Apollo 18+20
Recommendations by TeaspoonInteractive fiction games, with one game per track on the album Apollo 18 by They Might Be Giants. The regular tracks are generally short games. The Fingertips tracks are one-move games (however the authors interpreted that). The games are playable online here at the People's Republic of Interactive Fiction, the main website for the Boston IF interest group. The games are also hosted here for off-line play.
The maker of this list would like to recommend the package as an excellent introduction to interactive fiction for beginners, offering a broad overview of the genre. The one-move games give a good sense of what actions can be done with a parser, and the longer games provide a cross-section of the kinds of stories and puzzles possible in IF. Some of the more complex games have walkthroughs, and nearly all have playthrough transcripts by Club Floyd, useful if you'd like a comparison to your own playthrough (or become extremely stuck). Club Floyd links are provided on each game's listing.
With thanks to everyone who made these!
1. Dig My Grave
by Ryan Veeder
(2012)
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2. I Palindrome I, by Nick Montfort (2012)
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3. She's Actual Size, by Jake Eakle (2012)
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4. My Evil Twin, by Carl Muckenhoupt (2012)
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5. Mammal
by Joey Jones
(2012)
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6. The Statue Got Me High
by Ryan Veeder
(2012)
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7. Spider
by Andrew Schultz
(2012)
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8. The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight), by Jason B. Alonso, Catherine Havasi, and Val Grimm (2012)
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9. Dinner Bell
by Jenni Polodna
(2012)
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10. Narrow Your Eyes
by Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch
(2012)
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11. Hall of Heads
by Dan Efran, 'Becca Stallings
(2012)
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12. Which Describes How You're Feeling, by Adam Parrish (2012)
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13. See the Constellation, by ed blair (2012)
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14. If I Wasn't Shy
by Joey Jones
(2012)
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15. Turn Around
by Andrew Schultz
(2012)
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16. Hypnotist of Ladies, by David Cornelson (2012)
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17. Fingertips: Everything Is Catching On Fire
by Emery Joyce
(2012)
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18. Fingertips: Fingertips, by Michael D. Hilborn (2012)
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19. Fingertips: I Hear the Wind Blow
by Jacqueline A. Lott
(2012)
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20. Fingertips: Hey Now, Everybody
by Melvin Rangasamy
(2012)
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21. Fingertips: Who's That Standing Out The Window?
by Melvin Rangasamy
(2012)
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22. Fingertips: I Found a New Friend
by Adri
(2012)
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23. Fingertips: Come On and Wreck My Car, by Paul Laroquod (2012)
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24. Fingertips: Aren't You the Guy Who Hit Me in the Eye?, by Michael D. Hilborn (2012)
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25. Fingertips: Please Pass the Milk Please
by Adri
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26. Fingertips: Leave Me Alone, by Kevin Jackson-Mead (2012)
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27. Fingertips: Who's Knockin' On The Wall?
by Melvin Rangasamy
(2012)
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28. Fingertips: All Alone
by Joey Jones
(2012)
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29. Fingertips: What's That Blue Thing Doing Here?
by Ruth Alfasso
(2012)
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30. Fingertips: Something Grabbed Ahold of My Hand
by Melvin Rangasamy
(2012)
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31. Fingertips: I don't understand you
by Matt Weiner
(2012)
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32. Fingertips: I Heard a Sound
by Kevin Jackson-Mead
(2012)
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33. Fingertips: Mysterious Whispers
by Peter Nepstad
(2012)
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34. Fingertips: The Day That Love Came To Play
by S. John Ross
(2012)
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35. Fingertips: I'm Having a Heart Attack
by Andrew Schultz
(2012)
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36. Fingertips: Fingertips (Reprise)
by Melvin Rangasamy
(2012)
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37. Fingertips: I Walk Along Darkened Corridors
by Andrew Schultz
(2012)
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38. Space Suit
by Andrew Schultz
(2012)
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