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"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best Spanish game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..." by MathBrush - 13 votes for 4 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best German-language game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members...." by MathBrush - 27 votes for 6 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best retro game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..." by MathBrush - 57 votes for 17 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the an outstanding game of 2023 that felt truly interactive. Voting is open to..." by MathBrush - 69 votes for 18 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the game with the best worldbuilding of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB..." by MathBrush - 51 votes for 10 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for a game of 2023 that you saw as a trailblazer. Voting is open to all IFDB..." by MathBrush - 48 votes for 14 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most sequel-worthy game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members...." by MathBrush - 80 votes for 34 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2022 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most underappreciated game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members...." by MathBrush - 100 votes for 29 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best short game of 2023, where the definition of 'short' is left up to the..." by MathBrush - 34 votes for 8 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for an oustanding game of 2023 with a playtime of over 2 hours (as judged by the..." by MathBrush - 58 votes for 11 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best game of 2023 by a new author. Voting is open to all IFDB members...." by MathBrush - 115 votes for 34 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best overall game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..." by albie - 31 votes for 24 games, last vote on January 24, 2024; created on January 10, 2024"Looking for Twine games (ideally) that are appropriate for 10-16 year olds. Bonus points if it has an interesting/fun story or showcases some of the cool stuff that can be done with this medium. Thanks! :)"
by Tabitha / alyshkalia - 57 votes for 56 games, last vote on March 24, 2024; created on December 13, 2023"The discussion in this thread, from which I've borrowed the term "microparser" (thanks Pinkunz!), led me to want to collect small parser games. I'm thinking of ones that fit what's described in the thread--generally taking less than 30..." by Max Fog - 9 votes for 5 games, last vote on January 17, 2024; created on December 6, 2023"Im looking for some games of more like 30 minute length, that are optimization based. And succeed in pulling it off. If you have some thoughts on length of these games (as in, maximum length or other), leave a comment."
by Tabitha / alyshkalia - 25 votes for 20 games, last vote on March 30, 2024; created on November 28, 2023"Collecting games that either: have "rat" in the title; have rats/a rat playing a significant role; or have a rat as the PC."
by Beable - 25 votes for 15 games, last vote on February 7, 2024; created on November 25, 2023"I'm looking for games that pretend to be another, older game - sort of like Repeat the Ending and LAKE Adventure - or that contain elements within them that are supposed to play like an older game - like And Then You Come to a House Not..."
by Max Fog - 3 votes for 3 games, last vote on November 29, 2023; created on November 25, 2023"Any game which got awarded high in IFComp that isn't necessarily Merciful or Polite in Zarfian Cruelty Standards. Or at least games that did well in IFComp and have quite strict timing features ..."
by RetroProgressive - 2 votes for 2 games, last vote on December 26, 2023; created on November 24, 2023"On the big list of insta-kill features that will cause the less patient to completely refuse to consider playing a work, it appears that "needing to eat" is well up there. We are not talking about some game where the object is to..."
by Andrew Schultz - 15 votes for 10 games, last vote on December 25, 2023; created on October 18, 2023"IFComp 2023 had a couple, and they reminded me of another I tested in Shufflecomp. I like having the ability to leave when I want and see what I want. I'm looking specifically for ones with no winning or losing, and ones where you can..."