Games Centered Around Devices/Machines - an IFDB Poll

by Amanda Walker
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I'm looking for games that heavily feature learning how to use a device or machine. For instance, the machine in Emily Short's Savoir-Faire, Art DiBianca's devices in the Grandma Bethlinda games, or the box in Paul Michael Winters's The Box. I love graphical games like the The Room and The House of da Vinci, and want more IF that features fooling with fun devices.

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BYOD, by n-n
4 votes
"The PC's phone." [+]"The PC's phone." () --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Jade68... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Vulturous... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Denk...

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Grandma Bethlinda's Remarkable Egg, by Arthur DiBianca
4 votes
"More of a toy than a game" [+]"More of a toy than a game" --Amanda Walker... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Jade68... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer...

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Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
3 votes
"Clever and twisty linguistic humour " [+]"Clever and twisty linguistic humour : Much of the game centres around figuring out various uses for your trusty R-remover." --nokko... "Letter-removers and more" [+]"Letter-removers and more: The game revolves around a letter-remover, and later on you get other devices to further manipulate words." ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Jade68...

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Metamorphoses, by Emily Short
2 votes
"Two devices by the entry gate transform any object in many ways." [+]"Two devices by the entry gate transform any object in many ways." ( - Full review) --Rovarsson... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --IFforL2...

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Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short
2 votes
"Totally awesome" [+]"Totally awesome: Great use of an innovative device" --Amanda Walker... "Cooking with machines" [+]"Cooking with machines: A major puzzle involves figuring out how to cook delicious meals with a device in the kitchen." ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone...

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Grandma Bethlinda's Variety Box, by Arthur DiBianca
2 votes
"Great limited-command puzzle box game" [+]"Great limited-command puzzle box game" --Amanda Walker... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer...

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Finding Martin, by G.K. Wennstrom
2 votes
"The pocketwatch is so complicated! You won't believe how much it can do!" [+]"The pocketwatch is so complicated! You won't believe how much it can do!" --David Welbourn... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Max Fog...

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The Magic Word, by B.J. Best
2 votes
"Devices everywhere!" [+]"Devices everywhere!" --Amanda Walker... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Rovarsson...

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Large Machine, by Jon Ingold
2 votes
"Never finished..." [+]"Never finished this one, very complex, large, kind of unfair, fun" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) --JTN...

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The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca
1 vote
"The wand has 999 settings" [+]"The wand has 999 settings" ( - Full review) --Denk...

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Castle Ralf, by Doug Clutter and Steve Vance
1 vote
"Large Escape From A Booby Trapped Castle Game" [+]"Large Escape From A Booby Trapped Castle Game: I have played almost innumerable pieces of IF - this game has the largest machine based, set piece puzzle that I have ever come across. And all to glean a key." ( - Full review) --Canalboy...

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Ka, by Dan Efran
1 vote
"Has devices and..." [+]"Has devices and environments I could easily picture as puzzles in a point-and-clicker." ( - Full review) --Wade Clarke...

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The Mulldoon Legacy, by Jon Ingold
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Canalboy...

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Worldsmith, by Ade McT
1 vote
"First puzzle is very complicated "machinery"" [+]"First puzzle is very complicated "machinery"" () --Denk...

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The Box, by Paul Michael Winters
1 vote
"Great little puzzle box game" [+]"Great little puzzle box game" --Amanda Walker...

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The Weapon, by Sean Barrett
1 vote
"Short, one-room..." [+]"Short, one-room game about an alien device." () --Greg Frost...

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The Symbolic Engine, by Evan Schull
1 vote
"This is a one..." [+]"This is a one room IF Art Show game where you manipulate a machine to watch different portrayals of human history. The gameplay involves learning how to activate the machine and experimenting with its controls to view each narrative." () --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Poll created on August 1, 2022