Cryptic Puffin's Played Games
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| (do not) forget, by lectronice Average member rating:   (do not) forget is a slightly surreal tale. It takes place in an isometric world inhabited by cute cubic animals. It is, however, not intended for children. This is a contemplative game, sometimes crude,... |
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| All Your Time-Tossed Selves, by Porpentine Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: a story made in Google Forms |
| Aquarium, by Harris Powell-Smith Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: You're seventeen. It's dark in here. Aquarium is a story game about skipping school with a cute boy. There are multiple endings. You can play in your browser on most devices - Internet Explorer will not... |
| Asylum, by cpuguy89 Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: A simple "Escape the room" style game. It is the first of my games that is actually worth publishing. It is not intended to be difficult, and was created for those who are just getting into interactive... |
| Aunts and Butlers, by Robin Johnson Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: It's 1920, you're a minor aristocrat fallen on hard times, and your wretched Aunt Cedilla is on the warpath. A Wodehousean comedy of manners, manors, mysterious butlers and unfriendly poodles. |
| Baking with Lizzie, by Adri Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Your friends are arriving soon, and you need to bake a batch of cookies! Now where is that recipe card...? This game was created for the Short & Sweet Jam. |
| Batman 66, by Alan Azeredo Average member rating: With the Dynamic Duo nowhere to be found and super-criminals running amok, it’s up to you, citizen, to be Batman for a day and serve justice to those unscrupulous fiends. Explore key locations in Gotham... |
| A Bear's Night Out, by David Dyte Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: "Tomorrow is the big Teddy Bear party, and you must definitely not let your owner forget about it..." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] |
| Being Andrew Plotkin, by J. Robinson Wheeler Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: "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,... |
| Birdland, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Fourteen-year-old Bridget's summer camp experience takes a turn for the bizarre when her otherworldly bird dreams start bleeding into reality. |
| BOAT PROM, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: What’s worse than getting dumped by your pity date at prom? How about being stuck on a boat with him all night as he makes out with the girl you have a crush on? It’s enough to make Elizabeth want to... |
| Captain Verdeterre's Plunder, by Ryan Veeder Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: You should carry the bag. I'm more of a delegator. |
| Charlie the Chimp, by Garry Francis Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: It's a beautiful day in the gorilla enclosure at Sydney's famous Taronga Park Zoo. There's only one problem. You're not a gorilla, you're a chimpanzee named Charlie. Some idiot zookeeper has mistaken you for... |
| Closure, by Sarah Willson Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Kira hasn't been the same since the breakup. Now she's done something really reckless, and she's asking for your help to figure out what went wrong with TJ. What else can you say? She's your best friend. |
| Coloratura, by Lynnea Glasser Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: 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. |
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Cryptic Puffin'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... |
| Darkness, by Jeff Schomay Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: It is in the face of darkness, that we remember the importance of light. A parable about finding hope. |
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| Dolores and the Cave, by Magda Knight Average member rating: COME INTO THE CAVE, DOLORES. NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPENED IN A CAVE. Welcome. You have your team, your caving gear, your equipment. You're all set to descend into a previously unexplored cave - the find of a... |
| The Dragon Will Tell You Your Future Now, by Newsreparter Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: 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 Enigma of the Old Manor House, by Daniel M. Stelzer Average member rating: Everyone's heard stories about the old mansion on the hill. Decades ago, they say, old Doctor Black lived up there all alone. Until something happened—nobody knows what—and he vanished without a trace.... |
| Eric the Unready, by Bob Bates Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: A tongue-in-cheek graphic text adventure/point and click adventure hybrid. You are a chivalrous knight attempting to save a princess; your quest takes you through a mad-cap Douglas Adams-style world. |
| Erstwhile, by Aster (formally Maddie) Fialla, Marijke Perry Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: The neighborhood Thanksgiving party was going pretty well until you keeled over and died. Now you're a ghost, and you're going to figure out who killed you. But you can't exactly interview people or search... |
| The Erudition Chamber, by Daniel Freas Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: |
| Faery: Swapped, by mathbrush Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: When you discover that your family has been invaded by faeries, there is only one thing to do: take names, and kick...well, actually, just take names. Cover art by Xing. |
| Fingertips: Everything Is Catching On Fire, by Emery Joyce Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: This may be just one of the job hazards that you have to put up with in your line of work, but still, you're not really a big fan of apartments being set on fire. (Unless you're doing it, which is only when... |
