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+ = x, by Chandler Groover
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An equation is a language, which is a road to move information. All matter is information. Even a crust trimmed from a sandwich. Even a planet's crust, adrift in space, with its core blown. Those lights are...

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...

4x4 Galaxy, by Agnieszka Trzaska
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4x4 Galaxy is a space exploration game with 16 planets that are different every playthrough thanks to procedurally generated content. Discover new worlds, battle space pirates and strange beasts, sell goods,...

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.

Abbess Otilia's Life and Death, by Arno von Borries (as A.B.)
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In English, on parchment, written in 13th century textualis. Quarto, 14 leaves, in double columns, with rubrication and miniatures. Marginalia in several hands of the 14th and 17th century.

The Absence of Miriam Lane, by Abigail Corfman
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Sometimes people give pieces of themselves away....

Academic Pursuits (As Opposed To Regular Pursuits), by ruqiyah
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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 role. Your new...

Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods
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Afflicted, by Doug Egan
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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...

After-Words, by fireisnormal
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Resolve problems. Open Gates. Free Skycity. Go home. A game where you explore a surreal floating city, in which all room descriptions, lines of dialogue, item descriptions and action text are a maximum of...

Aisle, by Sam Barlow
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"Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and you're progressing rapidly. On to the next aisle... Aisle started out as a...

Alone, by Paul Michael Winters
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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
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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...

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...

And the Robot Horse You Rode in On, by Anna Anthropy
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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...

And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One, by B.J. Best
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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: ★ ★ ★

Aotearoa, by Matt Wigdahl
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The Fish of Māui. The Land of the Long Cloud. Aotearoa. An entire continent of untamed wilds, and the last place on Earth where dinosaurs still roam. If only you'd come ashore under better circumstances...

The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen
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The world is ending, and you are still paying rent....

Aspel, by Emily Short
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Her Majesty has sent your team to investigate the mountain palace of Aspel, now ruined, to find out its secrets and determine what value it may still have. Aspel is an experimental interactive experience...

At King Arthur's Christmas Feast, by Travis Moy
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One Christmas at Camelot in charged a strange fellow, a giant man all green, great axe in hand, and called out a challenge in the court of King Arthur: "Bequeath me one blow, behead me clean, and then, in...

The Ballroom, by Liza Daly
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You arrived at the ballroom well after midnight. The End.

Behind the Door, by eejitlikeme
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It all started around a month ago, when you received the first postcard with imprinted exotic flowers and beautiful butterflies. The postcards continued to arrive in your mailbox - without any text apart...

Bell Park, Youth Detective, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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A headstrong twelve-year-old detective gets in over her head when she's hired to solve a murder mystery at an internet technology conference.

Big Trouble in Little Dino Park, by Seth Paxton, Rachel Aubertin
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Ever since cloning dinosaurs became the cheap, cool way to build a theme park there have been lots of them cropping up. Luckily, this one still had a position open for your summer job! Little Dino Park is a...

Bigger Than You Think, by Andrew Plotkin
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Bigger Than You Think is a choice-based interactive narrative. This game was written for the Yuletide 2012 fanfic exchange. The game was inspired -- perhaps loosely -- by Randall Munroe's comic xkcd-1110:...

Black Marker, by Michael Kielstra
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Hidden in the shadows, the Agency works for the safety of the citizens. If your goals or beliefs do not appear to align with those of the Agency, you are liable to find yourself in trouble. There are those...

The Box, by Paul Michael Winters
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You are a collector of rare antiquities, with a special passion for puzzle boxes. You've been searching for one particular box for a long time, but perhaps this box is better left unfound.

Bronze, by Emily Short
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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.

Campfire Tales, by Matthew Deline
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Campfire Tales is an experimental storytelling game that uses procedural generation to change elements of the story each time you play! Gather your friends to play together, with one player reading the story...

Captain Graybeard's Plunder, by Julian Mortimer Smith
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A retired pirate captain cobbles together a ship and crew from the pages of classic works of literature. His goal: revenge!

The Cave, by Neil Aitken
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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....

Charming, by Kaylah Facey
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Potions shattered on the floor, pages torn out of books, a demolished statue... These are a few of the magical messes you will have to clean up before Enchantress Igmenta arrives for your coming-of-age test...

Christminster, by Gareth Rees
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"When your brother Malcolm sends you a telegram inviting you to visit him at Biblioll College in the ancient university town of Christminster, you imagine that the mysterious `discovery' he alludes to is...

Coloratura, by Lynnea Glasser
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Stolen away by apathetic Blind Ones, your only desire is to return to your Cellarium and the Song of the Universe. They should understand. You shall make them to understand.

Conan Kill Everything, by Ian Haberkorn
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In this short one-room game, you play as Conan with a very large sword, and an evil wizard has just summoned a wildcat to attack you. Your goal is obvious: KILL EVERYTHING.

Congee, by Becci
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A short story about food, belonging, and seeking home. Text your friend, call your mum, and search for congee on this rainy night.

The Counsel in The Cave, by Josh
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Graduate. Become lost. Imagine what's possible.

Cragne Manor, by Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna et al.
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A tribute to Anchorhead.

Crow Quest, by rookerie
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Eat, swear & try to take over the neighbourhood.

Curse of the Garden Isle, by Ryan Veeder
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Let's both take a deep breath.

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...

Damnatio Memoriae, by Emily Short
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14 AD. Agrippa Postumus, grandson of the recently-deceased Augustus, tries to avoid death at the hands of the next emperor, Tiberius. At his disposal: a couple of old manuscripts, a lamp, and a recalcitrant...

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

A Day for Fresh Sushi, by Emily Short
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No time for fantasy. Must feed fish.

Deshaun Steven's Ship Log, by Marie L. Vibbert
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Deshaun has spent his adult years - all five of them - working on a space cruise ship, setting light and sound cues for untalented Lido deck performers. Waking up hung-over on New Year's Day, he vows that...

Domestic Elementalism, by fireisnormal
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The plants that grow out of your bedroom walls are associated with Earth. The fairy lights strung across your kitchen are associated with Fire. Change an object's element, and the object will turn into...

Down, the Serpent and the Sun, by Chandler Groover
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The feathered serpent coils before you, greater than any god or any monster. Maimed warriors are crushed beneath its claws. The sun will never rise again.

The Dragon Will Tell You Your Future Now, by Newsreparter
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The things they say about dragons can't really be true right? Maybe it was a bad idea to come here, maybe the only future the dragon holds is the one that ends with you in it's jaws tonight! Ridiculous,...

The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin
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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...

Dungeon Detective, by Wonaglot, Caitlin Mulvihill
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You're a gnoll. Whether that's a blessing or a curse is up to you. Unlike other gnolls, you're trying to eke out a simple existence by plying your trade - that of the world's first Dungeon Detective. Amass...

The Eleusinian Miseries, by Mike Russo
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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...

Elvish for Goodbye, by David Gürçay-Morris
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"To think of 'living' there was to reduce the miraculous to the mundane; one does not 'live' at Xanadu." ...

En Garde, by Jack Welch
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A man who has lost his mind. A mouse who has lost his realm. A dog who has lost his family. And the scientist who will save the world.

Esther's, by Brad Buchanan and Alleson Buchanan
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At Esther's cafe your adorable host Served cheese to the mice when they wanted toast! That won't bother Harold's robust appetite, But Janie insists that the order's not right. Author's Postmortem

Ether, by MathBrush
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"For the first time in centuries, something is different. Your tentacles tingle as you float to the east past icebergs and whirlwinds. You skirt a pocket of hot air, bounce through a field of ice, and...

Fair, by Hanon Ondricek
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As the most famous self-published Science Fiction author residing in Hillview, you are eminently qualified to judge their annual Elementary School Science Fair.

The Fire Tower, by Jacqueline A. Lott
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Fix Your Mother's Printer, by Geoffrey Golden
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Laugh, Cry, Troubleshoot ...

For a Change, by Dan Schmidt
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"The sun has gone. It must be brought. You have a rock." [--blurb from Competition '99]

Galatea, by Emily Short
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Emily Short's description: A conversation with a work of art. "47. Galatea. White Thasos marble. Non-commissioned work by the late Pygmalion of Cyprus. (The artist has since committed suicide.) Originally...

The Gateway of the Ferrets, by Feneric
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So life lately has been traveling through one portal after another, each with its own risks and rewards. Sometimes portals lead to dead ends. Sometimes they close and lock behind you. Sometimes it's...

Girth Loinhammer and the Quest for the Unsee Elixir, by Damon L. Wakes
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You are Girth Loinhammer, Dungeon Lord! It's a pretty sweet gig, with a gigantic trap-filled underground dungeon and a vast collection of torture devices with which to torment those who venture within your...

