C. W. Gray 's Played Games
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| ♥Magical Makeover♥, by S. Woodson Average member rating:  (61 ratings)"You hold in your hand a pink, heart-shaped card daubed in rosewater and oil of jasmine — an invitation to the Princess Philantha's Grand Equinox Ball. In gilded, sweeping, sweet-smelling calligraphy, the... |
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(16 ratings)| 1893: A World's Fair Mystery, by Peter Nepstad Average member rating: (25 ratings)A theft on the fairgrounds! Precious diamonds stolen from the Kimberly Diamond Mining Exhibit! An urgent telegram from your old partner arrives, requesting your help to solve the mystery. How can you refuse?... |
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(17 ratings)| The Act of Misdirection, by Callico Harrison C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (70 ratings)The curtain lifts to a torrent of applause, as the city's gents and ladies lose their decorum for a just few moments in anticipation of something magical. The spotlights drown the glitter of sequins and... |
| An Act of Murder, by Christopher Huang C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (82 ratings) |
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(52 ratings)| Aisle, by Sam Barlow Average member rating: (322 ratings)"Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and you're progressing rapidly. On to the next aisle... Aisle started out as a... |
| Alabaster, by John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, Ziv Wities Average member rating: (121 ratings)The Queen has told you to return with her heart in a box. Snow White has made you promise to make other arrangements. Now that you're alone in the forest, it's hard to know which of the two women to trust.... |
| Alias 'The Magpie', by J. J. Guest Average member rating: (69 ratings)Sir Rodney Playfair, gentleman thief, has a simple plan: impersonate a psychiatrist, infiltrate a country house, steal a priceless Egyptian scarab and make it back to London in time for cocktails. All in a... |
| All Hope Abandon, by Eric Eve Average member rating: (37 ratings)Your day got off to a good enough start when you met that blonde in the breakfast queue, but it's all downhill from there: you may be wishing you could escape a particularly dire lecture, but not by the one... |
| All Roads, by Jon Ingold Average member rating: (154 ratings)"Wave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For he on honey-dew hath fed And drunk the milk of paradise." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One] |
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(94 ratings)| All Visitors Welcome, by Bitter Karella Average member rating: (4 ratings)Sloane Rock SHP was established in 1920 to help preserve the legacy of Lazarus Sloane and his many cultural and economic contributions to the history of the state of California. A visit to Sloane Rock SHP is... |
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(6 ratings)| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry Average member rating: (393 ratings)You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little... |
| And a Hippo New Year, by Adri ("Erin Gigglecreek") Average member rating: (12 ratings)'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, the only creature stirring was a hippo the size of a mouse. This game was created for Yuletide 2012, an annual fanfiction exchange. It is based in... |
| And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One, by B.J. Best Average member rating: (66 ratings)Title: Infinite Adventure Year: 1986 Genre: Adventure Summary: Wander through an apparently infinite number of spooky mansions, solving a basic puzzle in each one. ForgottenGames.com rating: ★ ★ ★ |
| And Yet it Moves, by Orion Zymaris Average member rating: (12 ratings)Eppur si muove |
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(7 ratings)| Ariadne in Aeaea, by Victor Ojuel C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (25 ratings)Isle of Aeaea, the eastern Aegean. 3,500 years ago. In the northern wastes, the Achaeans have a new and warlike chieftain. Palace after palace is falling to his armies. On the shores of Crete, the Minoan... |
| Ascension of Limbs, by AKheon Average member rating: (20 ratings)You are an antique store proprietor trying to make ends meet. Use your wits, manage your resources, play the hand you are dealt. This game features a story with multiple endings, achievements as well as an... |
| Ashes, by Glass Rat Media Average member rating: (10 ratings)Le Grand Guignol entry in ECTOCOMP 2015. Five old college friends reunite to fulfill a friend's final request. But all of them have secrets. And some have blood on their hands. Warnings for violence and... |
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(24 ratings)| Babyface, by Mark Sample C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (24 ratings)We are haunted by the houses of our childhood. How unfamiliar they are, when we return. Yet you never forget, do you? You never really forget. A Southern Gothic horror story. Remember, of all the masks we... |
| Back to the Future: Marty Quest, by George Gipe, Ryan North and Hulk Handsome Average member rating: (6 ratings)You are Marty McFly, 80s teen! You are stuck in a detention room after school. You need to escape the room otherwise you can’t play in your band for tryouts tonight! The YMCA is counting on you! Inspired by... |
