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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.
"I haven't played a lot of IF, as I'm often put off by what are (for me) difficult puzzles. Without doubt the most satisfaction I've had from finishing a game has been Admiral Jota's Lost Pig, and I would love to hear about other games..."
by Fredrik - 12 votes for 12 games, last vote on October 8, 2015; created on April 8, 2013"Bugs are an annoyance, usually, but in some rare cases, bugs can actually make the life of an adventurer easier. Some bugs can help you in certain situations, perhaps even to bypass puzzles, and they can sometimes provide positively..."
by Molly - 31 votes for 30 games, last vote on July 21, 2013; created on April 4, 2013"There were a lot of great games released in the past year, 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..."
by Tondo - 13 votes for 7 games, last vote on April 25, 2013; created on March 24, 2013"So I'm fairly new to IFs in general, but I've been enjoying reading some of the IFs on this site. Now I want to get my feet wet a bit, and try writing my own IF. ..."
by dacharya64 - 29 votes for 19 games, last vote on December 13, 2022; created on March 20, 2013"Not as complicated as it sounds! Interactive fiction is dominated by the iconic second person narrative (*You* find yourself in a room). But this is not the only way that these stories could be told. I'm looking for those games out there..."
by Biep - 15 votes for 9 games, last vote on April 11, 2023; created on March 19, 2013"Sometimes responses simply don't make sense - but sometimes they DO make sense, but inappropriately so, with sometimes humorous results. If possible, please put how to elicit the response in the Quick Quote part of the comment, and the..."
by MCCLUTCH32 - 38 votes for 20 games, last vote on June 25, 2022; created on March 14, 2013"I like a game with a good story, good puzzles that aren't too difficult to understand and a good mystery. I was thinking more along the lines of horror, but murder mysteries work as well."
by Xionix - 17 votes for 10 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on March 13, 2013"Looking for some IF with achievements, like, collect the 50 golden coins, or if you type 20 wrong commands you get the newbie achievement, or if you type "use hat in head" you get the "IF hater-to-be" achievement, well you get the idea."
by Xionix - 67 votes for 48 games, last vote on December 9, 2023; created on February 28, 2013"I started playing Counterfeit Monkey, and I notice a good map is a way for us newbies to get into the game more easy. And I hate to draw so, are any other games that got a in-game map? It can be any genre."
by Xionix - 3 votes for 3 games, last vote on February 21, 2013; created on February 19, 2013"Hello, Im new into IF and Im looking for some psychological thriller, mystery or something that will get you guessing till the end. Again, Im kinda new so I prefer easy one (I still can't get Galatea to talk to me so you get the idea)...."
by verityvirtue - 57 votes for 19 games, last vote on August 19, 2022; created on February 12, 2013"I'm interested in games which hinge on the 'unreliable narrator', from amnesia to a plain distorted worldview. The more this distortion affects the storyline, the better."
by Timewalker - 3 votes for 2 games, last vote on August 22, 2014; created on February 9, 2013"I'm looking for games like glowgrass which have a puzzle taking place in less than about five rooms, and also requiring common sense."
by Jeremy Freese - 5 votes for 5 games, last vote on March 2, 2021; created on January 7, 2013"I was playing around a bit with a couple of the Glulx hyperlinks extensions, and this led me to be interested in looking at some games that have been written in Glulx and make use of hyperlinks."
by Jeremy Freese - 30 votes for 21 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on December 20, 2012"IF games that have source code available that you'd hold up as an example of what good looking source code is supposed to look like. (I was motivated to post this by wanting to study some I7 source, but actually pretty source from other..."
by Molly - 29 votes for 18 games, last vote on December 16, 2020; created on December 15, 2012"The year of our lord Two Thousand Twelve is almost over, so let's reflect back on the games we've played this year and see which ones we liked the most. Note that the games don't have to have come out in 2012 to be eligible for this..."
by Jeremy Freese - 33 votes for 18 games, last vote on December 31, 2023; created on December 12, 2012"What I'm looking for are games that have fights that are ostensibly combat, but the solution to winning the fight is really a matter of solving a puzzle."
by Floating Info - 37 votes for 13 games, last vote on January 21, 2024; created on December 10, 2012"I'd like to see games that are long and spacious, yet aren't Cruel (or very Nasty) on the Zarfian scale. Essentially, games that the main reason for saving is for time or the occasional timed part."
by Puddin Tame - 64 votes for 21 games, last vote on March 27, 2024; created on October 28, 2012"IF that doesn't explicitly clue players in on knowledge they would/should have if they actually were the player character (The character's motivation, interests, relevant parts of their past etc.), which, for good or bad, results in some..."
by Hulk Handsome - 13 votes for 10 games, last vote on December 4, 2023; created on October 24, 2012"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..."
by Molly - 19 votes for 11 games, last vote on August 4, 2022; created on October 11, 2012"It's often been said that super-heroes are a poor fit for IF, given the reliance of the former on flashy, colorful costumes and fights. But let it never be said that some poor bastards didn't try. What are some notable attempts at..."