Artistic Games - an IFDB Poll
by WriterBobI'm interested in games that take the fiction of IF to new levels. These are not straightforward, plot driven games. Think instead of games that play like poetry, or games that focus on a character's revelation.
| Photopia, by Adam Cadre 17 votes "created a new paradigm in the modern IF community" [+]"created a new paradigm in the modern IF community" --Dominic Delabruere... "Unusual, Intriguing Story" [+]"Unusual, Intriguing Story" (  ) --sunny and mild... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Matt Kimmel... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Kake... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Dave Chapeskie... (No comment) [+](No comment) --pylar_escapist... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Grey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Simon Christiansen... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --katz... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Charles Wickersham... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --amciek... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo...  Vote for this game | |
| Galatea, by Emily Short 16 votes "created a new standard for characterization in IF" [+]"created a new standard for characterization in IF" --Dominic Delabruere... "mindblowingly different" [+]"mindblowingly different" ( ) --Katrisa... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --mrsambarlow... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Michael R. Bacon... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Simon Christiansen... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) --TEZlPEZ... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DustyCypress... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... Vote for this game | |
| Rameses, by Stephen Bond 13 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --redlimit... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --VK... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --anj tuesday... (No comment) [+](No comment) --SleepyEmp... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Mark Jones... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Cheryl L... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --bluevelvetwings... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... Vote for this game | |
| The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin 9 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --mrsambarlow... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Dave Chapeskie... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre 8 votes "mind-blowing..." [+]"mind-blowing...: Talk about "West of house", heck..." ( ) --Mark V.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --zer... (No comment) [+](No comment) --aaronius... (No comment) [+](No comment) --pylar_escapist... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... Vote for this game | |
| Aisle, by Sam Barlow 7 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Edo... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| De Baron, by Victor Gijsbers 7 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --Kake... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Pinstripe... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Petrichor... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| The Moonlit Tower, by Yoon Ha Lee 6 votes "Immersive, Haunting, Poetic, and Atmospheric" [+]"Immersive, Haunting, Poetic, and Atmospheric" ( - Full review) --AmberShards... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Wendymoon... "Very evocative,..." [+]"Very evocative, very poetic." ( - Full review) --Molly... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| Exhibition, by Ian Finley 5 votes "Fantastic, unique format." [+]"Fantastic, unique format." ( ) --Katrisa... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Artran... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| Trinity, by Brian Moriarty 4 votes "Infocom's finest hour." [+]"Infocom's finest hour.: The first If with literary aspirations." ( ) --Puddin Tame... "Story and..." [+]"Story and atmosphere depend strongly on the imagistic presentation of detail." --Gemma Bristow... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Mark V.... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Pinstripe... Vote for this game | |
| For a Change, by Dan Schmidt 4 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --mrsambarlow... "Creates its world..." [+]"Creates its world by reimagining the language used to describe that world." --Gemma Bristow... (No comment) [+](No comment) --JasonMel... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Cheryl L... Vote for this game | |
| So Far, by Andrew Plotkin 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --JasonMel... "Immediately comes..." [+]"Immediately comes to mind in a poll looking for games that 'play like poetry'. Recurrent themes including that of 'so close yet so far' deeply integrated in various aspects of the game, multiple possible interpretations, beautiful descriptive prose: poetry." () --Cheryl L... (No comment) [+](No comment) --strivenword... Vote for this game | |
| A Fire Darkly: Chapter 1, by Louis Rakovich 2 votes "Beautiful writing" [+]"Beautiful writing" ( - Full review) --SLane... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Hawkmoth... Vote for this game | |
| Deadline Enchanter, by Alan DeNiro 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --redlimit... Vote for this game | |
| Once, by Chris Klimas 2 votes "a poetic glimpse into a blurry past" [+]"a poetic glimpse into a blurry past: This is something of a manifesto for poetry in interactive fiction and is an inspiration to me as an IF author." ( Vote for this game | |
| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --pylar_escapist... "This is an..." [+]"This is an excellent work of literary horror in its own right, its masterful use of craft when it comes to suspenseful and descriptive writing turning it into a kind of poetry worthy of Lovecraft." ( - Full review) --Jim Kaplan... Vote for this game | |
| Six Stories, by Neil K. Guy 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| Mindwheel, by Robert Pinsky, William Mataga, Steve Hales 2 votes "Not the best in its class, but an important historical precedent." [+]"Not the best in its class, but an important historical precedent." ( ) --Mark V.... (No comment) [+](No comment) --mrsambarlow... Vote for this game | |
| Glass, by Emily Short 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| The Absence of Miriam Lane, by Abigail Corfman 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Steve Meretzky 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| 1981, by Anonymous 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| Tapestry, by Daniel Ravipinto 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| Out, by Viktor Sobol 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Greg Frost... Vote for this game | |
| Christminster, by Gareth Rees 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --pylar_escapist... Vote for this game | |
| Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman 1 vote "Hilarious and Quirky" [+]"Hilarious and Quirky: If you don't understand an artist's brain, you probably still won't after playing this game, but you certainly will have a lot of fun browsing through one!!" ( Vote for this game | |
| Sand-dancer, by Aaron Reed and Alexei Othenin-Girard 1 vote "Completing the..." [+]"Completing the game requires the PC to acquire certain traits." --verityvirtue... Vote for this game | |
| A Night Guest, by Valentine Kopteltsev 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --sylvania... Vote for this game | |
| Photograph: A Portrait of Reflection, by Steve Evans 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| 9:05, by Adam Cadre 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --[delete this account]... Vote for this game | |
| On Optimism, by Zach Flynn (as Tim Lane) 1 vote "emotional prose, symbolic content" [+]"emotional prose, symbolic content: This game makes good use of imagery to develop its theme. It's a romance, not only in the sense of being a love story, but also in the older and broader sense of Romantic literature." ( ) --strivenword... Vote for this game | |
| Elvish for Goodbye, by David Gürçay-Morris 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| rendition, by nespresso 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --sylvania... Vote for this game | |
| Por la necedad humana, by El Clérigo Urbatain 1 vote "A Castilian language literary work" [+]"A Castilian language literary work: Interactivity within the story focuses on observation and character revelation. The PC may choose to follow NPCs around and/or examine the environment in depth. However, the PC cannot change the events." ( Vote for this game | |
| Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --strivenword... Vote for this game | |
| What Fuwa Bansaku Found, by Chandler Groover 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
Poll created on November 15, 2008
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