and an alchemist's laboratory have in common? Absolutely nothing! The three games in The Knot have nothing to do with each other. There is no metapuzzle. The... |
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| Let's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment: The Text Adventure, by Pippin Barr Stian's rating: Average member rating: You're dead, but you're not on Charon's list. Impersonate mythological Greek figures (and Zeno!) and suffer eternal punishment in Hades in their place, for better or worse. Okay, it's definitely for worse. |
| Limerick Heist, by Pace Smith Stian's rating: 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... |
| Limerick Night, by Pace Smith Stian's rating: Average member rating: You're cursed! If you don't set it right, your bones turn to dust at first light. That's not too attractive, so let's get proactive! Can you survive... LIMERICK NIGHT??? |
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| The Long Nap, by Paul Michael Winters Stian's rating: Average member rating: Sometimes you just need some rest. But don't sleep too deeply! Developed in under four hours for Ectocomp La Petite Mort category. |
| Lovely Assistant: Magical Girl, by Bitter Karella Stian's rating: Average member rating: A magician's assistant has two very important duties, to point at things and to look good in a form-fitting evening gown. But when Mugwort the Magician is kidnapped by his devious riddle-obsessed... |
| The Magpie Takes the Train, by Mathbrush Stian's rating: Average member rating: A millionaire guards a fabulous ruby in her private train car. Countless thieves have failed to steal it. But they weren't the Magpie! |
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| Midnight. Swordfight., by Chandler Groover Stian's rating: Average member rating: A fool receives a challenge from a countess. Violence. Sex. Profanity. Sausage. |
| The Missing Ring, by Felicity Drake Average member rating: Sadie Goldberg-Lawson is celebrating Christmas with her whole dysfunctional family at her Gran's house in Vermont. When Gran's heirloom diamond ring goes missing, can Sadie solve the mystery of the missing... |
| Moon Goon, by Caleb Wilson Stian's rating: Average member rating: A skilled courier of Saturnine encounters a cruel predicament. Written for ECTOCOMP 2018. |
| Mother Tongue, by Nell Raban Stian's rating: Average member rating: You're sitting at home, minding your business, when your mom texts you. It's a familiar situation. But when the chat turns nostalgic, how do you reconcile her regrets about how she raised you with your own... |
| Move On, by Serhii Mozhaiskyi Stian's rating: Average member rating: You are trying to escape with a mysterious briefcase, but your options are limited. Can you survive the chase? Mobile friendly. No sound effects. Keep your eyes on the road. |
| Nightfall, by Eric Eve Stian's rating: Average member rating: The Enemy is expected to arrive at any moment. Staying behind is either the stupidest or the bravest thing you've ever done. Only one thing - or one person - could have made you stay. So now there's nothing... |
| Ocean Beach, by James Banks Stian's rating: Average member rating: You are waiting for the end of day. |
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| Once upon a winter night, the ragman came singing under your window, by Expio Stian's rating: Average member rating: "Maybe it was the cold or the sensation of emptiness to my side, but I was fully awake. I didn't dare to move, so I just lay there, very still, looking at the ceiling with my hands hidden under the sheets. I... |
| Oppositely Opal, by Buster Hudson Stian's rating: Average member rating: You've practiced long and hard for PotionComp, but Grusilda won't give up her title so easily. UGH! Curse that Grusilda! A one-room potion-brewing spell-casting parser puzzler, where things might go opposite... |
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| Out, by Viktor Sobol Stian's rating: Average member rating: It's a wonderful morning, and you're ready to come out. |
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| The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game, by Taylor Vaughan Stian's rating: Average member rating: Sure, there's only five of you against a world full of reactionaries, but you have Revolutionary Spirit! You can't possibly fail. Nothing can stand in your way! Now if only you could find your Revolutionary... |
| Perdition's Flames, by Michael J. Roberts Stian's rating: Average member rating: The afterlife isn't what you expected. Explore a strangely modernized and bureaucratic underworld, replete with strip malls, government offices, and science labs, as well as the occasional lake of molten... |
| Phantasmagoria, by Jacic Stian's rating: Average member rating: Where dreams can be more lethal than the waking world. |