| A Bear's Night Out, by David Dyte Average member rating: (69 ratings)"Tomorrow is the big Teddy Bear party, and you must definitely not let your owner forget about it..." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] |
| Best of Three, by Emily Short Average member rating: (62 ratings) |
| The Bibliophile, by Marshal Tenner Winter C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings)“Azathoth is a cosmic horror; a force outside of known physics, Higgins.” Doctor Coffey explains, “It is the embodiment of chaos and destruction and now Dennison has found a way to bring this nightmare to... |
| The Black Lily, by Hannes Schueller Average member rating: (20 ratings)If you think you are being watched while playing this game, keep telling yourself that it's all in your mind. |
| Blackness, by Michael Phipps Average member rating: (9 ratings)In this short horror game, you play as a hospital janitor. You just need to mop a couple floors and then you can go home. Assuming the blackness doesn't get you first. |
| Blighted Isle, by Eric Eve Average member rating: (43 ratings)Blockade duty in the Bay of Biscay, vile weather, and an unplanned jaunt over the side of the ship into the tossing waves. But instead of drowning, you end up on an island that has no right to be there - and... |
| The Blind House, by Amanda Allen Average member rating: (38 ratings)I scarcely know the woman at my side. I don't even know why she was the one I turned to. I can only hope that we haven't been followed, that she won't ask too many questions. The only choice left to me now... |
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(15 ratings)| Blue Lacuna, by Aaron A. Reed Average member rating: (111 ratings)You have always been different. One in a trillion have your gift, your curse: to move between worlds, never settling, always alone. To Wayfare. Yet there are others like you, and something stronger than... |
| Body Bargain, by Amanda Lange Average member rating: (26 ratings)Your surgery went very well. But you couldn't really afford it... Be aware that this is a work of horror. This game involves situations that may be violent, distressing, disturbing, or triggering. This game... |
| Bogeyman, by Elizabeth Smyth Average member rating: (85 ratings)You can go home when you learn to be good. |
| The Boot-Scraper, by Caleb Wilson (as Lionel Schwob) Average member rating: (9 ratings)On the night of August 14th, 1799, eight days off St. Stellio, the sloop Meleagris was smashed apart by a storm. Most of the crew and passengers alike were crushed by fallen rigging, or drowned, or eaten by... |
| Briar, by Hanon Ondricek Average member rating: (12 ratings)You are young, dumb, and full of hope for the future; on a secret quest that may change your life forever! Or it may end in death and utter humliation. Good thing you're not really all that bright. This is... |
| Bring Me A Head!, by Chandler Groover Average member rating: (28 ratings)Better hope you can hack it. A Grand Guignol entry for ECTOCOMP 2016. |
| Broken Legs, by Sarah Morayati Average member rating: (31 ratings)A blurb? They expect you to write? You're Lottie Plum so you're not going into writing. You sing. And dance and act up a storm while everyone else can only manage a puddle. You belong at Bridger. No matter... |
| Bronze, by Emily Short Average member rating: (286 ratings)When the seventh day comes and it is time for you to return to the castle in the forest, your sisters cling to your sleeves. |
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(7 ratings)| Bullhockey!, by B F Lindsay Average member rating: (9 ratings)Your girlfriend has left you, leaving disturbing notes. And she--oops--lost your laundry. In various places. Around town. You can't have her back. But you can try to get your laundry. |
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(19 ratings)| Candlesmoke, by Caelyn Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine Average member rating: (24 ratings)Entry in EctoComp 2014. |
| Cannery Vale, by Hanon Ondricek (as Keanhid Connor) C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (30 ratings)Hell, even a seagull would hit the spot right now, roasted crispy over a flame-- He immediately put all thoughts of food out of his head because at the moment it was just torture_ |
| Captivity, by Jim Aikin Average member rating: (17 ratings)Locked in a tower in a castle by an evil duke — how annoying. And you’re not even a princess! Duke Esteban is demanding an outrageous ransom of your well-born and well-meaning but cash-strapped parents, a... |
| Castle of the Red Prince, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (54 ratings)Welcome to Amaranth, foreigner. The Red Prince haunts your dreams, you say? If you want to overthrow our tyrant, you’ll need to consider this whole blighted land at once. (Castle of the Red Prince is a small... |
| Castronegro Blues, by Marshal Tenner Winter C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings)You listen to the dame on the other end of the phone as she finishes her plight. "My brother has gone missing. I want you to find him." You promised yourself a vacation, but this broad sounds a bit dishy.... |
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(7 ratings)| Charming, by Kaylah Facey Average member rating: (17 ratings)Potions shattered on the floor, pages torn out of books, a demolished statue... These are a few of the magical messes you will have to clean up before Enchantress Igmenta arrives for your coming-of-age test... |