| Fingertips: Who's Knockin' On The Wall?, by Melvin Rangasamy Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: You live in a vibrant international community, in all senses of the word 'vibrant'. But who is that knocking on the wall? A completely randomised logic puzzle for Apollo 18+20: The IF Tribute Album. |
| Foo Foo, by Buster Hudson Cryptic Puffin'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. |
| Galatea, by Emily Short 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... |
| Guilded Youth, by Jim Munroe Average member rating: You play Tony, a fourteen-year old thief who needs some help looting the legendary Oakville Manor. Luckily it's the 1980s and finding fellow adventurers is just a modem squeal away... |
| Hamlet -- The Text Adventure, by Robin Johnson Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Who really killed Hamlet's dad? Can the Prince ever 'get' Gertrude, or is that just wrong? What does Richard III want with a horse anyway? And where did the gravedigger get that gorgeous pink dress? Avenge... |
| Hana Feels, by Gavin Inglis Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Something is bothering Hana. Can you work out what it is? Take the part of four important people in her life and guide their conversations. After each scene, peek at Hana's journal and find out how she felt... |
| Harmonia, by Liza Daly Average member rating: Fuller, A. (b. 1966, d.?) 12 chapters, edited by E. Merchant. 091 Manuscripts—096 Illustrated—098 Prohibited works, forgeries, and hoaxes Signed permission from the Dean required for viewing. No... |
| Her Majesty's Trolley Problem, by Buster Hudson Cryptic Puffin'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... |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
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| Hunger Daemon, by Sean M. Shore Cryptic Puffin'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. |
| A hypertext night, by chintokkong Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: An experimental puzzle investigating our mind's instinct to tell stories. What do you do when you are woken up in the middle of the night by some noise and you can't get back to sleep? Three possible ways to... |
| The Island of Doctor Wooby, by Ryan Veeder Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Explore an island populated by tiny felt dinosaurs. |
| It Is Pitch Black, by Caelyn Sandel Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Trapped alone in a darkened antique store with a man-eating grue, can you keep a light going long enough to survive? (contains sound, but no jumpscares.) 2nd place, EctoComp 2014. |
| Just Talk to Them, by Raymond Vermeulen Average member rating: Sometimes, owning your decisions can be hard. Love can last a moment or a lifetime. But if you want to try and make it last, it's going to require some effort. "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too... |
| KING OF BEES IN FANTASY LAND, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy Average member rating: A videogame about space bees. |
| Known Unknowns, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Nadia Nazari has a lot of unknowns to contend with in her Grade 12 year. Like how can she run an entire school newspaper with only one employee? Why has her estranged ex best friend suddenly come back into... |
| Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: 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. |
| The Legend of the Missing Hat, by Adri Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: A tiny story about four tiny ninjas and a tiny top hat. |
| The Lookout, by Paul Michael Winters Average member rating: You wanted to get away from it all. And boy, did you ever. |
| Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower, by C.E.J. Pacian Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: |
| The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening, by Ryan Veeder Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: An unauthorized sequel to the Infocom classic, written for the 2018 MIT Mystery Hunt. |
| The Magpie Takes the Train, by Mathbrush Cryptic Puffin'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! |
| my father's long, long legs, by michael lutz Average member rating: A weird tale. Some parts make use of sound, so this game is best played with headphones. One ending. |
| My Gender Is a Fish, by Carter X Gwertzman Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Magpies from the forbidden woods like to steal things: coins, jewelry, your gender identity. It's starting to get dark, so you'd better find your gender fast. If only you could remember what it looked... |
| Open Up!, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Trin Park's only job while her parents are out of town is to make sure her little sister stays out of trouble. Should be easy enough. The kid usually keeps to herself anyway... (A post-Birdland microgame) |
| Oppositely Opal, by Buster Hudson Cryptic Puffin'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... |
| Orunge , by Jennifer Reuter Average member rating: (1 rating)A young girl seems to be in a hurry to buy a bag of oranges... |
| The Owl Consults, by Thomas Mack, Nick Mathewson, and Cidney Hamilton Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Once you've established yourself as the ruler of the crime world (and, eventually, the literal world), the only challenge left is helping out the next generation of supervillains---for a suitable fee, of... |
| Phenomena, by Dawn Sueoka Average member rating: Shifting stories about UFOs. An interactive poem. |
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| Pirate's Plunder!, by Tiberius Thingamus Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: In this game, it be yer goal to findeth ye olde, cursed treasure on Loot Island and taketh it fer yer own. Not even that evil Captain Hookhead can stoppeth ye once ye put ye mind to it. Know why? If ye... |
