Detectiveland, by Robin Johnson Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (56 ratings) New Losago, 1929 - a town full of creeps, clowns, mobsters and, if you know where to look, the occasional honest citizen. Guide private investigator Lanson Rose through a series of puzzling cases: solve the... |
Dinner Bell, by Jenni Polodna Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (54 ratings) You are the involuntary and very hungry test subject of a semi-anthropomorphized dog in a labcoat who wants you to find all sixteen food items mentioned in They Might Be Giants' song Dinner Bell, which have... |
Earth and Sky, by Paul O'Brian Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (84 ratings) 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 Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (55 ratings) |
Earth And Sky 3: Luminous Horizon, by Paul O'Brian Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (43 ratings) |
Edith's Cats, by Roboman Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (4 ratings) La Petite Mort entry in ECTOCOMP 2016. |
Eight characters, a number, and a happy ending, by K.G. Orphanides Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (13 ratings) "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." -- Sun Tzu, The Art of War As you wake to find yourself on the acceleration couch in Control, you can expect the muscle memory of your... |
Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (110 ratings) In Enchanter, the first of a spellbinding series in the tradition of Zork, you are a novice magician whom Fate has chosen to do singlehanded combat with a dark and fierce power. But worldly weapons will... |
Evermore, by Adam Whybray and Edgar Allan Poe Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) "MISERY is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon as the rainbow, its hues are as various as the hues of that arch". (Edgar Allan Poe, 'Berenice', 1835) This... |
Fair, by Hanon Ondricek Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (28 ratings) As the most famous self-published Science Fiction author residing in Hillview, you are eminently qualified to judge their annual Elementary School Science Fair. |
Four Sittings in a Sinking House, by Bruno Dias Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (17 ratings) The thing about sinking is: the sea is not a void. If you're sinking, you're displacing something. A Grand Guignol entry for ECTOCOMP 2016 |
Galatea, by Emily Short Matt Bates's rating: 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... |
The Game of Worlds TOURNAMENT!, by Ade Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (16 ratings) It is a long million, this. The Septem Tower, held in the Manifold by the Tagides Rings, grinds on and on - its grey walls pressing close. The only thing to look forward to is the long, cold, endless Waste.... |
The God Device, by Andy Joel Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings) What is in the blood-soaked envelope the archaeologist gave Tanya just before she died? |
Hill Ridge Lost & Found, by Jeremy Pflasterer Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) When he fears that a reclusive neighbor’s weird ministrations are leading the locals astray, an old cowboy takes it upon himself to amble back up to Hill Ridge and set things a-right. Note: This game was... |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (188 ratings) Don't Panic! Relax, because everything you need to know about playing The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is contained in the pages of this manual. In this story, you will be Arthur Dent, a rather ordinary... |
How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors, by Brian Kwak Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (27 ratings) The disgrace and humiliation of last year's defeat is behind you. This time, with the help of the gods, you'll win this competition for sure. |
Labyrinth of Loci, by anbrewk Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings) “What distinguishes a memory palace from a memory labyrinth is that each place of memory in a palace is intended to be found, while in a labyrinth the structure is more than a means of storage: it is a way... |
Letters, by Madison Evans Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings) A twine game where the reader explores a stack of letters left on their desk from someone they cared about. She has hidden herself inside her words, and all you can do is read between the lines. Can you find... |
The Little Lifeform That Could, by Fade Manley Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (22 ratings) A little microbe in the primordial ooze has grand dreams! Dreams of survival, by and large, but small goals lead to large ones. Can you climb your way out of the ooze onto the land, into civilization, and up... |
Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon Matt Bates's rating: Average member rating: (71 ratings) |
Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Matt Bates's rating: 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 |