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"Fast-paced action is something that's notoriously hard to do in IF where waiting for player's input necessarily pauses the game every turn. Which games have succeeded in creating action scenes that convey the sense of urgency, danger and..."
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 IFforL2 - 47 votes for 30 games, last vote on September 6, 2022; created on March 12, 2017"I want to distinguish toys from three other IF game elements: Puzzles require the player to find a solution to a problem in the narrative. If she can't find a solution, she's stuck. Branching allows the player to steer the plot of the..."
by Bishopofbasic - 47 votes for 21 games, last vote on March 6, 2023; created on July 12, 2015"It's pretty hot up here in Canada and I was wondering if anyone knew of any great surreal type games. Something I can spend my time in front of the AC or in my office hiding from the world. Thanks you guys."
by Jeremy Freese - 47 votes for 23 games, last vote on December 8, 2018; created on June 6, 2009"I'm interested in examples of excellent individual puzzles in IF. In other words: not 'Spider and Web' so much as 'getting out of the chair' in 'Spider and Web' "
by Mostly Useless - 47 votes for 23 games, last vote on January 19, 2024; created on January 3, 2014"Twine games that do something you found unusual and interesting, not in terms of story, but visually or mechanically, or both."
by MathBrush - 46 votes for 12 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 game of 2023 written in an uncommon system. Voting is open to all IFDB..." by trojo - 46 votes for 23 games, last vote on August 9, 2020; created on December 27, 2011"Expectations for Speed-IFs are generally low, but sometimes games written as Speed-IFs are in fact awesome-- not just "awesome for a Speed IF" but truly worthwhile. List some favorites here."
by Jonathan Blask - 45 votes for 29 games, last vote on May 17, 2023; created on January 15, 2012"I think it is both funny and interesting when games bill themselves as "Part # in the [blank] series" (and other games are never written). It is fun to speculate what directions those future games may have gone. This poll is a memorial..."
by ChrisM - 45 votes for 31 games, last vote on January 21, 2024; created on February 24, 2021"I'm interested in games that are straightforward adaptations of conventional books (probably novels, but I'd be interested to know if there are any non-fiction book adaptations). The ones that I know of are The Famous Five and The..."
by Teaspoon - 45 votes for 28 games, last vote on March 4, 2023; created on April 9, 2016"Whilst writing a review of "All Alone", Joey Jones's sequel to his game "If I Wasn't Shy", I became curious - how many examples of sequels are there in IF? Preferably good ones."
by Christopher Caesar - 45 votes for 24 games, last vote on February 3, 2022; created on December 19, 2013"I was wondering which games are worth playing, as I haven't found any games that take a while to complete that are worth playing"
by Denk - 44 votes for 35 games, last vote on May 26, 2023; created on November 15, 2020"More than 1000 games were made with the British tools "The Quill", "PAW" and "GAC" through the 80s and early 90s. Some bad, others worth playing today. I would like to know which are the best. Those with the most votes are probably among..."
by Spike - 44 votes for 25 games, last vote on March 19, 2023; created on July 7, 2019"Several of us are interested in using IF for education, both in the classroom as well as more broadly. The purpose of this poll is to collect examples of IF with an educational focus."
by MathBrush - 44 votes for 13 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..." by MathBrush - 44 votes for 12 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 game with the best worldbuilding of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB..." by Christopher Caesar - 43 votes for 18 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on September 25, 2013"Hey everybody. I am looking for a murder mystery text game. I finished An Act of Murder a while ago and want to play more games like that, where to get to solve the murder yourself. If you could tell me some of your recommendations that..."
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 Jeremy Freese - 42 votes for 25 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on August 4, 2009"Whatever else might be said about ___________, there's not another game like it."
by AndyC - 42 votes for 25 games, last vote on June 6, 2022; created on October 10, 2011"I am a returning player to IF (which I loved 30 years ago) having recently discovered the fantastic Frotz for the iPad. Looking at some of the old games again has really blown me away. I don't enjoy drawing maps but I love reading good..."