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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'm looking for games that are the best representations of horror or terror in IF."
by matt w (Matt Weiner) - 16 votes for 13 games, last vote on January 10, 2024; created on March 13, 2015"Going along with the Mother-Daughter poll, any games that touch on father-son relationships? Again, not necessarily the center of the work."
by blue/green - 50 votes for 24 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on July 17, 2014"What interactive fiction would you recommend that evokes a sense of wonder? These could be games that capture wonder or beauty in ordinary things, perhaps by viewing the world through the eyes of a child. Or they could be games that..."
by Andrew Schultz - 33 votes for 24 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on April 7, 2015"Lots of games have one amusing death, but what games best take the concept and run with it? These deaths could be nudges on messing something up, or even better, or even a nice reward for a reader who is playing attention and notices a..."
by CMG - 22 votes for 17 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on November 18, 2015"After playing Hard Puzzle by Ade McT, which centers around assembling a "milking stool" under rather sinister circumstances, it struck me how odd it can be to feature milking in a game. This poll is for any games that include or..."
by Andrew Schultz - 47 votes for 32 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on May 13, 2016"I'm interested in games with lots of books you can read through. Maybe it's just a lot of cool titles and authors. Maybe they're randomly or procedurally generated. Maybe they reference pop culture, or maybe they're the author's own..."
by morganthegirl - 28 votes for 21 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on September 2, 2020"I'm somewhat new to IF and was wondering if Easter Eggs are ever hidden in these games as they are in others? If so, which games have them? If there a lot of them, then which ones are the "best"?"
by Bentabnick - 8 votes for 8 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on April 6, 2021"If you made or can find a medium-hard adventure game, puzzle game, or both, please respond."
by Lyon - 13 votes for 12 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on June 19, 2021"I'm looking for game recommendations for a 13-year-old. They have an adult reading level, so vocabulary isn't a challenge, but don't take that as a restriction: I think they would be content reading a less mature work as well. Ideally, a..."
by Cryptic Puffin - 31 votes for 20 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on November 14, 2021"I'm looking for games with effective use of location, language, etc. to really immerse you in the locale and the story, no matter the genre-- any game which you felt really taken with the atmosphere would be great. Thank you!"
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 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 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 Lance Cirone - 12 votes for 9 games, last vote on January 8, 2024; 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..."
by Andrew Schultz - 10 votes for 7 games, last vote on January 8, 2024; 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..."
by OverThinking - 10 votes for 8 games, last vote on January 8, 2024; created on February 23, 2023"I'm looking for games where background events and flavor text appear frequently, independently of the player's actions. Maybe there's wind blowing around objects, or someone's making a lot of noise in the kitchen. Bonus points for..."
by Andrew Schultz - 5 votes for 5 games, last vote on January 3, 2024; created on July 30, 2023"I'm looking for--well, anything that does this. Not "you are missing 4 of 5 pieces of the magic sword," but more, it could either be something funny to notice if you really think about it, or it could be something more obviously..."
by loudcat - 6 votes for 5 games, last vote on January 2, 2024; created on March 31, 2020"I've been thinking about games with game-breaking bugs (or games that repeatedly crash and are hard to get through) that are otherwise really solid games. Do you have any games like this?"
by deathbytroggles - 39 votes for 21 games, last vote on January 2, 2024; created on May 11, 2019"Good games by authors who apparently retired after their one gem."
by Denk - 20 votes for 15 games, last vote on January 2, 2024; 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."