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'Mid the Sagebrush and the Cactus, by Victor Gijsbers
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They shot you in the leg, the sheriff or one of his men, but you still managed to get away. You always manage to get away. And while they're off pursuing you to, who knows, perhaps Colorado, you have quietly...

+ = 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...

> by @, by Aaron A. Reed
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On the surface, > seems to be a traditional adventure game, featuring treasure, an NPC, a puzzle, and a happy ending. However, matters are complicated by the realization that the work's purported author is...

♥Magical Makeover♥, by S. Woodson
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"You hold in your hand a pink, heart-shaped card daubed in rosewater and oil of jasmine — an invitation to the Princess Philantha's Grand Equinox Ball. In gilded, sweeping, sweet-smelling calligraphy, the...

100,000 Years, by Pierre Chevalier
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The longest short story ever.

10pm, by litrouke
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10pm, and dinner is still sitting in the oven. The TV is droning. The front door is closed. You look at the clock. You look at the door. You wait. --- Content warnings: profanity, allusions to sex and...

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...

1958: Dancing With Fear, by Victor Ojuel
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"Dancing with Fear" (1958, directed by Víctor Ojuel). In this forgotten classic of Golden Age Hollywood, a vedette fallen on hard times (Salomé Vélez) finds herself enmeshed in a tangle of political...

1981, by Anonymous
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(author is Adam Cadre, but game is unsigned)
2604, by Admiral Jota
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4 Edith + 2 Niki, by fishandbeer
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How to renew an old story? Put some new circumstances into the game. An old dating sim of mine, made for Twiny Jam is completed with a few new details.

4K Adventure, by John Metcalf
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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,...

The 5-Second Simulation, by alyshkalia
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A one-move parser game where your actions will unlock the clues needed to win. (This game was written in less than two weeks for the 2023 Single-Choice Jam, and is the second game I've ever made with Inform...

500 Apocalypses, by Phantom Williams
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500 Apocalypses is a web installation memorializing collapsed civilizations from across our universe. This interactive space is designed to allow contemplative engagement with five hundred curated entries...

69,105 Keys, by David Welbourn
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There's just one room. How hard can it be? Just unlock the door. Oh. There's 69,105 keys.

69105 More Keys, by Andrew Schultz
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A small guessing game in two flavors. No wins or losses, just compete against yourself.

77 Verbs, by MathBrush (as Prismatik)
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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.)

8 Shoes on the Shelves, by Marc Duane
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An account of one soldier's unfortunate attempt to locate a secret buried beneath the war-torn Flemish countryside.

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.

A AAAAA AAAAAAAAA, by AAAA AAAAAAA
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"...a very simple game with a very simple puzzle" - The author's comment
Aayela, by Magnus Olsson
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In the forty-seventh year of the reign of King Dargon, twelve years after the battle of Cyr-Dhool, and five years after his third marriage, disaster struck the Realm. Queen Dahra became ill; at first just a...
An Abbreviated Night Before Christmas, by Adam Thornton
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Clement Clarke Moore is rolling in his grave.

Absence of Law, by mathbrush
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Excuse me, can you help me? Yes, you, browsing IFDB games! I need your assistance, but I don't have long. There's so much going on: remote surveillance, unauthorized cloning, forgotten languages, robots...

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

The Absolute Worst IF Game in History, by Dean Menezes
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An Account of Your Visit to the Enchanted House & What You Found There, by Mandy Benanav
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You have accepted a mysterious invitation for a weekend away at a stranger's home. You arrive to find a small, dark Victorian house in the middle of the forest. Your host is nowhere in sight. Something about...

An Act of Murder, by Christopher Huang
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Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort
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"With the cantankerous Wizard of Wordplay evicted from his mansion, the worthless plot can now be redeveloped. The city regulations declare, however, that the rip-down job can't proceed until all the items...

The Addicott Manor, by Intudia
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You thought the abandoned manor would be easy to rob. But you were dead wrong. Its many rooms and corridors are filled with evil. You need to be lucky to make it out alive! The Addicott Manor is constructed...

Additional Tales from Castle Balderstone, by Ryan Veeder
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Another anthology of terror, edited by Ryan Veeder, again. Also an ECTOCOMP 2019 entry.

Advent Door, by Andrew Plotkin
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Where’s that door? This game was written for a collaborative 2019 Advent Calendar project. The theme was "The City of Doors" from the Planescape roleplaying setting. That project was never completed, so I...

Advent Mirror, by Andrew Plotkin
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"You had no idea where the portal would take you. That's life in the City of Doors. One more step as always." Created for the Confounding Calendar 2022.

The Adventure of Esmeralda and Ruby on the Magical Island, by Marco "Erik108" Anastasio
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A story about two brothers looking for their missing friend, set in a special place. Who or what will they find on their adventure?

Adventurer's Consumer Guide, by Øyvind Thorsby
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Adventures with Fido, by Lucas C. Wheeler
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"You are a Corgi in a sunny backyard." ...

After the Storm, by Luiza Alves
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Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?

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...

AI Dungeon, by Nick Walton
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"AI Dungeon is an AI generated text adventure that uses deep learning to create each adventure. [...]" "AI Dungeon 1 and 2 were created by Nick Walton with support from David Wingate, Max Robinson, and Alan...

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...

Alabaster, by John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, Ziv Wities
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The Queen has told you to return with her heart in a box. Snow White has made you promise to make other arrangements. Now that you're alone in the forest, it's hard to know which of the two women to trust....

Alias 'The Magpie', by J. J. Guest
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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 Aforethought, by Hanon Ondricek
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I need your help. I mean, you're the one who is supposed to talk me out of things before I do anything stupid. Time has stopped moving, and that might turn out to have been my fault. I didn't mean to do it....

Alice Falling, by Matthias Conrady
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An adaptation of the beginning of Alice in Wonderland. Contemplate your little girl life while plummeting through the rabbit-hole. The association-filled writing of Caroll urged me to try an adaption.

All Alone, by Ian Finley
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All I Do is Dream, by Megan Stevens
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Your girlfriend has gone to work and you're alone in the house. What will you do? Learn a new language? Take up an instrument? Train for a marathon? Or I guess you could take a nap.

All Roads, by Jon Ingold
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"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]

All the Troubles Come My Way, by Sam Dunnachie
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or; Johnny Montana and His Missing Cowboy Hat ...

All Things Devours, by half sick of shadows
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From the game's about command: "All Things Devours is a short piece of interactive fiction, leaning strongly towards the text-adventure end of the spectrum. It explores an all-too-familiar science fiction...

All World Pro Wrestling, by David Monster and Jim Dattilo
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Gay pro wrestling has never been this sexy! You're a trainee in the male Erotic Professional Wrestling Federation... and you're reader to take on all comers.

Almost Goodbye, by Aaron A Reed
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Almost Goodbye is an experiment in minimalist procedural content generation for interactive narratives. It does not try to generate a whole story or plot points from scratch, but instead asks what is the...

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.

Alter Ego, by Peter J. Favaro
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The game allows the user to make decisions for an imaginary person (being therefore the player's alter ego) and shows what possible consequences these decisions could have on that person. Alter Ego is...

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...

American Angst, by ODD PIZZA!
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Imagine a horror novel where you get to make the choices and decide how the story plays out: Welcome to American Angst, a text-based multiple-choice survival horror interactive fiction, combining RPG...

Among the Seasons, by Kieran Green
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A fleeting glimpse of the seasons from a magpie's perspective.

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: ★ ★ ★

And You May Find Yourself, by VPC
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You awake one morning with a beautiful house, and a beautiful wife, and no idea how you got there.

Animalia, by Ian Michael Waddell
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This is the story of Charlie Stewart, nine-year-old Human child. Inside this ordinary nine-year-old Human child are four animals from the Forest, working tirelessly to keep YOUR Taiga Federation safe from...

Annoyotron, by Ben Parrish
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Another Day, Another Sea Monster, by Dan Schmidt
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Another Love Story, by Hélène Sellier
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"The memories evade me sometimes. People keep telling me it's normal, after such an incident." Remembering the past is never easy, deciding if your love has died or not is worse.

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 Apocalypse Clock, by GlorbWare
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Arcane Intern (Unpaid), by Astrid Dalmady
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Getting coffee, making copies, tampering with powers beyond your control. You know, normal intern things. Now if only you were getting paid for it...

Are You Racist?, by Soda51
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Take the quiz and find out.

Ariadne in Aeaea, by Víctor Ojuel
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Isle of Aeaea, the eastern Aegean. 3,500 years ago. In the northern wastes, the Achaeans have a new and warlike chieftain. Palace after palace is falling to his armies. On the shores of Crete, the Minoan...

Arram's Tomb, by James Beck
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The brave companions enter the old wizard's tomb in search of wealth and adventure. Many have done so before but no-one has ever returned. Direct barbarian, cleric, mage and thief towards great wealth and...

The Art of Fugue, by Victor Gijsbers, Jimmy Maher, Dorte Lassen, and Johan
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A pure story-less puzzle game featuring logical puzzles based on the idea of the fugue: your commands are performed by four different actors, but with increasing delays. The version with music features...

Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur, by Bob Bates
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"Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone, is rightwise king of England." In the days before Camelot, when magic and evil rule England, a sword sheathed in stone appears in a quiet churchyard. Engraved...

The Ascent of the Gothic Tower, by Ryan Veeder
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A story of mild and non-debilitating obsession.

ASCII and the Argonauts, by J. Robinson Wheeler
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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...

ASCII and the Argonauts: Astral Plane, by Anonymous
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You play as the hero, Jason of the Argo, tasked by Pelias to restore the GOLDEN FLEECE. The final guardian of the FLEECE, the Great Dragon, attacked you but thanks to Medea's magic locket, you're in the...

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

Ash, by Lee Grey
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Ash is an autobiographical story about the final days of life, and the loss of a parent.

Assemblage of Angels, by Els White
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Guide a young woman as she visits old friends and gathers what she needs to fulfil her goal: building an angel.

Assembly, by Ben Kirwin
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Today has been an extraordinarily long day. You picked up the keys to your new apartment in the morning, you went shopping for furniture in the afternoon, and you've spent the evening putting it together. ...

Asteroid Run: No Questions Asked, by Fay Ikin
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Captain! You have limited resources, a desperate crew, strange cargo and a company man is aboard to spy on you. Will you deliver your secret cargo to the Asteroid Belt on time? You and your crew will get...

Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies, by Øyvind Thorsby
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Augmented Fourth, by Brian Uri!
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WANTED: Amateur musicians to serve the Royal Court. Must provide own instrument and be inured to copious constructive criticism. Impress your friends! Meet the King! Apply in person at the Castle, located on...

Avatar Of The Wolf, by Bendi Barrett
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Hunt down the killer who murdered the Wolf god! As Wolf's last avatar before his assassination, will you revive your god, take revenge on his killer, or destroy the pantheon and bring about a new order?...

The Awakening, by Dennis Matheson
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"You remember darkness. And the cold. Cold and darkness. And silence. Those memories are all that you have. That, and a feeling that something you never knew you possessed has been lost. Suddenly, oblivion...

The Axolotl Project, by Samantha Vick
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As a lowly intern on Sadler Pharmaceutical’s high-security lunar research base, you set out to find an escaped test subject before your boss does. Along the way, you’ll unravel the mystery of your...

Babyface, by Mark Sample
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We are haunted by the houses of our childhood. How unfamiliar they are, when we return. Yet you never forget, do you? You never really forget. A Southern Gothic horror story. Remember, of all the masks we...

Back Then, by Janelynn Camingue
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Memories can be precious or terrible things to have. They can awaken at any moment, whether in a dream or staring out the window in solitude.

Bad Beer, by Vivienne Dunstan
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A tale of dodgy drinks, things that go bump in the night, and stuff from the past that just ain’t right Content warning: alcohol (the game is set in a British pub selling beer), some spooky stuff and death

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

Banana Apocalypse and the Rocket Pants of Destiny, by Emily Short
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Barroom Brawl, by Mathbrush (as 'One-Eye Jack')
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Barroom Brawl is inspired by Super Smash Brothers. Battle multiple NPC's in an all-out brawl! Use PUNCH, KICK, or direction-based smash moves to brawl your way to success!

The Bat, by Chandler Groover
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Master Bryce is throwing a party. As his most faithful servant, that means it's your job to make the party run smoothly. But you only have two hands—and far too many duties. You'll have to manage requests...

Bears, Bears, Bears, by Admiral Jota
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Beat the Devil, by Robert M. Camisa
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You are some guy who, after a night of drinking and proclaiming that you'd sell your soul for a chance with the lovely Gwyneth, wakes up in a literal "Mall of Hell". It seems Lucifer overheard you and...

Beautiful Dreamer, by S. Woodson
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"Outside, the chill wind wails and tears the leaves from their branches. Gusts of wind scour the muddy sidewalks; gusts of wind roar through the alleys between buildings. Before one gust can fade, another...

Beautiful Frog, by Porpentine
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Please enjoy this frog.

A Beauty Cold and Austere, by Mike Spivey
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That survey course in conceptual mathematics seemed like a good idea at the start of the term - no graded homework, no midterm exams - just an oral final at the end. But now that final is tomorrow morning....

Because You're Mine, by Owlor
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Find the various components necessary to perform a dark ritual in a swamp populated by Horses. A Petite Mort entry for ECTOCOMP 2016.

Bedtime story, by Marius Müller
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"Daddy, will you tell me a story?" asks your son, Danny. Your wife, Randa, started the story of Prince George and his quest to rescue a princess while you were away for six months. Now it's your turn to...

Bee, by Emily Short
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The story of a home-schooled girl preparing to compete in the national spelling bee, dealing with various small crises with family and friends, and gradually coming to terms with the clash of subcultures...

Beet the Devil, by Carolyn VanEseltine
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Your dog is gone. She must be brought. You have a beet (and some other vegetables).

Before the Storm Hits, by JY Yang
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Before the Storm is a short apocalyptic work, navigated by a to-do list.

Begscape, by Porpentine
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highly randomized fantasy begging sim or bleak slot machine poem

Behold!, by Admiral Jota
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In this tiny game, you play as someone backstage at the XYZZY Awards ceremony. Eileen has sent you to bring out the celebrity presenter, Stephen Bishop, but he's been turned into a basket of mangoes! You...

Being Andrew Plotkin, by J. Robinson Wheeler
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"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,...

Being There, by Jordan Magnuson
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Being There is an extremely experimental little work of interactive fiction with pictures, about existence and Korea. Only requires a few minutes to play through, but you are encouraged to take your time.

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.

Bellclap, by Tommy Herbert
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Best Gopher Ever, by Arthur DiBianca
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Help the unfortunate residents of Fairview! (Who are all animals, by the way.) A light puzzle game for all ages.

The Best Man, by Stephen Bond
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Best of Three, by Emily Short
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Beware The Faerie Food You Eat, by Astrid Dalmady
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They say that some of the faerie folk can grant wishes, that they can give gifts to that who gain their favor. Now, you’ve found a portal into their world and you’re ready to step through and claim that...

Beyond, by Roberto Grassi, Paolo Lucchesi, and Alessandro Peretti
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A mysterious death, a secret to be revealed… and someone who wants to know the truth, at any cost. ...

Bi Lines, by Naomi Z (as Norbez)
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So what if you're unsure? What if you're falling apart? Forget about yourself and worry about them. That's what she'd want. (Note: This game poured out of me during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings in America,...

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:...

Binary, by Stephen Granade
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A wrecked star. A ruined space station in orbit. A digitally-uploaded mind. A decision left in your hands.