Glass, by Emily Short
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The Prince sits awkwardly on the couch, holding his glass slipper and trying to keep it from crushing. Lucinda and Theodora have the ends of the same couch, and they are taking turns seeing who can bend...

Good Grub!, by Damon L. Wakes
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Good Grub! is a brief, comedic interactive narrative about insects as a sustainable food source.

The Gostak, by Carl Muckenhoupt
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"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...

Grimnoir, by ProP
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It's his biggest selling point and it's a cold, hard fact: occult detective Jacob Morris has never lost a case, and he's been in this business a long time. Join him and his singularly skilled colleague...

Grooverland, by Mathbrush
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"Magic comes with a price. But on your birthday, all your expenses are paid. Welcome to Grooverland." Grooverland is a large parser game that takes over two hours to complete. It is based on the works of...

Grue., by Charles Mangin
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It is pitch black. You are a grue. Can you catch your next meal, or will you succumb to starvation and worse?

H.M.S. Spaceman, by Nat Quayle Nelson, Diane Cai
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On the H.M.S. Spaceman, the first anatomically complete human-shaped space ship, the crewmen are genetically engineered to fulfill one purpose: intergalactic domination. Their latest conquest: the alien...

Harvey Birdman: Habeas Dorkus!, by Adult Swim
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The Hidden King's Tomb, by Joshua Fratis
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Built beneath a lake dark and deep, The Hidden King’s Tomb was once well protected against would-be thieves. Between its only marked entrance was built a labyrinth of locked doors and false vaults. All ways...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky
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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...

I Should Have Been That I Am, by E. K. Wagner
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You're a bot, dealing cards in Vegas casinos. You live in a black and white world, an either-or world. Until now.

I-0, by Anonymous
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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...

The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush
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Getting ready for a party can take a lot of time. Help CJ navigate a text adventure of temporal trials. Merciful puzzlefest. Parser or point-and-click, as you please. Authorized sequel to The Impossible...

JELLY, by Tom Lento, Chandler Groover
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Young love in the Lonely Valley.

Junior Arithmancer, by Mike Spivey
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A one-to-many-room puzzler.

The Kuolema, by Ben Jackson
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This game has now been entirely 'remastered' and released as part of the Spring Thing 2024 competition. An abandoned ship is found adrift in the South China Sea. Its radio is silent and there's no sign of...

Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires, by E. Joyce and N. Cormier
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Navigate fraught social situations by day and pull off heists by night as Lady Thalia, the not-actually-aristocratic thief bent on making a mockery of British high society.

Lazy Wizard's Guide, by Lenard Gunda
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It is time to take the final exam in your magician studies. The only problem is, for all the years you have spent in this prestigious school of magic, you have been really lazy. Really, really, "you don't...

Leather Goddesses of Phobos, by Steve Meretzky
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And now... the next exciting episode of humanoids in space! How did you, a regular at Joe's Bar in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, end up on a Martian moon? Can you prevent the hideous space creature from abducting...

The Legendary Hero Has Failed, by Tom Martin
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The Legendary Hero of Time has failed. The dancing Imp has won. The Moon will finish its descent from the sky and crash into the earth. When it reaches the ground there will be nothing left. You sit by a...

LET'S ROB A BANK, by Bethany Nolan
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Hey there, potential bank robber, today's your lucky day. Richman's Circle Bank is ready, waiting, and unsuspecting. All you have to do is choose a team and try not to get caught (or die - dying is...

Light My Way Home, by Caelyn Sandel (as Venus Hart)
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Limerick Heist, by Pace Smith
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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...

Linear Love, by Tom Delanoy
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And old-school love story set where else but in France.

The Lookout, by Paul Michael Winters
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You wanted to get away from it all. And boy, did you ever.

The Lost Mountain, by Greg Frost
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A single mountain rises from the plain. All around is dusty desolation. A portal brought you here; for any chance to escape Her wrath, another must be found. This puzzle-light exploration game was originally...

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 Lurking Horror, by Dave Lebling
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A winter night at the G.U.E. tech campus with most students away on vacation serves as the backdrop for this tale of Lovecraftian horror.

Lux, by Agnieszka Trzaska
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You wander around in darkness – even though the lights are on. Sandra is the only one to survive a mysterious attack on a deep space mining station. She is alive, but has lost her vision. Now Sandra must...

