Doug Orleans's Played Games

The Tower and the Toucan, by E. Lily Yu Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (6 ratings) A perfectly ordinary day. Birds and other bright things. (First published on itch.io in April 2016, then reprinted in sub-Q magazine on 31 May 2016.)

Images Across a Shattered Sea, by Stewart C Baker Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (3 ratings) The message orbs carry ancient secrets across the sea, so why does the one that Fatima finds seem to be recording? Cause and effect aren't always guaranteed.

Spellbound, by Adam Perry Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings) You still remember well the moment that the professor shocked the orthographic community by announcing that there were, somewhere out there, 26 letters in all. Harness the alphabet's power to find the 23...

Yes, my mother is..., by Skarn Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (16 ratings) Counseling is no easy job. When someone requests your help, within the space of a few questions, you must have learned enough about them, about their strengths and weaknesses, about what they want and what...

To The Wolves, by Els White Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (24 ratings) Offered up as sacrifice to the wolf-gods of the forest, hunted by beasts and man alike, Ella must find a way to survive.

Cactus Blue Motel, by Astrid Dalmady Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (85 ratings) Somewhere between New Mexico and Arizona, three friends were driving through a barren desert of red rocks, and wide empty skies. It was the end of summer, the end of high school, the end of so many things....

Riot, by Taylor Johnson Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (11 ratings) Your city is burning. Parker, a riot control officer, is thrust into the heat of his first riot when one mistake changes everything. Now he wanders through the bedlam, harbouring a deadly secret.

Stone Harbor, by Liza Daly Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (38 ratings) You're good at what you do: tell tourists pretty lies about love, money, and life after death. That's what people want from a boardwalk psychic, and you deliver. It's not the future you imagined for...

Quest for the Traitor Saint, by Owlor Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings) As the only diplomat of a doomed island nation, you need to learn the culture and customs of the Horses in order to succeed with your mission. These aliens are outwardly friendly, but secretive to a fault....

Theatre People, by Michael Kielstra Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings) The dazzle of the theatre: the footlights, the bows, the adoring crowd! It's your job, as a tech crew member, to make sure that the actors and, especially, the actresses, get enough of that. Not for you the...

Rite of Passage, by Arno von Borries Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) A comedy in four parts about exciting games of instinct and wits, set in childhood. Not necessarily for children.

The Mouse, by Naomi Z (as Norbez) Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) Better get home quick if you don't want to get hurt, Evelyn Grey. **This game contains mature language, alcohol, abuse, and a brief scene of violence. Player discretion is advised.**

Not Another Hero, by Cecilia Rosewood Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings) You're probably familiar with those stories where people suddenly develop mysterious powers, and save the day. Well, this isn't one of those. Not the 'saving the day' part, at least. In this game you'll play...

Mirror and Queen, by Chandler Groover Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (31 ratings) Your mirror never lies. A puzzleless reflection. Fifteen to forty minutes.

The Little Lifeform That Could, by Fade Manley Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (22 ratings) A little microbe in the primordial ooze has grand dreams! Dreams of survival, by and large, but small goals lead to large ones. Can you climb your way out of the ooze onto the land, into civilization, and up...

Black Rock City, by Jim Munroe Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (18 ratings) You're at Burning Man, with six choices to make before the world goes white. Choose wisely. Or wildly. The dust storm won't care. Zero puzzles, sixty-four endings. Cover: Trish Lamanna

Take, by Katherine Morayati (as Amelia Pinnolla) Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (37 ratings) You are battle-weary. Your armor is scanty and your countenance is loathsome; you tire of the swords flicking at your neck. But you have a duty. There is nothing you can't take. (Content warning: Violence,...

The Queen's Menagerie, by Chandler Groover Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (39 ratings) These beasts won't feed themselves. A puzzleless exhibition. Ten to fifteen minutes.

The Game of Worlds TOURNAMENT!, by Ade Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (16 ratings) It is a long million, this. The Septem Tower, held in the Manifold by the Tagides Rings, grinds on and on - its grey walls pressing close. The only thing to look forward to is the long, cold, endless Waste....

Steam and Sacrilege, by Phil McGrail Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) The Automatic Hotel, once hailed as a symbol of scientific progress and invention, stands crumbling. Surrounded by protesters trying to save the historic landmark and mired in rumors about the hotel's...

This is My Memory of First Heartbreak, Which I Can't Quite Piece Back Together, by Jenny Goldstick, Stephen Betts, Owen Roberts Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (9 ratings) A graphic memoir exploring the author’s memory of her first heartbreak.

Slicker City, by Andrew Schultz
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Average member rating: (7 ratings)

Ventilator, by Peregrine Wade Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (19 ratings) The heat is stifling, the hotel room is vastly overpriced, and your heart is in pieces. But the worse is yet to come... WARNING: This story contains potentially humorous depictions of Mexican headgear.

A Time of Tungsten, by Devin Raposo Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) The walls are high, the hole is deep. She is trapped, on a distant planet. Watched. She may not survive. But, she did live.

Ash, by Lee Grey Doug Orleans's rating: Average member rating: (14 ratings) Ash is an autobiographical story about the final days of life, and the loss of a parent.

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