Birding in Pope Lick Park, by Eric Lathrop
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You woke up at 7:30am. It’s Saturday. You were hoping to sleep in more, but you peek out your window to see it’s sunny and nice outside. You feel fairly energetic, so you decide to go to your usual park...

Birdland, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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Fourteen-year-old Bridget's summer camp experience takes a turn for the bizarre when her otherworldly bird dreams start bleeding into reality.

Black Knife Dungeon, by Arthur DiBianca
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A miniature RPG.

The Black Lily, by Hannes Schueller
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If you think you are being watched while playing this game, keep telling yourself that it's all in your mind.

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...

Black Rock City, by Jim Munroe
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You're at Burning Man, with six choices to make before the world goes white. Choose wisely. Or wildly. The dust storm won't care. Zero puzzles, sixty-four endings. Cover: Trish Lamanna

Bliss, by Cameron Wilkin
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Blood Island, by Billy Krolick
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Become the Final Girl or Guy (or anything in between) of your dreams on Blood Island. You're a new contestant on the hit reality dating show Passion in Paradise, where you can be who you want and date who...

Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas
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Blue Lacuna, by Aaron A. Reed
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You have always been different. One in a trillion have your gift, your curse: to move between worlds, never settling, always alone. To Wayfare. Yet there are others like you, and something stronger than...

BOAT PROM, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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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...

Bobby and Bonnie, by Xavid
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A light children's-story-ish adventure inexplicably starring rabbits.

Bogeyman, by Elizabeth Smyth
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You can go home when you learn to be good.

Bolivia By Night, by Aidan Doyle
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A mystery adventure game set in Bolivia.

Boogle, by Buster Hudson
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Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!, by Steph Cherrywell
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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...

Braincase, by Dan Lance
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You are a forensic contractor tasked with going through a person's memory implant to solve a crime.

Break Stuff, by Amy Clare Fontaine
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What better way to get over a breakup than smashing things? In Break Stuff, you make decisions for a troubled young woman who just broke up with her boyfriend. When your old friend from high school comes...

brevity quest, by Chris Longhurst
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it's a quest!

Briar, by Hanon Ondricek
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You are young, dumb, and full of hope for the future; on a secret quest that may change your life forever! Or it may end in death and utter humliation. Good thing you're not really all that bright. This is...

Bring Me A Head!, by Chandler Groover
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Better hope you can hack it. A Grand Guignol entry for ECTOCOMP 2016.

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.

Buggy, by Mathbrush
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This game is buggy. It won't really end unless it crashes. Cover art modified from image by DJTMichel.

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

The Button, by Paul Corriveau
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I kinda wish I hadn't pushed that button... A (very) short Twine adventure.

BYOD, by n-n
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You are starting your IT internship. The details you got from the university are scarce: just the address and the date (today).

Byzantine Perspective, by Lea Albaugh
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Your task is simple enough. Just nab the chalice.

The Cabal, by Stephen Bond
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In this satire, you play as a young American man who loves old puzzle-based IF. You are also racist, sexist, and prone to believe in conspiracies. While playing Infidel, you learn that a secret society...

Cactus Blue Motel, by Astrid Dalmady
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Somewhere between New Mexico and Arizona, three friends were driving through a barren desert of red rocks, and wide empty skies. It was the end of summer, the end of high school, the end of so many things....

A Calling of Dogs, by Arabella Collins
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You don't know where you are, or how you got here, but you do know you've been kidnapped. Trapped in a cage, running out of options. What will you do?

Campfire, by loreKin
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Enjoy some time away in nature ...

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...

Campus Invaders, by Marco Vallarino
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For some time you have been waiting for the open day of the Vigamus Academy to visit the building that also hosts the game design course taught by Professor Mark M. Etal. Just arrived, however, you saw a...

Can You Escape From Hell?, by ClickHole
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Can You Find The Mole In This Spy Organization?, by ClickHole
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London, 1971. You sit at your typewriter, typing up a report while reflecting on your mysterious and troubling past. Your hands glide over the keys, but they are no normal hands and no normal keys. They are...

Can You Survive The Great Journey Out West?, by ClickHole
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You've spent your whole life here in Missouri, but it's time to try your luck out west. Today, you embark on the Oregon Trail. However, you won't get far traveling on foot, so it's best that you first...

Candlesmoke, by Caelyn Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine
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Entry in EctoComp 2014.

Cannery Vale, by Hanon Ondricek (as Keanhid Connor)
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Hell, even a seagull would hit the spot right now, roasted crispy over a flame-- He immediately put all thoughts of food out of his head because at the moment it was just torture_

Cannonfire Concerto, by Caleb Wilson
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In an 18th century symphony of intrigue, your supernatural virtuoso performance begins an overture to war! "Cannonfire Concerto" is a 190,000-word interactive novel by Caleb Wilson, where your choices...

Cape, by Bruno Dias
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Cape is a superhero origin story for the cyberpunk dystopia we're all living in.

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!

Captain Piedaterre's Blunders, by Wade Clarke
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"You are Captain Piedaterre, proud rat, scourge of a good number of seas and collector of amazing things that people forget to nail down and don't seem to care about when they go missing." Captain...

Captain Verdeterre's Plunder, by Ryan Veeder
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You should carry the bag. I'm more of a delegator.

Careless Talk, by Diana Rider
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"You pace the deck anxiously as you wait for the chaplain to finish his current appointment. The skies above are a gloomy grey--not foreboding enough for a storm, too grim to be considered cheery. The...

Carnival, by Admiral Jota
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You play as someone visiting the carnival. You've had a great day, but you haven't won a prize yet.

Caroline, by Kristian Kronstrand
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Let Caroline take you by the hand.

The Case of LeAnne's Missing Bunny, Wendy, by Ryan Veeder
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A Haunted House Jam entry by Sheridan Mitchell.

Castle of the Red Prince, by C.E.J. Pacian
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Welcome to Amaranth, foreigner. The Red Prince haunts your dreams, you say? If you want to overthrow our tyrant, you’ll need to consider this whole blighted land at once. (Castle of the Red Prince is a...

Catch That Kitty, by Rohan
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"A mission in doubt, a mystery of trust and choices." You are sent to find the whereabouts of a lost item, but find out that the mission wasn't about it in the first place.

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....

The Cavity of Time, by Sam Kabo Ashwell
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An Undum-fueled CYOA through a surrealistic landscape of intertextuality and logorrhoea, starring Stiffy Makane in his usual pornographic, antiheroic groove.

Cereal, by Brian Kwak
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How do you make cereal? (Made in Texture for KASRAN'S KASJAM.)
A Change in the Weather, by Andrew Plotkin
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"Walking away from a picnic, you are suddenly caught in a country storm. You must protect a bridge from being destroyed. An ultra-linear game." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]
A Checkered Haunting, by Andrew Schultz
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A Petite Mort entry for ECTOCOMP 2016.
Cheesed Off!, by Hulk Handsome
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An entry in the First Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction. This is a punny game where you solve puzzles with cheese. Mr. Veeder said the following about it: "Doesn't have much...

Chemistry and Physics, by Caelyn Sandel (as Colin Sandel) and Carolyn VanEseltine
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Child's Play, by Stephen Granade
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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...

The Chinese Room, by Harry Josephine Giles and Joey Jones
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The Chinese Room is a hilarious romp through the world of philosophical thought experiments. Have you ever wanted to win Zeno's race? Free the denizens of Plato's Cave? Or find out what it's really like to...

Chlorophyll, by Steph Cherrywell
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Choice of Alexandria, by Kevin Gold
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Change the course of history! Can your scientific discoveries save the ancient Library of Alexandria? Will you defend the empire's legacy, or your own? "Choice of Alexandria" is an interactive novella by...

Choice of Magics, by Kevin Gold
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Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever. Choice of Magics is a 550,000-word...

Choice of Robots, by Kevin Gold
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The robots you design will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? "Choice of Robots" is an epic 300,000-word interactive sci-fi novel by Kevin...

Choice of the Dragon, by Dan Fabulich and Adam Strong-Morse
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Play as a fire-breathing dragon who sleeps on gold and kidnaps princesses for fun! Choice of the Dragon is a free text-based game of multiple choice. Dominate the local kingdom, loot and pillage, and inspire...

Chorus, by Skarn
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Chorus is a non-profit organization with the purpose of improving everyday life in our city. We encourage cooperation between all, regardless of age, gender, mass, volume, morphism, mode of locomotion,...

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...

Chuk and the Arena, by Agnieszka Trzaska
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Fight in the Grand Galactic Tournament to get back your planet's stolen moon!

Cinnamon Tea, by Daffs O'Dill
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You've only heard that one could see past or future lives through the use of certain teas, and a good rest. Surely you weren't expecting this. [This game contains a death scene, blood in multiple cases, and...

Citizen Makane, by The Reverend
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In the beginning, you thought it was a simple nightmare. But then it just didn't stop. ...

City of Secrets, by Emily Short
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A train journey abruptly cut off. An enforced stay in a strange City. Intrigue, madmen, and growing sense of being watched...

climbing 208 feet up the ruin wall, by Porpentine
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-OVER 207 FEET -MORE THAN 1,000,000 PROCEDURALLY GENERATED VINES -REALISTIC WEATHER SYSTEM -LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A “CLIMB”-INAL INVESTIGATION

Code Name Silver Steel, by SpecialAgent
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A freelance spy is a great job. It pays well and you get to travel to new and interesting places. Unless you get caught, that part is not so great. You open the unmarked envelope and unfold the mission...

Coffee and Tea, by Brian Kwak
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A tiny utopia about coffee and tea.

Cold Iron, by Andrew Plotkin (as Lyman Clive Charles)
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Your good axe has gone missing. Reverd Pearson would say you're a careless lunkhead who'd lose his ear if it wasn't nailed on. You figure he's right, a man of the cloth, but that doesn't mean piskeys didn't...

A Colder Light, by Jon Ingold
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The last light has gone. The stars are coming out in the black sea above. Many are hidden by ice-fingered winds. My father is still not returned and the fire is almost gone. But this is how life is: always...

Color the Truth, by mathbrush
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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...

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.

Coming Out Simulator 2014, by Nicky Case
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A half-true game about half-truths. You play as a semi-fictional version of me, on a night that changed my life forever. Choose your (my?) words wisely. Every character will remember everything you say - or...

Common Ground, by Stephen Granade
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composites, by B Minus Seven
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A surgical team seeks to reduce a woman to the sum of her parts; her body blurs beneath them. Author's Comment: "This piece is, in the most literal sense, bloodless. It doesn't gush vomit or tears either; it...

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.

Confessions of an NPC, by Charles Hans Huang
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Interview characters in a kingdom not unlike our own who face the problems of our generation.

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.

Constraints, by Martin Bays
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Contrition, by Porpentine
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Someone is whispering behind your back: "She used to be the greatest thief in Contrition, until..."

Copper Canyon, by Tony Pisculli
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After disaster strikes a small mining town in the Old West, it falls to a handful of brave teens to reclaim their home from bandits. [A 10K-word branching narrative with fifteen endings and no puzzles]

Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
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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...

Craverly Heights, by Ryan Veeder
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Take on the role of Doctor Langridge, whose patient, Janine, is very sick.

creak, creak, by chandler groover
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"You have to look." 111 words. Made for Porpentine's Twiny Jam.

Creatures Such As We, by Lynnea Glasser
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A dating sim about how humanity connects through art, even out in the vastness of space.

Crème de la Crème, by Harris Powell-Smith
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Climb to the very top of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! Will you study hard, find a perfect match, or embrace scandal? "Crème de la Crème" is a 440,000-word interactive novel by...

The Crescent City at the Edge of Disaster, by Emily Short
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A Speed-IF featuring New Orleans, Emeril, and armed hamsters.

Crocodracula: The Beginning, by Ryan Veeder and Harrison Gerard
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The first Taleframe game based on the 90s children's horror soap opera.

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

Crossroads, by Cat Manning
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They say it's death to seek the witch. For you, it's worth the risk. Venture in to the forest in search of relief, but remember that magic is rarely straightforward. A short psychological game about...

The Cube in the Cavern, by Andrew Schultz
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A round world is scientifically ridiculous, of course, but a cube floating in air? You just might find a great scientific secret. Don't be too square to give it a try!

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

Cut the Red Wire! No, the Blue Wire!, by David Whyld
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You are a bomb disposal expert at the old warehouse on Throggmorton Row facing a big, nasty bomb. A red wire and a blue wire dangle from the side of the bomb.

Cyborg Arena, by John Ayliff
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In the dystopian future, cyborgs have been stripped of their rights and treated as property. You find yourself owned by an entertainment company and forced to fight other cyborgs in brutal arena matches....

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 and Stormy Entry, by Emily Short
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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...

Darkness, by Jeff Schomay
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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
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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
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No time for fantasy. Must feed fish.

DazQuest, by Josh Artman, Luke Layden and Peter Zogby
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DazQuest is in interactive story in which you assume the role of Boston College football coach Steve Addazio! Comb your mustache and iron those khakis, because it’s time to BE A DUDE! The game features a...

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

The Dead Account, by Naomi Norbez
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Per Hivekind's 12.3.14 Update, you are required to shut the account of dead users. As it is your first day on this job, you must only close one: Mike Stanvinchi's. How will those closest to him take it? Play...

Dead Cities, by Jon Ingold
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The letter you received from Arkwright's nephew Carter was clear enough: when the old man dies the inheritance tax will be too great. It's certain ruin, much like the estate itself. To raise some capital the...

Dead Like Ants, by C.E.J. Pacian
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You play as a young woman in red overalls, a red worker ant. Every spring, five dangerous creatures visit the tree and threaten the village, and every spring, the Queen sends one of her daughters to...

Deadline Enchanter, by Alan DeNiro
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Death Attends The Matinee, by ClickHole
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The dame walks into your office without knocking, and boy, does she look uneasy. She stares at you with piercing gray eyes and asks, “Are you Sam Stonemarrow, the private detective?”

Death By Powerpoint, by Jack Welch
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This Halloween, you have a PowerPoint presentation to deliver. And delivery it you will. Even if it kills you.

Death off the Cuff, by Simon Christiansen
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They all stare at you expectantly, like children waiting to be told a bedtime story. Who can blame them? You are, after all, Antoine Saint Germain, the great French detective. No criminal has ever been a...

Deep Breathing, by Admiral Jota
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In this very abbreviated version of The Three Little Pigs, you play as someone tall and furry, with immense lungs and an empty stomach. You have tracked your quarry to a shack in the woods. There is, of...

Degeneracy, by Leonard Richardson
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The glitterings of Gold, Jewels, Tapestries, &c. belie the Corruption of he who 'til recently occupied this high Seat. A white Carpet, once flanked by Sycophants & Counsellors, now lies untravelled. It leads...

Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin ('Edgar O. Weyrd')
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Deliquescence, by Not-Only But-Also Riley
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Your close friend is melting. She doesn't have much time left. How will you be there for her final moments? ...

Delphina's House, by Alice Grove
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A girl must say goodbye to her home. But there's time for one last adventure....

Demon Mark: A Russian Saga, by Lorraine Fryer and Vladimir Barash
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Call upon the power of your cursed Demon Mark to battle dragons, witches, and an undead army! Beware: each time you use it, the Mark grows stronger. "Demon Mark: A Russian Saga" is a 200,000-word interactive...

Depression Quest, by Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, Isaac Schankler
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"An interactive (non)fiction about living with depression." The player of this multimedia hypertext game is given a series of everyday life events, and has to attempt to manage their illness, relationships,...

The Deserter, by MemoryCanyon
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You are a soldier, fleeing a war that you once believed was just. Will you escape? Will you find redemption? Content warning: While there is not graphic depictions of violence, this is a story about war and...
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...

Detective Osiris, by Adam Burt
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Death. Conception. Genesis. Mystery. ...