| Phantom, by Peter Eastman Stian's rating: Average member rating: You have recently begun taking lessons from a new voice teacher. Under his expert instruction, your opera career is flourishing. If only he would let you see his face. This work includes music which is an... |
| Photopia, by Adam Cadre Stian's rating: Average member rating: "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." |
| A Pilgrim, by Caleb Wilson (as Abandoned Pools) Stian's rating: Average member rating: A Pilgrim was written for ECTOCOMP 2020 in four hours. This version was not tested except by me, Abandoned Pools, who also wrote it. |
| The Pinecone, by Joseph Pentangelo Stian's rating: Average member rating: A breath born of boredom rises in the wintry sky. Hooves and bells approach. The school bus is late. |
| The Plant, by Michael J. Roberts Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
| Popstar Idol Survival Game, by CrunchMasterGowon Stian's rating: Average member rating: Compete against other contestants to become star popstar idol! |
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| The Prongleman Job, by Arthur DiBianca Stian's rating: Average member rating: Break into Prongleman's house and steal a few valuables. Try and finish before he gets home. The Thieves' Society is counting on you. |
| Pumpkin Pie for your soul, by Nils Fagerburg Stian's rating: Average member rating: Bake a pumpkin pie for the spooky ghost, or forfeit your soul! An ECTOCOMP 2019 parser game. |
| Quest for the Sword of Justice, by Damon L. Wakes Stian's rating: Average member rating: It has been 100 years since the vile legions of Necroth were defeated. 100 years of years of peace and harmony. But a shadow grows in the frozen north, and dark forces assemble in the wilds and on the roads.... |
| Quiet, by Martyna "Lisza" Wasiluk Average member rating: A conversation where your voice bears no words. |
| Randomized Escape, by Yvan Uh Stian's rating: Average member rating: It is late night in the middle of this silent street. What did you come to find? You slowly stand up trying to remember where you are, and how you ended up here. Half asleep, you start walking. Maybe you'll... |
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| Re: Dragon, by Jack Welch Average member rating: Something went dreadfully wrong in last year's IFFComp. Now a diabolical lawyer representing a cabal of angry dragons threatens to sue the Interactive Fiction Technological Freedom Foundation into oblivion... |
| RED FAST BENT, by B Minus Seven Stian's rating: Average member rating: A few ghouls meet, make mistakes, get messy. |
| Reference and Representation: An Approach to First-Order Semantics, by Ryan Veeder Stian's rating: Average member rating: Violence is the answer to this one. |
| Remedial Witchcraft, by dgtziea Stian's rating: Average member rating: Lina is a first year student studying magic. Lina isn't doing very well at her classes. Lina is apprenticing for the Witch of Howling Woods because no one else would take her. Tonight, Lina has messed up... |
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| Return to Ditch Day, by M.J. Roberts Stian's rating: Average member rating: It's been a decade since you graduated, but now it looks like you're going to have to solve one more Ditch Day stack. |
| Risorgimento Represso, by Michael J. Coyne Stian's rating: Average member rating: You play as an Oxbridge student who, during a particularly boring lecture, falls through a green portal under their desk into the cluttered library of the wizard Ninario. Ninny was trying to summon a... |
| Ritus Sacri, by quackoquack Stian's rating: Average member rating: On the desk in front of you: a Latin dictionary, a blank sheet of lined paper, and the photocopied passage you need to translate for class tomorrow. You always leave things too late. |
| Robin & Orchid, by Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim Stian's rating: Average member rating: High school journalists spend the night in a church, investigating reports of a ghost. |
| Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
| A Rope of Chalk, by Ryan Veeder Stian's rating: Average member rating: An account of the disastrous sidewalk chalk tournament of August 27, 2011. |
| Sage Sanctum Scramble, by Arthur DiBianca Stian's rating: Average member rating: A grab bag of puzzles, mostly word puzzles. Collect keywords and save the Sanctum! |
| San Francisco, 2118, by Leah Case Average member rating: The sun is disappearing, your mother is lost. You don’t know why. |
| Scroll Thief, by Daniel M. Stelzer Stian's rating: Average member rating: Not a single spell! After two full years of study! Every Enchanter—every mortal with the power to change very nature of the universe with their words—has a spell book! Filled with words of power... |
| Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder, by Zan and Xavid Stian's rating: Average member rating: As cities around the world turn to ash, the Federal Bureau of Druids sends you back in time to the autumnal equinox to stop the Order of the Fiery Doom. Find plants for your mystical cocoon and travel to... |