The Magpie Takes the Train, by Mathbrush
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A millionaire guards a fabulous ruby in her private train car. Countless thieves have failed to steal it. But they weren't the Magpie!

Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis, by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard
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Stiffy Makane, or rather his ancestor Mentula Macanus, is here subjected to an increasingly-unlikely series of crudely sexual romps through the ancient world. It's sort of like the Satyricon, except not...

The Miller's Garden, by Damon L. Wakes
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When the miller died, he left his garden. And when the mill was torn down, the river changed its course.

A Miner Problem, by Seth Jones
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You are hired by a mine operator to retrieve the mine's gnomish engineer who has barricaded himself in the mine's lower reaches. But there's more going on than just a crazy gnome and his robots sabotaging...

The Moon wed Saturn, by Pseudavid
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A simple, if peculiar, love story where not much seems to happen. The Moon wed Saturn is a short narrative experiment. Computer or tablet is recommended.

The Moonlit Tower, by Yoon Ha Lee
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Mud Warriors, by Ryan Veeder
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General Shaquille has a mission for you.

Murder at the Manor, by Obter9
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The year is 1936 and the murder of Lord Stagwood is your first big case as an Inspector of the Metropolitan Police, London. You play the part of Inspector Percival Pike, tasked with investigating the murder...

New Year's Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen
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Social gatherings are not your preferred activity. But this one is obligatory, and it threatens to ruin you. You are Karen Zhao, a senior in college who is home for winter break, and seeing your old high...

No One Else Is Doing This, by Lauren O'Donoghue
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You are a community organiser. This is your job, four nights out of five; you sell people hope on their doorsteps....

Only War - Warhammer 40.000: The Text Adventure, by Simon Christiansen
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In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war. April Fool's joke game. The source code consists almost entirely of the W40K tagline.

Out, by Viktor Sobol
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It's a wonderful morning, and you're ready to come out.

Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle, by David Dyte, Steve Bernard, Dan Shiovitz, Iain Merrick, Liza Daly, John Cater, Ola Sverre Bauge, J. Robinson Wheeler, Jon Blask, Dan Schmidt, Stephen Granade, Rob Noyes, and Emily Short
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The Pinecone, by Joseph Pentangelo
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A breath born of boredom rises in the wintry sky. Hooves and bells approach. The school bus is late.

Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky
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"Join the Patrol, and see the Galaxy!" You took the poster's advice, bait and all, and marched right over to the recruitment station near your home on the backwater planet of Gallium. Images of exotic...

Pytho's Mask, by Emily Short
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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...

Rage Quest: Disciple of Peace, by John Ayliff
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When Valtash the War God created orcs he gave them an inner rage that constantly urged them towards violence. A few orcs learned to use meditation to control this rage, and founded a remote monastery where...

Re: Dragon, by Jack Welch
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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...

Reference and Representation: An Approach to First-Order Semantics, by Ryan Veeder
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Violence is the answer to this one.

Renegade Brainwave, by J. J. Guest
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"Beware! Beware! Take care! For you are about take part in an interactive story that will reveal the terrifying truth behind the mysterious Soviet space programme! Revelations of incredible horrors that will...

Roberta Williams Eats a Sandwich, by Bitter Karella
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The year is 1983. You are Roberta Williams -- Imagineer, Dream Weaver, and Renegade Adventure Game Designer. Sierra, the fledgling video game company that you founded with your husband Ken Williams, is in...

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.

The Saint's Tomb, by Seth Jones
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The Saint's Tomb is a hybrid of a choose-your-own adventure type computer game and a pen-and-paper roleplaying game. It is compatible with the fifth edition of the most popular tabletop roleplaying game in...

Seedship, by John Ayliff
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An AI ship full of frozen colonists must find the best planet to be the new home of the human race.

Sense of Harmony, by Scenario World
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Cybernetically enhanced Elizabeth Boldan tries to find herself while working part-time at the Crown Diamond, an erotic massage parlor and brothel in the year 2029. On television and in the movies,...

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. ...

smooch.click, by Devon Guinn
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Is a kiss about the kiss itself—or the moments leading up to it? Explore all sorts of smooch-moments in this experimental interactive story. **Not optimized for mobile, and not suitable for children**

Something Blue, by E. Joyce
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A young bride writes letters to her sister.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, by Kenneth Pedersen (as Ilmur Eggert)
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The Royal Society, Gresham College, London, England, 4th of April 1673: Isaac receives a mysterious letter...