The Detective's Bot, by C.E.J. Pacian
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He was the best detective you could hope to find on the shadowy streets of this forsaken moon, and now he's dead. You're just his secretary bot. You can type five hundred words a minute and look damn good...

Detectiveland, by Robin Johnson
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New Losago, 1929 - a town full of creeps, clowns, mobsters and, if you know where to look, the occasional honest citizen. Guide private investigator Lanson Rose through a series of puzzling cases: solve the...

The Devil and the Mayor, by Jonathan Laury
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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...

Dial C for Cupcakes, by Ryan Veeder
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A cantankerous ex-cop calls in a favor from his old partner.

DICK MCBUTTS GETS KICKED IN THE NUTS, by Damon L. Wakes (as "Hubert Janus")
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It's exactly what it sounds like. ...

Dig My Grave, by Ryan Veeder
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For reasons which remain obscure, it is your job to dig a grave. Written for the Apollo 18+20 tribute album project.

Dinner Bell, by Jenni Polodna
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You are the involuntary and very hungry test subject of a semi-anthropomorphized dog in a labcoat who wants you to find all sixteen food items mentioned in They Might Be Giants' song Dinner Bell, which have...

Dino Hunt, by Admiral Jota
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In this small game, you play as a kid in a playground. You want to play dinosaurs in the sand box, but you forgot to bring your toy dinosaurs with you.

Discover the World, by Adri
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DJ This Party, by ClickHole
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It's Friday night. You are DJ Musik, the best beats man in all of Europe. You heard the people of Las Vegas yearned for you, so you have taken a limo here from Prague. You pull up to Club Jenga, the city's...

The Djinni Chronicles, by J. D. Berry
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Doctor Who and the Dalek Super-Brain, by jkj yuio
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Prepare to hide behind the sofa! You are Doctor Who in this interactive graphic adventure. The Doctor faces his arch-enemies, the Daleks, in a battle of wits and choices. Choose wisely and you may just...

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...

The Domovoi, by Bravemule
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Your friend, a folk storyteller, has offered to perform her latest work. As her audience, it is your task to advise how her tale should unfold.

Don't Pee Yourself!, by Hulk Handsome
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The aim of this game is to pee in the toilet! A satirical (and crude) take on the pedantic and often tedious nature of IF, in addition to pointing out how bad we are at performing everyday actions when we...
Doomsday, by Admiral Jota
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In this game, you play as Agent Seafoam, a secret agent from the future. Disguised as a Taco Bell janitor, you have traveled to 1999 to prevent Agent Blue from delivering the plans to the Doomsday Machine...

Doppeljobs, by Lei
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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...

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.

Downtown Tokyo, Present Day, by John Kean
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"In this game you actually play two people - one is the real you, sitting in the dark in a movie theatre, and the other is the hero of the film that you are watching. Originally conceived for Adam Cadre's...

Dr Ludwig and the Devil, by SV Linwood
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Join esteemed mad scientist Dr Ludwig as he faces the greatest challenge of his nefarious career: making a deal with the Devil and coming out on top. ...

Draculaland, by Robin Johnson
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A terse, comic horror puzzle game based loosely on Dracula, faithfully reimagining several characters and ignoring most of the original plot. Guide Jonathan Harker on a trip through Transylvania, interacting...

The Dragon of Silverton Mine, by Vukašin Davić
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You are a novice mage drafted into service by the nearby mine. There was an fire and a cave-in, and the crew will take time to clear the entrance. Armed with just your wits and training spells, you are...

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,...

Draw Everything You See That's Mine and Yours, by kaleidofish
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A story about a casual relationship between two men that grows into something more over the years....

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...

Dreamland, by Tatiana Statsenko (as eejitlikeme)
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Dreams are fascinating, illogical, colourful, and some people just cannot live without them. Are you sleeping to remember or are you sleeping to forget? Credits to testers: Uliana Sirotina, Matt Nicolls

dripping with the waters of SHEOL, by Lady Isak Grozny
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A ghost of a peculiar origin stalks the corridor of your flat. Maybe you should go talk to it? A story about gay love and how all things hidden become evident, featuring a bigender protagonist and their...

The Dryad's Riddle, by Avery Moore
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Cryptic riddles and perplexing puzzles await you, as you solve the Dryad’s Riddle. In the land of dreams, wit and wisdom are worth more than gold.

Dual Transform, by Andrew Plotkin
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This game takes place in a single room — but not always the same one. The room contains just one item, but again, there's more to it than that. Experiment and enjoy.

Dull Grey, by Provodnik Games
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An interactive drama in the traditions of Soviet fiction about choosing a profession. Mother and her teenage son live on the edge of the world amid hot springs, steam, mountains, five-story houses and rusty...

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...

Dungeon Detective 2: Devils and Details, by Wonaglot
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The life of the world's first Dungeon Detective isn't exactly glamorous. You've spent many nights hungry, sleeping in the woods. But word is getting out, and the newest case has showed up at the foot of your...

Dysfluent, by Allyson Gray
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Sometimes talking is easier said than done.

Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
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In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts.

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

Eclosion, by Buster Hudson
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Entry in Ectocomp 2014.

The Edifice, by Lucian P. Smith
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"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...

Eh what drink did you order?, by chintokkong
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Play this fast-paced coffeeshop simulation: remembering customers' order of drinks and delivering the beverages to them. How much will you earn in hundred seconds? 220 cents? 570 cents? Or will it be just a...
Eidolon, by A.D. Jansen
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When you wake up, something is passing through the night sky.

The Eidolon's Escape, by Mark Clarke
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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...

Electric word, "life", by Lance Nathan
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It's 1999, and your roommate has talked you into hosting a Halloween party. It's pretty much going to be all his friends, but you've invited a few of your own who may or may not make it. Here's hoping for...

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...

The Empty Chamber: A Celia Swift Mystery, by Tom Sykes
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A game of observation, conversation, and deduction, set inside a run-down terrace flat in post-war Essex.

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.

Enceladus, by Robb Sherwin
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There's a werewolf loose on the spaceship known as the HMCS Plagoo!

Endgame, by Samuel T. Denton
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In this well-crafted one-room puzzle, you play as a wizard gambling everything for a chance to gain immense power. In a deep underground sealed chamber, your spell summons an egg from another reality into...

Endless, Nameless, by Adam Cadre
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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...

Endure, by Emily Short
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"Endure" is an interactive translation of four lines of the Odyssey. It responds to the player's choice of translation strategy as well as to the order of translation; the words you translate first will...

Enigma, by Simon Deimel
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Eyes can see, and a mind can think. Insanity is just one step away. You are in a room. That's where you are, and you know exactly what is going on. But the truth is hard to take. The game file includes hints...

The Enigma of Solaris, by jkj yuio
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Amidst the stars, Solaris stands as a beacon of human achievement and discovery. A space station dedicated to unravelling the universe's deepest secrets, it has been a centre of groundbreaking research. ...

Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman
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Epitaph, by Max Kreminski
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idle game about existential risks and the death of civilizations

Equal-librium, by Ima
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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...

Erstwhile, by Aster (formally Maddie) Fialla, Marijke Perry
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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...

Escape From Santaland, by Jason Ermer
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Ugh. Christmastime at the mall. The last place you want to be, during the worst time of year to be there.

Escape From Summerland, by Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy
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Original Blurb: "In the near future a drone war rages in the skies, but below in Summerland there is only one thought: who's going to feed Jacquotte?" - Take Control of Three Characters each with their own...

Escape your psychosis, by Georg Buchrucker
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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...

Étude Circulár, by Adam Black
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@fakeAdamBlack

Euphoria Brighter Than A Comet, by Naomi Norbez (call me Bez)
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Beckj, a Plutonian on earth for beir ornithology degree, has been invited to a fraternity's Halloween party. Can bey stay within humanity's expected gender roles, and navigate beir love for beir best Earth...

Eurydice, by Anonymous
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A short game about grief, with occasional snakes.

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

An Evening at the Ransom Woodingdean Museum House, by Ryan Veeder
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Karen Chambers gives tours in a restored Victorian home.

Evermore, by Adam Whybray and Edgar Allan Poe
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"MISERY is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon as the rainbow, its hues are as various as the hues of that arch". (Edgar Allan Poe, 'Berenice', 1835) This...

Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe
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It starts with a metalhead, Graham, realizing that throwing that shopping cart over the bridge was not the great idea he thought it was. Even if it did get him out of washroom duty at Cost Cutters....

Evita Sempai, by Florencia Rumpel Rodriguez
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A woman in the fifties falls in love with an idealized version of a polemical political figure.

Ex Nihilo, by Juhana Leinonen
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In the beginning there was nothing. From nothing light and darkness were born.

Excalibur, by J. J. Guest, G. C. Baccaris, and Duncan Bowsman
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The psychedelic science fantasy series Excalibur was wiped by the BBC. It lives on, in the memories of its fans. Author's Comment: "Welcome to the Excalibur Wiki. This fan-run encyclopaedia preserves the...

Excelsior, by Arthur DiBianca
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In this generic puzzlefest that uses a minimalist command set, you play as someone who finds and explores a very tall tower in a forest. There's no story here. Just solve the puzzles and reach the roof to...

Extreme Omnivore: Text Edition, by Hazel Gold
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You just got home and you're hungry as a dog. What smells so appetizing? Where can you find a snack?

Eye Contact, by Thomas McMullan
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A coffee. A friend. Something to talk about.

The Eyes That Look Back, by Leno
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We are surrounded with faces. The ones of the people around us and the ones we carry with ourselves.

Fail-Safe, by Jon Ingold
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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.

Faithful Companion, by Matt Weiner
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The "Play On-line" link should now go to version 2!

Fake News, by Mike Sousa
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I had enough fake news clouding my head even before remembering the words of Zobra the Seer, that today I would encounter great peril, end up in the news, and discover the fate of my great-grandparents. Get...

Fallen 落葉 Leaves, by Adam Bredenberg and Danial Mohammed Khan-Yousufzai
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An interactive ghazal-sonnet on love and longing, fire and passion.

Famous Baby, by N.C. Kerklaan
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"Me make weewee!"

Fate, by Victor Gijsbers
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You are nine months pregnant, and the contractions have already begun. Trapped in a castle with more enemies than friends, and Queen in name but not in influence, you fear for the future of your child. But...

Fifteen Minutes, by Ade McT
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You're in a tight spot. You have fifteen minutes before the Principal expels you from the cosy world of academia and into the cold harsh reality of the real world. You really should do something about it. A...

Figaro, by Victor Gijsbers
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A short example game created to accompany the essay "Co-Authorship and Community". It gives the player a kind of freedom that is not seen in any other interactive fiction: the freedom to determine what the...

Fight For The Glory Of Rome!, by ClickHole
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This Roman adventure is just as good whether you're gay or straight. It's a thrilling tale of blood and conquest, and your sexuality is completely beside the point.

Fight Forever, by Pako
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Fighting is all that matters now.

A Figure Met in a Shaded Wood, by Michael Thomét
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In the country of Tuscary, near the town of Clarence, there is a path that runs through the woods and into the nearby mountains. There is a rumor that if you are walking the path at twilight on the night of...

Final Selection, by Sam Gordon
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Fingertips: I Hear the Wind Blow, by Jacqueline A. Lott
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Fingertips: Please Pass the Milk Please, by Adri
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Your brother Sam is sitting across from you. He seems to be waiting for something. Written for the Apollo 18+20 tribute album project, and loosely inspired by the They Might Be Giants track of the same name.

The Fire Tower, by Jacqueline A. Lott
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Firebird, by Bonnie Montgomery
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"Firebird is based on the Old Russian folk tales that inspired the Stravinsky piece of the same name. You are Prince Ivan, and have been charged by your father, the tsar, to find the Firebird that has been...

First Draft of the Revolution, by Emily Short, Liza Daly and inkle
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It is dangerous to deceive a husband of magic-using rank... Juliette has been banished for the summer to a village above Grenoble: a few Alpine houses, a deep lake, blue sky, and no society. Now she writes...

First Person, by Buster Hudson
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Entry in EctoComp 2014.
The First Quest, by Matthew Mayr (with some help from Mike Bryant)
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A young child who desperately wants to be a hero is given a magical artifact allowing them to be anyone they want to be, literally. They use this power to try and make a name for them self as they embark on...

First Things First, by J. Robinson Wheeler
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You’ve just arrived at home from your nightly visit to the science and invention section of the local public library, where you spend each night dreaming your dreamy dreams of one day inventing a time...

Five Scarabs, by Agnieszka Trzaska
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Five Scarabs is a tiny adventure game made to test a verb-based interface in Twine. Find a way to escape Professor Bennett's Egyptian Room! Estimated playtime: 5-10 minutes

Flexible Survival, by Nuku Valente
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An erotic survival game set after a bioterrorism attack.

Floatpoint, by Emily Short
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It is night on this side of the planet. Settled areas are lit: a jagged crescent in the tropics, lining the inland sea. The bright splatter along the top of the curve is Tanhua, as bright from space as New...

A Fly On The Wall, by Peregrine Wade
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Across the city, strange events are taking place. But you are nothing more than a fly on the wall... or are you?

Flygskam Simulator, by Katie Benson
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You made a pledge not to fly, but that doesn't mean your adventures are over. The bus journey from London to Hamburg looks simple enough. Just, you know, don't forget your passport, okay?

The Fog Knows Your Name, by Clio Yun-su Davis
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Step into the fog to confront your terror: the evil that hides within. The Fog Knows Your Name is a 300,000 word interactive teen horror novel by Clio Yun-su Davis, where your choices control the story. It's...

Following Me, by Tia Orisney
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Two women take a wrong turn in the woods and make a gruesome discovery. They seek help from a mysterious stranger and are dragged into a vicious trap that they will be lucky to survive. Intended for mature...

Foo Foo, by Buster Hudson
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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 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]

For Rent: Haunted House, by Gavin Inglis
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In For Rent: Haunted House, it's your job to rent out a haunted house before your tyrannical boss has you fired. How will you screw over your tenants? Will you ignore inconvenient supernatural phenomena, or...

For the Cats, by Lei
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Your plan for a peaceful day out comes to a halt when you see a person selling cats on the pavement. The cats look sick and require immediate veterinarian help! It’s all legal, but it’s also wrong. You...

For the Moon Never Beams, by J. Michael
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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...

Forever Meow, by Moe Zilla
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You're a warm cat who's about to have a very bad day...

The Forgotten Tavern, by Peter M.J. Gross
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Max and Diana need your help, although Diana might be reluctant to admit that. You should visit their humble establishment. If you help them with their problems, they can help you with yours. You remember...

Forsaken Denizen, by C.E.J. Pacian
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THIS GAME CONTAINS SCENES OF IMPLICIT VIOLENCE AND GORE. * * * (A text-only survival horror.)

The Fourth Riddle, by reconditarmonia
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Based on Puccini’s opera Turandot, focusing on the characters of Turandot and Liù. Features pretty/interesting spaces to explore, multiple endings based on player decisions, some conversation, and some...

Fragile Shells, by Stephen Granade
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You don't know how long you've been hammering against the station's wall, but you stop as soon as you realize what you've been doing.

A Freak Accident Leaves Seattle Pantsless III: Endgame, by Admiral Jota
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Fuck That Guy, by Benji Bright
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A branching narrative exploring the various sexual options open to the urban gay man. Get laid, rinse, repeat.

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 Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode, by Victor Gijsbers
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The Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode was, in fact, formerly known as Hidden Nazi Mode. As such it was a failed experiment, detailed in the accompanying essay. In this release the Nazi mode has been...

