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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.
by Andrew Schultz - 7 votes for 5 games, last vote on March 2, 2024; 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...."
by Andrew Schultz - 15 votes for 12 games, last vote on May 17, 2024; 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..."
by Malasana - 8 votes for 4 games, last vote on January 17, 2023; created on December 31, 2022"Ideally, Winter/Christmas-themed games."
by Dr. Questionable - 4 votes for 4 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; 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. "
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"
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..."
by OverThinking - 9 votes for 5 games, last vote on March 14, 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..."
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...."
by Andrew Schultz - 14 votes for 12 games, last vote on March 14, 2023; 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..."
by Amanda Walker - 32 votes for 18 games, last vote on April 27, 2024; 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..."
by Canalboy - 18 votes for 18 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; 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..."
by Canalboy - 8 votes for 7 games, last vote on February 13, 2023; 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."
by Fredrik Ramsberg - 74 votes for 28 games, last vote on August 12, 2023; 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..."
by deathbytroggles - 12 votes for 6 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on May 29, 2022"I am looking for massive puzzle games (think Curses, Mulldoon Legacy) where the game can never be put in an unwinnable situation that isn't obvious (either before or after). "
by MathBrush - 12 votes for 11 games, last vote on December 2, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best use of Multimedia in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to..."
by MathBrush - 9 votes for 8 games, last vote on December 2, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best use of Innovation in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to..."
by MathBrush - 13 votes for 9 games, last vote on November 28, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Implementation in the XYZZY awards. Recall that best implementation is intended for excellence in parser use such as default responses and..."
by MathBrush - 18 votes for 13 games, last vote on December 2, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual PC in the XYZZY awards. Please include a comment mentioning the PC. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an..."
by MathBrush - 8 votes for 6 games, last vote on October 7, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual NPC in the XYZZY awards. Please include a comment mentioning the NPC. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an..."
by MathBrush - 7 votes for 5 games, last vote on May 26, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual Puzzle in the XYZZY awards. Please include a comment mentioning the puzzle. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not..."