1958: Dancing With Fear, by Victor Ojuel Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (33 ratings) "Dancing with Fear" (1958, directed by Víctor Ojuel). In this forgotten classic of Golden Age Hollywood, a vedette fallen on hard times (Salomé Vélez) finds herself enmeshed in a tangle of political... |
8 Shoes on the Shelves, by Marc Duane Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) An account of one soldier's unfortunate attempt to locate a secret buried beneath the war-torn Flemish countryside. |
Academic Pursuits (As Opposed To Regular Pursuits), by ruqiyah Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (26 ratings) Dear Ms. ████████ We are delighted to offer you a position in our architecture department. After your application and interview we are confident you will really sink your teeth into this... |
All Roads, by Jon Ingold Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (156 ratings) "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] |
Amazing Quest, by Nick Montfort Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (28 ratings) at last, you now need to get yourself and your fleet back home. Decide as if it all depends on you, trust as if it all depends on the gods, and you will have an amazing quest... |
American Election, by Greg Buchanan Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (16 ratings) A dark political nightmare game about Abigail Thoreau, a campaign assistant working to elect her candidate. In this hour-long cyoa game (composed of eleven chapters), you make choices both political and... |
Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (409 ratings) 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... |
Andromeda Dreaming, by Joey Jones Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (18 ratings) Aliss can control her dreams, but will this help her when she's stuck in a galaxy on the brink of destruction? Winner of the Andromeda Legacy competition 2012, Andromeda Dreaming is in the same setting as... |
Antiquest, by Anton Lastochkin Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (9 ratings) Are you tired of fighting an annoying parser and unraveling strange puzzles? Come along, and you and the parser will fight together against logic and common sense! You won't be bored with this game's... |
Barry Basic and the Witch's Cave, by Dee Cooke Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (6 ratings) It's 1968... the tail end of summer. Eleven-year-old Barry Basic is on a school trip with a bus full of people who don't like him, but nothing can spoil his seashell hunt! Or can it? As Barry, explore the... |
A Beauty Cold and Austere, by Mike Spivey Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (61 ratings) That survey course in conceptual mathematics seemed like a good idea at the start of the term - no graded homework, no midterm exams - just an oral final at the end. But now that final is tomorrow morning.... |
Between the Lines of Fire, by paravaariar Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (5 ratings) In this story, you are Sidorof, a Russian soldier during the 19th century Eastern war. He was posthumously decorated as a hero, because no one knew his dark history. But you'll find out as you progress.... |
Blind, by Andrew Metzger Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (18 ratings) A creep kidnaps you, a blind girl. But you're not as disabled as you look - who says blindness is a handicap? |
Blorp!, by Shawn Sijnstra Average member rating: (2 ratings) This is a short adventure set in an underwater brewery. You left your rather expensive experiments in the hands of your friend Dave, but you know something isn't right. The game has been updated to a... |
Bronze, by Emily Short Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (290 ratings) 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. |
BYOD, by n-n Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (22 ratings) You are starting your IT internship. The details you got from the university are scarce: just the address and the date (today). |
Candlesmoke, by Caelyn Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (25 ratings) Entry in EctoComp 2014. |
A Clean Getaway, by Michael Bub Average member rating: (2 ratings) A PunyJam #3 game In this small escape game, you play as a PhD student and research scientist in an exciting new field. While working late after midnight in the clean room, you notice you're alone, which... |
Cragne Manor, by Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna et al.Show other authorsAdam Whybray, Adri, Andrew Plotkin, Andy Holloway, Austin Auclair, Baldur Brückner, Ben Collins-Sussman, Bill Maya, Brian Rushton, Buster Hudson, Caleb Wilson, Carl Muckenhoupt, Chandler Groover, Chris Jones, Christopher Conley, Damon L. Wakes, Daniel Ravipinto, Daniel Stelzer, David Jose, David Petrocco, David Sturgis, Drew Mochak, Edward B, Emily Short, Erica Newman, Feneric, Finn Rosenløv, Gary Butterfield, Gavin Inglis, Greg Frost, Hanon Ondricek, Harkness Munt, Harrison Gerard, Ian Holmes, Ivan Roth, Jack Welch, Jacqueline Ashwell, James Eagle, Jason Dyer, Jason Lautzenheiser, Jason Love, Jeremy Freese, Joey Jones, Joshua Porch, Justin de Vesine, Justin Melvin, Katherine Morayati, Kenneth Pedersen, Lane Puetz, Llew Mason, Lucian Smith, Marco Innocenti, Marius Müller, Mark Britton, Mark Sample, Marshal Tenner Winter, Matt Schneider, Matt Weiner, Matthew Korson, Michael Fessler, Michael Gentry, Michael Hilborn, Michael Lin, Mike Spivey, Molly Ying, Monique Padelis, Naomi Hinchen, Nate Edwards, Petter Sjölund, Q Pheevr, Rachel Spitler, Reed Lockwood, Reina Adair, Riff Conner, Roberto Colnaghi, Rowan Lipkovits, Sam Kabo Ashwell, Scott Hammack, Sean M. Shore, Shin, Wade Clarke, Zach Hodgens, Zack JohnsonAverage member rating: (26 ratings) A tribute to Anchorhead. |