The Game of Worlds TOURNAMENT!, by Ade
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It is a long million, this. The Septem Tower, held in the Manifold by the Tagides Rings, grinds on and on - its grey walls pressing close. The only thing to look forward to is the long, cold, endless Waste....

The Garbage of the Future, by AM Ruf
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On a dark and ominous night, two workers drive to the lake to do a job. It's a dirty and difficult job, but somebody has to do it. It's probably best not to think too much about it, or about the strange...

Garden of the Dragon, by Admiral Jota
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Gardening for Beginners, by Juhana Leinonen
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When the snow melts it's time to make that garden of yours look better than ever. An entry to the 2008 Spring Speed IF.

Get Lost!, by S. Woodson
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You're a suburban teen, sick of the suburbs. You run away to the land of the fairies, prepared for thrills and danger. Absolutely nothing happens the way you expect. A short Twine game with nine endings,...

Get Seen Tonight, by Harris Powell-Smith
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A cop falls for her torch singer informant. What's gone wrong tonight? Author's Comment: "This game was inspired by a number of songs by Dessa, notably Dixon's Girl and Alibi. Many thanks to Irina Goodwin...

Get The Whole Online Experience By Trying Our Internet Simulator, by ClickHole
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go online? Our Internet Simulator puts you in the driver's seat of the World Wide Web, giving you the full experience of using the Internet. So, what are you...

Ghosterington Night, by Wade Clarke
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Danger-filled Ghosterington Manor appears atop the same cliff each year on Samhain night. Hidden inside are the last four works of the dead bad poet Vigilance Ghosterington. Those four poems are worth a...

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...

Glowgrass, by Nate Cull
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You play as a xenohistorian on an expedition. You've been dropped (more literally than you planned) by a dropship over the ground of the Ancients. Your equipment was scattered and the dropship crashed. Now...

GNOEM, by Joyce Lin & Matthew Reed
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You are a college student trying to study for finals when a gnome with big dreams recruits you to solve his problems, whisking you away to a magical place with eccentric characters. Author's Comment: "A...

Go West, by Hulk Handsome
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An interactive fiction inspired by the Village People song of the same name. The aim is to go west. Or is it? Put together in less than half an hour for the 50th Klik of the Month Klub...

The God Device, by Andy Joel
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What is in the blood-soaked envelope the archaeologist gave Tanya just before she died?

The Golden, by Kerry Taylor
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You are Jane, a seventeen year old girl trapped in a seaside house with no electricity and little food. Navigate the house, your increasingly strained relationships with your father and brother, and your own...

GOOD BOY!, by Bailie Karcher
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Learn what it means to be a good boy, as you play as a young puppy named Jupiter attempting to make his owner proud.

The good people, by Pseudavid
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Explore the weird, until the sunken things come for you. A narration-focused interactive fiction focused on conversation and exploration of a haunted landscape. Playable on mobile, but a computer or tablet...

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...

Gourmet, by Aaron A. Reed and Chad Barb
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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...

Gourmet Gaffe, by Hulk Handsome
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A one room game set in a historically inaccurate France. Inspired by the prejudice the author has faced as a lover of tomato sauce.

Grandma Bethlinda's Remarkable Egg, by Arthur DiBianca
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How do you break out of handcuffs when all you've got is an egg?

Grandma Bethlinda's Variety Box, by Arthur DiBianca
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It's the latest model, and it would really like to play with you.

The Great Pancake Detectives - Case #27, by Hulk Handsome
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Can you solve the mystery of the disappearing pancakes?! Originally created as an interactive birthday card. As such, it is short and silly. Making cards for people with Twine and Inform is a lot of fun. It...

Grief, by Simon Christiansen
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The Griffin and the Minor Canon, by Frank Stockton, Chandler Groover
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A griffin pays an unwanted visit to a town. Adapted from Frank Stockton's classic short story.

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...

GROWBOTICS, by Cha Holland
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A new generation in construction and creativity is finally here! No matter who you are GROWBOTICS will help you channel your inner artist. A short exploration of invention, expectation, learning and context....

The Grown-Up Detective Agency, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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The only thing Bell Park likes more than a mystery is solving it on her own. But when a time-traveling 12-year-old version of herself lands face-down on her rented co-working desk, she'll have no choice but...

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?

Grunk and Cheese, by Admiral Jota
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A very short CYOA story featuring Grunk.

Guess the Verb!, by Leonard Richardson
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"Now you too can GUESS THE VERB for fun and prizes! Read evocative and amusing room descriptions while manipulating interesting objects! Interact with the simulated motives and desires of quirky NPCs! No...

Guilded Youth, by Jim Munroe
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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...

Guitar of the Immortal Bard, by Jason Burns
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Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian
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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...

GUNBABY, by Damon L. Wakes
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He's the pilot of a deadly armoured mech-suit; you're his babysitter.

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...

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

Haiku, by Flaminia Grimaldi
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Sit by the river and write a poem.

Hallowmoor, by Mike Snyder
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Your quest: infiltrate Castle Hallowmoor, find the potion, and make it out alive. This is a Halloween-themed adventure -- hypertext interactive fiction playable in most modern web browsers.

Hana Feels, by Gavin Inglis
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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...

Hanging by threads, by Carlos Pamies
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Discover Oban, the spider-web city.

Happy Pony Valley Riding School, by Lynda Clark
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Just because these ponies can talk, doesn't mean they have anything to say to you... Author's Comment: "I usually work in ChoiceScript and this was my attempt at modelling a simpler version of a CS...

Harmonia, by Liza Daly
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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...

Haunted P, by Chad Rocketman
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Discover fascinating minature worlds.... interact with an intricately modeled NPC.... discover the secret of the magical substance, P, and how it became to be haunted....

Haywire, by Peregrine Wade
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Yet another day is ending. Yet another day of dazzling bystanders with your spectacular illusions, all for a fistful of coins. Now it's time to grab a bite and find a place to sleep, all alone in the big...

Headless, Hapless, by Geoff Moore
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It's happened again. You've had a great night riding around, freaking everyone out with your whole headless horseman thing, and you're about to set off for home when you realise you've lost your head. Well,...

Heavenly, by Jim Aikin
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You're an angel. You're in Heaven. Everything is perfect. Honestly, it's perfect. It's so nice, so mind-numbingly nice, you'd give anything to get away from here....

Help! My Vacuum Cleaner Is Broken, by Admiral Jota
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Her Majesty's Trolley Problem, by Buster Hudson
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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 Hero Unmasked!, by Christopher Huang
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What's this? Front and center on the main shelf of your local comic store sits the full series of the "Hero Unmasked!" storyline from The Swashbuckler! The first three issues are even free to read! You know...

Hexteria Skaxis Qiameth, by Gabriel Floriano
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A dinner with your friend. Strange words. Stranger books.

HHH.exe, by Robot Parking
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The disk drive uttered a sickening crack as you tried to access it. Somehow, you were able to run the single program installed on it, HHH.exe. It's a game, apparently. By turns unfun and...

HIGH END CUSTOMIZABLE SAUNA EXPERIENCE, by Porpentine
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designed last minute for a live performance played for a crowd while they shouted out decisions more info (archived): http://aliendovecote.com/?p=4732

High Jinnks, by M. Nite Chamberlain
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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...

Hitotoki, by Bradley Buchanan
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A riddle-poem

Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin
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A far-future story of discovery.

Hollywood Visionary, by Aaron A. Reed
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Make the movie of your dreams amid the glamor and romance of 1950s Hollywood! "Hollywood Visionary" is a 150,000-word interactive novel by Aaron A. Reed, where your choices control the story. It's entirely...

Honeysuckle, by Cat Manning
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A Petite Mort entry for ECTOCOMP 2016.

Hoosegow, by Ben Collins-Sussman, Jack Welch
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Muddy's plan done landed you and your partner in the hoosegow. Now you're fixing to rectificate the matter before the marshal introduces you to the business end of a hangin' rope at dawn. Created for the...

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

Horse Master, by Tom McHenry
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The Game of Horse Mastery

House, by Karona
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"My hand trembled while I reached for the door knob of the house. After having fled without notice it was only natural that my life would be upset, so I came prepared to reassure her. But I suspected she...

House of Wolves, by Shruti Deo
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Wake up. Work. Eat. Dream. Bear it all again, over and over. How can a human live in the House of Wolves? Content warning: abuse, bigotry, coercion

How it was then and how it is now, by Pseudavid
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Who would be asked to travel to the center of an apocalypse? Two smart people walking to the center of many disasters, including the disaster they made for themselves.

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

How the Little Match Girl Met the Queen of Vampires, by Ryan Veeder
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Written for Day 18 of #EnigMarch 2022.

How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors, by Brian Kwak
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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.

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

Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin
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The Hunting Lodge, by Hulk Handsome
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You rub your eyes and peer out of the taxi window, confirming that you have arrived at your destination. You're here to investigate why no one has heard from your brother, Thomas, in weeks. Though the two of...

HUNTING UNICORN, by Chandler Groover
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A maiden leads a unicorn hunt. Sixteen narrative variants. Choose-your-own-adventure style. Mature thematic elements.

A hypertext night, by chintokkong
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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...

I Palindrome I, by Nick Montfort
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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 Will Be Your Eyes And Hands, by Cam Miller
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A short piece of interactive dystopian science fiction

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...

I.A.G. Alpha, by Serhii Mozhaiskyi
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You may think this game is about a post-Soviet Research Institute. About an experiment that went out of control. You may think that the initials "I.A.G." are somehow related to the Institute. You may think...

I'll, by Sean Barrett
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If You Had One Shot, by Wade Clarke, Victor Gijsbers, Hanon Ondricek, Brian Rushton
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What if you had only one shot? Made for the One Choice Jam by Wade Clarke, Victor Gijsbers, Hanon Ondricek and Brian Rushton. A brief parser game with a single choice. Take your time and read carefully:...

If You're Here, by Serene Sherman and Emil Ingemansson
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When a romance starts to blacken, is it your place to intervene? Lindy navigates her tense relationship with her stepbrother and her strong friendship with her teammate as she watches their relationship grow...

Illuminismo Iniziato, by Michael J. Coyne
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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 Imposter, by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano
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A man wanders the streets of Paris after a personal tragedy.

Imprimatura, by Elizabeth Ballou
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Imprimatura (It.): the first layer of paint on a canvas. Imagine that you are an artist. Imagine that you are in mourning. A painter - your relative, and your former mentor - has died. In their will, they...

Imprisoned, by Myth Thrazz
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Use your incredible wits, fantastic skills and/or magnificent strength to choose your way out of a heavily guarded prison! Reveal the secrets of the dungeon, meet the mysterious co-prisoner and determine...

In a Manor of Speaking, by Hulk Handsome
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In a Manor of Speaking is a punny adventure set in the surreal world of Calembour. Journey through the bizarre Outlands, the bustling streets of Rudeville, and eventually find your way to the manor itself as...

In The Friend Zone, by Brendan Vance
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A horror-parody in the tradition of Franz Kafka. Many regard 'the friend zone' as a metaphorical penal colony in which well-intentioned Nice Guys™ frequently find themselves trapped. But what if it were a...

In The Shadow Of Two Fangs: A Harrowing Tale Of Vampiric Terror, by ClickHole
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June the fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, You arrive today in the village of L---- after a lengthy journey from the capital, where you are a student at the University of K----. The focus of your...

The Incredible Erotic Adventures of Stiffy Makane, by Mark Ryan
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Indigo, by Emily Short
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"Years ago, a witch placed you in this tower and arranged for your upkeep, paying certain villagers well to keep you supplied with the most basic necessities, and no more. Your years in the tower have...

Industrial Accident, by John Ayliff
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A brief, violent fantasy.

Inevitable, by Matthew Pfeiffer
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It's hard being an unsuccessful mad scientist. You're spending valuable time making ends meet when you should be bossing around henchmen. Now that your latest invention, the TIME SCRYER, is complete, nothing...

The Insect Massacre, by Tom Delanoy
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A short murder mystery set aboard a space station.

Inside the Facility, by Arthur DiBianca
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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...

Insight, by Jon Ingold
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Insignificant Little Vermin, by Filip Hracek
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Escape slavery in Mount Bloodrock, an underground enclave of orcs and goblins preparing for war. What will you discover in these dark caves? What mayhem can you wreak on your way out? And how will your...

The Intercept, by Jon Ingold and inkle
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Bletchley Park, 1942. A component from the Bombe machine, used to decode intercepted German messages, has gone missing. One of the cryptographers is waiting to be interviewed, under direst suspicion. Is he...

Into the Lair, by Kenna
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You're standing in the silent graveyard, by the entrance to the crypt Wil pulled you out of when she rescued you. The sky grows brighter and brighter behind you; soon, it'll be too light outside for you to...

Into The Lion's Mouth, by Metalflower
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The Serengeti, a 30,000 square kilometre Savannah wilderness in Tanzania, Eastern Africa. It's not your natural habitat. Your jeep, a square box with a messed up engine perched dead centre in that wilderness...

Invasion, by Cat Manning
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The end of the world, and there's something after you. A short horror Twine about sacrifice, survival, and relative humanity. Le Grand Guignol entry in ECTOCOMP 2015.

Inventory, by Joey Fu
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You're trapped in a dungeon with an inventory full of stuff. Use what you've got to escape... if you can. Made for Twiny Jam.

Investigative Journalism: A Welcome to Night Vale Fan Game, by Astrid Dalmady
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In Investigative Journalism, you play as the newest intern at Night Vale Community Radio and you’re tasked with hunting down The News that just escaped.

The Invisible Argonaut, by Jacqueline A. Lott
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Invisible Parties, by Sam Kabo Ashwell (as Psychopup)
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You are a walker of the ways between the worlds. It is not an arrangement conducive to straightforward relationships. The Three Rebeccas have created a tangle, a temporary artifice woven from parts of many...

Ishmael, by Jordan Magnuson
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A short game about displacement.

The Island (Valand), by Ann Hugo
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When you, a ten year old called Sam, fell into the ocean you expected to drown. Instead you find yourself on an island that's nothing like where you came from. The forests are vibrant, there's white sand...

The Island of Doctor Wooby, by Ryan Veeder
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Explore an island populated by tiny felt dinosaurs.

It's Your First Day At A New High School. Can You Become Popular?, by ClickHole
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Today is your first day at Pike Central High School. It represents a much-needed fresh start for you, as all your life you've been a nobody. Quiet and lacking self-confidence, you've more or less been...

J'dal, by Ryan Kinsman
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Janitor, by Peter Seebach and Kevin Lynn
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Jason and Medea, by Victor Gijsbers
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A small game written for the IF Demo Fair at PAX East 2011. It showcases a competitive conversation system: as Medea, you are attempting to get the choir on your side in your verbal debate with Jason.

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

Jetbike Gang, by C.E.J. Pacian
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You're a member of a jetbike gang. Tiny Twine game for the Twiny Jam. Exactly 300 words.

John's Fire Witch, by John Baker
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A small, witty text adventure. Its clever puzzles received quite a bit of acclaim on rec.arts.int-fiction upon its release. You've come to visit your old friend John Baker, but he's missing, and a blizzard...

Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale, by Kreg Segall
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Get yourself into and out of another fine mess! As the newest member of London's elite "Noble Gases" social club, you'll win glory, renown, and much-needed money through various cunning schemes that will...

Jumpscare Manor, by Damon L. Wakes
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It's pronounced "Jump-scar-ay."

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

Just Bros Being Bros, by Not Safe Or Sane
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Help your bro practice his sex moves.

Ka, by Dan Efran
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For an Egyptian mummy's soul - or "Ka" - death is but the first step on a puzzling and perilous journey. The second step? Getting out of all those coffins....

