Best cover art - an IFDB Poll

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What games have really good cover art?

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Birdland, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
7 votes
"By far. It always grabs my attention." [+]"By far. It always grabs my attention." () --Kinetic Mouse Car... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... "Haven't..." [+]"Haven't played it yet, but the cover is extremely memorable, yet simple" --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --juliaofbath... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sarah Mak...

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Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!, by Steph Cherrywell
4 votes
"Does a great job..." [+]"Does a great job of evoking the setting and plot." () --Spike... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... "Awesome art,..." [+]"Awesome art, cartoonish yet gruesome" --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer...

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Invisible Parties, by Sam Kabo Ashwell (as Psychopup)
3 votes
"Doubles up as the..." [+]"Doubles up as the game's map." () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ivanr... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short...

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Floatpoint, by Emily Short
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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The Queen's Menagerie, by Chandler Groover
2 votes
"Strong design,..." [+]"Strong design, evocative without being overspecific." --Sam Kabo Ashwell... "I'm assuming..." [+]"I'm assuming it's an edit of a public domain artwork rather than original work, but either way it's memorable and suits the story well." () --Christina Nordlander...

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Headless, Hapless, by Geoff Moore
2 votes
"Doubles up as the..." [+]"Doubles up as the game's map. One of the best SpeedIF covers I've seen." () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ivanr...

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Fate, by Victor Gijsbers
2 votes
"I didn't make it, but I love it!" [+]"I didn't make it, but I love it!" --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) --C. W. Gray ...

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Runt of the Litter, by Kelly Sandoval
2 votes
"Just look at that..." [+]"Just look at that griffin" --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) --EverWriter...

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Metamorphoses, by Emily Short
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --CMG... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kyriakos Sgarbas... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Suveh Nux, by David Fisher
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --CMG... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Winter Storm Draco, by Ryan Veeder
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --CMG... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Varicella, by Adam Cadre
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
1 vote
"Professional,..." [+]"Professional, atmospheric art depicting a scene that you can hardly confuse with any other IF game." --Christina Nordlander...

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Ulterior Spirits, by E.J. Holcomb
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Guess the Verb!, by Leonard Richardson
1 vote
"Makes me happy..." [+]"Makes me happy every time I see it." () --Sobol...

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Hill of Souls, by Angela Shah
1 vote
"nominated for an XYZZY for the cover" [+]"nominated for an XYZZY for the cover" ( - Full review) --MathBrush...

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Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory, by Katherine Morayati
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sam Kabo Ashwell...

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Tally Ho, by Kreg Segall
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Creatures Such As We, by Lynnea Glasser
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --lunaterra...

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Andromeda Awakening - The Final Cut, by Marco Innocenti
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short...

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na, by na
1 vote
"awesome cover art" [+]"awesome cover art: Butzbo did a fantastic job on the cover art for this episode!" --bla...

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Tree and Star, by Paul Lee
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short...

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The Fourth Riddle, by reconditarmonia
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Reference and Representation: An Approach to First-Order Semantics, by Ryan Veeder
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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..., by Kungfuspacebarbarian
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --bla...

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Repeat the Ending, by Drew Cook
1 vote
"I love..." [+]"I love Callie's art for Repeat the Ending." --Drew Cook...

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Blue Lacuna, by Aaron A. Reed
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk...

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LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup, by Paul O'Brian
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Andromeda Ascending, by Truthcraze
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short...

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Chlorophyll, by Steph Cherrywell
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush...

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Scavenger, by Quintin Stone
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short...

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Andromeda Dreaming, by Joey Jones
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short...

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Tuuli, by Daurmith and Ruber Eaglenest
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Spike...

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Amazing Quest, by Nick Montfort
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Decolor, by Godokoro
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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L'exil, by Benjamin Roux
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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To Be You, by Sandeep Singh, Celestia De Roza, Cheng Him, Crispin Rodrigues, Don Shiau, Izyanti Asa'ari, Jennifer Anne Champion, Pamela Seong Koon, Praval Visvanath, Sarah Mak, Shivram Gopinath, tysha khan, Ummi Tasfia, Valen Lim
1 vote
"I like the bright..." [+]"I like the bright colours and simple but stylish text effects." --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Fairest, by Amanda Walker
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Price of Freedom: Innocence Lost (expanded 2019 version), by Briar Rose
1 vote
"Not the most..." [+]"Not the most original image, but it is professional, has a nice colour palette, and shows clearly what the story is, while being appropriately dramatic." --Christina Nordlander...

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Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush...

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Alias 'The Magpie', by J. J. Guest
1 vote
"Great 60s-era art design" [+]"Great 60s-era art design" ( - Full review) --Spike...

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Dynamite Powers vs. the Ray of Night!, by Mike Carletta
1 vote
"Perfectly evokes the game's setting and plot" [+]"Perfectly evokes the game's setting and plot" ( - Full review) --Spike...

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Poll created on June 17, 2017