| The Play, by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky) Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Pull yourself together, Ainsley. Just one more rehearsal until the big day, assuming nothing catastrophic happens. But really, all you have to do is get your motley crew of actors to run their parts once... |
| Plundered Hearts, by Amy Briggs Average member rating: In the 17th century, the seas are as wild as the untamed heart of a young woman. But when you set out on the schooner Lafond Deux, bound for the West Indies, your thoughts are only of your ailing father who... |
| Quest for the Serpent's Eye, by Lazygamedesigner82 Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Do you long for the days of sensational descriptions, ridiculously inconsistent monochrome artwork, and the mind-numbing frustration of seemingly impossible puzzles? If so, this might be the game for you!... |
| Quing's Quest VII: The Death of Videogames!, by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky) Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: You are a young monarch of mysterious and indistinct gender, valiantly trying to survive exile from your home planet -- or whatever's left of it since the invasion, anyway. |
| Reference and Representation: An Approach to First-Order Semantics, by Ryan Veeder Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Violence is the answer to this one. |
| Reflections, by Tristin Grizel Dean Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: You're the descendant of a well-known fairy tale character, trying to inherit your family's magical power. This is an entry for the Text Adventure Literacy Jam, intended to be playable by kids and their... |
| Robin & Orchid, by Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: High school journalists spend the night in a church, investigating reports of a ghost. |
| Save the World in 7 Moves, by chintokkong Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Aliens are invading earth with flying cups and flying saucers! And you have only 7 moves to make before the end. Can you save the world in time? |
| Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero] |
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| 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. |
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| Social Lycanthropy Disorder, by Emery Joyce Cryptic Puffin'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... |
| SPACE FROG!, by npckc Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: this is SPACE FROG! a story of a frog in space. |
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| Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian 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.) |
| Taco Fiction, by Ryan Veeder Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Taco Fiction is a game about crime. |
| Taunting Donut, by Kalev Tait Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: One-room game where you need to get an out-of-reach donut tied to the ceiling of your exitless room. |
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| Thanksgiving, by Harris Powell-Smith Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: You're twenty-one. It's dark in here. Thanksgiving is a story game about being an anxious student with secrets, meeting your boyfriend's folks for the first time. And being Judged. Play in your browser on... |
| The Tiniest Room, by Erik108 Average member rating: An "Escape the Room" kind of game made with less than 300 words for the Twiny Jam. |
| To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest Cryptic Puffin'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... |
| the uncle who works for nintendo, by michael lutz Average member rating: You are 11 years old. You are sleeping over at your best friend's house. You and your friend like videogames. Your friend has a lot of cool games. And, believe it or not, an uncle who works for Nintendo. And... |
| Under the Bridge, by Samantha Khan Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Survive as a monster that has taken up residence underneath a bridge, interact with strangers who pass over your bridge and see if you can not only survive the encounters, but create a home for yourself.... |
| The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca Cryptic Puffin'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.) |
| Weird City Interloper, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: An interactive tale of strange conspiracy. Pull up your hood, lower your gaze and enter the city of Zendon. If you can gather enough information, you may just be able to change the course of history. (Weird... |
| The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson Cryptic Puffin'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... |
| The Xylophoniad, by Robin Johnson Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: The King of Anachronopolis has ordered you to end the Trojan War, slay the dreaded Bicyclops, and rescue a couple of inmates from Hades. A comic adventure set in Greek mythology. |
| You are Standing at a Crossroads, by Astrid Dalmady Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: You are Standing at a Crossroads is a short Twine story about being lost, being changed, and being stagnant. |
| You Will Select a Decision, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: A pair of knock-off choose your own adventure books from Soviet-era Kyrgyzstan. |
| You've Got a Stew Going!, by Ryan Veeder Cryptic Puffin's rating: Average member rating: Your friend has invited you over for stew. He has not bothered to procure most of the ingredients. |
| Zeppelin Adventure, by Robin Johnson Average member rating: Piloting a tea-zeppelin on Mars is a lonely job, but this run is nearly over and then you're due for a holiday. That's unless you get sucked into a puzzly adventure involving pterodactyls, robots,... |
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