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

Kane County, by Michael Sterling, Tia Orisney
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Kane County, Southern Utah: A severe storm crashes your Jeep in the middle of the night and leaves you stranded. Come morning, you find yourself alone and surrounded by an endless expanse of open desert....

Keepsake, by Savaric
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The planning was easy. Committing the murder was easy. But getting away with it? That's another thing. Keepsake is a short, surreal story about vengeance and its consequences.

Kerkerkruip, by Victor Gijsbers
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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...

Khellsphree, by Ralfe Rich
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When you lose hope, will you see a white deer?

Kicker, by Pippin Barr
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Killer Commute, by Jim Munroe
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Sometimes it feels like your life is on repeat. (Cover: Aubrey Serr)

A Killer Headache, by Mike Ciul
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The apocalypse is over. The human race lost. You're hungry. And you have a hell of a headache. Discretionary warning: This game is violent, scatological, and eschatological.

Killing Machine Loves Slime Prince, by C.E.J. Pacian
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A biomechanical killing machine stalks a strange world. The slime she loves is dying. And the one responsible is out there somewhere.

The King and the Crown, by Wes Lesley
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'The King and the Crown' is a very very very short game where you are the king. The goal of the game is to receive your subjects and end up doing all sorts of boring king stuff like passing judgement,...

KING OF BEES IN FANTASY LAND, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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A videogame about space bees.

The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher
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January 14th Dear friend. My sojourn in parts foreign is at an ende. I am at lodgings in Southwark not far from the bridge at Stoney Street, come dine with me two days hence to ring in the newe year. I have...

The King of the World, by G.A. Millsteed
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In this fantasy adventure, a boy discovers his destiny to become the legendary King of the World.

KING OF XANADU, by MACHINES UNDERNEATH
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And what a lovely place. ...

Known Unknowns, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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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...

Kotodama, by Aidan Doyle
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A robot is sent to deal with an outbreak of poetry in Tokyo.

Krypteia, by Kateri
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Since ancient times, the wise men explained to you, young warriors have learned to subjugate the Other in order to become men. To face what they should despise, in order to become what they must be. That's...

Labyrinth, by Samantha Casanova Preuninger
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In this puzzle game, you play as Damien Alexander, professor of mathematics. Before waking up in this gaudy and sweet-smelling cubical room, you remember crashing your car while driving with your wife...

Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory, by Katherine Morayati
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Synpiece: A wearable technology that changes the wearer's mood. Users of the Synpiece can adjust the 'color' of their experience, which adjusts psychological traits mapped to hue (emotion), saturation...

The Land of Breakfast and Lunch, by Daniel Talsky
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A diorama of made-up memories. The Land of Breakfast and Lunch is like a walk through a half-remembered childhood place that mixes up vaguely pleasant memories with half-remembered stories read long ago....

Large Machine, by Jon Ingold
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The Last Dark Day, by Bob Reeves
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The darkness is almost done. Go toward the light!
Last Minute, by Ruderbager Doppelganger (A.K.A. Hulk Handsome)
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Oh, crap! Crap, crap, crap! Crappity crappy crap! Poop. The deadline for the 2012 Interactive Fiction Competition is only ten minutes away! There's no chance in Hades that I'll finish my Twine magnum opus...

The Last Sonnet of Marie Antoinette, by Emily Short
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Laterna Magica, by Jens Byriel
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As you seat yourself and turn toward your inner light, you ask that one burning question. "What is laterna magica?"

LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST, by Stanwixbuster (as THE BODY & THE BLOOD)
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SEXTUPLE L TRANS*GRESSIVE MATURE "COMEDY" TWO ENDINGS QUICKER LOADING/OFFLINE BUILD: https://lithobreakers.itch.io/latex-leather-lipstick-love-lust Content warning: See in-game list under "PERVERSIONS"; 18+

left/right, by chandler groover
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The Legend of the Missing Hat, by Adri
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A tiny story about four tiny ninjas and a tiny top hat.

The Lesson of the Tortoise, by G. Kevin Wilson
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In this short game, you play as Wang Lo, a Chinese farmer. Alas, you shall learn that your wife has been unfaithful and desires your death.

Let's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment: The Text Adventure, by Pippin Barr
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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.

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...

Letters, by Madison Evans
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A twine game where the reader explores a stack of letters left on their desk from someone they cared about. She has hidden herself inside her words, and all you can do is read between the lines. Can you find...

The Lift, by Colin Capurso
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You wake up in a room with no memory of who you are or what you're doing there. You need to survive, that's all you know.

Light My Way Home, by Caelyn Sandel (as Venus Hart)
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Lime Ergot, by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight)
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Now everyone is gone. (Well, almost everyone.) Entry in ECTOCOMP 2014.

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...

Limerick Night, by Pace Smith
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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???

Limerick Quest, by Pace Smith
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"To Russia!" you boldly suggest. "This riddle has got me obsessed. We'll search 'till we're blind, and loot what we find! Let's go on a...

Limp, by Ryan Stevens
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It's been seventeen months since your last erection. Highest time to do something about it. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]
Linear Love, by Tom Delanoy
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And old-school love story set where else but in France.
Lists and Lists, by Andrew Plotkin
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A tutorial in which a genie teaches you the basics of a simplified version of LISP. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

little, by chandler groover
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a tiny yarn for ectocomp

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

The Little Lifeform That Could, by Fade Manley
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A little microbe in the primordial ooze has grand dreams! Dreams of survival, by and large, but small goals lead to large ones. Can you climb your way out of the ooze onto the land, into civilization, and up...

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

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

The Little Match Girl 4: Crown of Pearls, by Ryan Veeder
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A touching epic time travel fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

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

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

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

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

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

The Little Match Girl in the Court of Maal Dweb, by Ryan Veeder
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A spooky tribute to one of the great authors of weird fiction.

The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen, by Ryan Veeder
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A touching short story.

Lock & Key, by Adam Cadre
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A Long Way to the Nearest Star, by SV Linwood
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A thief on the run from the galactic police finds refuge on an abandoned spaceship. A lonely ship AI finds unexpected company. Explore the ship, solve puzzles, uncover mysteries, and befriend an AI who...

Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon
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Lost and Found, by Felicity Drake
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Jun lives on a bench in Edogawa Park. He's come to know the neighborhood, and it unsettles him when one of the daily commuters disappears: Ms. Ishii, a schoolteacher. Why did she go missing, and why is no...

The Lost Islands of Alabaz, by Michael Gentry
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Once upon a time, our Kingdom was much larger than it is now, reaching across all ten islands of the Alabaz Archipelago. But then a terrible curse fell upon us. A thick, gray mist covered the sea, hiding...

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

Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower, by C.E.J. Pacian
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Lovely Assistant: Magical Girl, by Bitter Karella
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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...

Lowell Prison, by Emily Short
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A small conversation piece between you, an inmate of Lowell Prison, and an old man who crouches beside a wide-open gate.

Lucerne, by Dimitri Kaviani
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Stricken with grief over the sudden kidnapping of her younger brother, one young woman must face her greatest fear and leave everything she knows, including her world, behind as she ventures into the depths...

The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening, by Ryan Veeder
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An unauthorized sequel to the Infocom classic, written for the 2018 MIT Mystery Hunt.

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...

Machine of Death, by Hulk Handsome
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In the near future, the world will be changed by a machine that predicts how a person will die with 100% accuracy... but not clarity. Would knowing your demise change the way you lived your life? A...

Madam Spider's Web, by Sara Dee
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Manlandia, by Rob Chateau
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Manlandia is a utopian interactive fiction that describes an isolated society composed entirely of men, who reproduce via parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction). The result is an ideal social order: free of...

Map, by Ade McT
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The house is growing. Or perhaps it's you who is shrinking. And with all this extra space is coming....time. Time enough, maybe, to make some changes.

Marble Madness, by Emily Short
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The Martian Job, by M. Darusha Wehm
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Rob the first Martian casino and find out who really rules the planet! Crack a safe, break some hearts, start a revolution, or get rich beyond the stars! The Martian Job is a 155,000-word interactive novel...

The Mary Jane of Tomorrow, by Emily Short
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You, Mary Jane Minsky, have a few things to clear up with your best friend Jenny Yoshida. When your robotic birthday gift doesn't go over as planned, you may need to reset your expectations, for her and...

The Matter of the Monster, by Andrew Plotkin
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You stagger up to its lair. Blue sand drags at your feet. Your Hands don't tremble — well, much — as you ready your new weapon. Your voice doesn't quaver (hardly at all) as you shout out the words you...

Meeting Robb Sherwin, by Jizaboz
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A slice-of-life adventure in Denver, Colorado.

Mental Entertainment, by Thomas Hvizdos
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Your job is to talk to people. Interview three patrons of the 'Mental Entertainment' virtual reality entertainment center in Dayton, Ohio, and determine if they have a problem. Conversation-driven parser IF.

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...

Mere Anarchy, by Bruno Dias
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“The box is cardboard, a file box; it looks like it should contain years of tax returns. Except the holes on the sides have been shut with black masking tape. Except the lid is held in place with the same...

Metallic Red, by Riaz Moola
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Wake from uneasy dreams. Float within the mist created by the low flow shower head in the bathroom of your inter system capable Personal Space Vehicle. Tend to the Japanese greens in the hydroponics array....

Metamorphoses, by Emily Short
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You wake to stillness. The hammering, banging, and shouting that kept you awake half the night are gone. The air is cold, and something smells burnt. Your master's experiments must be finished, but with what...

Midnight. Swordfight., by Chandler Groover
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A fool receives a challenge from a countess. Violence. Sex. Profanity. Sausage.

A Midsummer Night's Choice, by Kreg Segall
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In this Shakespearean comedy adventure, can forbidden love conquer adorable fairy outlaws? "A Midsummer Night's Choice" is a 190,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Kreg Segall, where your choices control...

The Milgram Parable, by Peter Eastman
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Your job is simple: do whatever you are told, without question or hesitation. If you don't, people will die. Probably including you.

A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Steve Meretzky
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"If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not..." --Shakespeare It's 2031. The world is on the brink of chaos. In the United States of North America, spiraling...

Minor Arcana, by Jack Sanderson Thwaite
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You have many faces. Your form is multiple. You are the cards. Created many years ago, infused with dark magic, you have seen many things. What secrets do you contain? What visions have you conjured up? How...

Mirror and Queen, by Chandler Groover
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Your mirror never lies. A puzzleless reflection. Fifteen to forty minutes.

The Mirror, by Kim McAuliffe
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The Missing Ring, by Felicity Drake
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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...

Missive, by Joey Fu
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It's your birthday today. Your ex-girlfriend brings you a present, and inside are a series of mysterious letters that tell the story of an old love triangle that ended in murder. Solve puzzles, solve the...

Misty Hills, by Giuliano Roverato Martins Pereira
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Wait for a tram in a weird fantasy world.

Mite, by Sara Dee
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In this small fantasy adventure game, you play as Mite, a pixy lad, who is carrying an egg-shaped jewel dropped by a cloaked thief who you tripped that morning. The gem belongs to the Fairy Prince! You must...

Mlp love is magic!, by mlp Rainbow Dash
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You are gonna love this picture filled game, where you have fun with the ponies of Equestria!!! ...

Möbius, by J.D. Clemens
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Another mission. Just when you had settled in for a nap.

A Monkey Stole Your Toast!, by Admiral Jota
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You just made some delicious toast! Yum! Then a monkey stole your toast! Oh no! YOU MUST GET IT BACK.

Monstr (A Dating Site, But For Monsters), by GalaxyKate
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A dating sim for monsters

Moon Over Jupiter, by Admiral Jota
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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.

Moon-Shaped, by Jason Ermer
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In this game partly inspired by Little Red Riding Hood, you play as Rosalind Wechsler, a girl on the cusp of her 13th birthday. What begins as a trip to Grandmother's house in the woods leads to disturbing...

The Moonlit Tower, by Yoon Ha Lee
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Mother Loose, by Irene Callaci
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It's been one of those days. It started out bad and just got worse: You're seven years old and in trouble a lot. You try to be good and to do as you ought, but nothing, it seems, goes exactly as planned. For...

Mother Tongue, by Nell Raban
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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
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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.

Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret, by Jim Aikin and Eric Eve
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Walking home from school is mostly okay, except for one big problem: Every day you have to pass right by Mrs. Pepper's house. She may not actually be a witch, but she sure acts like one. And now she's stolen...

Ms. Lojka or: In Despair to Will to Be Oneself, by Jordan Magnuson
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A short game about ignorance, defiance, and freedom—or: self-knowledge, acquiescence, and fate. Takes about 15 minutes to play. There are two significantly-divergent endings, but replays are intentionally...

Much Love, BJP, by Megan Stevens
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A brief look at the life of a fictional war correspondent. "Much Love: BJP" was showcased to a limited audience at the Hope College Celebration for Undergraduate Research.

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

The Mundane Tale of the Morning After, by Adri
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A tiny story about a tiny ninja and a not-so-tiny headache.

Murder at the Aero Club, by Penny Wyatt
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In this short game, you play as a detective investigating the murder of an ASAC inspector at the TAF Aero Club, eight hours away from Sydney. Let's hope you can solve the case quickly!

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...

A Murder In Engrams, by Noah Lemelson
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"Ironic to be a ghost in a dead man's memories..." Solve a murder by exploring the final memories of its victim, in a cyberpunkish future Seattle. Author's Comment: "A small project I made to learn Twine and...

A Murder in Fairyland, by Abigail Corfman
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Prince Blacktree is dead. All of the other fairy nobles are trying to claim credit. You're a traveling Open Sorcerer, and a convenient neutral party who just wants to get out of Fairyland. A whodunit where...

Murder on the Big Nothing, by Tony Pisculli
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In its heyday, the Burlington-Northern Railroad criss-crossed the country, a favorite of tramps and vagabonds who called it... The Big Nothing.

Mushroom Hunt, by Polyducks
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By exploring your surroundings you will discover not only the mushrooms needed to help Granny make her stew, but information about your life.

My Angel, by Jon Ingold
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"I wake peacefully, and already she is there." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

My Day off Work, by Andrew J. Schaefer
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The perfect time waster, a game that starts at the beginning of your day and goes where you choose to take it.

My Evil Twin, by Carl Muckenhoupt
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After last night's all-nighter (I had an important report to do for work), I intended to sleep all through the day. But I can't afford to do that. Somewhere out there, my evil twin is plying his schemes, and...

my father's long, long legs, by michael lutz
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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
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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...

My night, by Ivsaez
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You pick up a coach and you go with your best friends and the guy you like to your town house. You buy food, alcohol and tobacco. You are planning to have a party alone all weekend. Can there be a better...

Mystery House Possessed, by Emily Short
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This intricate all-text reworking draws on the Gothic, as well as Clue, to simulate seven characters working to outwit the killer in their midst.

Nadia's Late, by Jim Munroe
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Being human all the time is boring.

Napier's Cache, by Vivienne Dunstan
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Scotland, 1594: You're used to strange requests in your role as servant to John Napier. He's not just famous as a mathematician, but is also known for his occult skills and knowledge, still valued in these...

Narcolepsy, by Adam Cadre
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, by Ryan Veeder and Edgar Allan Poe
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A Real Novel by Edgar Allan Poe.

The Naughty Neural Net, by Julius Tarng
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See what Santa's Christmas delivery looks like in the near future, with the power of Neural Nets, Training Data, and Captcha! 10 minute read. Written with Ink/Inky.

Nautilisia, by Ryan Veeder
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Your friend claims to be in a coma.

The Nemean Lion, by Anonymous
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Nemesis Macana, by Herman Schudspeer, Victor Gijsbers
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Standing in front of a London brothel with the clear intent to enter, our protagonist's future may seem dark and foreboding. But perhaps an unexpected and life-changing experience is waiting for him. Comes...

