Games Centered Around Devices/Machines - an IFDB Poll
by Amanda Walker
RSS FeedI'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.
| 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...  Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| BYOD, by n-n 2 votes "The PC's phone." [+]"The PC's phone." ( ) --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Jade68... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| The Magic Word, by B.J. Best 2 votes "Devices everywhere!" [+]"Devices everywhere!" --Amanda Walker... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Rovarsson... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca 1 vote "The wand has 999 settings" [+]"The wand has 999 settings" ( - Full review) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| The Mulldoon Legacy, by Jon Ingold 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| The Box, by Paul Michael Winters 1 vote "Great little puzzle box game" [+]"Great little puzzle box game" --Amanda Walker... Vote for this game | |
| The Weapon, by Sean Barrett 1 vote "Short, one-room..." [+]"Short, one-room game about an alien device." ( ) --Greg Frost... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |