9:05, by Adam Cadre lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: The phone rings. Oh, no — how long have you been asleep? Sure, it was a tough night, but... This is bad. This is very bad. The phone rings. |
An Act of Murder, by Christopher Huang lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: "Frederic Sheppard." Chief Inspector Duffy pulls at his moustache mournfully and stares up at the house through the windshield. "Theatrical sort, usually has a finger in some play or other. He bought up Gull... |
Aisle, by Sam Barlow Average member rating: "Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and you're progressing rapidly. On to the next aisle... Aisle started out as a... |
Babel, by Ian Finley lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: In this game, you play as an amnesiac inside Babel, an abandoned Arctic facility devoted to biological research. You soon discover that you have the unusual ability to witness scenes from the past by... |
A Bear's Night Out, by David Dyte lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: "Tomorrow is the big Teddy Bear party, and you must definitely not let your owner forget about it..." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] |
Bronze, by Emily Short Average member rating: When the seventh day comes and it is time for you to return to the castle in the forest, your sisters cling to your sleeves. |
The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: The Dreamhold is interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next. The Dreamhold is designed for people who have never... |
Earth and Sky, by Paul O'Brian Average member rating: It's been almost a month since your parents disappeared. One Tuesday, they just didn't come home, and there's been no sign of them since. For the University and the rest of the town, the mystery is beginning... |
Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky, by Paul O'Brian Average member rating: In this sequel game, you play as Austin Colborn, a young man who wears an earthsuit made by your scientist parents. It gives you great strength and invulnerability. You and your sister Emily, who wears the... |
Ecdysis, by Peter Nepstad lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
Firebird, by Bonnie Montgomery lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: "Firebird is based on the Old Russian folk tales that inspired the Stravinsky piece of the same name. You are Prince Ivan, and have been charged by your father, the tsar, to find the Firebird that has been... |
Galatea, by Emily Short Average member rating: Emily Short's description: A conversation with a work of art. "47. Galatea. White Thasos marble. Non-commissioned work by the late Pygmalion of Cyprus. (The artist has since committed suicide.) Originally... |
Hoosegow, by Ben Collins-Sussman, Jack Welch lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
I-0, by Anonymous lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: Stranded on Interstate Zero after your car broke down, you are miles away from the last sign of civilization. It's twenty minutes to noon and the temperature is well over 120°F. It's beginning to look like... |
Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon Average member rating: The game takes place on the town house of the fictional Lord Bellwater on the night of 19th June/20th June 1863. The player character is a groom who works in Bellwater's service and wants to discover more... |
Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: 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. Now Grunk need find pig. -- IFComp 2007 blurb |
The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet, by Graham Nelson (as Angela M. Horns) lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: Another day wasted as guest of the Empress, a wretchedly long tour of the breath-taking Boreal Falls, conducted as ever by the Lady Amilia. As if she weren't bad enough, an honour guard of soldiers, their... |
Photopia, by Adam Cadre lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: "Will you read me a story?" "Read you a story? What fun would that be? I've got a better idea: let's tell a story together." |
Rover's Day Out, by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero] |
Snowquest, by Eric Eve lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: You've been on your quest so long you've almost forgotten what it is all about, but now you are nearing your destination -- if only you can stay alive long enough in this frozen wilderness to reach it. |
To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: Professor Pettibone, eminent Victorian balloonist, has a problem. He can't get it up. His balloon that is. If he can't reach an altitude of 20,000 feet, and soon, both he and his mysterious travelling... |
Violet, by Jeremy Freese lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: Calm down. All you have to do is write a thousand words and everything will be fine. And you have all day, except it's already noon. [blurb from IF Comp 2008] |
Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling lagran-G-an's rating: Average member rating: Many strange tales have been told of the fabulous treasure, exotic creatures, and diabolical puzzles in the Great Underground Empire. As an aspiring adventurer, you will undoubtedly want to locate these... |