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If you're looking for a specific kind of IF, you can create a poll to ask other people for recommendations.
"Several years ago, the only systems you could put a 'terp on were PC, Mac, and Linux computers, but with the advent of the smartphone, 'all systems' has grown by 100%, if not more. That's why I believe that only TADS3.1 (without WebUI)..."
by bluevelvetwings - 15 votes for 11 games, last vote on August 22, 2022; created on October 14, 2014"There are already polls for good horror games, and there are quite a few good ones on this site. But I'm looking for ones that fit the side of "spooky" but not "terrifying" - things that make you giggle nervously at the scares, but don't..."
by BlitzWithGuns - 68 votes for 37 games, last vote on December 31, 2023; created on August 23, 2014"What is the first IF that you have ever played? The game that made you love the concept of IF?"
by cynical11 - 12 votes for 10 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on August 3, 2014"Basically, any game that features any kind of character creation system; but, the more in-depth, the better."
by Ghalev - 34 votes for 20 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on July 27, 2014"What games do you find yourself revisiting from time to time, games that have proven to be a kind of comfort-food of text adventuring, the warm old socks of parser and puzzle, the socks-full-of-comfort-food of overextended metaphor? What..."
by blue/green - 50 votes for 24 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on July 17, 2014"What interactive fiction would you recommend that evokes a sense of wonder? These could be games that capture wonder or beauty in ordinary things, perhaps by viewing the world through the eyes of a child. Or they could be games that..."
by Alyssa Barstow - 19 votes for 6 games, last vote on January 16, 2017; created on June 20, 2014"Looking for Steampunk style games- something with the flair of the Fallen London text game or a story like Incarceron. Can be any length."
by strivenword - 12 votes for 11 games, last vote on February 7, 2023; created on June 19, 2014"I set up the Linux version of ADRIFT 5 on my Mint 16 system. I even ripped the icon from the Windows version, as documented in this thread. Software support for Mint 16 is ending after this month. Before I have to configure my system all..." by Dachi Sirbiladze - 6 votes for 6 games, last vote on March 20, 2022; created on June 8, 2014"Lets Say A Guy Who Started Sleeping On A Regular Night And Had A Dream That He Needed To Find A Way To Escape Whatever Is In His Way To End The Dream"
by IFDent - 61 votes for 29 games, last vote on August 12, 2022; created on May 29, 2014"I'm looking for a good science fiction game (sci-fi game) for example, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Infocom. Can't get enough sci-fi text adventures."
by Jerako - 30 votes for 20 games, last vote on February 3, 2022; created on May 25, 2014"I'm looking for a list of games to try where the narrative is the focus of the game. Where the author is really trying to tell a story over making a puzzlefest (though puzzles aren't necessarily unwelcome, especially if they drive they..."
by Molly - 6 votes for 4 games, last vote on March 1, 2017; created on May 21, 2014"From Hardcore Gaming 101: "Kusoge" (糞ゲー, or クソゲー) is a Japanese compound word - "kuso", meaning "garbage, crap, shit", and "ge", short for "geemu", the Japanese pronounciation of the word "game". It means, quite literally, "shit game"...." by delano - 51 votes for 28 games, last vote on March 7, 2024; created on April 27, 2014"I'm looking for games that offer hints in any way, except for printing them in sequence on the screen. For example: characters that offer hints; objects that, when examined or used in a certain way, suggest actions to the player; etc."
by Not Troll - 14 votes for 10 games, last vote on June 18, 2020; created on April 23, 2014"Some games are just that bad, some are so bad it's good, and a few are obviously trolling. Yet, are there games that troll so much that they start to be brilliant? Or even those that seems to be trolling that turn out to be brilliant..."
by jgerrie - 1 vote, last vote on April 15, 2014; created on March 31, 2014"I'm looking for the best adventures written in any version of Basic that run on a classic 8-Bit computer such as the TRS-80 Model 1, Commodore Pet or Vic 20, ZX81, or early Apples. In other words I'm looking in the range of memory..."
by Rhetta_Lynnea - 76 votes for 33 games, last vote on February 1, 2023; created on March 18, 2014"I'm looking for IF narrated by aliens, animals, anything."
by Sam Jackson - 51 votes for 26 games, last vote on August 24, 2022; created on February 24, 2014"I'm looking for preferably short games that focus on part of someone's life in our world and preferably our time. I would like games with an emotional focus."
by nick love - 9 votes for 6 games, last vote on March 17, 2014; created on February 22, 2014"I want a game with a great variety of interactiveness. I want it to be challenging but fun and comedic."
by nick love - 40 votes for 16 games, last vote on August 1, 2022; created on February 22, 2014"I'm looking for something with a creepy environment. It also has to be very challenging."
by Molly - 26 votes for 26 games, last vote on March 8, 2014; created on February 18, 2014"There were a lot of great games released in 2013, and now that the XYZZYs are coming up, it seems like a very good idea to take a poll of all the games from last year people would like to see nominated. The management has asked that we..."