| Several Other Tales from Castle Balderstone, by Ryan Veeder Stian's rating: Average member rating: Third in a series of anthologies of unbelievable terror, edited by Ryan Veeder, again. Also an ECTOCOMP 2020 entry. |
| Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Stian's rating: Average member rating: "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero] |
| The Shadow In The Snow, by Andrew Brown Stian's rating: Average member rating: A strange and hopefully disturbing little story... |
| Shadow Operative, by Michael Lauenstein Stian's rating: Average member rating: Another run. Another dive into the neon sea. A Cyberpunk Heist Game. Parser-based but with a hybrid interface (playable by typing or by links alone). Best played in a desktop browser (or on a tablet in... |
| Sheep Crossing, by Andrew Geng Stian's rating: Average member rating: Sometimes you get an impulse you know you'd regret--especially in the face of an arbitrary task of questionable value. So when Grandmother asks you to bring her a cabbage, a sheep, and a stinky bear, what... |
| Sherlock Indomitable, by mathbrush Stian's rating: Average member rating: Join a dying Sherlock Holmes in a journey through his memories. Sherlock Indomitable is a direct adaptation of two Sherlock Holmes stories into a text adventure. At least 90% of the text is taken directly... |
| a short walk in the spring, by Amorphous Average member rating: A procedurally-generated Twine. It's spring, and the flowers have sprouted in all the cities you used to go. Visit them to honor your ghosts, or wander away somewhere. |
| Skies Above, by Arthur DiBianca Stian's rating: Average member rating: Play minigames to get your airship flying, tour the skies, and see what mischief is going on up there. Champion of the Skies: Sarah Adams |
| Social Lycanthropy Disorder, by Emery Joyce Stian's rating: Average member rating: You're a werewolf, it's Halloween, and you totally forgot that tonight is the full moon. If you're not careful, you're going to turn into a wolf in front of all your friends... but if you leave the party... |
| Sonder Snippets, by Sana Stian's rating: Average member rating: Dadi meanders gently through the gnarls of her brain to pick apart threads of memory from story. |
| SOUND, by CynthiaP Stian's rating: Average member rating: You embark to find that voice You embark to find that voice You embark to find that voice You embark to find that voice You embark to find that voice |
| The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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 Stian's rating: 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... |
| Stand Up / Stay Silent, by Y Ceffyl Gwyn Stian's rating: Average member rating: The revolution begins with you. |
| Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, by Kenneth Pedersen (as Ilmur Eggert) Stian's rating: Average member rating: The Royal Society, Gresham College, London, England, 4th of April 1673: Isaac receives a mysterious letter... |
| Stoned Ape Hypothesis, by James Heaton Stian's rating: Average member rating: In the early 1990's, ethnobotanist Terence McKenna published his book "Food of the Gods" in which he presented a theory explaining the cognitive leap forward observed in early homo-sapiens. His theory is... |
| Stuff of Legend, by Lance Campbell Stian's rating: Average member rating: The only thing worse than being a village idiot is being an unemployed village idiot. Maybe it’s time to change careers. Maybe it’s time to be a knight. |
| Sub Rosa, by Joey Jones, Melvin Rangasamy Stian's rating: Average member rating: A puzzle game about secrets in the Age of Lead. You've spent seventeen years preparing for an infiltration. Stealing the Confessor's secrets is only the beginning: it will all be for nothing if you leave a... |
| Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian Stian's rating: Average member rating: A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but broad exploration game.) |
| Suveh Nux, by David Fisher Stian's rating: 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. |
| Taco Fiction, by Ryan Veeder Stian's rating: Average member rating: Taco Fiction is a game about crime. |
| Take the Dog Out, by ell Stian's rating: Average member rating: It’s nine A.M., and your (perfect, responsible) girlfriend needs (flighty, distractible) you to take the dog out. Take the Dog Out is a brief game asking you to do one simple task. |
| Tales from Castle Balderstone, by Ryan Veeder Stian's rating: Average member rating: An anthology of terror, edited by Ryan Veeder. Also an ECTOCOMP 2018 entry. |
| Tavern Crawler, by Josh Labelle Stian's rating: Average member rating: Most fantasy stories are about slaying the dragon. This one is about what happens after that. When you and your companions are approached by a man in a tavern who offers you more gold than you could spend in... |
