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Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Player's Choice
by MathBrush - 14 votes for 8 games, last vote on February 2, 2023; created on January 30, 2023
"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 best game of 2022 by a new author. Voting is open to all IFDB members...." Outstanding Game of the Year 2022 - Author's Choice
by MathBrush - 23 votes for 8 games, last vote on February 5, 2023; created on January 30, 2023
"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 best overall game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to IFDB..." Outstanding Game of the Year 2022 - Player's Choice
by MathBrush - 49 votes for 25 games, last vote on February 4, 2023; created on January 30, 2023
"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 best overall game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..." Big, impossible houses
by OverThinking - 11 votes for 7 games, last vote on January 30, 2023; created on January 18, 2023
"Think "House of Leaves" or Aaron Reed's "Subcutanean." "Delightful Wallpaper" doesn't count as, though its map is large and complex, it does make geometric sense."
Games with a limerick (or more) in them
by Andrew Schultz - 9 votes for 6 games, last vote on January 18, 2023; created on January 8, 2023
"They may be all over the place Or just one, but it's hard to trace Well-known or obscure Games? Each, my joy's pure You've helped to boost this knowledge base. Any limerick can be in the game. Maybe in its blurb. The bar is low here as..."
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
by Scrooge200 - 11 votes for 8 games, last vote on January 24, 2023; created on January 2, 2023
"Titles are a complex art. Sometimes they're deep and metaphorical. Sometimes they're catchy and fun to read out loud. Sometimes they're named after a quote or item in the game. Sometimes they don't even have any relevance to what's going..."
Games where you can dispose of useless items
by Andrew Schultz - 3 votes for 3 games, last vote on January 30, 2023; created on January 2, 2023
"Mike Spivey's A Beauty Cold and Austere had a gray lady guarding a storage bin, where you could ask her if something had served its purpose. If it did, in the bin it went. If it didn't, you may've gotten a vague hint what to do with it...."
Games with NPC dialogue that gives strong yet mimesis-keeping hints
by Andrew Schultz - 5 votes for 5 games, last vote on January 11, 2023; created on January 2, 2023
"In IFComp 2022, it struck me how your partner Alex, in A Walk Around the Neighborhood and your father in The Last Christmas Present did a really good job of providing an NPC that gave hints without outright spoilers. This was to help you..."
Games to play on New Year's Eve
by Malasana - 8 votes for 4 games, last vote on January 17, 2023; created on December 31, 2022
"Ideally, Winter/Christmas-themed games."
IFs similar to "The King's Hound" by Kal Down on Itch.io
by Tartarus - 1 vote, last vote on December 30, 2022; created on December 30, 2022
"Interactive Fics similar to "The King's Hound", which involves King Arthur "
I'm looking for interactive games related to Arcadie: Second Born
by Dr. Questionable - 3 votes for 3 games, last vote on December 21, 2022; created on December 20, 2022
"Games that take place in a medieval-like setting including an aspect of royalty, a rich-story, and some magic. "
games like color the truth
by cray21 - 9 votes for 7 games, last vote on December 9, 2022; created on November 23, 2022
"i am looking for more games like color the truth, honestly, i enjoyed playing it, and i hope there are more games like it"
Globe-trotters
by Kinetic Mouse Car - 11 votes for 8 games, last vote on November 22, 2022; created on October 18, 2022
"This is for games where the PC travels to different countries. The focus of the gameplay is on the travel part, the experience of not just the destination itself but also the mechanic of reaching it. Requirements: -Must take place on..."
NPCs with agency
by OverThinking - 8 votes for 5 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on September 22, 2022
"I'm looking for the most-developed "AI" characters—people with goals, who can move around and complete tasks whether or not the player character is there to see them or tell them what to do. People with memories and personalities, who..."
Games that roast players for trying "do this and you die" actions
by Andrew Schultz - 4 votes for 2 games, last vote on December 14, 2022; created on August 31, 2022
"There are a lot of serious games that do this, but I'm wondering more about stuff like "There is a button saying PUSH THIS AND DIE." And typing PUSH BUTTON or clicking a PUSH BUTTON ANYWAY hyperlink makes the player die amusingly...."
Games where the enemy/game fourth-walls big-picture meta-commands
by Andrew Schultz - 13 votes for 11 games, last vote on November 3, 2022; created on August 11, 2022
"Which games say something extra for quitting or save/load/restore? I'm thinking largely of parser commands, but Twine is welcome, too. For instance, a "ha ha, you're scared," when facing the big, bad villain, or one of their henchmen. Or..."
Games Centered Around Devices/Machines
by Amanda Walker - 24 votes for 14 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on August 1, 2022
"I'm looking for games that heavily feature learning how to use a device or machine. For instance, the machine in Emily Short's Savoir-Faire, Art DiBianca's devices in the Grandma Bethlinda games, or the box in Paul Michael Winters's The..."
The Most Humorous Scenarios /Characters in IF
by Canalboy - 14 votes for 14 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on August 1, 2022
"I was recently re-essaying Castle Ralf and if you "Cogitate" in a certain location there is a seemingly authentic sequence which appears to be formatting your C: drive. As this was a DOS game from 1987 it must have frightened the..."
Games That No-one Has Ever Knowingly Finished
by Canalboy - 7 votes for 6 games, last vote on October 19, 2022; created on June 23, 2022
"I mean games that have no posted solutions. I realise that a lot of these could be buggy and therefore unfinishable but some will be just too difficult. I guess only the authors would know for sure."
The most enjoyable Z-code games
by Fredrik Ramsberg - 50 votes for 19 games, last vote on November 28, 2022; created on June 16, 2022
"I'd like to compile a list of some of the most enjoyable games available in Z-code format (blorbed or not). Please add games that you thoroughly liked, and vote for games already on the list. Everything from short pieces to epic works..."