Emily Boegheim's Played Games

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♥Magical Makeover♥, by S. Woodson
Average member rating: (61 ratings)

"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...

'Mid the Sagebrush and the Cactus, by Victor Gijsbers
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

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...

100,000 Years, by Pierre Chevalier
Average member rating: (22 ratings)

The longest short story ever.
18 Cadence, by Aaron A. Reed
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18 Cadence is an iPad/PC storymaking platform that lets its readers explore the history of a house through the hundred years of the twentieth century. Moving through space and time, a reader encounters...
30 Minutes, by Anastasia Trombly
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First version, very, very short. Written for a challenge in about thirty minutes, so it's not that good at all. Here for archive purposes only, if you want to play it I would recommend waiting for the next...

36 Questions, by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky)
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

A game about falling in love through the power of psychology as the world is about to end.

50 Shades of Jilting, by Rowan Lipkovits (as Lankly Lockers)
Average member rating: (13 ratings)

The relationship is in a walking dead situation: it's over, only continuing to move onward solely on inertia. One way or another, it ends here.

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.

80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
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1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around a 3D globe, travelling by airship, submarine, mechanical camel,...

9:05, by Adam Cadre
Average member rating: (535 ratings)

The phone rings. Oh, no — how long have you been asleep? Sure, it was a tough night, but... This is bad. This is very bad. The phone rings.

9Lives, by Bill Balistreri, Hal Hinderliter, Sean Klabough, Luke Michalski, Morgan Sokol
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

This IF was created as an assignment for ENG 437: Project Management, taught by Prof. Stuart Moulthrop at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

> by @, by Aaron A. Reed
Average member rating: (24 ratings)

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...

Aayela, by Magnus Olsson
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The Absolute Worst IF Game in History, by Dean Menezes
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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...

Adventure XT, by Paul Allen Panks
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

It has been four years since you last ventured into Blarg, the land of might and magic. Mordimar, an evil wizard, found the powerful Orb of Destiny. With it, he became nearly invincible. As his power grew,...
Adventures of a Hexagon, by Tyler Zahnke
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The Adventures of a Hexagon is a choice-based web-browser game compatible with browsers old and new. It is a science fiction/fantasy game about polygons escaping from a geometry book and trying not to get...
Afflicted, by Doug Egan
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This isn't the safest neighborhood. A young woman was abducted near here only recently. But as a city sanitarian you are obligated to complete your annual inspection of the local dive. [blurb from IF Comp...

After the Flag Fell, by Felicity Banks
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An alternate steampunk history based on the real-life Australian Peter Lalor. Set in the same steampunk Australia as "Attack of the Clockwork Army" (and the same time period) but with almost no crossover...

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....

Alexander Systems, by M. Darusha Wehm
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There’s a way out — if you can see it. A low-level office worker learns that there might be more opportunities for advancement than she once thought — but at what cost?

All Hope Abandon, by Eric Eve
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Your day got off to a good enough start when you met that blonde in the breakfast queue, but it's all downhill from there: you may be wishing you could escape a particularly dire lecture, but not by the one...

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 Your Time-Tossed Selves, by Porpentine
Average member rating: (16 ratings)

a story made in Google Forms

Amity x Li, by KimikoMuffin
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An entry in Ruin Jam 2014 about two girls in love, chatting about life. Amity Watkins and her girlfriend Li Anderson are seniors in high school in the smallish, obscure town of Foxville, Massachusetts. It's...

Analogue: A Hate Story, by Christine Love
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Back in the 25th century, Earth launched a generation ship into deep space, with the goal of establishing the first interstellar colony. It dropped out of contact and disappeared, never reaching its...

Ananachronist, by Joseph Strom
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

Have you ever wondered about lack of universe-destroying temporal paradoxes? The anthropic principle just not a good enough explanation for you? Here's a short game about how difficult it is to keep the...

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 a Hippo New Year, by Adri ("Erin Gigglecreek")
Average member rating: (12 ratings)

'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, the only creature stirring was a hippo the size of a mouse. This game was created for Yuletide 2012, an annual fanfiction exchange. It is based in...

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

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

Animals, by David Fisher
Average member rating: (5 ratings)

A logic/observation puzzle game, inspired by the word game "my very eccentric Aunt". Four difficulty levels. An entry in the C-40 competition, which required games to be at most 40K in size. Definitely not...

Another Day in Seething Bay, by Lisa Shininger
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"What ever went wrong on a Monday?" A cash-strapped lunar colonist struggles to get through another day of faceless corporate drudgery.

Another Goddamn Escape the Locked Room Game, by Riff Conner
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In this escape game intended to be a parody of the genre, you play as someone with amnesia who wakes up in a unfamiliar basement or bomb shelter. Your head is pounding from a massive headache. The steel door...

Antropology, by Oreolek
Average member rating: (5 ratings)

** On benefits of speech. ** A micro abstract interactive text piece, about one minute long.

Aotearoa, by Matt Wigdahl
Average member rating: (61 ratings)

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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April in Paris, by Jim Aikin
Average member rating: (16 ratings)
On the first day of your dream vacation, you encounter an exasperating social difficulty. (Game file contains complete hints and walkthrough. Zip file includes pdf map.) [blurb from IF Comp 2008]

Arcane Intern (Unpaid), by Astrid Dalmady
Average member rating: (44 ratings)

Getting coffee, making copies, tampering with powers beyond your control. You know, normal intern things. Now if only you were getting paid for it...

The Argument-Winner's Ghost, by Andrew Schultz
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés, by Stephen Granade
Average member rating: (34 ratings)

The Ascent of the Gothic Tower, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (31 ratings)

A story of mild and non-debilitating obsession.

The Ascot, by Duncan Bowsman
Average member rating: (26 ratings)

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...

Aspel, by Emily Short
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Her Majesty has sent your team to investigate the mountain palace of Aspel, now ruined, to find out its secrets and determine what value it may still have. Aspel is an experimental interactive experience...
Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies, by Øyvind Thorsby
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Aunts and Butlers, by Robin Johnson
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It's 1920, you're a minor aristocrat fallen on hard times, and your wretched Aunt Cedilla is on the warpath. A Wodehousean comedy of manners, manors, mysterious butlers and unfriendly poodles.

Autumn's Daughter, by Devolution Games
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The smallest choices have drastic consequences in this short story. Follow the girl as she tries to assert independence in a society that tries to cut her down.

Babel, by Ian Finley
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In this game, you play as an amnesiac inside Babel, an abandoned Arctic facility devoted to biological research. You soon discover that you have the unusual ability to witness scenes from the past by...

