69,105 Keys, by David Welbourn Average member rating: (80 ratings) There's just one room. How hard can it be? Just unlock the door. Oh. There's 69,105 keys. |
9:05, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (544 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. |
Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort Average member rating: (136 ratings) "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... |
Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry 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... |
A Beauty Cold and Austere, by Mike Spivey 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.... |
Best Gopher Ever, by Arthur DiBianca Average member rating: (23 ratings) Help the unfortunate residents of Fairview! (Who are all animals, by the way.) A light puzzle game for all ages. |
Bronze, by Emily Short 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. |
Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Average member rating: (253 ratings) Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon reduced the British colonizing fleet to one ship. Since then, Atlantis... |
Damnatio Memoriae, by Emily Short Average member rating: (58 ratings) 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... |
Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin ('Edgar O. Weyrd') Average member rating: (78 ratings) |
Galatea, by Emily Short Average member rating: (346 ratings) 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... |
Glass, by Emily Short Average member rating: (108 ratings) 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... |
The Gostak, by Carl Muckenhoupt Average member rating: (93 ratings) "Finally, here you are. At the delcot of tondam, where doshes deave. But the doshery lutt is crenned with glauds. Glauds! How rorm it would be to pell back to the bewl and distunk them, distunk the whole... |
Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (156 ratings) 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... |
I Am Prey, by Joey Tanden holuaia's rating: Average member rating: (11 ratings) A horror-lite science fiction game of evasion. (Experimental game: Reading the included survival guide before playing is highly recommended.) Inspired by the casual and round-based designs of visual indie... |
Killing Machine Loves Slime Prince, by C.E.J. Pacian holuaia'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. |
Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon Average member rating: (71 ratings) |
Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Average member rating: (500 ratings) 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 |
Metamorphoses, by Emily Short Average member rating: (133 ratings) 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 Average member rating: (87 ratings) A fool receives a challenge from a countess. Violence. Sex. Profanity. Sausage. |
my father's long, long legs, by michael lutz Average member rating: (148 ratings) A weird tale. Some parts make use of sound, so this game is best played with headphones. One ending. |
Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short Average member rating: (134 ratings) The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne, carriage rides in the Tuileries, having your name whispered behind... |
Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (421 ratings) "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero] |
Sugarlawn, by Mike Spivey Average member rating: (32 ratings) With a loud "click," the door closes behind you. Finally! You are locked inside an antebellum Southern mansion, alone, wearing only a chicken costume. You've fantasized about this moment for years. |
Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (131 ratings) 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.) |
Suveh Nux, by David Fisher Average member rating: (228 ratings) 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. |
Violet, by Jeremy Freese Average member rating: (389 ratings) 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 Wand, by Arthur DiBianca Average member rating: (60 ratings) Explore the wizard Bartholloco's castle with the help of a versatile magic wand. Can you overcome his challenge? Can you levitate a rock? Can you slice a baltavakia? (Puzzle-oriented and family friendly.) |
Weird City Interloper, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (58 ratings) An interactive tale of strange conspiracy. Pull up your hood, lower your gaze and enter the city of Zendon. If you can gather enough information, you may just be able to change the course of history. (Weird... |
The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson Average member rating: (138 ratings) You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are not a wizard sniffer (if such a thing even exists). As far as you can... |