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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.
"Most of the games I see on the "appropriate for children" lists are pure parser IF. Are there kid friendly games that have a more accessible interface? CYOA, hyperlink, hybrid parser--any interface that offers some help in figuring out..."
by J. J. Guest - 10 votes for 9 games, last vote on February 3, 2024; created on April 18, 2021"After playing a couple of the Fabled Lands gamebooks, I noticed they use a Spoke and Hub structure. I'm interested in choice-based IF games which use a similar structure. Sam Kabo Ashwell's blog post "Standard Patterns in Choice-Based..."
by MathBrush - 10 votes for 9 games, last vote on June 17, 2019; created on April 15, 2019"This is for suggesting puzzles in games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual NPC in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is..."
by MathBrush - 10 votes for 7 games, last vote on June 17, 2019; created on April 15, 2019"This is for suggesting puzzles in games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual PC in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is..."
by MathBrush - 10 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 NPCs in the XYZZY awards. This is for the overall NPCs of the game; there is another poll for best individual NPCs. This is not a..."
by MathBrush - 10 votes for 10 games, last vote on June 23, 2020; created on June 22, 2020"This is for suggesting games released in 2019 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..."
by MathBrush - 10 votes for 10 games, last vote on June 23, 2020; created on June 22, 2020"This is for suggesting games released in 2019 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 - 10 votes for 10 games, last vote on June 28, 2017; created on May 16, 2017"This is for suggesting games released in 2016 which you think might be worth considering for Best Implementation in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned..."
by MathBrush - 10 votes for 10 games, last vote on April 25, 2018; created on March 18, 2018"This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best NPCs in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here will..."
by MathBrush - 10 votes for 10 games, last vote on June 28, 2017; created on May 16, 2017"This is for suggesting games released in 2016 which you think might be worth considering for Best Story in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here will..."
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 Dave Galvin - 10 votes for 9 games, last vote on February 14, 2024; created on February 11, 2024"I'd like to find IF games that play well without a physical keyboard, and with minimal use of a virtual keyboard. Graphical components are fine. Examples would include the Legend Entertainment Graphical IF Games: Gateway I-II, and..."
by MathBrush - 10 votes for 4 games, last vote on February 18, 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 German-language game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members...." by wwenches - 10 votes for 6 games, last vote on August 12, 2022; created on June 27, 2015"I love "Cradle of Eve" by Kitty Horrorshow and I've been enjoying "Coloratura." I would love more sci-fi games (either standard IF or Twine games) that deal with truly alien creatures, rather than just going for standard humanoid aliens..."
by MathBrush - 10 votes for 5 games, last vote on February 17, 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 a game of 2022 that you saw as a trailblazer. Voting is open to all IFDB..." by David Welbourn - 10 votes for 7 games, last vote on May 2, 2023; created on February 20, 2023"This is a very silly poll that collects games with "Verb That Noun" style titles into one list. It amused me."
by NOM3RCY - 9 votes for 6 games, last vote on December 31, 2023; created on April 11, 2012"There's a surprising lack of a "worst IF" poll. I felt that I had to make it. We've all played the classics, the Colossal Caves, the Zorks, the Anchorheads, the Slouching Towards Bedlams. What are the games that you should never play?"
by MathBrush - 9 votes for 8 games, last vote on July 23, 2020; created on June 22, 2020"This is for suggesting games released in 2019 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual PC 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 June 23, 2020; created on June 22, 2020"This is for suggesting games released in 2019 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual PUzzle in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to..."