NEST, by Ryan Veeder
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Written for Day 2 of #EnigMarch 2023.
Nevermore, by Nate Cull
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"A short tale of mystery and madness inspired by Poe's "The Raven"." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

Night Guard / Morning Star, by Astrid Dalmady
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My mother made a deal. So here I am, working the night shift, alone with her work.

Night House, by Bitter Karella
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It looks different in the dark. You're eight years old. You wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, but you soon realize that not everything is as it seems in the house tonight. Where has...

Nightfall, by Eric Eve
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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...

Niney, by Daniel Spitz
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Explore the nature of relationships and identity on a weird train. Author's Comment: "We all ask ourselves, "Who am I?" One of the ways we try to answer this question is by examining the effects we have on...

No Room, by Ben Heaton
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Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It, by Jeff O'Neill
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You are standing at the edge of a barren field. A steady wind, having secreted away the topsoil, is now drifting sandy dirt across the plain. A scant sign of life here is a freshly-burrowed molehill on the...

The Northnorth Passage., by Caleb Wilson (as Snowball Ice)
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Oh no, the old family curse has flared up! This is a short story about limits to action.

Nowhere Near Single, by kaleidofish
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A young woman in the entertainment industry struggles with harmonizing her public pop star persona and her private polyamorous life. Warning for mildly graphic content.

Nudists Gone Wild, by Hulk Handsome
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A short, silly adventure where the player is a nudist trying to make their way to a nudist camp. Inspired by true events in the author's life. It also features dinosaurs.

Nyna Lives, by Sarah Rhiannon Nowack
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The life of a witch's cat is no stroll in the park. It's more like a stroll through monster-infested woods, over temperamental streams, and across festering swamps. But you can handle it, right? Hurry home,...

Old Jim's Convenience Store, by Anssi Räisänen
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When you heard that Uncle Jim has left you his convenience store in his will, you were initially delighted. After all, you've always wanted to stand on your own, make your own money and get forward in life,...
Ollie Ollie Oxen Free, by Carolyn VanEseltine
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"War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children." - Jimmy Carter

One Minute Mysteries, by Michael Gray
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Test your detective skills in this collection of fifty-five short mysteries! Can you catch the culprit before the detectives do?

The One That Got Away, by Leon Lin
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Go fishing for 'The Old One'. Won 3rd place....

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

Open That Vein, by Chandler Groover
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You are going to open that vein. La Petite Mort entry in ECTOCOMP 2015.

Open Up!, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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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)

Opening Night, by David Batterham
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You stepped off the streetcar moments ago, halting before the grand facade of the Marquis Theatre. You have come to see your idol, the Broadway star Miranda Lily, performing in all her dizzying glory. [blurb...
Operation Extraction, by Ming-Yee Iu
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Rescue Dr. Galland, a bio-weapons specialist, from the Dawn Militia.

Oppositely Opal, by Buster Hudson
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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...

Orchid Species of the Erastian, by Ryan Veeder

You begin on a beach on Ankers Island. You have a sketchbook to which you may paint or sketch any examples of orchids that you may find. You have no particular goals except to relax, explore, and draw...

Orevore Courier, by Brian Rapp
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Origins, by Vincent Zeng and Chris Martens
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"Origins" is a story of the individual, potentially convergent paths of two people making their way through Pittsburgh. There are two available modes, a "myopic" view wherein the player controls a single...

Ostrich, by Jonathan Laury
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A new government's coming. A populist government looking to shake up the status quo. Your job in the Advertising Corrections Team is safe enough, but as tensions rise and regulations tighten you know that...

Our Darkest Thoughts, by Jesse Villa
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You have no recollection of how and why you ended up there. Find your way out of the darkness. Trigger Warning: Suicide, depression

The Ouroboros Trap, by Chad Ordway
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Stop me if you've heard this one before: You wake up alone in a room with no memories of how you got there and no way out. Oh, you have heard that one? Well, okay. Well, I guess you'll just have to trust me...

A Papal Summons, or The Church Cat, by Bitter Karella
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The pope -- the holy father himself! -- has summoned you to Rome for a personal audience. But the Vatican is a massive, bustling city, full of twisting avenues and winding corridors and so many oubliettes,...

The Parenting Simulator, by Matt Simpson
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A unique story that lets you experience all the highs and lows of raising a child. Watch your little one grow and change from the choices you make!

a partial list of things for which i am grateful, by Devon Guinn
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i hope that this list will never be finished

Pas De Deux, by Linus Åkesson
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Striding into the spotlight, you smile as you look out over the crowd. It's a good turnout tonight. Now it is up to the Bournebrook Rill Community Orchestra and you, maestro Nevada Elmsbee, to deliver a...

Pass the Banana, by Admiral Jota
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Passages, by Jared W Cooper
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These are all the weekends that will have passed when you read this.

Perihelion, by Tim White
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What comets may come

The Periwink, by Jedediah Berry
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It's your last day as her ladyship's groundskeeper—but you still have a little work left to do. A Petite Mort entry for ECTOCOMP 2016.

Phantom, by Peter Eastman
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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...

The Phoenix Move, by Daniele Giardini
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You are standing on a tall pole. So tall you can't see the ground below. All you see, is a bright blue sky around you. And the sun. And some clouds. And a huge egg, motionlessly floating a couple of feet...

Photopia, by Adam Cadre
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"Will you read me a story?" "Read you a story? What fun would that be? I've got a better idea: let's tell a story together."

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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Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die, by Rob Noyes
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A very short game. Whatever you do, do not pick up the phone booth; well, you can guess from the title what happens if you do. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

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.

Pirateship, by Robin Johnson
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Who doesn't love pirates? Who, that is, apart from the British, the Spanish, the French, the Dutch, innkeepers, crocodiles, flying children, other pirates, merchant seamen with valuable cargoes of gold and...

The Place, by CynthiaP (as 'Ima')
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Although this is an interactive interface, your choices do NOT matter. They really do not. Before you quit, I want you to understand why. I am a believer of absurdity, that our actions in the end have no...

Planet C, by Mark Carew
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Welcome to planet C and its small but growing colony of survivors from Earth. YOU are in charge of power generation, food production and limiting pollution. Land the ships carrying the colonists and...

Plaque, by Admiral Jota
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The Play, by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky)
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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...

A Player's Heart, by Melissa Scott
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Find love, fame, and intrigue on the stage of the city's all-woman Opera! Put on a show, survive drama on and off-stage…and win your lover's heart. A Player's Heart is a 222,000-word interactive lesbian...

Pogoman GO!, by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman
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The world is full of Pogomen, and now that you don’t have a job or family to worry about, you might as well get back to it!

Polendina, by Christopher Lewis
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In this game, you play as an adult who inexplicably wakes up in an abbreviated and sparsely furnished version of their childhood home. The story will touch on the dog you wanted but never had, the way your...

Popstar Idol Survival Game, by CrunchMasterGowon
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Compete against other contestants to become star popstar idol!

Portcullis, by Robin Johnson
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Your home town, Portcullis, has been taken over by an evil sorcerer (because that's what evil sorcerers do) and a party of adventurers has arrived to overthrow him (because that's what adventurers do.) An...

Porter Cave Adventure, by Cam Miller
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A text adventure about history and game design.
Practical Astrology, by Admiral Jota
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You play as Agent Hamburg, a stellar control operative, thanks to your acquisition of the definitive textbook on the subject, Moving the Stars. In normal astrology, one predicts the future by reading the...

President Disaster, by Maeve Adams, Marc Faletti
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America faces its greatest threat yet. And now you have the worst and most important babysitting job in the history of the universe. Good luck!

Pretty Sure, by Jim Munroe
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After the Partnership with the offworlders takes place, many things on Earth get a lot easier. Parenting is not one of them. (Cover: Jonathan Wyke)
Priapism, by Soda51
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The Prongleman Job, by Arthur DiBianca
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Break into Prongleman's house and steal a few valuables. Try and finish before he gets home. The Thieves' Society is counting on you.

Psy High, by Rebecca Slitt
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When the kids at your high school start developing psychic powers, you and your friends must team up to stop the principal from taking over the world! "Psy High" is an interactive teen supernatural mystery...

Psy High 2: High Summer, by Rebecca Slitt
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What if summer could last forever? With your psychic powers and a little time magic, it can! An interactive teen supernatural mystery novel.

Psychomanteum, by Hanon Ondricek
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Every year your friend hosts a Halloween party where guests are expected to complete three dares. This is the third. A Grand Guignol entry for ECTOCOMP 2016.

Pumping!, by Stephen Granade
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Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head, by The Hungry Reader
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The world's most beloved puppeteer has died under mysterious circumstances. His legacy must be preserved! Hunt your way through his studio and talk to seven different puppets to learn the truth and protect...

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...

The Queen's Menagerie, by Chandler Groover
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These beasts won't feed themselves. A puzzleless exhibition. Ten to fifteen minutes.

Quest for the Homeland, by Nikita Veselov
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You are in charge of a caravan with the last hundred survivors of your nation. Their fate depends on how much you know yourself.

Quest for the Sword of Justice, by Damon L. Wakes
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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....

Quest for the Teacup of Minor Sentimental Value, by Damon L. Wakes
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A shadow grows in the frozen north, and dark forces assemble in the wilds and on the roads. Fortunately, you run a small tearoom in a quant forest village and so it is not your job to deal with any of that....

Quiet, by Martyna "Lisza" Wasiluk
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A conversation where your voice bears no words.

Quintessence, by Andrea M. Pawley
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The Forever Cat stalks through this universe, collapsing it when the Others come close or shiny objects are too far apart. Will you end the Forever Cat's destructive cycle and help this universe's quanta...

The Race, by Andy Why
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It felt like a dream. Just three days ago you were going about your normal business when your life figuratively and literally went around a corner into an old lady carrying hot coffee. Apologetically, she...

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...

Ragnarok: Twilight of the Gods , by Admiral Jota
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Late night movie night at your place! It’s two AM, your friends are here, the DVD is already in the machine, and you’re ready to watch. Or are you?

Raik, by Harry Giles
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A Scots fantasia about anxiety Featuring kelpies, lost keys, mysteriously-lit underground caverns, boring work, panic attacks and red hair. Raik is written in Scots, one of the languages of Scotland, with a...

Rainbow Bridge, by John Demeter
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In this tiny game, you play as the angel Gabriel in an isolated cabin with your lover, a mortal man named Demeter. Because of an unexpected crisis, you must now return to the celestial plane. But to get...

Rameses, by Stephen Bond
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Rape, Pillage, Makane!, by Chandler Groover
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No knight was ever more noble than Sir Makane, whose chivalrous code held two tenets above all: SLAY/LAY. Written for Ludum Dare 34.

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...

Reality Railroad, by Admiral Jota
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REALLY, IF / REALLY, ALWAYS, by Dawn Sueoka
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An experiment in human-mediated computer-computer interaction. Author's Comment: "Content warning: This story contains some adult themes. Readers may find it unsettling or menacing, and may experience...

The Recruit, by Mike Sousa
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Try your hand at the Real Life Interactive Gaming Simulacra! You'll face a variety of challenges and simulations and have a chance to win some money and great prizes. Apply today!

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

Refugee, by Mark C. Marino
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Nine refugees embark on an odyssey aboard a raft, exchanging tales of jealous gods and proxy wars while trying to reach safety. Author's Comment: "The global political forces are playing out in a...

rendition, by nespresso
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They caught Abdul during an insurgency in the east. He tried to take out a regiment with some home-made explosives strapped to his chest. They didn't explode, so pretty soon the coalition had a real live...

Riot, by Taylor Johnson
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Your city is burning. Parker, a riot control officer, is thrust into the heat of his first riot when one mistake changes everything. Now he wanders through the bedlam, harbouring a deadly secret.

Rip Retold, by Hipolito
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A twist on a sleepy old classic.

Rite of Passage, by Arno von Borries
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A comedy in four parts about exciting games of instinct and wits, set in childhood. Not necessarily for children.

Ritus Sacri, by quackoquack
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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.

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

The Road to Canterbury, by Kate Heartfield
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May the best story win! Enter the medieval world of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," where your journey, and the stories you tell, will change history. "The Road to Canterbury" is a 175,000-word interactive...

Roads in Tempest, by Adam Bredenberg
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"What was done to you in a world that should be yours." Open-world abstract tirade / Experimental explore-em-up character study Author's Comment: "This is a draft of a whorl. The purpose is to soften our...

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...

Robin & Orchid, by Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim
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High school journalists spend the night in a church, investigating reports of a ghost.

Robot Finds Kitten, by David Griffith, Leonard Richardson
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In this game, you are Robot ( # ). Your job is to find Kitten. This task is complicated by the existance of various things which are not Kitten. Robot must touch items to determine if they are Kitten or not....

robotsexpartymurder, by Hanon Ondricek
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When suspects and witnesses are “property, not people,” how should those who seek the truth proceed? Date robots. Avert scandal. Bring protection. Content warning: Adult Situations, Language, and Humor,...

ROD MCSCHLONG GETS PUNCHED IN THE DONG, by Damon L. Wakes (as Hubert Janus)
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Once again, it's exactly what it sounds like. Content warning: Flashing images, crude humour, testicular trauma

Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian
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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
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An account of the disastrous sidewalk chalk tournament of August 27, 2011.

The Roscovian Palladium, by Ryan Veeder
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Humans are constantly appropriating rat culture. King Roscoe thought to use this to his advantage.

Rough Draft, by Erica Kleinman
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Denise is an author struggling to finish a story by a deadline. Help her complete her story by making choices and avoiding writer's block. Part of a thesis project on interactive storytelling.

RPG-ish, by Stuart Lilford
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A micro-RPG made for Twiny Jam (make a Twine game using 300 words or less).

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 Saga of Oedipus Rex, by Jacic
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Your name is Oedipus, Prince of Corinth: And you've just discovered your future has been cursed by the gods themselves. Travel back to a time of magic and monsters in ancient Greece. Can you successfully...

Sage Sanctum Scramble, by Arthur DiBianca
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A grab bag of puzzles, mostly word puzzles. Collect keywords and save the Sanctum!

Saint City Sinners, by dgallagher
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Hey you! Yeah, you! You think you have what it takes to be a detective? I mean a real, steel-oats-eating kind of detective that names your fists and barely cries at the end of Marley and Me? If so, prepare...

Salt, by Gareth Damian Martin
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The beach is a strip of heat. You stand knee deep in the water, facing out to sea. Familiar voices shimmer behind your head. You take a breath, and then begin. - A game about swimming, thinking and the...

San Francisco, 2118, by Leah Case
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The sun is disappearing, your mother is lost. You don’t know why.

Sand-dancer, by Aaron Reed and Alexei Othenin-Girard
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It figures that your pickup would die on a night like this and leave you stranded in the dark New Mexico desert. But nothing else figures about this night, man. Nothing at all. An example game for Aaron...

Save the World in 7 Moves, by chintokkong
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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?

Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short
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The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne, carriage rides in the Tuileries, having your name whispered behind...

Savor, by Ed Nobody
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All you remember is that you're cursed. Cursed to spend every night writhing in pain. You've come here, to this desolate farmland, to find a cure. But now that you're here, you might find more than you...

Scarlet Sails, by Felicity Banks
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Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass, or with your magical skill? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or...

SCP-3939 [NUMBER RESERVED; AWAITING RESEARCHER], by Croquembouche
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This is a multiple-choice game that exists on the SCP-Wiki, a site dedicated to creative 'containment procedures' for fictional anomalies.