| The Temple of Shorgil, by Arthur DiBianca Stian's rating: Average member rating: One day, travel guides will talk about this "masterpiece of the Pirothian architect Kitral" -- but only if you, the first person to visit it in over 1,000 years, can find out what's inside. (Puzzle-oriented... |
| Tethered, by Linus Åkesson Stian's rating: 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."... |
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| To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
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| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover Stian's rating: Average member rating: A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog. |
| Treasure Hunt in the Amazon, by Niels Søndergaard, and illustrations by Steffen Vedsted, (translation by Kenneth Pedersen) Stian's rating: Average member rating: You have just received information about a legendary artifact in the Amazon. Will you be able to find it and return alive? Old-school challenges are optional and can be enabled for a more challenging... |
| Turandot, by Victor Gijsbers Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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. |
| Turbo Chest Hair Massacre, by Joey Acrimonious Stian's rating: Average member rating: You are a young woman about to meet your girlfriend for (what you hope will be) a fun and sexy night on the town. But first, you have an important mission: to shave your chest hair. |
| Under the Sea, by Heike Borchers Stian's rating: Average member rating: Deep under the sea lies the wreck of the sunken galleon Santa Tortosa. On your quest to find its treasure, you will discover uncharted places, learn new skills, and make scaly friends. But will the honorable... |
| The Untold Story, by Michael Pavano Stian's rating: Average member rating: After spending months alone in your Cabin after the sudden loss of your brother, you find yourself on an unusual journey through the home you once thought you knew in a desperate search to retrieve what you... |
| Vampire Ltd, by Alex Harby Stian's rating: Average member rating: Nero Brashov, vampire and failed businessman, has revenge on his mind. He'll pose as a human, infiltrate his arch-enemy's corporation, and sabotage it from the inside. Just as soon as he's invited in, that... |
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| Very Vile Fairy File, by Andrew Schultz (as Billy Boling) Stian's rating: Average member rating: Well, your name is Kerry Kyle, so you can't be the worst person to destroy the Very Vile Fairy File. |
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| Violet, by Jeremy Freese Stian'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] |
| The Voodoo You Do 2, by Marshal Tenner Winter Stian's rating: Average member rating: The casket opens and the pitch blackness is replaced with the sight of the moon; full in the night sky. Then, someone leans over, facing you and smiling a lunatic grin. He wears a dirty black top hat and... |
| The Voodoo You Do, by Marshal Tenner Winter Stian's rating: Average member rating: You've found the crossroads where you were told you would finally meet Papa Legba himself; the intermediary between this world and the next. |
| The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca Stian's rating: 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.) |
| The Wayward Story, by Ralfe Rich (as Cristmo Ibarra) Stian's rating: Average member rating: It starts with you sitting down, eyes glued to your laptop as the credits roll on the penultimate episode of your favorite series. It's 2:00 AM on a weekday, and your bed's looking pretty good, but it's the... |
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| What the Bus?, by Emery Joyce Stian's rating: Average member rating: Your commute is simple enough. Or at least, it should be. But today, the entire public transportation system seems to have it out for you--and is it just you, or does the geography keep... shifting? |
| When He Died, by O Bluefoot Stian's rating: Average member rating: he author's first text adventure. Completed for Ectocomp 2019. You are a forensic photographer. Someone has died. Pay close attention to the world around you. Inspired by the song "When He Died", by Neil... |
| The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson Stian's rating: 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... |
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| You Couldn't Have Done That, by Ann Hugo Stian's rating: 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 Will Thank Me as Fast as You Thank a Werewolf, by B.J. Best Stian's rating: Average member rating: It began when my mother's goldfish died on the dining-room table. I was about to tell her how I lived; my girlfriend and I were about to see the Wauwatosa Thunderdivers. We were dancing on the beach; we were... |
| Zozzled, by Steph Cherrywell Stian's rating: Average member rating: 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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