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"Sam Kabo Ashwell's statement in his recent review of Cana According to Micah that "the best works dealing prominently with Christian themes are written by non-Christians" made me curious. Perhaps a list of games with serious Christian..."
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 thecanvasrose - 43 votes for 35 games, last vote on November 25, 2023; created on October 20, 2019"I'm making a list based on this poll as I play the elected games and can write snippets about them. See here: https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=3n6rheokfkcsntf - - - - - - - - - I'm looking for games which are: 》Neither parser nor gamebook..."
by WriterBob - 281 votes for 72 games, last vote on November 12, 2023; created on November 11, 2008"I'm looking for games that are suited for adults who are new to IF. My purpose is to share these games with friends and let them get experience IF without being frustrated by mazes or guess-the-verb issues. Please avoid children's games...."
by juliaofbath - 223 votes for 52 games, last vote on November 12, 2023; created on July 27, 2017"I'm interested in determining whether or not a clear canon has emerged within the world of IF/hypertext. Of course, there is a clear critical opinion regarding which works belong to this tentative canon, but I'm interested in what..."
by Andrew Schultz - 29 votes for 20 games, last vote on November 8, 2023; created on December 28, 2014"I'm wondering about games (primarily parser) with weird directions beyond NW/SW/SE/NE, up, down or inside/outside. I like the example in the Inform docs (Charles S. Roberts) about hexagonal directions but have no clue how to go about..."
by Denk - 14 votes for 11 games, last vote on November 4, 2023; created on March 19, 2023"Any game where "recipe puzzles" are a big part of the game, whether it is alchemy, potion brewing, cooking etc. I came to think of this as I am currently playing "According to Cain" and realized the puzzles reminded me a lot of the..."
by David Welbourn - 8 votes for 7 games, last vote on October 16, 2023; created on July 23, 2023"One really cool thing about interactive fiction games is that they don't need to conform to normal physics. Sometimes, a game will let you take an abstract quality from something, as if it was its own object, and use it on something else..."
by Cygnus - 18 votes for 9 games, last vote on October 16, 2023; created on March 28, 2023"Lookin' for stuff like Colortura, What Heart Heard of Ghost Guessed, Delightful Wallpaper, etc. Just... anything that has a very unconventional and scrumptious mechanic system. Thanky!"
by MarkyJez - 31 votes for 21 games, last vote on October 11, 2023; created on January 11, 2021"I'm interested in trying out games that are more relaxed than a lot of IFs are. Though I do like the adventure and excitement of those particular IFs, I also want to try out other stuff that is more quiet and understated, the kind of..."
by baf - 14 votes for 11 games, last vote on October 10, 2023; created on July 17, 2019"Recently, a representative of Ubisoft attracted some attention by saying, about an upcoming game with a grandmother as a protagonist, "Nobody has dared to do anything with a granny before, I think." Obviously he was only really speaking..."
by Andrew Schultz - 8 votes for 7 games, last vote on October 3, 2023; created on September 2, 2023"I played two entries in the Single Choice jam that made very visible references to root beer. Then I realized not many other games did that I could think of. I had one of my own. But given I like root beer much better than Coke or Pepsi,..."
by thecanvasrose - 31 votes for 21 games, last vote on October 3, 2023; created on August 20, 2019"I'm a sucker for horror, psychological suspense, adventure, the paranormal and supernatural, monsters and mystery. Please suggest scary games to me - even those which lie outside of the genre of horror, like sci-fi, crime or fantasy, if..."
by H. W. Wiliams - 80 votes for 45 games, last vote on October 2, 2023; created on July 31, 2017"I'm hoping to find a good comedy IF title. I've been away for a while and want a good laugh before I head back to work. Any suggestions? "
by Merk - 63 votes for 33 games, last vote on September 30, 2023; created on July 29, 2015"Two that come to mind, which I haven't played in years and may be remembering wrong, are Moebius and All Things Devours. Games with fail states, by their nature, fit the bill from a mechanical level, but I'm curious about games where..."
by baf - 66 votes for 26 games, last vote on September 20, 2023; created on April 21, 2010"In a normal game, there is a single fictional entity that is considered to be: - The protagonist: the character that the player is meant to identify with, and whose goals you are trying to achieve - The viewpoint character: the character..."
by A. I. Wulf - 68 votes for 32 games, last vote on September 10, 2023; created on October 18, 2017"Games are a new medium of art. It's still a maturing medium. But still some works May have succeeded in being truly classic in their writing. As an enthusiastic writer I need to know about the growth of IF in this field."
by Marius Müller - 57 votes for 27 games, last vote on September 8, 2023; created on October 25, 2011"I'm looking for games that don't show up in the IF histories or recommended lists, for what reason whatsover. Old games that maybe weren't boundary-pushing or noteworthy, but still give you a fun play experience. If you ever thought..."
by Andrew Schultz - 3 votes for 3 games, last vote on September 4, 2023; created on September 2, 2023"I'm trying to look away from a noble or ignoble death or, say, Ragnarok, just a "*this is the end (no really)* effect."
by tggdan3 - 64 votes for 27 games, last vote on August 28, 2023; created on April 7, 2010"I'm looking for a one room game, where the purpose is NOT to escape that one room. (Eliminating games such as Enlightenment, Suveh Nux, 69,105 keys, etc). I'm not sure if there even ARE many such games, but I would be interested in..."