SCREW YOU, BEAR DAD!, by Xalavier Nelson Jr.
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SCREW YOU, BEAR DAD! is a game about puns, rampant drug use, learning to enjoy life despite uncertainty, and elderly women in attack helicopters. Also - bears. [Note: game contains strong language, and brief...

The Sea Eternal, by Lynnea Glasser
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In the enchanted underwater City of Glass, what will you sacrifice for immortality? Love, memories, freedom? Will you take freedom from others to win your heart's desire? Dive into a world of mermaids,...

The Second Floor, by litrouke
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A survivor scrounges for supplies in a zombie apocalypse. --- Content warnings: lots of corpses, allusions to death and suicide. No real jumpscares. Contains sound.

Secret Agent Cinder, by Emily Ryan
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Play as a revolutionary agent Cinder. Your mission is to infiltrate the Royal Ball, dodge the guards and steal the Secret Military Plans, all before midnight. The opulence of Versailles disgusts you as you...

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.

Seeking Ataraxia, by Glass Rat Media
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A simulation of what it's like to live with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, balancing life, relationships and neurosis on your quest toward peace.

A Series of Interactive Stories Where No Matter What You Do You Are Immediately Killed by a Werewolf, by Luke Burns
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Can you escape the werewolf? (No.)

Several Other Tales from Castle Balderstone, by Ryan Veeder
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Third in a series of anthologies of unbelievable terror, edited by Ryan Veeder, again. Also an ECTOCOMP 2020 entry.

Sex on the Beach, by Hanon Ondricek
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NSFW - An Adults-Only Sex Comedy. Exactly what it says on the tin. Write an interactive letter to an adult magazine describing your Spring Break escapades. Contains explicit descriptions of sexual activity...

Shackles of Control, by Sly Merc
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It was a normal day at school, but then that was gone. Teachers? Gone. Students? Also gone. You? Not gone.

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

The Shadow in the Cathedral, by Ian Finley and Jon Ingold
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When the monks took me, aged six months, into their care, they named me Wren. Maybe because I was small, insignificant, and happy to eat any crumbs they threw my way. But these days I'm Wren, 2nd Assistant...

Shapeshifter Scourge!, by Hulk Handsome
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I wrote a Twine tutorial, and this is the game that resulted from following it. The tutorial wasn't published for a variety of reasons. The game itself is a short, silly sci-fi adventure!
She's Got a Thing for a Spring, by Brent VanFossen
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It's been a hectic year, and it's time to get away. He told you that, and you agreed. Now you're here, in a grove of aspen, and long for a good, long bath in the nearby hot spring. [--blurb from The Z-Files...

Sherlock Indomitable, by mathbrush
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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...

Shipwrecked, by Andrew G. Schneider
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A short story of above average adventure in the Endless Desert. Build the journal of a sailor lost in the Sandsea as he searched for both water and a path to publication.

a short walk in the spring, by Amorphous
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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.

Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre
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The Shyler Project, by Naomi Norbez (call me Bez; e/he)
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Meet the latest advancement in AI technology! In times of trouble, Juniper turns to Shyler, a new mental health AI chatbot, for reassurance and help. Watch their relationship develop through the course of...

Sigil Reader (Field), by verityvirtue
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I am a sigil reader. I work in a city where sigils are a matter of public health, for a maliciously inscribed sigil could mean the ruin of a business - or a soul. Except today I wake to a changed world. The...

Silence of the Lambs, by Anonymous
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A game based on the popular book/film, "Silence of the Lambs." :) [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]
The Simuloid Affair: Infinite Possibilities, by C.E.J. Pacian
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You've wanted to be a sim hunter ever since the incident in the Preservation Dome. When you finally made it in the Agency, you put your all into it, deleting simuloids at a rate second only to your partner,...

Sirens in the Distance, by Astrid Dalmady
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You're sitting on a boat a few miles off shore when, suddenly, you hear sirens in the distance. An interactive short story for #mermay2019.

Sisters of Claro Largo, by David T. Marchand
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A word becomes a sentence becomes a story about two sisters who become the world.

Sisyphus, by Theo Koutz
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Six, by Wade Clarke
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Your name is Harriet Leitner, and you and your twin sister Demi turned six this morning! You're having a fancy dress birthday party, and this afternoon you'll be playing Hide and Seek Tip over in the park....

Six Gray Rats Crawl Up The Pillow, by Caleb Wilson (as Boswell Cain)
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A distressing episode in the life of Rinaldo di Gorgonzola.

Six-Chamber Champion, by C.E.J. Pacian
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Derelict Warehouse (sitting on the hard plastic chair) Crammed full of bloodthirsty spectators, the air is heavy with cigarette smoke and body odour. You sit at a simple plastic table opposite your opponent....

Sixth Grade Detective, by Laura Hughes
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Round up the usual suspects—the mean girl, the new kid, the bully, the nerd, maybe even your best friend! As the sixth grade detective, you'll spy on classmates for cash—will you keep their secrets or...

Skies Above, by Arthur DiBianca
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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

The skinny one., by Annie Z.
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You take up too much room. You are so heavy and solid and real, and you don't want to be. You wish you could be like a child's balloon at a fair, drifting, attached only be a thin string. And you wish the...

Skull-Scraper, by chandler groover
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"Scrape into a skull." Made for the Tiny Utopias Jam.

The Skyscraper and the Scar, by Diego Freire, Ruber Eaglenest
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The skyscraper is silhouetted against the horizon, an open scar on the skyline, rising until it’s lost in the clouds. A promise of prosperity, of something never reached. A monolith of what we once were...

SLAMMED!, by Paolo Chikiamco
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Turn a scripted steel-cage wrestling match into a real fight in this 250,000-word interactive novel! You’ve always dreamed of becoming pro wrestling’s biggest star…but a wrestler’s world is fraught...

Slap That Fish, by Peter Nepstad
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This time, those fishy bastards are finally going to get what's coming to them.

Sleepover At Brynna's, by ClickHole
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Wow! It's Saturday night, the night you and Brynna said you'd have a sleepover! This time, though, Brynna's not coming over to your house - you're going over there. With your backpack on and your favorite...

Slugocalypse, by Charlotte Blatchford
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Giant slugs have mysteriously taken over your town and they just keep on growing and multiplying. Can you escape from the slugs, find out where they came from, or maybe even find a way to destroy them? This...

Small World, by Andrew D. Pontious
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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**

Snack Time!, by Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba
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Can you help one hungry bulldog in his quest to find something good to eat? He would like that. A lot. [blurb from IF Comp 2008]

Snake's Game, by Nahian Nasir
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When a multi-dimensional snake asks you to play a game, you literally can't say no! Is the Red Apple the only place in the world that has hosted a god within its walls? Float through several psychedelic...

Snowblind Aces, by C.E.J. Pacian
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Two aces shelter from a snowstorm under the wing of a biplane. They've duelled and played in the air for years. Love is inevitable. But what kind of relationship will they end up in?

Snowquest, by Eric Eve
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You've been on your quest so long you've almost forgotten what it is all about, but now you are nearing your destination -- if only you can stay alive long enough in this frozen wilderness to reach it.

So, You've Never Played a Text Adventure Before, Huh?, by Ryan Veeder
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Robin Monaghan and her friends explore a creepy house.

Someone Keeps Moving My Chair, by Ryan Veeder
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Something is amiss in Garry's office. A prequel to The Statue Got Me High.

Something, by Linus Lekander
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A washing dilemma.

Sonnet, by TaciturnFriend
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Written very quickly for the SeedComp 2024, entirely over the extra weekend... The seeds I used: Reverse a poem Palates Content warnings: Mildly nsfw for kissing and sexual references. In some playthroughs,...

SOUND, by CynthiaP
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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

Sovereign Citizens, by Laura Paul and Max Woodring
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A transient duo finds an abandoned mansion to camp out in, but comes to find many details of the estate inhospitable.

Space Pizza Delivery, by Brian Kwak
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Written for the 18th Anniversary Speed-IF. The parameters were: "fly a ship and land it in multiple places (planets, asteroids, stations), giant space monster, shape-changing alien, alien infiltrator, no...

The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin
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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]

The Speaker, by Norbez
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Daniel Riviera lives on an Earth very different from our own, populated by both aliens and humans. A. A. Arthur is one of those aliens, a popular blogger and adviser for all of the planet's residents. Every...

Speed Demons, by Pleroma
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A short twine game about loss, disconnection, barriers, and the systematic shattering of all three with those most human of tools: whatever there is to hand. Three paths, 9 endings, and hopefully quite a bit...

Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
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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
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The revolution begins with you.

Starborn, by Juhana Leinonen
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The Magellan returned to Earth two weeks ago. I however can never go home. There are two versions of the story: Inform 7 version (2011) that uses a single-keyword parser, and Undum/Vorple version (2012) that...

Starship Adventures, by Felicity Banks (editor), Jacic, Eric Moser, and Doctor, and Adrao
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You’re a naturally heroic and quick-thinking space captain flying a starship from world to world while keeping your hair groomed to perfection. It’s your duty to keep the engine running, the scotch...

States of Awareness, by Kerry Taylor
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Exes find each other at the end of the world.

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.

The Statuette, by Ian Ball
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Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country, by Adam Thornton
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"Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country. A game months in the making. A game designed to stretch the limits of Glulx Inform, and completely shatter the boundaries of good taste. A game described by sentence...
Sting of the Wasp, by Jason Devlin
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Stone Harbor, by Liza Daly
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You're good at what you do: tell tourists pretty lies about love, money, and life after death. That's what people want from a boardwalk psychic, and you deliver. It's not the future you imagined for...

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...

The Story of the Shinoboo, by Adri
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La Petite Mort entry in ECTOCOMP 2015.

Stranded: The True Tale Of A Shipwrecked Sailor, by ClickHole
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Herein lies the story of my time as a sailor and the misfortunes that befell me upon the sea.

Strange Geometries, by Phillip Chambers
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String Theory, by W Pzinski
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Some things in life you can choose, and some things, you're just stuck with... String Theory is an interactive short story about family and finding the courage to love. You play as Jay, a college student...

A Study in Porpentine, by chintokkong
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Mutated mimicry of Skulljhabit, it's a game about the futility of writing a game like that of Porpentine's.

Stuff and Nonsense, by Felicity Banks
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The year is 1860. The place is Bearbrass, Australia: a sprawling metropolis of tin, steel, brick, stone and brass. Queen Victoria is visiting Bearbrass for Australia's own Great Exhibition. All the sharpest...

Stupid Kittens, by Marc Valhara
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"You are standing in Karen's room. >POOP ON COMPUTER Woo, bad kitten!" [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

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...

Summit, by Phantom Williams
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A dream-like journey through a drifting life. Headphones recommended.

Summonr, by Bryce Duzan
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Sunset Over Savannah, by Ivan Cockrum
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In this game, you play as an office worker on vacation on a beach in Savannah. This is your last day of a very blissful vacation, and you realize you really really hate your job. You could quit, but should...
Superhero Stress, by Michael Yadvish
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Being a Superhero in New York City is the most stressful job there is. Do YOU have what it takes to survive the day?

Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
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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.)

Surface, by Geoff Moore
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You breathe, and the vessel breathes with you. The pod attempts to bind with you as you shift, restless, weak with hunger and exhaustion. Too long now, far too long since Xil left. She should have returned...

The Surprise, by Candy Meldromon
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An auto-biographical story.

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.

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

Taghairm, by Chandler Groover
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"Perhaps the most horrible of all recorded magical spells." Cruelty. Violence. Sounds. Headphones recommended.

Tailypo, by Chandler Groover
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Alone in his cabin, a hungry man eats something he shouldn't.

Take, by Katherine Morayati (as Amelia Pinnolla)
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You are battle-weary. Your armor is scanty and your countenance is loathsome; you tire of the swords flicking at your neck. But you have a duty. There is nothing you can't take. (Content warning: Violence,...

Take Over the World, by Marie L. Vibbert
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Guess it's time to take over the world. Somebody has to. You live in East Cleveland, Ohio, so your options are limited, but urban-chic. Find the right evil lair, recruit a mad scientist, and foil the East...

Take the Dog Out, by ell
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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.

A Tale of the Cave, by Snoother
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No longer are William McGonagall's ruinous effects confined to poetry. A Tale of the Cave is the unlikely marriage between Scotland's notoriously bad poet and the classic cave-crawl genre. Made for the Ruin...

The Tale of the Kissing Bandit, by J. Robinson Wheeler (as 'Cary Valentino')
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Tales from Castle Balderstone, by Ryan Veeder
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An anthology of terror, edited by Ryan Veeder. Also an ECTOCOMP 2018 entry.

Tales of the Traveling Swordsman, by Mike Snyder
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You are the traveling swordsman; the strong and silent stranger; the wandering vanquisher of villainy. Damsels swoon for you. Good men respect and envy you. Scoundrels learn to fear you. Even so, you are but...

Tally Ho, by Kreg Segall
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Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and...

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

Tavern Crawler, by Josh Labelle
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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...

Tea Ceremony, by Naomi Hinchen
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In this game of diplomacy, you play as an inept junior member of the diplomatic corps. This week, you need to convince Brc'nl, who is some sort of noble glob from Glorpon-42, to argue in Earth's favor in a...

Teeth and Ice, by Harris Powell-Smith
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A selkie will do anything to reclaim their skin.

The Temple of No, by Dominik Johann, William Pugh, Crows Crows Crows
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The Best Game Ever Made (but in twine form). Author website - http://crowscrowscrows.com/ Hey! We’re a new studio directed by William Pugh (Designer behind The Stanley Parable) creating experimental...

The Temple of Shorgil, by Arthur DiBianca
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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...

Tentacles Growing Everywhere, by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky)
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Puberty is weird and awkward, especially when you happen to be a tentacled space alien! In this incredibly queer mashup of Judy Blume, Babysitters Club, and pulpy sci-fi, join three childhood friends �...

Tentaculon, by Ned Vole
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A Tenuous Hold, by Stephen Granade
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Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303, by Victor Gijsbers
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A text terminal interface for interacting with your model RCM301-303 remote controlled mech.

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."...

That Sinister Self, by Astrid Dalmady
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You look in to a mirror. Your reflection does not look back. That Sinister Self is a short Twine game about a young girl and how she sees herself in the mirror.

their angelical understanding, by Porpentine
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I train to fight angels in a monastery by the sea. Wear headphones. TW: Suicidal ideation, ableism, abuse, possible epilepsy trigger.

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

The Thing About Dungeons, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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An interactive short story (about dungeons).

Three-Card Trick, by Chandler Groover
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You're going to perform a three-card trick or your name isn't Morgan the Magnificent.

Threediopolis, by Andrew Schultz
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A wordplay/quasi-maze game.

Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me, by Mike Sousa and Jon Ingold
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Dr. Taylor's looking worried. Dr. Kurner's looking exhausted. Zak is grinning with glee. Today is the big day, and you're about to try out the crowning experiment of your life, and in AtlantisLab's chequered...

Time Passed, by Davis G. See
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All these years later and I still think about you. A game about memory and middle school.

The Tin Mug, by Alice E. Wells, Sia See and Jkj Yuio
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The Tin Mug is a short illustrated children's story of around 10 minutes. Meet the Tin Mug and his friends, Colin the colander, Silvia the spoon and Stu the stew pot as well as several others. Find out what...

The Tiniest Room, by Erik108
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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
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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...

To Sea in a Sieve, by J. J. Guest
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Peter Petibon, cabin boy, hath a problem. He be goin' down -- to Davy Jones' locker, by the powers! Lest he seize the booty o' the dread pyrate Booby, and heave it all o'erboard, he and the Cap'n both will...

To The Wolves, by Els White
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Offered up as sacrifice to the wolf-gods of the forest, hunted by beasts and man alike, Ella must find a way to survive.

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.

