Trying to find a good comedy. - an IFDB Poll
by H. W. Wiliams
RSS FeedI'm hoping to find a good comedy IF title. I've been away for a while and want a good laugh before I head back to work. Any suggestions?
| The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson 6 votes "Very funny – and the IFComp 2017 winner" [+]"Very funny – and the IFComp 2017 winner" ( ) --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Spike... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Bartlebooth... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Lance Campbell... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Pinstripe...  Vote for this game | |
| You Will Select a Decision, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy 4 votes "Parody of cyoa with fake translation from Russian" [+]"Parody of cyoa with fake translation from Russian" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... "I laughed till it hurt." [+]"I laughed till it hurt." () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Wade Clarke... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ivanr... Vote for this game | |
| To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest 4 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --CMG... "One-room (well,..." [+]"One-room (well, one-gondola) slapstick set during the age of exploration" --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ivanr... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |
| Hunger Daemon, by Sean M. Shore 4 votes "Disaffected..." [+]"Disaffected horror-comedy." --Danielle... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --BitterlyIndifferent... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |
| Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota 4 votes "The narrator's voice is perfect" [+]"The narrator's voice is perfect" ( ) --Greg Frost... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Mikalye... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Campbell... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| The Eleusinian Miseries, by Mike Russo 3 votes "Very funny Wodehousian style humor" [+]"Very funny Wodehousian style humor" --Lance Campbell... "Screwball comedy..." [+]"Screwball comedy in ancient Greece that keeps raising the stakes." ( ) --Greg Frost... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Laney Berry... Vote for this game | |
| Dinner Bell, by Jenni Polodna 3 votes "All of it" [+]"All of it" ( ) --Kinetic Mouse Car... "Darkish comedy..." [+]"Darkish comedy one-room game with some hilarious lines" () --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone... Vote for this game | |
| Stuff of Legend, by Lance Campbell 3 votes "quite funny" [+]"quite funny" ( - Full review) --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) --J. J. Guest... "I beta tested..." [+]"I beta tested this game, and thought it was pretty funny. But when I heard the author read it out loud, it was hilarious." --Greg Frost... Vote for this game | |
| Illuminismo Iniziato, by Michael J. Coyne 3 votes "I laughed so hard at the haddock carpet-bombing scene my stomach hurt. And the newspaper's "reporting" on the game's events... a delight." [+]"I laughed so hard at the haddock carpet-bombing scene my stomach hurt. And the newspaper's "reporting" on the game's events... a delight." ( ) --Spike... "Hilarious! And extremely well written." [+]"Hilarious! And extremely well written." ( - Full review) --Rovarsson... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| The Forgotten Tavern, by Peter M.J. Gross 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Spike... (No comment) [+](No comment) --BitterlyIndifferent... Vote for this game | |
| Ventilator, by Peregrine Wade 2 votes "Kafkaesque." [+]"Kafkaesque." ( ) --Billy Mays... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game | |
| You are SpamZapper 3.1, by Leon Arnott 2 votes "This is another..." [+]"This is another one that will make you laugh. It is a bit on the longer side but worth playing all the way through." ( ) --Kinetic Mouse Car... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Cirone... Vote for this game | |
| Eric the Unready, by Bob Bates 2 votes "Very silly but funny medieval spoof" [+]"Very silly but funny medieval spoof" --Mikalye... "The definition of..." [+]"The definition of funny." ( - Full review) --Nomad... Vote for this game | |
| Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle, by David Dyte, Steve Bernard, Dan Shiovitz, Iain Merrick, Liza Daly, John Cater, Ola Sverre Bauge, J. Robinson Wheeler, Jon Blask, Dan Schmidt, Stephen Granade, Rob Noyes, and Emily Short 2 votes "Funny one move game" [+]"Funny one move game" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ivanr... Vote for this game | |
| Party Foul, by Brooks Reeves 2 votes "You are trying to leave a party hosted by a woman you hate." [+]"You are trying to leave a party hosted by a woman you hate.: The NPC in this have always taken me by surprise. It has made me laugh to tears." ( - Full review) --BeingTheWriter... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... Vote for this game | |
