Child authored IF - an IFDB Poll

by Hulk Handsome
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It's incredibly unlikely to find a game created by a child (12 years or under) that's actually well made, but they can still be enjoyable. It's fun to see a young ones imagination run wild, limited only by their... likely poor coding skills.

Sometimes the games are crass and juvenile, sometimes they're sweet and innocent, sometimes they're just ridiculously silly and imaginative. And even if the game is really quite terrible, I still think it's quite wonderful that there are kids out there making games, expressing themselves, and who may end up making much more impressive work when they're older.

Plus they remind me of all the silly things I made when I was younger. I wish I still had some of it so I could burden the rest of humanity with it.

Games made with the help of an adult are acceptable, too.

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Detective, by Matt Barringer
2 votes
"Famously terrible" [+]... "I wouldn't have done better at the age of twelve" [+]...

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The Night of the Vampire Bunnies, by Jason Dyer
2 votes
(No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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A Trick-or-Treat Adventure, by Adelynn Snyder
2 votes
"Halloween adventures ensue." [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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Cottage, by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson, Olle E Johansson
1 vote
"The authors were..." [+]...

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Dorkgimp Weinerstink: They're Out To Suck Your Brains!, by Capital World Games
1 vote
"A failed enterprise" [+]...

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The Sleeping Princess, by Molly Engelberg, Alex Engelberg, and Mark Engelberg
1 vote
"Made, I believe,..." [+]...

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Schooldays, by Andrew MacKinnon
1 vote
"This fellow..." [+]...

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Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Greg Hassett
1 vote
"Quirky adventure by a 12 year old." [+]...

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Tommy, by Tim Samoff & 7yo son
1 vote
"Created by seven year old and parent." [+]...

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