Ballymun Adventure, by Brendan Cribbin
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In this game, you play as a new male student at the school. As an orientation exercise, Mr Byrne, the principal, has organized a small competition. The winner will be the first student to bring four specific...
The Battle of Walcot Keep, by Steve Breslin, Eric Eve, and Lindsey Hair
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Beam, by Madrone Eddy
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Beanstalk the and Jack, by David Welbourn
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The story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" - but backwards!

A Bear's Night Out, by David Dyte
Average member rating: (69 ratings)

"Tomorrow is the big Teddy Bear party, and you must definitely not let your owner forget about it..." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Beautiful Dreamer, by S. Woodson
Average member rating: (35 ratings)

"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...

Bee, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (84 ratings)

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...

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
Average member rating: (62 ratings)

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.

Beneath: a Transformation, by Graham Lowther
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In this Lovecraftian game inspired by the works of Robert E. Howard, you play as a poor resident of the rundown town of Stregoicavar. You want to continue reading your borrowed library book, Worms of the...
Berrost's Challenge, by Mark Hatfield
Average member rating: (7 ratings)
Light-hearted (semi-)heroic fantasy. Can an aging apprentice end his apprenticeship with a flourish (and a few new spells to cast)? Just an old-school text adventure with a tip of the cap to Infocom's...

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

Beta Tester, by Darren Ingram
Average member rating: (15 ratings)

The goal is discovery. The fun is walking around and doing and seeing, with an emphasis on games and puzzles.

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...

The Bible Retold: The Bread and the Fishes, by Justin Morgan and Celestianpower
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The Big Mama, by Brendan Barnwell
Average member rating: (6 ratings)
"Three or four sailboats cruise lazily in the glow of the setting sun, which casts a poetic shimmer across the swells. In the distance, about 15 km offshore, you can discern the dim, hunched shapes of the...

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:...

The Binary, by Bloomengine
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

The Timeline must be sanctified. Relive the same few minutes over and over again, attempting to stop a bullet from changing history.

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.

Blighted Isle, by Eric Eve
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Blockade duty in the Bay of Biscay, vile weather, and an unplanned jaunt over the side of the ship into the tossing waves. But instead of drowning, you end up on an island that has no right to be there - and...

Blood on the Heather, by Tia Orisney
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A trio of college students visit Scotland and get sucked into a war between vampires. An homage to the ridiculous and bloodsoaked vampire B-movies of my childhood. Black humor.
Bloodline, by Liza Daly
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"Teenage slumber party. Boys. Girls. Board game. Insight into intelligent-girl angst." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Bloom, by Caelyn Sandel
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A story about being old enough that you should have everything figured out, only to discover that you’re living as the wrong gender… Ongoing multimedia hypertext serial interactive fiction.

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...

Boogle, by Buster Hudson
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A Brief Introduction To This Game, by Jacques Frechet
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A prize-winning entry in the First Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction.

Broken Legs, by Sarah Morayati
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A blurb? They expect you to write? You're Lottie Plum so you're not going into writing. You sing. And dance and act up a storm while everyone else can only manage a puddle. You belong at Bridger. No matter...

A Broken Man, by Geoff Fortytwo
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Every parent's worst fear is to lose their child. What would you do if your daughter was killed and the killer was never brought to justice?

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.

A Bucket Filled With Sand, by A C Godliman
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Take a trip down to the beach for a short illustrated text-adventure. Spend a century as the ruler of your castle, will you build a citadel? Library? Expand into a kingdom? It's up to you, just remember...in...

Bugged, by Anssi Räisänen
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The conceit of this game is that your cousin has written a very buggy IF game that you are determined to play through to the end. Can you take advantage of the bugs in the game to get around the other bugs...
Buried In Shoes, by Kazuki Mishima
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Everything is about the question. [blurb from IF Comp 2008]

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...

Cabin Fever, by Dr. Froth
Average member rating: (9 ratings)

An entry in the 2007 One Room Game competition. You are on vacation in a cabin far from anywhere, snowed in, unable to reach civilization for several hours at least. You are bored.

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

The Cardew House, by Andrew Brown
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Carmen Devine: Supernatural Troubleshooter, by Rob Myall
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'The jet lands smoothly in Harbin. The stink of the city and the bite of the ice-cold air assaults you as you disembark, but your destination is a long jeep ride north, so you'll have to suffer through the...

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 small...

Cat Petting Simulator 2014, by neongrey
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

The most realistic and verismilitudinous text-based simulation of petting a cat ever written.

The Cellar, by David Whyld
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

You were always told not to go into the cellar. Told many, many times. But you were never told why. Today you'll find out...

The Challenge, by ViRALiTY
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The Chasing, by Anssi Räisänen
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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
Average member rating: (34 ratings)

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...

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 Deathless, by Max Gladstone
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Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make...

Choice of the Dragon, by Dan Fabulich and Adam Strong-Morse
Average member rating: (38 ratings)

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...

Cis Gaze, by Caelyn Sandel
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Cis Gaze is a diary entry told through hypertext effects, an exploration of the intersection of gender dysphoria and depression. It's not really a game. Content warnings: transmisogyny, depression, suicidal...

Coin toss, by Simon Deimel
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Hanging around with your homie. There is not much to do, or is it? A very short diversion.

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...

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
Average member rating: (37 ratings)

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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Comp02ter Game, by Brendan Barnwell

CUSTOMIZE - this should provide a brief description of the game, in plain text format.

The Compass Rose, by Yoon Ha Lee and Peter Berman
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There's more than one north by which to guide a world. The survivor of a space raid colonizes a new world with the aid of a compass rose.

Composition in a Minor Key, by Aleks Samoylov
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"Composition in a Minor Key" is a surreal interactive story about love, community, loneliness, etc. It boasts roughly 8000 words, and does not contain puzzles, action, or difficult moral choices. There is a...

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.
Connect, by James Hudson
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You huddle in the concrete cell. Ever since the Hedonans built their outpost in the valley near your village, you never gave them any reason to single you out. Maybe it has something to do with the strange...

Conversations With My Mother, by Merritt Kopas
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A brief game about family relationships, in which you can click on words in the dialogue to change them before continuing the conversation.

Cook-Off!, by S. Miracle
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More of a mini-game than a work of fiction, in Cook-Off you are the head chef! Select three dishes to cook in such a way that a panel of four random judges rate them more highly than your opponent's. The...

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
Average member rating: (18 ratings)

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
Average member rating: (91 ratings)

A dating sim about how humanity connects through art, even out in the vastness of space.

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

Cry Wolf, by Clare Parker
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You are awoken, startled by a sound in the night. Still bleary from dreams, you turn on the light to chase away the shadows. But there, beyond the safety of your room, something moves in the darkness. It is...

Cryptographer, by David Fisher
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A simple code breaking game, where each letter of the alphabet is replaced with another one. The texts to decode are all to do with Interactive Fiction. An entry in the C-40 competition, which required games...
Crystal Ball, by Marian Taylor
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Curses, by Graham Nelson
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"As "Curses" opens, you're hunting about in the attic of your family home, looking for a tatty old map of Paris (you're going on holiday tomorrow) and generally trying to avoid all the packing. Aunt Jemima...

Custard, by Evin Robertson
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Dad vs. Unicorn, by PaperBlurt
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A day like many others. Dad at the BBQ - his son in an empty house. Remembering childhood as well as adulthood. Disappointment fills the void between the two. A unicorn changes the day..

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...

Danse Nocturne, by Joey Jones
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Danse Nocturne is interactive blank verse, based on one of the legends of Charlemagne. It is played by dancing in different ways and has over a dozen different endings and understands over 1200 different...

A Dark and Stormy Entry, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (26 ratings)

A Day for Fresh Sushi, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (98 ratings)

No time for fantasy. Must feed fish.

A Day in Life, by John Goettle
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A day in life is a game where you ride vehicles and buy things.

Daytime Never Had a Chance, by Snoother
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When the weather transforms the woods

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...

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 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...

Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin ('Edgar O. Weyrd')
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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,...

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

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.

Discover the World, by Adri
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Distance, by Zachary Nadel
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In Distance, you are navigating through a Long Distance Relationship (LDR). In this game, you take on the role of the main character as you deal with the ups and downs of a modern LDR. You view the...

The Dog/House, by Byron Alexander Campbell
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A slight revision of the author's first foray into interactive fiction, "The Dog/House" is a dream-like exploration game on a very small scale. Discover the goal for yourself. Release 2 includes improved...

Dominique Pamplemousse - It's All Over Once The Fat Lady Sings!, by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky)
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Dominique Pamplemousse-- It's All Over Once The Fat Lady Sings! is a unique and offbeat stop motion animated detective adventure game about gender and the economy. Also, all the characters frequently burst...

Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story, by Christine Love
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A spiritual sequel of sorts to Digital: A Love Story, set in a prestigious private high school, and on the social networks of 2027. Seven students, three endings, one eavesdropping teacher. A full length...

Doors, by Caelyn Sandel
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an interactive visual maze-poem If the game looks weird or isn't working, try the fullscreen version at http://inurashii.xyz/doors/ Created for Twiny Jam

The Down Dragon, by Stuart Allen
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As a fantasy adventurer, the only commands you've used in a while have been WAIT, DOWN and OUT. But look on the bright side, at least you're not the only one...
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...

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...

Dream Pieces, by Iam Curio
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You are in a dream but if you stay you'll miss out on a great birthday! If you like the rhyme... It's hammer time!

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...

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.

Duplicita: Episode 1, by Sean Hwang and Doug Lindsay
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A cyber-noir detective game that follows the exploits of the private investigators of Dermon & Sons PIA.

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

Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky, by Paul O'Brian
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Earth And Sky 3: Luminous Horizon, by Paul O'Brian
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An Earth Turning Slowly, by Mæja Stefánsson
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She ran through her list of findings. “We’ve never had one quite like her. The diversity of simultaneous wounds, I mean, in a surviving specimen. There’s this long-standing hand-wave in paleopathology: we...

The Ebb and Flow of the Tide, by Peter Nepstad
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You have done a horrible thing, so horrible that burial will be denied you, either in soil or sea, neither can there be any hell for you. You wait for some hours, knowing this. Then your friends come for...

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...

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...

Eduard the Seminarist, by Heiko Theißen
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It's the evening of May 13th, 1824, in Germany. You play as Eduard, a student at the seminary. You want to sneak out and meet your friends Wilhelm and Scardanelli in Pressel's gazebo before midnight.

EGYPTIAN WALKING SIMULATOR, by Jason Dyer
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Using Greg Hassett's 1978 game King Tut's Tomb as a base, an art experiment of sort is laid upon the same locations and items.

Eidolon, by A.D. Jansen
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When you wake up, something is passing through the night sky.

electro primitive girl, by Sloane Leong
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Elsewhere, by Stacey Mason
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Game made for Twiny Jam, a jam for Twine games in 300 words. Elsewhere in the world, the Water Wars are raging. But things closer to home aren't exactly perfect. Your water rations come at midnight, better...

The Elysium Enigma, by Eric Eve
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It was meant to be a routine visit on behalf of the imperial government, just to remind the settlers that the Empire hadn't forgotten them, and if you stick rigidly to the letter of your orders and refuse to...

Emily is Away, by Kyle Seeley
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Remember a time before Facebook and Skype? When Windows XP was the next big thing and AIM was king. Relive that era with Emily is Away, an interactive story. Create a screenname and browse buddy infos in...

The Endling Archive, by Kazuki Mishima
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Browse the Endling Archive to uncover the purpose of its creation.

English Suburban Garden, by Cedric Knight
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"English Suburban Garden" is a gentle little piece which lets you explore and tend a garden as it changes over the course of a year. A landscape entry in the 2001 IF Art Show. [Note: the author's name is...

Enough, by Hannah Powell-Smith
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You're doing OK. A tiny game about comfort. Made for the TinyUtopias jam.

Enter the Dark, by Peter R. Shushmaruk
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The Epic Origins of CamelGirl!, by Brandi Wilcox
The origin story of the not-so-world-famous superheroine CamelGirl!

Escapade!, by Juhana Leinonen
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An entry in the 2008 One Room Game Competition. You play the bumbling sidekick of the heroic Captain McBrawn; while trying to carry out a task he's set you, you are captured by the Screaming Communists and...

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

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....

Everything We Do Is Games, by Doug Orleans
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A null game, inspired by John Cage's 4′33″.

Everything you swallow will one day come up like a stone, by Porpentine
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Suicide is a social problem. Suicide is a social failure. This game will live through social means only. This game will not be around forever because the people you fail will not be around forever. They are...

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

Exhibition, by Ian Finley
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"The Hartman Gallery extends their invitation to an exhibition of Anatoly Domokov's "American Paintings." Who draws the line between art and life? HTML enhanced." [--blurb from Competition '99]

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

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...

Ferrous Ring, by Justin Morgan ('Carma Ferris')
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Fetter's Grim, by Paul Allen Panks
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Your goal in Fetter's Grim is to unravel the mystery of why you ended up on a lonely beach beside a man who eats only locusts and honey, and speaks odd incoherent phrases. Fetter's Grim is also haunted....
Fight or Flight, by Sean Krauss
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Find The Woman Of Colour At The Game Jam, by sui
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a story about being marginalised in the tech/games industry

A Fine Day for Reaping, by James Webb (aka revgiblet)
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Step into the bare feet of the Grim Reaper for a day and make sure that five pesky souls keep their appointment with the afterlife.

The Fire Tower, by Jacqueline A. Lott
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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...

The Fixer, by Chikodili Emelumadu
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Story: Chikodili Emelumadu Art: Onyinye Iwu Interactivity: Tory Hoke She finds you, and she won’t let go. Two women hire a private investigator to trail their erring husbands. Playing time: 8 minutes

Flametop, by David J. Malaguti
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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 Flustered Duck, by Jim Aikin
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You play as Elliott, a pig-boy. It starts when Granny Grabby orders you to get Mabel the duck down from the roof. You try, but a series of unfortunate events ensue ending with Mabel swallowing the diamond...
Fogged Up Mirror, by Cha Holland
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A personal look at identity labels and assumptions, from a genderqueer perspective.
Folkar Station, by Doug Jones
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In this incomplete game, you play as a standard clone, revived from cryosleep to deal with three emergencies on the deserted station that's orbiting Mars. Your first task, and only task in this intro, is to...

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]

Fox, Fowl and Feed, by Chris Conroy
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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.

Frankenstein, by Dave Morris and inkle
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This unique literary app places you in conversation with Frankenstein himself as his story unfolds. He will be your guide, and you his advisor. Console, counsel or condemn him: the choice is yours. Written...

Freedom, by Anonymous
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An ordinary day in the life of an ordinary person. [blurb from IF Comp 2008]
Fridgetopia, by Mathbrush
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Every text is possible on a fridge. Made for the Tiny Utopia Jam.

Fugue, by Emily Short
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Published by Up Right Down, in response to the following plot prompt: THE PLOT: In a bistro in Paris a young woman (A) tells her three girlfriends (B, C, and D) about the affair she had with an American...

Funeral for a Friend, by Porpentine
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A haunting delve into the nature of sorrow and loss in post-war Europe. Has been hailed as a "sweeping, elegiac piece told tautly by turns, tenderly by others" and "a rare glimpse, a symphonic vignette that...
Further, by Will Hines
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You are a collection of energy loosely held. You are an echo of a person. Something holds you here.

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 Gallery of Henri Beauchamp, by Mike Vollmer
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You have a chance to see an exclusive exhibit of the lost works of artist Henri Beauchamp, but you must prove you’re a devotee of the art to get in. An Interactive Fiction based on an old creepy story. It...

Game Developers Conference 2009, by Jim Munroe
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"You're actually here. The Gee Dee Cee. You don't know which session to check out first. Unlike your hometown, you're one artist among many here -- exciting and intimidating. Exciting because between now and...

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...

Game Producer!, by Jason Bergman
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Gathered In Darkness, by Dr. Froth
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Germania, by Vicente Munoz
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When Roman Legionaries find a strange cave the Germanic tribes fear the Centurion orders you to investigate what is inside and to come back with proof. An entry in the Interactive Short Fiction Competition...

Gigantomania, by Michelle Tirto and Mike Ciul
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Living under the Stalin era, in four parts.

A girl and a boy, by Emanuel Nordrum
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A short story about a girl and a boy, and being in love with your best friend.

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...
Green Falls, by Paul Allen Panks
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Long ago, the land of Eldor had a life force (Chi) which flowed smoothly across the world. But now, thanks to a nefarious evil, known as the Shadow Demon, a lurking, all-powerful force has sucked the life...
Greensboro Sit-In, by Abby Kreines, Sara Tanzer, and Becca Moura
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James begins to speak "Fellow students, we are all gathered here because we are all working for the same cause. Equal rights. Our people have been oppressed for too long! It is up to us, the youth, to take...
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...

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?

The Hallway Phantom, by Tyler Zahnke
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The Hammer of God, by G. K. Chesterton and IF Classics
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Roam freely in the world of G. K. Chesterton's classic detective fiction. (Contains complete Feedbooks public-domain text) Two possible formats (in .zip files): 1. .quest story file + brief documentation...

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...

The Hangover, by Will Conine
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The Hangover is the story of you. You awake in your apartment with an unknown women and your bank informing you that you changed your name last night. The goal? Get the approval form in triplicate to get the...

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,...

Hedge, by Steven Richards
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Hello Wordd, by B Minus Seven
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You are a sentient subsegment of a new spellcheck program with a few bugs left to squash.

Heretic Dreams, by Hannah Powell-Smith
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They would call what you did heresy. No one knows you swallowed the power of a god, but it will break you apart.

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...

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

The House at the End of Rosewood Street, by Michael Thomét
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The manor house at the end of Rosewood Street has been vacant for as long as you remember, but a notice in the local newspaper reports that the historic house has been sold. How will this newcomer affect the...

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

Hunger Daemon, by Sean M. Shore
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It's not the end of the world, and you're to blame. Better get on that. But man, it sure would be nice to get a bite to eat first.

Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin
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I Didn't Really Like It Before, by Drusilla
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It's an experience I had the other day. Bees, winter, brevity.

I'm Gonna Take You To The Video Bar!, by James Mitchelhill
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I'm Really Sorry About That Thing I Said When I Was Tired and/or Hungry, by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky)
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"I'm Really Sorry About That Thing I Said When I Was Tired and/or Hungry" is a mostly-autobiographical story of how it was like growing up among several different cultures and not really fitting into any of...

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...

Icepunk, by pageboy
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"You are the sole remaining inhabitant of an artificial world above a bizarre, inhospitable earth. A feral child raised by robots, you have just discovered the central computer of your Habitat, and...
The Immortal, by Just Rob
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Impetum Maleficus, by Hamish McIntyre
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Things are pretty weird during a Wizard Apocalypse. Try to get to safety, before it's too late!

Impostor Syndrome, by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky)
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You're giving a talk at a big important tech conference. But do you really deserve to be here, or were you selected just to fill a diversity quota? Originally published under the name "Georgiana...
In The Mind Of The Master, by David Whyld
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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...

The Initial State, by Matt Barton
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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...
Interface, by Ben Vegiard
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What happens when your favorite uncle, a successful electronics company owner, has you try out his latest invention? Of course, something goes amiss and you must struggle to set it all right or suffer the...

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 Christopher Armstrong
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Time to go! Off to the train station! Chop chop, buddy! Time waits for no man, and neither does my employer!

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.

Inward Narrow Crooked Lanes, by B Minus Seven
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Before we begin, we have a sharp-- I mean short intake form for you to fill out.

ISIS, by Liz England
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You are ISIS, a space station. You have a crew of one. How long can you two keep each other company before someone snaps? This is a short (10 minute) Choose-Your-Own-Adventure game. It is not explicit, but...

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

The Island, by Old Andy
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Mysterious story...
J'dal, by Ryan Kinsman
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Jack in the box, by Marius Müller
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Jacob's Travels, by Anssi Räisänen
Jealousy Duel X, by Alex Camelio
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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.

The Journey of the King, by Peter Nepstad
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"The King goeth upon a journey with many horses, yet riding upon none, when the pomp of travelling shall be heard in the streets and the sound of the lute and the drum and the name of the King. And I would...

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...

Kii!Wii!, by Adri
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This experience was created in order to impart a bit of happiness and sweetness into your life.

The Knapsack Problem, by Leonard Richardson
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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.

La Lagune de Montaigne, by Caleb Wilson
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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...
Last Day of Summer, by Doug Orleans (as Cameron Fox)
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It's the last day of summer, and you're old enough now to go into town by yourself.
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...
Last Ride of the Night, by Mordechai Shinefield
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Lawn of Love, by Santoonie Corporation
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Santoonie's first romantic adventure.

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

Legion, by Jason Devlin
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Let's Go Eat, by Tom McHenry
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The convention center exhibit hall is closed. Everyone is excited to go to dinner but tired and hungry from a long day of working the convention floor. ‌You are a staggering group of sore-footed friends who...

Lifeline, by Dave Justus and 3 Minute Games
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"[A] surprising iPhone and Apple Watch bestseller is pushing the boundaries of fiction" - boingboing.net "This is the best game on the Apple Watch" - Time.com Lifeline is a playable, branching story of...

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 Of My Stomach, by David Fletcher
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This is an unusual story where you play as the primary lightbulb of the John Quincy Adams Gastrodome, but also as Bob Bobkins, competative eater. What secrets is Garry, Bob's opponent in the eating contest,...
The Lighthouse, by Eric Hickman and Nathan Chung
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The Lighthouse is a small game in where your main foucus is to turn on the light in the Havenworth lighthouse. This game is very short and also is my very first game! [blurb from IF Comp 2008]

Lime Ergot, by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight)
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Now everyone is gone. (Well, almost everyone.) Entry in ECTOCOMP 2014.

Limelight, by Justin Lowmaster
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When you become famous, life chages, and doing ordinary tasks becomes a game of hide and seek with intrusive photographers. You find yourself in a public place full of photographers and must find a way out....
Look Around the Corner, by Doug Orleans (as Robert Whitlock)
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A short game inspired by the song "Look Around the Corner" by Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro.

Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon
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The Lost Dimension, by C. Yong
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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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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.

Lyreless, by Bruno Dias
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A man heads into hell to seek out his lost lover; there he has to decide how much of himself to leave behind.

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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Magic Travels, by Mister Nose
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You are the last magician on earth, struggling to bring back magic. Oh, no. What a hard game I have made. Maybe it could be easier. I know! The computer will play the game for you! How convenient! Please...

A Man in His Life, by Yehuda Amichai and sub-Q
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Ecclesiastes was wrong about that. A man doesn't have time in his life/to have time for everything.

The man-eating, halitosic gorilla of Brazil, by Marius Müller
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MANALIVE, A Mystery of Madness - I, by Bill Powell
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Based on the first half of the novel Manalive by G. K. Chesterton.
MANALIVE, A Mystery of Madness - II, by Bill Powell
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Based on the second half of the novel Manalive by G. K. Chesterton.

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.

Marika the Offering, by revgiblet
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An entry in the 2007 One Room Game Competition. You play a young girl, trapped in a tower room and in fear for her life.

Marine Raider, by Allen Gies
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May fourth, nineteen forty-two. The Pacific Ocean froths with war. The Japanese have made immense gains following their infamous December sneak attack. The Philippines have fallen. Pearl Harbor is a...

Martha's Big Date, by Mary Potts
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You're a teenage girl, getting ready for a date. Oh, and your father is Superman.
A Matter of Importance, by Valentine Kopteltsev
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All those scoundrels on The Board Of The Thieves' Guild... How could they? Sure, the last weeks weren't your most successful ones (in fact, you'd be glad to raze them from your memory if you only could), 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 were...
Mazredugin, by Jim Q. Pfygx-Vobk
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Four teens. One world to...not quite even save.

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.

The Milk of Paradise, by Josh Graboff
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In this short game, you are the Khan in your pleasure dome. You are a ruler, a conqueror, handsome, excellent, eternal, yet your memories are strangely gone. O, my Khan, I am but your humble servant, and I...

Milk Party Palace, by Alon Karmi & Glenn Parker
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Alec Baldwin gets what Alec Baldwin wants, and when he wants six gallons for a Milk Party, you better believe he's getting six gallons. Includes 3 Endings.

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...

The Minimalist Game, by NOM3RCY
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It is the hardest IF on earth.

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

Monkey and Bear, by Carolyn VanEseltine (as the opposite of sublimation)
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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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Moonmist, by Stu Galley, Jim Lawrence
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More ghosts haunt the misty sea-coast and stone ramparts of Cornwall than anyplace else on earth. One such soul roams Tresyllian Castle: a pale phantom with flaxen hair and a luminous, flowing gown. It seems...

More, by Jason Dyer (as Erin Canterbury)
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the morning after, by verityvirtue
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It's been a long night. We've not had a proper sleep. But we seize this moment of peace. Made for the Tiny Utopias jam.

Mother, by Porpentine Charity Heartscape
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No data about this mom. A game made for Twiny Jam in 300 words or less.

Moving Day, by helado de brownie
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The day you've been waiting for.
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...
Mrs. Wobbles and the Tangerine House, by Mark Marino
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2 boys arrive at a magical foster home... My kids & I wrote this as the 1st in a series for children 7-11. We aimed for simple choice-driven IF that emphasizes not so much the pyrotechnics but the pleasures...
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.

Muse: An Autumn Romance, by Christopher Huang
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Early September, 1886. Autumn. The Victorian Era. The Rev. Dawson, 59, is off to the Continent and an unexpected Romance... [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Mushrooms Red As Meat, by A C Godliman
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A short illustrated journey around the fading memories of a quiet place, created for the TinyUtopia jam. (This is illustrator A C Godliman's second Twine game; requires full-screen and audio)

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

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 Mind's Mishmash, by Robert Street
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My mistake, by natulia
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Have fun. You might get multiple endings. It is a horror short.

My Name is Jack Mills, by Juhana Leinonen
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My Town, by Anastasia Salter
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There is a "Dementia Village" near Amsterdam, where residents with Alzheimer’s are intended to live normally, with everyone in the town--shopkeepers, restaurant staff–--actually employees of the care-taking...