| Don't Pee Yourself!, by Hulk Handsome 2 votes "Goofy, but genuinely funny" [+]"Goofy, but genuinely funny" ( - Full review) --Ivanr... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Pogoman GO!, by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K.... Vote for this game | |
| Re: Dragon, by Jack Welch 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Spike... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game | |
| Alias 'The Magpie', by J. J. Guest 2 votes "Wodehousian comedy of errors" [+]"Wodehousian comedy of errors" ( - Full review) --Spike... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |
| Escape from the Man-Sized Cabinet, by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --jakomo... Vote for this game | |
| Guess the Verb!, by Leonard Richardson 1 vote "Funny parody of..." [+]"Funny parody of several genres of IF, with good puzzles" ( ) --Christina Nordlander... Vote for this game | |
| Leather Goddesses of Phobos, by Steve Meretzky 1 vote "So crazy and funny!" [+]"So crazy and funny!" ( ) --Max Fog... Vote for this game | |
| Hamlet -- The Text Adventure, by Robin Johnson 1 vote "Hilarious take on Shakespeare with a homebrew parser" [+]"Hilarious take on Shakespeare with a homebrew parser" ( ) --Cryptic Puffin... Vote for this game | |
| Goldilocks is a FOX!, by J. J. Guest 1 vote "Hilarious puzzlefest game paying homage to old fairy tales." [+]"Hilarious puzzlefest game paying homage to old fairy tales.: Hilarious spoof of famous fairy tale characters. The old ham wolf is my favourite NPC." --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Sting of the Wasp, by Jason Devlin 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --E.K.... Vote for this game | |
| Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0, by Caroline M. Yoachim 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --jakomo... Vote for this game | |
| Dungeon Detective, by Wonaglot, Caitlin Mulvihill 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| When I Was Shot By Elephants III, by Ray 1 vote "VERY short" [+]"VERY short" ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Dutch Dapper IV: The Final Voyage, by Harry Hol 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game | |
| Acid Whiplash, by Ryan Stevens and Cody Sandifer 1 vote "Hilarious" [+]"Hilarious" ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| HIGH END CUSTOMIZABLE SAUNA EXPERIENCE, by Porpentine 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| ANATIDAEPHOBIA, by Peregrine Wade 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game | |
| Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life, by Truthcraze 1 vote "Witty and well-written Indy parody" [+]"Witty and well-written Indy parody" ( ) --Cryptic Puffin... Vote for this game | |
| Reference and Representation: An Approach to First-Order Semantics, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --jakomo... Vote for this game | |
| A Flustered Duck, by Jim Aikin 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --E.K.... Vote for this game | |
| Djinn on the Rocks, by Joshua Wilson 1 vote "A short and unique comic fantasy excursion featuring a fresh take on magic mechanics." [+]"A short and unique comic fantasy excursion featuring a fresh take on magic mechanics.: By all accounts hilarious. Hopefully, you'll agree!" --Joshua Wilson... Vote for this game | |
| The Tale of the Kissing Bandit, by J. Robinson Wheeler (as 'Cary Valentino') 1 vote "On the rails and short, but charming and very funny" [+]"On the rails and short, but charming and very funny" ( ) --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |
| Thaumistry: In Charm's Way, by Bob Bates 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Mikalye... Vote for this game | |
| A Matter of Heist Urgency, by FLACRabbit 1 vote "Horses vs. llamas" [+]"Horses vs. llamas" ( - Full review) --OtisTDog... Vote for this game | |
| In a Manor of Speaking, by Hulk Handsome 1 vote "Silly puns abound" [+]"Silly puns abound: Game had me laughing all throughout, so much puns and wordplay." ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone... Vote for this game | |
| Hoosegow, by Ben Collins-Sussman, Jack Welch 1 vote "The comedic writing is the highlight of this game." [+]"The comedic writing is the highlight of this game." --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |
| Arram's Tomb, by James Beck 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Animalia, by Ian Michael Waddell 1 vote "Hearing..." [+]"Hearing everything through the animal's perspective will make you laugh. There are also numerous pathways in the gameplay which means lots of content. One of my favorites." ( ) --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game | |
| H.M.S. Spaceman, by Nat Quayle Nelson, Diane Cai 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Spike... Vote for this game | |
| Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles!, by J. J. Guest 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |