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My Top 10 List (Not In Order)
by Sami Preuninger - 10 games
Distinctive Puzzle Style
by Sam Kabo Ashwell - 10 games
"One of the most powerful techniques for rendering a game memorable is to build it around a unusual, interesting and consistent way of handling significant world interaction (or puzzles, if you prefer). It's also a difficult technique to..."
Highly polished gameplay
by Emily Short - 10 games
"Games that are exceptionally well-tested and smooth to play. They may not always be the most original works, but the implementation is strong, offering minimal frustration with guess-the-verb and other common flaws."
Enduring Games
by AmberShards - 6 games
"These are games with memorable stories, whose characters live long after the window has closed, and in which the puzzles are an integral part of the game. "
IF that's a pleasure to READ
by Maureen - 10 games
"I have a soft spot for "literary" IF. Good writing can draw me into a story that doesn't really have much game to it, and amateur writing can wreck an otherwise good game. That's not to say I like puzzle-less IF or text dumps. I enjoy..."
Commercial Shouldabeens
by GameDesigner - 23 games
"Games that most likely should have been commercial rather than free."
Fun Games
by AmberShards - 6 games
"These are games which are entertaining but not enduring. Play them to enjoy a spot of diversion. "
Games that are super awesome
by Personman - 2 games
"These are the IF games that I happen to think are incredibly amazing, fantastically wonderful, supremely terrific, and really great."
Top 10
by zer - 10 games
My top 10 games
by Quintin Stone - 10 games
Mind-benders
by Juhana - 5 games
"Games that make you think or have a surprising twist."
Best of SpeedIF
by David Welbourn - 12 games
"SpeedIF games are often overlooked or denigrated, and usually with good reason: with only two hours to code a game, the results can be rather shoddy. Buggy. Plagued with read-author's-mind problems. But not always. Here are a few SpeedIF..."
Favorites
by Steven - 8 games
Easy, fun, short.
by Michael R. Bacon - 10 games
"Easy to get into and complete while remaining very entertaining."
IF Romances
by Emily Short - 13 games
"IF in the romance genre is rare; here are a few I thought worked well."
Comedy that works
by Emily Short - 15 games
"Light-hearted, well-paced interactive humor."
Recommended ADRIFT Games
by Richard Otter - 11 games
"This is a list put together in early 2005 after a thread on the ADRIFT Forum It is not comprehensive, and not all of the games will appeal to everyone."
Games for beginners
by Eric Eve - 10 games
"Many of the games in this list are ones I enjoyed as a beginner, but the main aim of this list is to suggest games that are reasonably short and not too hard (so that enjoyment should generally exceed frustration!), and which should..."
Various games I enjoyed
by Deathworks - 1 game
"This is just a list of games that I enjoyed based on their own merit. There is no special common theme to them, besides me believing that they are worth being played."
Memorable Settings
by Emily Boegheim - 10 games
"Games with memorable settings or landscapes - not necessarily deeply implemented, but vividly described or intriguing in concept."
Stuff I like
by markm - 2 games
"Really, just some stuff I like"
Word-play games
by Emily Short - 12 games
"Games where the text of the game is part of the puzzle."
Replay puzzles
by Emily Short - 7 games
"Games which are entirely devoted to a single big puzzle, usually one that the player has to replay a number of times to get exactly right. Often these involve time restrictions or events that the player has to observe in order to..."
Richly simulated worlds
by Emily Short - 9 games
"IF in which the setting is especially deeply simulated, especially works that implement traditionally difficult systems (fire, liquid, ropes, recording devices, etc)."
IF to learn with
by Emily Short - 6 games
"A few IF games are designed to be educational (and not only for children). This is a brief overview of the ones I've found most successful."
Favorite AIF games
by Knight Errant - 2 games
"These are my favorite AIF games."
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