Dash Slapney, Patrol Leader , by Andrew Schultz Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (4 ratings) You woke up late for the Klondike Derby you stand no chance of winning...unless you and your ragtag, undersized patrol can pull out a win with luck. And a bunch of items lying around your room. |
Death of Schlig, by Peter Timony Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (11 ratings) Schlig is kidnapped by aliens and turned into a mutant eyeball freak by their experiments. Now Schlig must use his eyes in ways that no human was ever intended to in order to escape from the aliens and find... |
The Den, by Ben Jackson Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (17 ratings) Vee and Aiden have spent their entire lives in a place they call ‘The Den’. Father looks after them and protects them from the outside world. They have never thought about leaving – until something... |
Doomsday Lost Echoes, by Alberto Riera and Daniel Castaño Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (1 rating) The game was programmed specifically for the Amstrad CPC using the Professional Adventure Writing System (PAWS). It makes use of most of the PAWS capabilities and, although it is a text adventure, it relies... |
Dracula Part 1: The First Night, by El Clérigo Urbatain and DEF and Rod Pike Average member rating: (4 ratings) Dracula, The First Night is a remake of the classic text adventure by Rod Pike from 1986 for 8-bit micros (Spectrum and Commodore 64). This remake has been done by DEF and El Clérigo Urbatain. A young... |
Escape From Santaland, by Jason Ermer Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (22 ratings) Ugh. Christmastime at the mall. The last place you want to be, during the worst time of year to be there. |
Falling to Pieces, by Gianluca Girelli Average member rating: (2 ratings) A short, dark, text adventure written with the Inform 6 language using the PunyInform library. |
First Encounter, by T H Tyr Average member rating: (5 ratings) Your over-active imagination could get you into trouble on an eerie night in the Yorkshire Dales. They say that many old inns in the UK are haunted, and your family seem to have picked one for their summer... |
Fog Convict, by Andrew Metzger Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (11 ratings) There's a convict loose, a fog that just won't go away, and you're pretty sure your dorm mate just blew up his microwave. Just another day in college, right? |
Fragile Shells, by Stephen Granade Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (51 ratings) 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. |
The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor, by Stefan Vogt Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (2 ratings) Take on the role of novelist Thomas King and his wife Cora as they move into a remote Scottish manor house, just days before Christmas 1986. Seeking inspiration for his next book, Thomas begins to explore... |
Gremlins, by Brian Howarth and Teoman Irmak Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (5 ratings) Kingston Falls is in danger of being over-run with Gremlins, Billy has been tricked by Gizmo's offsprings into feeding them after midnight. The Mogwai have already pupated and turned into the evil Gremlins,... |
Gruds in Space, by Joseph A. Dudar and Chuck Sommerville Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (3 ratings) There I was, like, cool to the max, man, crusing in my totally awesome Space-Commuter. I was turned on to some tunes when a blast came in over the computer/wet bar. Like wow! It was direct from President... |
Grue., by Charles Mangin Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (14 ratings) It is pitch black. You are a grue. Can you catch your next meal, or will you succumb to starvation and worse? |
Guilded Youth, by Jim Munroe Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (49 ratings) You play Tony, a fourteen-year old thief who needs some help looting the legendary Oakville Manor. Luckily it's the 1980s and finding fellow adventurers is just a modem squeal away... |
Haunted P, by Chad Rocketman Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) Discover fascinating minature worlds.... interact with an intricately modeled NPC.... discover the secret of the magical substance, P, and how it became to be haunted.... |
Hibernated 1 - This place is death, by Stefan Vogt Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (9 ratings) Have you ever dreamed about a journey far beyond the known regions of the universe? Close to Vega, Olivia Lund is on the trail of one of mankind's greatest secrets and a thousand-year-old mystery. After over... |
