Games where the interaction is really cool and clever - an IFDB Poll

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I'm really interested in games which put a new spin on the mechanics. I'm thinking of a specific one where the narrator is really mean to you and is its own character in the game, but I'm really interested in any games which are interacted with in a clever way!

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Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
9 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... "I don't..." [+]"I don't think this (the main conceit of Counterfeit) could be done in any other medium." --Danielle... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Laney Berry... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Next_Stop_Willoughby... (No comment) [+](No comment) --mediocre.marsupial... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Zoltar... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Adam Biltcliffe... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Max Fog...

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Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
5 votes
"Narrator is not..." [+]"Narrator is not the player-character. " () --sushabye... "The narrating..." [+]"The narrating voice is separate from the PC, and is an actual character in the game" () --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Cerfeuil... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Max Fog...

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I.A.G. Alpha, by Serhii Mozhaiskyi
4 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Oreolek... (No comment) [+](No comment) --techniX... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Max Fog...

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Lime Ergot, by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight)
3 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --CMG... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Dawn S.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Cerfeuil...

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Repeat the Ending, by Drew Cook
3 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Tabitha... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Adam Biltcliffe... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Max Fog...

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Midnight. Swordfight., by Chandler Groover
2 votes
"The game gives you a playscript for every scene" [+]"The game gives you a playscript for every scene: If an action is not in the playscript, you can't do it. The challenge lies in figuring out how much wiggle room you still have." --AvB... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --egostat...

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Violet, by Jeremy Freese
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Adam Biltcliffe...

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Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303, by Victor Gijsbers
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Max Fog...

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Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
2 votes
"Minimalist language" [+]"Minimalist language: The game talks back to you in the same kind of grammatically impoverished language you would usually type your commands in." --AvB... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --IFforL2...

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Weird City Interloper, by C.E.J. Pacian
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --CMG... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sobol...

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Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
1 vote
"This story..." [+]"This story structure wouldn't make sense in any other medium" () --Adam Biltcliffe...

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Take, by Katherine Morayati (as Amelia Pinnolla)
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --CMG...

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Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
1 vote
"The interface..." [+]"The interface here removes the typical IF commands and replaces them with keywords more fitting for a futuristic adventurer. (Also, no map to track!)" --boogerball...

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You Find Yourself in a Room., by Eli Piilonen
1 vote
"Mean narrator" [+]"Mean narrator: Downright menacing, in fact. Like Portal but IF." () --Cerfeuil...

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Djinn on the Rocks, by Joshua Wilson
1 vote
"A short and unique comic fantasy excursion featuring a fresh take on magic mechanics." [+]"A short and unique comic fantasy excursion featuring a fresh take on magic mechanics.: The magic mechanic in this game is one-of-a-kind." --Joshua Wilson...

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Forsaken Denizen, by C.E.J. Pacian
1 vote
"The first-person..." [+]"The first-person narrator is a distinct character from the viewpoint character" () --Adam Biltcliffe...

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9:05, by Adam Cadre
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Adam Biltcliffe...

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Exhibition, by Ian Finley
1 vote
"Interesting gimmick" [+]"Interesting gimmick: Play as four different characters looking at the final exhibition of a dead man, figure out the plot from their opinions on his paintings. Highly original." ( - Full review) --Cerfeuil...

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PataNoir, by Simon Christiansen
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Laney Berry...

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Poll created on September 26, 2018