Starcross, by Dave Lebling
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Starcross, Infocom's science fiction mind-bender, launches you headlong into the year 2186 and the depths of space. And not without good reason, for you are destined to rendezvous with a gargantuan starship...

Stationfall, by Steve Meretzky
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What a trotting krip! Since your incredible heroics in Planetfall, where you risked life and limb to save the planet Resida, things have hardly changed at all. Sure, you were promoted to Lieutenant First...

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.

Stoned Ape Hypothesis, by James Heaton
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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
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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
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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...

Sugarlawn, by Mike Spivey
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With a loud "click," the door closes behind you. Finally! You are locked inside an antebellum Southern mansion, alone, wearing only a chicken costume. You've fantasized about this moment for years.

Suveh Nux, by David Fisher
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An entry in the 2007 One Room Game Competition. You play a magician's servant who gets trapped in your master's vault; you'll need to learn some of his tricks if you want to get out.

Swigian, by Mathbrush (as Rainbus North)
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I don't like talking. Let's build a fire. Swigian is a minimalist game. It is long, but quickly finished, with few words and few complications.

Tangaroa Deep, by Astrid Dalmady
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We know more about space than we do about the ocean. Isn’t it time to start changing that? Released for the 2016 Spring Thing

Tethered, by Linus Åkesson
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"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."...

They Will Not Return, by John Ayliff
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A post-apocalyptic tale of lonely robots.

The Thirty Nine Steps, by Graham Walmsley
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The man on the floor was quite dead, a knife through his heart skewering him to the floorboards. At a quarter to eight, the train would take me from London, where people would be searching for me, into the...

Three Rogues Fight Death, by Solvig Choi
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An interactive retelling of the Pardoner's Tale for Halloween 2021.

Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover
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A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog.

Tombs & Mummies, by Matthew Warner
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Your arch enemy has trapped you in the underground tomb of the Pharaoh Haputet. To escape, you must solve a puzzle before you run out of matches to reignite your torch. Watch out for snakes, mummies, and...

Ultimate Escape Room: IF City, by Mark Stahl
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You and your friends have fallen into the escape room craze that has swept the country in recent years. You love the feeling of living out a real life adventure game. You've made plans with your friends to...

Vampire Gold, by Olaf Nowacki
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A minimalist dungeon crawler.

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]

The Warbler's Nest, by Jason McIntosh
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Surely the reed bank counts as a wild place. While it gives you so much, you've never tended it, not really, not like you do with your garden. It's something like the forest, then, but much safer to search...

The Weapon, by Sean Barrett
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What Fuwa Bansaku Found, by Chandler Groover
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A samurai explores a haunted shrine.

What the Bus?, by E. Joyce
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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?

willow blossoms, by Meg Sharp
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willow blossoms is a highly personal project about endings and beginnings, about anxiety, about growing up, about living on the internet, about being a teenager, about living in isolation, and about...

Winter Break at Hogwarts, by Brian Davies
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Spend a Christmas holiday alone in the world's most famous wizarding school... What was supposed to be a couple of weeks of peace and quiet while the other students were home with their families gets...

The Witness, by Stu Galley
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February 1938, Los Angeles. FDR's New Deal is finally rolling. Hitler's rolling, too; this time through Austria. But as Chief Detective for a quiet burgh on the outskirts of L.A., you've got other fish to...

Wrenlaw, by Ryan Veeder
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It would be nice to know what you're looking for.

Writers Are Not Strangers, by Lynda Clark
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The meteorite could hit tomorrow, or in an hour, or six months from now. No-one seems to know, and so life goes on as normal. Although, for Alix, normal is relative. Please click the 'Show Stats' button for...

You Are A Disc In My Dad's Spinal Cord. Can You Make His Back Stop Hurting In Time For Christmas?, by tylerrusso
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Christmas Eve, and my dad's other spinal discs rest deep in slumber. You are the only disc who is awake. 4,600 words.

You've Got a Stew Going!, by Ryan Veeder
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Your friend has invited you over for stew. He has not bothered to procure most of the ingredients.

Your Death, in two acts, by Amanda Walker
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Parser-based Petite Mort entry for EctoComp 2021

Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling
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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...

The ______________ Cassandra, by Rob Sherman, Palma Studio
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'The _________ Cassandra was commissioned by the Jane Austen House Museum, as part of their outreach programme for young creative writers. It was authored by Rob Sherman in collaboration with Palma Studio....


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