Hibernated 1 (Director's Cut), by Stefan Vogt Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (6 ratings) Have you ever dreamed about a journey far beyond the known regions of the universe? Close to Alpha Centauri, Olivia Lund is on the trail of one of mankind's greatest secrets and a thousand-year-old mystery.... |
The Hours, by Robert Patten Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (26 ratings) Your new job as a time traveler may be harder than you thought. A simple heist in the ancient Library of Alexandria turns into a murder mystery. ONLINE PLAY: The status bar is essential to the game, but may... |
It Is Pitch Black, by Caelyn Sandel Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (26 ratings) Trapped alone in a darkened antique store with a man-eating grue, can you keep a light going long enough to survive? (contains sound, but no jumpscares.) 2nd place, EctoComp 2014. |
Keepsake, by Savaric Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (28 ratings) The planning was easy. Committing the murder was easy. But getting away with it? That's another thing. Keepsake is a short, surreal story about vengeance and its consequences. |
Killing Machine Loves Slime Prince, by C.E.J. Pacian Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (14 ratings) A biomechanical killing machine stalks a strange world. The slime she loves is dying. And the one responsible is out there somewhere. |
Leather Goddesses of Phobos, by Steve Meretzky Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (72 ratings) And now... the next exciting episode of humanoids in space! How did you, a regular at Joe's Bar in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, end up on a Martian moon? Can you prevent the hideous space creature from abducting... |
The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M, by Michael D. Hilborn Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (30 ratings) Your vision clears as you gently land in an endless landscape. There is the wind, a bleak and chill thing. And there is your sense of uncertainty: You don't know which way to go. Or, maybe, which way you... |
Lime Ergot, by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight) Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (85 ratings) Now everyone is gone. (Well, almost everyone.) Entry in ECTOCOMP 2014. |
Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (71 ratings) |
Lucid Night, by Dee Cooke Average member rating: (8 ratings) You've always been a lucid dreamer, but these days your dreams never last very long. If only you could get some rest... Lucid Night was created for PunyJam #3 in February 2023. |
Marine Raider, by Allen Gies Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (7 ratings) 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... |
Measureless to Man, by Ivan R. Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (11 ratings) You're on your way home from Cairo, with nothing but a rumpled suit and an apple for lunch. But the plane passes through dark air, over a fathomless sea. Past the heavens, under the deep, there are secrets... |
Midsummer's Eve, by Tristin Grizel Dean Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (4 ratings) It's Midsummer's Eve. The annual Midsummer Circus is in town, but, more importantly, tonight is the Midsummer Eve's Treasure Hunt. Every summer, the 13-year-old children of the town compete to find the... |
Monster Maker, by Adri ("Erin Gigglecreek") Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings) A silly character creation toy. |
Muggle Studies, by M. Flourish Klink Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (19 ratings) You play as Alice Armstrong, the new Professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland, even though you've never heard of "muggles" before and never knew magic was real... |
The Mystery of Winchester High, by Garry Francis Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings) Frederick H Winchester III was a rich man who lived in the city of Dunedin in New Zealand. When he died, his mansion was bequeathed to the city to be turned into a high school. Apart from the mansion, the... |
Nautilisia, by Ryan Veeder Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (41 ratings) Your friend claims to be in a coma. |
Nel mondo di Ayon, by Marco Vallarino Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (3 ratings) The fashion reporter Vincent Morgan is on the trail of the early works of the famous graffiti artist Ayon. To locate them, he has to explore the disreputable suburb where the artist grew up. |
PataNoir, by Simon Christiansen Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (58 ratings) 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. |
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich: The Text Adventure, by Rex Mundane Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (7 ratings) You struggle against fate itself to create, and consume, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. |
Photopia, by Adam Cadre Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (568 ratings) "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." |
The Play, by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky) Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (66 ratings) 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... |