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

Nazi Mice, by Ricardo Dague
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Neon Haze, by Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie
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Hold your name like oxygen in your lungs. A drifter with a number on her wrist descends into a massive neon structure.

The Next Day, by Jonathan Blask
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"Sometimes the time after is just as important as the time with." The Next Day is an experimental, slice-of-life mood piece.

The Ngah Angah School of Forbidden Wisdom, by Anssi Räisänen
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In this fantasy romance, you are a new arrival at the very secretive Ngah Angah School of Forbidden Wisdom. Now prove you have the right to be there by completing three extreme tests. The penalty for failure...

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...

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.

Not the Same Old Lang Syne, by Jacqueline A. Lott
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Ogres, by Alan DeNiro
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A surreal landscape - or three surreal landscapes? "Ogres" consists of three game files, each representing the same area, but with subtle differences. The readme file warns: "ONE OF THESE GAMES (Red, White,...

Ohmygod Are You Alright?, by Anna Anthropy
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ohmygod are you alright is an autobiographical game about the experience and aftermath of getting hit by a car. it is a game about surviving. you could call it a survival horror. you could call it a direct...

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
On a Horse with No Name, by Greg Ewing
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The horse plods on wearily across the sand. You can’t remember the horse's name, of course, if it ever had one, any more than you can remember your own. That’s not surprising. What's just a little surprising...

One Eye Open, by Caelyn Sandel (as Colin Sandel) and Carolyn VanEseltine
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Had you known the bloody history of Corona Labs, you would never have signed up as a test subject. But now, plunged into that history, surrounded by the damned and the dying, you must find the truth. Perhaps...

One Week, by Papillon
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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...

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...

Orevore Courier, by Brian Rapp
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Our Boys in Uniform, by Megan Stevens
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Out There, by FibreTigre
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Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction....

Packrat, by Bill Powell
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Pantomime, by Robb Sherwin
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Pantomime takes place on the Martian moon of Phobos, in the year 2044. Mankind has developed colonies on Mars, Titan, Ganymede and installed a life bubble on the closer, larger Martian satellite. Mankind has...

The Paper Bag Princess, by Adri
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Princess Elizabeth is about to marry the love of her life when a dragon attacks the castle and kidnaps her betrothed. Based on a book of the same name by Robert Munsch, with permission.

parasite, by Porpentine
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trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9tGJapK-jI made for the new inquiry, to coincide with my interview: http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/beautiful-weapons/

Pascal's Wager, by Doug Egan
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"The original Pascal's Wager was essentially a cost/benefit analysis of religious faith. However, Blaise Pascal (a 17th century Catholic) disregarded the possible existence of non-Christian Gods. This game...

PataNoir, by Simon Christiansen
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The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.

Pathfinder, by Tony Woods
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Personality Rights, by Sumana Harihareswara
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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]
Pillow, by Chad Schultz
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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...

Playing Games, by Kevin Jackson-Mead
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One of the four games in the meta-puzzle for IF Comp 2011. See http://gameshelf.jmac.org/2011/11/cold-iron-my-very-short-if-entry-in-the-comp/ for a short synopsis of the meta-puzzle.
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...
The Possibility of Life's Destruction, by Gunther Schmidl
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The Potter and the Mould, by Robert Street
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Powers of Two, by B Minus Seven
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RITUAL||BLINKS Made for the Tiny Utopias Jam.
Press [Escape] to Save, by Mark Jones
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The Primrose Path, by Nolan Bonvouloir
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You've been having a series of nightmares about Leo, standing at the edge of a cliff. No matter what you do, a bell rings and Leo disappears over the edge . . .

The Promise, by Sean Huxter
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Your village lives a harsh life of perpetual winter and has for as long as you can remember. As a young boy unable to go on the hunt, you may find that, with almost everyone away, you can be of some use to...

Prospero, by Bruno Dias
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A prince and his courtiers retreat to his palace to hide from a deadly plague. Adapted from EA Poe's The Masque of the Red Death.

PTGOOD 8*10^23, by Sartre Malvolio
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The Puzzle Box, by Richard Otter
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An entry in the 2007 One Room Game Competition. Your objective is to escape the room by solving a number of logic puzzles.

Quing's Quest VII: The Death of Videogames!, by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky)
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You are a young monarch of mysterious and indistinct gender, valiantly trying to survive exile from your home planet -- or whatever's left of it since the invasion, anyway.

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...

Rameses, by Stephen Bond
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Realm of Obsidian, by Amy Kerns
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This is the story of a man named Nick. Just your average joe trying to make ends meet. Unfortunately, ends didn't meet very well, so Nick had to move back in with his father while he looked for a second job....

Reconciling Mother, by Plone Glenn
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Recursive Occlusion, by Philip Sandifer, John G. Wood

An adaptation of a critical essay about the Doctor Who episode "Logopolis".

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

The Reluctant Resurrectee, by David Whyld
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The Further Adventures Of The King Who Wanted To Die But Whose Subjects Just Weren't Ready To Let Him Go… You’re alive. Again. And not too happy about it. During your current period of deadness, your son has...

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...

Requiem, by David Whyld
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Reset, by Autumn Nicole Bradley
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Always trust your Administratrix. Willing but unwitting, one citizen experiences the new possibilities of kink in a transhuman cyborg future.

Return to Ditch Day, by M.J. Roberts
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It's been a decade since you graduated, but now it looks like you're going to have to solve one more Ditch Day stack.

Ribbons, by J. D. Berry
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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...

The Role of Music in Your Life, by Five Dials
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What is it? It's a questionnaire. But don't ask too many questions. The subject is music. That's about all you need to know.

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.

Rover's Day Out, by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman
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Three hundred years ago, the Brazilian Space Agency discovered a rocky exoplanet only 38 light years from Earth. With a surface temperature of 1200 Celsius and nine times Earth gravity, it's hardly the sort...

Sam and Leo Go To The Bodega, by Richard Goodness
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One day, Sam Dellaria and Leo Akane dropped acid and went to a bodega. This is their story.

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...

Saving John, by Josephine Tsay
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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...

Seeds and Solutions, by Caelyn Sandel
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It's a beautiful day, and all I want is to hear the story of how my people came to be! Root-mother won't give the story up for free, though; she's going to send me through bog and taiga, from the old well to...
Seeds and Survival, by Caelyn Sandel
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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...

shadows on the mirror, by Chrysoula Tzavelas
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I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe...