Toiletworld, by Chet Rocketfrak
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ToiletWorld: it's time to enter... the world of toilets.

Toiletworld Omega, by Brian Kwak
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A Petite Mort entry for ECTOCOMP 2016.
Toonesia, by Jacob Weinstein
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From the introduction: "Oooh, that rascally rabbit! You were out hunting him when he somehow got the jump on you, blindfolded you, and dumped you into a cell. Well, you’ll show him. He’ll be hasenpfefer...

Tower, by Ryan Tan
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"And at last I resolved to scale that tower, fall though I might; since it were better to glimpse the sky and perish, than to live without ever beholding day." ― H.P. Lovecraft, The Outsider A game about...

Transit, by Shaye
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Find your way through a foreign airport in search of your friend, understanding or just a safe flight home.

Trapped in Time, by Simon Christiansen
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A Science Fiction adventure where YOU are the hero!

Trials of the Thief-Taker, by Joey Jones
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In London, 1729, before they had police, they had you: thief-takers, hunting criminals for cash! Fire a flintlock and sip gin in the age of powdered wigs. Will you grow rich catching smugglers and...

Tricks of light in the forest, by Pseudavid
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Some year not too far, in a foggy morning just before sunrise, a normal girl takes a normal walk in a normal forest. A Gruescript choice-parser hybrid, exploration walking simulator with light puzzles....

Trouble in Sector 471, by Arthur DiBianca
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The power just went out in Sector 471. You had better go take a look. (The Glulx version was entered in IFComp 2022. A browser-based version was released subsequently, in 2024.)

Turandot, by Victor Gijsbers
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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.

Turn Right, by Dee Cooke
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Long day done, groceries bought and you're so nearly home! Unfortunately it's rush hour, and getting out of this supermarket car park is a difficult job at the best of times. Will you ever get out of this...

The Turnip, by Joseph Pentangelo
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A hole-based economy and a venison-based diet. You and your dog. And a turnip.

Tuuli, by Daurmith and Ruber Eaglenest
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"The old witch, your teacher Mákke, is dead. If you want to save your village you'll have to destroy the raiding fleet that's coming. Can you do it, young Lenne-who-would-be-the-witch?" ---------- Mákke,...

The Twelve Heads of St. John the Baptist, by Jake Wildstrom
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the uncle who works for nintendo, by michael lutz
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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...

Uncle Zebulon's Will, by Magnus Olsson
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Your eccentric Uncle Zebulon considered himself a wizard, and was rumoured to be very wealthy. But when he died, he only left you one single object in his will... Winner in the TADS division of the First...

Under, In Erebus, by Brian Rapp
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Board that Drain-Bound El for an adventure that could only happen in Erebus.

The Underoos that Ate New York!, by G. Kevin Wilson
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Looks like that meteor crash from page 12 wasn't as harmless as everyone was expecting: now your clothes are playing mad!...

Understudied, by Jonathan Laury
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Based on real events... It's press night in the West End, and in three hours the curtain will go up on a new rock musical version of a Shakespeare play. Sounds great, right? What could possibly go wrong?...

Undo, by Neil deMause
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You're almost at the end of that adventure game you've struggled so hard to beat, when things get a little crazy....

Unform, by S. Elize Morgan
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Welcome to your life, Prisoner 11012. You will survive the scenarios, and do them properly, or you will face Judgement. Your choice, Prisoner. Your life, or your death. It won't hurt a bit.

Uninteractive Fiction, by Damon L. Wakes (as Leah Thargic)
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The only winning move is not to play.

Unit 322 (Disambiguation), by Jonny Muir
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A mystery told entirely through the pages of an online encyclopedia.

Unreal People, by Viwoo
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Indulge in your voyeuristic desires Set in an imagining of early mediaeval India, you play as a voyeuristic entity with the ability to enter people's minds and be privy to their sordid inner thoughts. Tasked...

Untold Riches, by Jason Ermer
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You were reluctant to undertake another adventure with Professor d'Squarius (especially after the last near-catastrophe, in the Tomb of the Screaming Mummies), and from the moment you agreed to join the...

The Urge, by PaperBlurt
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Torture, torture little star You must wonder where you are Hoping that you'll soon will die As I melt your face with lye When your pee mix with your sweat And the floor with blood is wet Then you'll feel a...

Ürs, by Christopher Hayes, Daniel Talsky
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You're a regular rabbit who's lived in the same warren your entire life. You have no reason to leave, but the THUD threatens to destroy all the baby kittens. Maybe something in the ancient places of the Ürs...

Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee's, by Geoffrey Golden
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You are a Psychic Brand Ambassador for Schtupmeister Beer. Listen to the thoughts of customers at the local Applebee's and convince them to try your syrupy ale. But will being in these peoples' heads...

Utopian Jam, by Astrid Dalmady
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A jam game about preserves. Made in Twine for the 2017 Utopia Jam.

Valkyrie, by Emily Forand et al
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This game was authored by the guild, Valkyrie, three students enrolled in a Game-based Learning Developmental English course this Fall semester at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs, CO.

The Vambrace of Destiny, by Arthur DiBianca
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A light dungeon crawl. Tap spell gems to defeat monsters! In this game, all your commands are single keystrokes. You don't even have to press the enter key.

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

The Veeder, by Christopher Brent
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All the audience are wearing masks, hoods, veils, vizards, or vestments in order to preserve anonymity. Without anonymity, the entertainments would not be possible. Of all the beings in the arena, only The...

Ventilator, by Peregrine Wade
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The heat is stifling, the hotel room is vastly overpriced, and your heart is in pieces. But the worse is yet to come... WARNING: This story contains potentially humorous depictions of Mexican headgear.

Venus Meets Venus, by kaleidofish
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Two women meet in a bar. This is not a love story. (Mature content warning.)

The Very Old Witch and the Turnip Girl, by Megan Stevens
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The witch on the hill outside of town is retired. She threw in the towel long ago, when it became obvious that the humans don't need her help blighting and smiting each other. But the world isn't quite done...

Vicious Cycles, by Simon Mark
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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 Volunteer Firefighter, by Stefanie Handshaw
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An action-packed multiple-choice firefighting game, filled with humor, heartache, adventure, and romance! Fight fires! Save lives! Do you have what it takes to be a hero?

Walker & Silhouette, by C.E.J. Pacian
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Team up with a dashing detective and an iconoclastic flapper to solve absurd and unfathomable crimes in this interactive story - where you control the action just by typing or clicking highlighted words in...

The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca
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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 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...

We All Fall Together, by Camron Gonzalez
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You wake up. You're falling. A ceaseless sky and a never ending cyclone greets you. Others fall all around you. No where else to go but down. ...

WE R THE WORLD, by Dan Hoy and Mike Kleine
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Recording of 'We Are the World' at Quincy Jones' mountain chateau in Topanga Canyon after the 1985 American Music Awards, but the harmonics are coded to unlock another dimension and summon a great(er) power.

Wearing the Claw, by Paul O'Brian
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A traditional fantasy quest in which you and your village have been cursed with a slow transformation into various animals. The only way to stop the curse is to retrieve the Pendant of Elinor from the...

Weird City Interloper, by C.E.J. Pacian
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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...

Weird Grief, by Naomi Norbez
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Mike Stanvinchi is dead. Juniper, who was in a polyamorous threeway with Mike and his spouse, Roger, must navigate her relationship with the surviving partner. But grief isn't always easy. . . Help her...

Welcome, by Ryan Veeder
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There are no quotation marks in the source code for this game. Please check out the readme first.

Welcome to Moreytown, by S. Andrew Swann
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Claw your way to the top of Moreytown, a furry slum for human-animal hybrids. Will you take down the gangs who rule the town, or take them over instead? "Welcome to Moreytown" is a 150,000-word interactive...

Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0, by Caroline M. Yoachim
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"You have a weird rash on your arm, so you head to the medical clinic in search of a cure. In your way stand impenetrable bureaucracy, predatory aliens, nurses with a penchant for amputation, and your own...

Welcome to the Universe, by Colton Olds
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SimpleChef is helping parents out with a new back-to-school offer. Also, you're going to die. Content warning: brief mention of suicide, cancer, vomit, height self-consciousness

What Fuwa Bansaku Found, by Chandler Groover
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A samurai explores a haunted shrine.

What the Bus?, by Emery 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?

What to Do When You're Alone, by Glass Rat Media
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A Petite Mort entry for ECTOCOMP 2016.

When in Rome 1: Accounting for Taste, by Emily Short
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Manhattan, May, 1954.

When in Rome 2: Far from Home, by Emily Short
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Manhattan, 1954.

Whom The Telling Changed, by Aaron A. Reed
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The people had always gathered on moonless nights to hear the stories, since the time of their ancestors' ancestors. The heat of the fire and the glow in the storyteller's eyes made the past present, and the...

Wikipedia: The Text Adventure, by Kevan Davis
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This isn’t Wikipedia as we know it, but Wikipedia in the style of a text adventure. The game is played online and generated from live Wikipedia data, allowing the player to visit any article which has...

Will Not Let Me Go, by Stephen Granade
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Dallas, Texas. 1996. Fred Strickland has Alzheimer's.

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

Winter Wonderland, by Laura Knauth
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"Young Gretchen could have only imagined the fanciful events that were to occur before finding herself lost in a winter wonderland." [--blurb from Competition '99]

Winter-Over, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier
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Pickering Station, Antarctica: A place of science, knowledge, and deep isolation. When the last plane leaves for the winter, you and your colleagues may as well be on Mars. At least this winter-over has gone...

Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty
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It's an ordinary day in your ordinary little town, and you've been performing your ordinary mail clerk's duties in an altogether ordinary way. But there's something quite extraordinary in today's mail. It's...

Witch's Girl, by Geoff Moore
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Witches & Wardrobes, by anna anthropy
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Witch outfit to wear? Time to get up! You've got business to attend in the world of humans. What are you possibly going to wear?

With Those We Love Alive, by Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie
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no dreams written by porpentine scored by brenda neotenomie

Within a circle of water and sand, by Romain
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A tropical archipelago with countless islands, a young woman on a quest with no clear goal, a strange tribe living on an isolated atoll, a race... Is your journey merely beginning or is it already about to...

The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson
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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 Wolf and the Seven Kids, by Moritz
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In this short sparsely-implemented adaptation of the fairy tale, you play as the wolf. Your goal is to get into the house and eat all seven kids.

Wolfsmoon, by Marco Innocenti
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It is the fifteenth corpse. Among those they found. More than twenty people have disappeared in the last few months. Some say it's a wild animal, stalking the outskirts of town. Some say it's a killer, a new...

A Woman's Choice, by Katie Benson
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To breed or not to breed, that is the question. So what'll it be, Jennifer? Join Jennifer on her journey through life. The choices you make in her early years will resonate for years to come, sometimes with...

Worldsmith, by Ade McT
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The Septem Tower has held steady in the Manifold, the space between time and the Real, for billenia. Populating the Tower are the Anemoi, a race of beings so far advanced that they hold the power of life and...

Would You Survive A Bear Attack?, by ClickHole
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Yikes! Looks like you've disturbed a sleeping grizzly bear! Better act fast, because this guy does not look happy. What do you want to do?

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

Writing Program Five, by Dan Cox
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The story has already been written. But you can change it.
Wurm, by Cedric Knight
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Xanthippe's Last Night with Socrates, by Victor Gijsbers
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It's your last night together, for literal fuck's sake, but your husband is 'not in the mood'. Can you convince him to fulfil his marital duties? ...

The Xylophoniad, by Robin Johnson
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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.

The Lottery Ticket, by Dorian Passer
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A fool and his money will soon depart, but a fool and his thoughts will lose more than that!

Yes, Another Game with a Dragon!, by John Kean
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In this game, you play as a brawny adventurer heroically rescuing a fair maiden from a fire-breathing dragon. Oops, sorry, no, that was just a dream. You're actually an out-of-shape drunken lout. But then...

Yes, my mother is..., by Skarn
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Counseling is no easy job. When someone requests your help, within the space of a few questions, you must have learned enough about them, about their strengths and weaknesses, about what they want and what...

Yesterday, You Saved the World, by Astrid Dalmady
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Today you are only Lucy Newman, eighth grader, C student, nobody. But yesterday, you were cosmic. Yesterday, you were a magical girl. Yesterday, you saved the world.

Yeti's Parole Officer, by KT Bryski
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The Yeti, Loch Ness Monster, Chupacabra, and Mothman are aliens, sentenced to prison on Earth by the Pan-Galactic Prisons Bureau. As the Yeti's parole officer, you must defend the galaxy from these convicts,...

You, by Carter X Gwertzman
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Lost in a strange wood, and your YOU isn't YOURS. Solve puzzles, meet strange creatures, and undergo transformations as YOU search for YOUR missing self.

You are a Chef!, by Dan Shiovitz
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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 are Standing at a Crossroads, by Astrid Dalmady
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You are Standing at a Crossroads is a short Twine story about being lost, being changed, and being stagnant.

You are standing in a cave..., by Caroline Berg
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... you do not know how you got here. The last thing you remember is going out to eat at a fancy restaurant. Perhaps you were drugged. Perhaps you had a bad case of food poisoning and wandered off, feverish,...

You Can't Save Her, by Sarah Mak
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You have three seconds to kill your former friend. The nuns and sacred algorithms have willed it. And no matter how much you want to save her, you can't. *** A 12-minute interactive story, featuring music by...

You Couldn't Have Done That, by Ann Hugo
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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 Find Yourself in a Room., by Eli Piilonen
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YFYIAR is the drunken uncle of text-based adventures: Abusive, abrasive, and maybe a little funny.

You Will Select a Decision, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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A pair of knock-off choose your own adventure books from Soviet-era Kyrgyzstan.

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.

You’re 8 Years Old. Can You Acquire Wine Without Getting Arrested?, by ClickHole
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You’re A Computer. Can You Pass The Turing Test?, by ClickHole
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You’re A Single-Celled Organism. Can You Evolve Into A Duck?, by ClickHole
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You are a single-celled organism that has had a vision of a duck. You don’t know how to do it, but it’s still billions of years ago, so you’re optimistic.

You’re The World’s Most Successful Pickup Artist. Can You Have Sex With The President Of The United States?, by ClickHole
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But before you quit the lifestyle, you want one last fuck. And not just any fuck, but a fuck that cements your legacy as the greatest whoopee scoundrel to ever fuck. An impossible fuck. You want to fuck the...

You’re Tiny People. Can You Open The Fridge And Get The Lemon?, by ClickHole
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The world is a big place, and today is a huge time.

Zeppelin Adventure, by Robin Johnson
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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,...

Zero Bars, by Hulk Handsome
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A short, bleak game made during Train Jam 2014. The theme was 'disconnected.'

Zero Chance of Recovery, by Andrew Schultz
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You're way behind the last enemy pawn. The enemy king's close to yours. So it's over, right?

Zest, by Fear of Twine (Richard Goodness, lectronice, PaperBlurt)
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Hello young Limonista! It's the hottest week of the year, and ordinarily this would be a problem! But you work at the most popular lemonadery in Sufferette City, and the citizens depend on you to keep cool!

Zozzled, by Steph Cherrywell
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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...

Zugzwang, by Magnus Olsson
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Out of the TextFire "12-pack", this is an April's Fool game "demo" in which you get to play a pawn in a chess game - at the very end. Incorporates a very nifty variation on the status line to show the...
Zymurgy, by Roger Carbol
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大鱼 | Big Fish, by 海边的taku (a.k.a. Binggang Zhuo)
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The stage is set in a lakeside town from the end of the last century, where the protagonist begins to investigate a murder that occurred a year ago for some reason. Content warning: Maybe violence, gore, or...


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