Sea Coral, by Jeff Greer Average member rating: (1 rating) A seaborne crime with a search and rescue sub-drama, written with the Punyinform library for entry into PunyJam #3. |
Sentencing Mr Liddell, by Anonymous Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (15 ratings) "The time has come", the Teacher says, "to talk of many sins: of wives and mums and unloved sons (of where it all begins), and why it's really all your fault, and whether no-one wins." |
Shadow Operative, by Michael Lauenstein Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (16 ratings) Another run. Another dive into the neon sea. A Cyberpunk Heist Game. Parser-based but with a hybrid interface (playable by typing or by links alone). Best played in a desktop browser (or on a tablet in... |
Six, by Wade Clarke Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (42 ratings) 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.... |
Solarium, by Anya Johanna DeNiro Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (55 ratings) 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... |
Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (318 ratings) 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... |
Stone Harbor, by Liza Daly Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (38 ratings) You're good at what you do: tell tourists pretty lies about love, money, and life after death. That's what people want from a boardwalk psychic, and you deliver. It's not the future you imagined for... |
Strike Force, by Christopher Drum Average member rating: (4 ratings) Strike Force is a homage to the after-school cartoons of the 80s, most especially G.I. Joe. In this game, you'll lead two elite agents of Strike Force against the forces of HAVOC as they infiltrate a secret... |
Submarine Sabotage, by Garry Francis Average member rating: (4 ratings) You are currently serving aboard the USS Ibis, the first of the US Navy's top-secret Puny class submarines. The Puny class is an attack submarine that packs maximum firepower into a minimum-sized hull. It... |
Swigian, by Mathbrush (as Rainbus North) Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (38 ratings) I don't like talking. Let's build a fire. Swigian is a minimalist game. It is long, but quickly finished, with few words and few complications. |
Taco Fiction, by Ryan Veeder Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (118 ratings) Taco Fiction is a game about crime. |
The Temple of Shorgil, by Arthur DiBianca Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (25 ratings) One day, travel guides will talk about this "masterpiece of the Pirothian architect Kitral" -- but only if you, the first person to visit it in over 1,000 years, can find out what's inside. (Puzzle-oriented... |
Tenth Plague, by Lynnea Dally Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (28 ratings) You are thrust into earthly existence to fulfill the tenth and final plague. |
Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303, by Victor Gijsbers Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (21 ratings) A text terminal interface for interacting with your model RCM301-303 remote controlled mech. |
Tethered, by Linus Åkesson Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (32 ratings) "I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man."... |
Tristam Island, by Hugo Labrande Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) After crashing your plane at sea, you end up drifting to a small island, with not much to survive. You explore, and find out the island was inhabited, years ago. But why did the people leave? And why is... |
Vain Empires, by Thomas Mack and Xavid Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (24 ratings) The memoir of a demonic spy in the Cold War between Heaven and Hell. |
Vampire Ltd, by Alex Harby Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (26 ratings) Nero Brashov, vampire and failed businessman, has revenge on his mind. He'll pose as a human, infiltrate his arch-enemy's corporation, and sabotage it from the inside. Just as soon as he's invited in, that... |
Vestiges, by Josephine Wynter Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (19 ratings) In the absence of reality, perception must suffice... You awake in a grave, with no memory of who you are or what happened to you. Using the items around you, you must escape the entity pursuing you and... |
The Voodoo You Do 2, by Marshal Tenner Winter Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) The casket opens and the pitch blackness is replaced with the sight of the moon; full in the night sky. Then, someone leans over, facing you and smiling a lunatic grin. He wears a dirty black top hat and... |
Will Not Let Me Go, by Stephen Granade Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (75 ratings) Dallas, Texas. 1996. Fred Strickland has Alzheimer's. |
Winter Storm Draco, by Ryan Veeder Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (26 ratings) A chronicle of the events of the winter storm of the same name. |
You Are Standing, by Aaron A. Reed Marco Innocenti's rating: Average member rating: (13 ratings) A bonus text game created specifically for the Ultimate Collector's Edition of 50 Years of Text Games; initially, available exclusively to backers on 3.5" floppy disc and/or as a download. The game was... |