The Shape of Our Container, by Rocketnia
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You open your eyes as the breeze settles around you. The clouds proceed slowly through the sky, and the ground is flat and white for as far as it goes. "What were you dreaming about?" ze says, zir hand...
sheep here, by Teaspoon
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A pasture full of non-procedurally-generated grass for you, a sheep, to eat. Created for the Tiny Utopia Jam.

Shelter from the Storm, by Eric Eve
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It is set in October 1940. Jack is a newly-commissioned sapper officer on his way to his first posting somewhere on Salisbury Plain (in southern England) when his car breaks down. The weather is starting to...

Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre
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Shuffling Around, by Andrew Schultz (as Ned Yompus)
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A weird power to save a weird world. So you just got fired from the best company ever, and it's the best day of your life. New opportunities! New horizons! New ways to look at things! Like calling this...

Sigmund's Quest, by Gregor Holtz
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Sigmund’s Quest is an homage to the classic point-and-click adventure games that inspired me so much as a child. It tells the first part of the story of the Völsunga saga, a Norse myth similar to King Arthur...

Silver & Gold, by rosencrantz
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These things come in pairs... A sacrifice, a chase, a dark night in a dark city. Silver & Gold is a story told in two voices. Started for a challenge on Twinery.org. Thanks to this Twinery forum post for...

Simple Adventure, by Paul Allen Panks
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Once upon a time, the forest of the land was peaceful. No monsters roamed the land, and people were free to come and go as they pleased. One day, however, an evil dragon turned the good creatures of the...

Siren for Hire, by Maddy Myers
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Siren For Hire tells a story of magical girls living in a future Earth governed by a Dragon who doles out powered gemstones to the deserving. But who "deserves" super-powers? Meanwhile, hacker cults and...

The Sisters, by revgiblet
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After crashing your car to avoid hitting a mysterious young girl you awake to find yourself drawn to an abandoned mansion.
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 Stories, by Neil K. Guy
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After losing control of your car during a blizzard in the mountains of British Columbia, you make your way to a rundown shack and sleep. You wake up elsewhere and soon encounter a mouse, a pair of drawing...

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....

The Sixth Sleep, by Sloane Leong
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Companion piece to "Labyrinth": http://sloanesloane.com/labyrinth.html

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

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.

Slavoj Žižek Makes A Twine Game, by Cameron Kunzelman
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The Sleeping Princess, by Molly Engelberg, Alex Engelberg, and Mark Engelberg
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You are a pageboy, well, actually you're more like a janitor. Can you wake the sleeping princess? An entry in the IFBeginnersComp.

Sleepless, by Natalia Theodoridou
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What happens to dreams if no one sleeps? Humans have stopped sleeping. In nightclubs, helplines, and 24/7 diners, people look for a way to dream.

Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
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In the beginning was the Word, and it was hungry. ...

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 Game, by Vajra Chandrasekera and Tory Hoke

Choose your own ghosts. A deserting soldier returns home to find a war he can't escape.

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?

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.

Solarium, by Anya Johanna DeNiro
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The year is 1954. One year after mutually assured destruction. And I am trying to find you, through memory and alchemy. Not many people know how the nuclear devastation really happened. But we do. We were...

Somewhere, by Kazuki Mishima
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"Somewhere" is a short, very bare "interactive poem" written partly as a learning exercise in Inform 7.

Sorcery!, by Steve Jackson and inkle
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An adaptation of a print-based game book originally published in 1983, updated for modern touch-screen devices. The player quests across a fantasy map, dealing with all sorts of encounters using a text-based...

Sorcery! 2, by Steve Jackson and inkle
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Per the first game in this series, this is an adaptation of a print-based game book originally published in 1983, updated for modern touch-screen devices. The player quests across a fantasy map (this time of...

Sorcery! 3, by Steve Jackson and inkle
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The land of Kakhabad is a wilderness - a ruined desert, a tangled forest, cruel mountains and fissures, all guarded by seven fearsome serpents. But you must cross this land if you are to reach Mampang and...

Space Shooter, by Krister Fundin
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A TADS 3 abuse.

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]

Spectrum, by Caelyn Sandel (as Colin Sandel)
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In this surreal game, you are at the center of a color wheel representing 25 states of mind. Near you are a diary entry, a map, and four broken statues. Find a way to repair the statues so the diary entry...

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...

Star City, by Mark Sachs
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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 Volant: Stowaway, by C. Henshaw
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Statue, by David A. Clysdale
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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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stone, by Penny Stirling
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Can calcific amatonormativity be cured? An aromantic student struggles with stone and friendship.

Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before, by Kaitlin Tremblay
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Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before is my first ever Twine. It is an interactive horror and mostly true memoir. It is about the mind-frame of someone living with an eating disorder, without ever...
Strange Geometries, by Phillip Chambers
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The Striding Place, by Gertrude Atherton and sub-Q
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Some souls can't be separated. When his friend vanishes during a hunting trip, a young man tracks him down through their unusual connection.

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...

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.)

Suprematism in IF, by Andrey Grankin
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"Have you ever dreamt of playing a game in which you could control just everything (the plot, the setting, the way it reacts to your commands, the score you get, etc.)? If you have, your dreams are fulfilled...

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.

Swanglass, by Yoon Ha Lee
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swept up, by Hannah Powell-Smith
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and she's drumming her fingers on the wheel and watching you sideways, gaze flickering back-forth-back like she doesn't know if she wants to punch you or kiss you or eat you swept up is a game about blood,...

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.

The Tale of the Kissing Bandit, by J. Robinson Wheeler (as 'Cary Valentino')
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Talentless Hack, by Tami Baribeau
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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...

Tapestry, by Daniel Ravipinto
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You were born; you lived; you died. Not everyone gets a second chance to go back and change crucial decisions. You have been granted one and must go back to critical moral dilemmas; but do you change the...

Taunting Donut, by Kalev Tait
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One-room game where you need to get an out-of-reach donut tied to the ceiling of your exitless room.

Tea and Toast, by Matt Weiner (as Maria del Pangolin)
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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 �...

Tentellian Island, by Zack Wood
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Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life, by Truthcraze
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In this homage to Indiana Jones, you play as Tex Bonaventure, an adventurer and treasure hunter. After three days of exploring the deep dark swamps of the Everglades, you've finally found your destination....

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.

There Are No Cats in My Backyard, by Jeff Campbell
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There are no cats in my backyard. Made for Twiny Jam.

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

This Is A Real Thing That Happened, by Carolyn VanEseltine
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This short game was created for RuinJam 2015.

Three Princes, by Alex Godofsky
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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.

Thy Dungeonman, by Videlectrix
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Tin, by Jim Aikin
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TinyHillside, by Emily Short
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A tiny post mortem Utopia for the Tiny Utopias jam.

