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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.
For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Overall NPCs of 2018
by MathBrush - 11 votes for 11 games, last vote on July 6, 2019; created on April 15, 2019
"This is for suggesting games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best NPCs in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest games..."
For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Setting of 2018
by MathBrush - 18 votes for 16 games, last vote on July 15, 2019; created on April 15, 2019
"This is for suggesting games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best Setting in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest..."
For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Overall Puzzles of 2018
by MathBrush - 7 votes for 7 games, last vote on April 19, 2019; created on April 15, 2019
"This is for suggesting games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best Puzzles in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest..."
For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Story of 2018
by MathBrush - 14 votes for 13 games, last vote on July 15, 2019; created on April 15, 2019
"This is for suggesting games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best Story in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest games..."
For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Writing of 2018
by MathBrush - 16 votes for 14 games, last vote on June 17, 2019; created on April 15, 2019
"This is for suggesting games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best Writing in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest..."
For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Overall Games of 2018 -
by MathBrush - 19 votes for 18 games, last vote on July 15, 2019; created on April 15, 2019
"This is for suggesting games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best Game in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest games..."
Games good for reading aloud to someone else
by tunesmith - 8 votes for 7 games, last vote on August 25, 2019; created on December 24, 2018
"I'm looking for IF that works well for reading aloud to someone else, and then typing in what they would like to do. We like Inform games and parser games in general. So games that are a little more story focused, and with not as much..."
I Am You: Games involving possession of another character
by Spike - 11 votes for 9 games, last vote on November 17, 2020; created on December 14, 2018
"Three games I've played in the past couple of months have featured the PC's ability to possess other characters as a primary or secondary game mechanic. What other IF works feature this possession mechanic?"
Choice-based puzzlefests
by Spike - 16 votes for 12 games, last vote on November 27, 2019; created on November 22, 2018
"I enjoy games with lots of good puzzles, but so far nearly all the ones I've played have a parser-based interface. This poll is to help me find good choice-based puzzlefests."
Games where the interaction is really cool and clever
by Isa - 24 votes for 12 games, last vote on March 13, 2021; created on September 26, 2018
"I'm really interested in games which put a new spin on the mechanics. I'm thinking of a specific one where the narrator is really mean to you and is its own character in the game, but I'm really interested in any games which are..."
The great puzzlefests
by Victor Gijsbers - 57 votes for 25 games, last vote on April 3, 2021; created on August 9, 2018
"Playing Curses!, I started wondering which games belong to the canon of great puzzlefests. With this term I mean puzzle based games that are long, difficult and punishing; but also fair, engaging and truly rewarding to work through. The..."
Games you would like to see finished
by Denk - 10 votes for 8 games, last vote on December 17, 2020; created on July 27, 2018
"Unfinished games, e.g. IntroComp games, which you would like to see finished. Hopefully, this will encourage authors to finish their games."
games with female protagonists
by X.W - 36 votes for 28 games, last vote on March 22, 2021; created on July 11, 2018
a game with a male protagonist
by X.W - 3 votes for 2 games, last vote on August 17, 2018; created on July 9, 2018
"I am look specifically for explicit games [edited for clarity]"
I am looking for games that involve exploring and collecting objects but don’t involve horror or creepy themes
by Brennen Kinch - 7 votes for 7 games, last vote on April 11, 2020; created on June 25, 2018
"fore example games that involve keys and things that unlock other parts of the game that don’t involve creepy things such as ghost and monsters and things like that"
Great games that consist of a single puzzle
by Spike - 34 votes for 19 games, last vote on February 18, 2021; created on June 15, 2018
"I'm looking for well-designed and challenging games that revolve around solving a single puzzle. The puzzle may have multiple parts, but the whole game needs to be essentially about solving that single puzzle."
lucid dreaming and/or sleep paralysis themed games
by DAB - 6 votes for 6 games, last vote on June 13, 2018; created on June 8, 2018
"What it says on the tin. ^"
First Story Idea?
by ElHackeramng - 2 votes for 2 games, last vote on April 25, 2018; created on April 17, 2018
"So I've been wanting to start developing in twine, but what's stopping me isn't the technical side of things since there are lots of great tutorials online, it's the lack of creativity. In other words, I have no idea what to write about...."
For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Settings of 2017
by MathBrush - 15 votes for 12 games, last vote on April 26, 2018; created on March 18, 2018
"This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best setting in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here..."
For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Multimedia of 2017
by MathBrush - 19 votes for 17 games, last vote on May 19, 2018; created on March 18, 2018
"This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best Use of Multimedia in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not..."