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"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..."
by aaronius - 7 votes for 7 games, last vote on June 23, 2015; created on April 7, 2010"In the best story-centered board games, the rules and system mechanics create or encourage the sorts of stories the game is supposed to be about; one suspense-themed game I discovered recently uses a Jenga tower to create rising dread in..."
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 verityvirtue - 7 votes for 6 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on June 5, 2015"Looking for (parser?) games which use side panels, or similar, to streamline delivery of information AND are on a platform which does not usually have such a feature (therefore, Undum, Quest, Storynexus etc. games are out.) Something..."
by Chad Comeau - 7 votes for 4 games, last vote on August 1, 2022; created on January 9, 2014"I've been wondering if there are any IF games dealing with Native American or First Nations themes. I have yet to discover a game that meaningfully deals with this topic. Thanks!"
by deathbytroggles - 7 votes for 7 games, last vote on May 20, 2023; created on March 30, 2023"So I'm not looking for games from the well-known companies like Infocom, Tellarium, Legend, etc. Looking to compile a list of: 1. Games that used to be commercial but no longer (e.g. Once and Future, The Shadow and the Cathedral, 1893)..."
by H. W. Wiliams - 7 votes for 5 games, last vote on January 27, 2018; created on April 4, 2017"I'm interested in playing some great noir style games in any genre really."
by Kinetic Mouse Car - 7 votes for 5 games, last vote on April 2, 2024; created on January 30, 2023"This poll is for games where the player's sole purpose is to fix things. It's their job, or a near equivalent to a job. Does not necessarily have to be traditional employment but fixing things has to be part of the PC's purpose, not..."
by MathBrush - 7 votes for 3 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 the best Adrift game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..." by MathBrush - 7 votes for 5 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 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 Unity game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible games..." by Tabitha / alyshkalia - 7 votes for 6 games, last vote on March 7, 2024; created on August 27, 2023"IF games for two players"
by JonathanCR - 6 votes for 4 games, last vote on October 1, 2009; created on August 9, 2009"Most games here are written with Inform, TADS, or other custom IF-writing languages. Some, however, are written in more standard and less specialised languages, such as C++, Java, or even BASIC. These "homebrew parsers" usually lack the..."
by X.W - 6 votes for 4 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on July 9, 2018"I am look specifically for explicit games [edited for clarity]"
by Anya Johanna DeNiro - 6 votes for 4 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on November 19, 2015"Looking for games that did more than bug fixes or extra polishing in their post-IF Comp releases, but rather made substantial changes in scope or content for the better. It could be a middling Comp game made great or an already good game..."
by Dachi Sirbiladze - 6 votes for 6 games, last vote on March 20, 2022; created on June 8, 2014"Lets Say A Guy Who Started Sleeping On A Regular Night And Had A Dream That He Needed To Find A Way To Escape Whatever Is In His Way To End The Dream"
by Newbot - 6 votes for 6 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on November 15, 2009"These are games you put down in awe after completing them -- it would seem wrong to play them again immediately. Yet long afterwards, something brings them back to mind, and you want to play them once again."
by jakomo - 6 votes for 4 games, last vote on August 4, 2022; created on August 1, 2017"What games best evoke the psychedelic/hallucinogenic feelings of using DMT/Mescaline/LSD/Ayahuasca etc ?"
by Molly - 6 votes for 4 games, last vote on March 1, 2017; created on May 21, 2014"From Hardcore Gaming 101: "Kusoge" (糞ゲー, or クソゲー) is a Japanese compound word - "kuso", meaning "garbage, crap, shit", and "ge", short for "geemu", the Japanese pronounciation of the word "game". It means, quite literally, "shit game"...." by DAB - 6 votes for 6 games, last vote on June 13, 2018; created on June 8, 2018"What it says on the tin. ^"
by MathBrush - 6 votes for 3 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 overall game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to IFDB..."