TinyUtopias Football Manager: Super Soccer Slam Edition, by A. Johanna DeNiro
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Your cooperatively owned soccer team begins on the sixth level of the pyramid of English football. Can you reach the top of the Premier League and also smash crony capitalism at the same time?

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...

Toddler RPG, by Noah Marshall
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Find a way to get down the big kids' slide! Progress from infancy, to early communication, to a quest to make it down the big kids' slide. Hints: 1) you will need a little bit of wisdom to take an interest...

Tonight Dies the Moon, by Tom McHenry
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From the author of HORSE MASTER: THE GAME OF HORSE MASTERY, comes a Twine game about life during war between the Earth and Moon in the year 2000. Fall in love, subsistence farm, make spreadsheets, and wear...

The Tower and the Toucan, by E. Lily Yu
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A perfectly ordinary day. Birds and other bright things. (First published on itch.io in April 2016, then reprinted in sub-Q magazine on 31 May 2016.)

The Tower of the Elephant, by Tor Andersson
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An adaptation of the classic sword & sorcery tale by Robert E. Howard, first published in 1933.
Trainstopping, by Ben Collins-Sussman
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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!

Traveler, by Caelyn Sandel
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Your awakening is slow and feels strange. You must have slept for a long time. As you float fitfully toward consciousness, you find yourself wondering if there is a word to describe the way one forgets a...

A Trick-or-Treat Adventure, by Adelynn Snyder
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Ugly Chapter, by Sam Kabo Ashwell
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In this short story, you play as Leti, a rich woman and a patron of the arts, who travels from Hawaii to Mars, as told by an angry and bitter male poet who knew her. What you did in the most ugly chapter of...

Ugly Oafs, by Andrew Schultz as Perry Creel
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Push back the Wrath Pulse--or find the Fry Gun to destroy it for good! A wordplay game with several ways to lose deliberately. Source code included.

ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III, by Porpentine
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I’ve finally finished porting and cracking an old edutainment game from the 90′s. Please enjoy.

Unauthorized Termination, by Richard Otter
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NB: Do not play with the ADRIFT 5 Runner as the game will appear to work but can't be completed. Play online or use the Adrift 4 interpreter instead as this is an Adrift 4 game. You are a senior investigator...

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...

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.

Urban Conflict, by Sam Gordon
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An entry in the 2007 One Room Game Competition. Your character is a soldier who was dragged into a bombed-out building by an armed NPC after sustaining a serious injury in a bomb blast.

Úrquel, the black dragon, by David T. Marchand
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A short hypertext adventure story about a dragon kidnapping a princess and a hero trying to rescue her. But it's also a joke about how silly the typical "you" character is in most IFs. And a commentary on...

Vague, by Richard Otter
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With amnesia it is quite possible to have a complete or partial loss of memory, but this isn't like that. It is not that you can't remember who you are or anything about your life, you have no thoughts...

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.

Varkana, by Maryam Gousheh-Forgeot
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Varkana is the name of a region in a world with a timeless, mildy fantasy/sci-fi setting (some technological and magical elements are present at this moment, but not prevalent), with the city-state of Arg...

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

Vespers, by Jason Devlin
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It has been five days, now. Five days since I made the choice. Five days since I closed the gate. Really, there was no choice. Rovato was damned when the first spot appeared: when the first bloody cough...
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 virtual human, by Duncan Bowsman
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In this game, the user participates in the textual formation of a virtual human. By filling in strings of text under simple constraints, the user can create any number of possible humans from the absurd to...

Voices, by Aris Katsaris
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The Voodoo You Do, by Marshal Tenner Winter
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You've found the crossroads where you were told you would finally meet Papa Legba himself; the intermediary between this world and the next.

Vulse, by Rob Parker
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A dead body floats down a river into the heart of an infuriating small town. As the locals grapple with the murder, they must also contend with the breakdown of cause-and-effect and the realization that the...

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 War of the Willows, by Adam Bredenberg
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Did you see the clean air of the hilltops? Wind waves tumbled down through the trees, tore the drift of lavender smoke... Did you see then, in the cinder that glowed in the pewter cup, did you see how Death...

The War On New Year's, by Sam Kabo Ashwell
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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 Are Unfinished, by Ade McT
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The last of the day's light is fading. And, without light, how can he see? A very short piece of Interactive Fiction for the TinyUtopia jam.

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

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...

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

What's in a Name?, by Gaming Pixie
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An interactive story about my early experiences coming out as bisexual. It may not be what you'd expect.

Wheel, by John Toomey
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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.

wHen mAchines aTtack, by Mark Jones
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Who Among Us, by Tia Orisney
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A noir-themed murder mystery story inspired by Agatha Christie's novel "And Then There Were None" and set in modern day Russia.

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...

A Wind Blown From Paradise, by N.C. Hunter Hayden
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If we live in the past, we aren't living in the present, and may as well be ghosts.

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

Wish, by Edward Floren
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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

Without a Clue, by David Whyld
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Some fools may believe Sherlock Holmes to be the world's greatest detective. You know better, though, and soon you will expose him as the fraud he is. But when you break into his rooms looking for evidence...
The Wizard's Apprentice, by Alex Freeman
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As the wizard's apprentice, can you complete the challenges set by your master, the wizard Gwydion?
Words Get Twisted Round and Tumble Down, by Gunther Schmidl
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The World Model is Really Problematic, by Spankminister
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A short game about making a game. Made for Twiny Jam.

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

The Writer Will Do Something, by Matthew Burns, Tom Bissell
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The year is 2012. You are the head writer for the third game in the wildly popular ShatterGate™ franchise. Expectations are through the roof: fans of the series are waiting for the biggest, most bad-ass...

Wumpus Run, by Elfindor
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Xen: The Hunt, by Ian Shlasko
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John Richardson returns in this thrilling sequel to Xen: The Contest. Two years have passed, and he finds himself once again caught in the crossfire. This time, however, his life may be forfeit.

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

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.

You Are a Blob!, by SoftSoft
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You are a Chef!, by Dan Shiovitz
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You Are Invited, by Thorin Klosowski
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This is a game about social anxiety, dealing with various parts of your day when you have anxiety, and making you feel somehow even more anxious along the way.

You Are Not the Author, by Soda51
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Dadaist Haiku Generator

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.

Your Lover Has Turned Into a Flock of Birds, by Miranda Simon
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A short Twine poem.
Zombie Exodus, by Jim Dattilo
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Build your character and fight your way out of a zombie-filled city to save your sister in this interactive horror fiction story. Gather supplies and weapons while avoiding the military, bandits, and living...

ZombieDating.zom, by Mike Snyder
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