| Cheeseshop, by David Welbourn Average member rating: (24 ratings)An interactive re-creation of Monty Python’s Cheeseshop sketch, where you try to buy some cheese. |
| Child's Play, by Stephen Granade Average member rating: (54 ratings)It is playgroup day and playgroup day is normally a good day but ever since that little red-haired girl started coming she always wants your toys. She shouldn't get your toys. You tried telling the mom this... |
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(88 ratings)| City of Secrets, by Emily Short Average member rating: (103 ratings) |
| Color the Truth, by mathbrush Average member rating: (72 ratings)Rosalita Morales is dead, and you have to figure out who did it. The four people closest to her had the motive and the means: her partner, her secretary, her ex-husband, and her sister. Re-live their... |
| Coloratura, by Lynnea Glasser Average member rating: (110 ratings)Stolen away by apathetic Blind Ones, your only desire is to return to your Cellarium and the Song of the Universe. They should understand. You shall make them to understand. |
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(68 ratings)| Corrupter of Dreams, by Robert Patten Average member rating: (7 ratings)You are a nightmare in paradise. |
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Average member rating: (239 ratings)Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon reduced the British colonizing fleet to one ship. Since then, Atlantis... |
| The Cove, by Kathleen M. Fischer Average member rating: (21 ratings) |
| creak, creak, by chandler groover Average member rating: (35 ratings)"You have to look." 111 words. Made for Porpentine's Twiny Jam. |
| The Crescent City at the Edge of Disaster, by Emily Short Average member rating: (14 ratings)A Speed-IF featuring New Orleans, Emeril, and armed hamsters. |
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(7 ratings)| Crocodracula: The Beginning, by Ryan Veeder and Harrison Gerard Average member rating: (12 ratings)The first Taleframe game based on the 90s children's horror soap opera. |
| Curses, by Graham Nelson Average member rating: (132 ratings)"As "Curses" opens, you're hunting about in the attic of your family home, looking for a tatty old map of Paris (you're going on holiday tomorrow) and generally trying to avoid all the packing. Aunt Jemima... |
| Damnatio Memoriae, by Emily Short Average member rating: (58 ratings)14 AD. Agrippa Postumus, grandson of the recently-deceased Augustus, tries to avoid death at the hands of the next emperor, Tiberius. At his disposal: a couple of old manuscripts, a lamp, and a recalcitrant... |
| Danse Nocturne, by Joey Jones Average member rating: (17 ratings)Danse Nocturne is interactive blank verse, based on one of the legends of Charlemagne. It is played by dancing in different ways and has over a dozen different endings and understands over 1200 different... |
| Dark Carnival, by Marshal Tenner Winter C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (13 ratings)There have been unexplained murders and disappearances at a seemingly innocent amusement area just north of Providence, Rhode Island. Due to your strange investigations in the past, you are the one called in... |
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(3 ratings)| A Day for Fresh Sushi, by Emily Short Average member rating: (98 ratings)No time for fantasy. Must feed fish. |
| Dead Cities, by Jon Ingold Average member rating: (31 ratings)The letter you received from Arkwright's nephew Carter was clear enough: when the old man dies the inheritance tax will be too great. It's certain ruin, much like the estate itself. To raise some capital the... |
| Dead Like Ants, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (58 ratings)You play as a young woman in red overalls, a red worker ant. Every spring, five dangerous creatures visit the tree and threaten the village, and every spring, the Queen sends one of her daughters to... |
| Deadline Enchanter, by Alan DeNiro C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (58 ratings) |
| Death of Schlig, by Peter Timony Average member rating: (11 ratings)Schlig is kidnapped by aliens and turned into a mutant eyeball freak by their experiments. Now Schlig must use his eyes in ways that no human was ever intended to in order to escape from the aliens and find... |
| Degeneracy, by Leonard Richardson Average member rating: (16 ratings)The glitterings of Gold, Jewels, Tapestries, &c. belie the Corruption of he who 'til recently occupied this high Seat. A white Carpet, once flanked by Sycophants & Counsellors, now lies untravelled. It leads... |
| Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin ('Edgar O. Weyrd') C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (78 ratings) |
| Depression Quest, by Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, Isaac Schankler Average member rating: (61 ratings)"An interactive (non)fiction about living with depression." The player of this multimedia hypertext game is given a series of everyday life events, and has to attempt to manage their illness, relationships,... |
| Dinner Bell, by Jenni Polodna Average member rating: (54 ratings)You are the involuntary and very hungry test subject of a semi-anthropomorphized dog in a labcoat who wants you to find all sixteen food items mentioned in They Might Be Giants' song Dinner Bell, which have... |
| Divis Mortis, by Lynnea Dally Average member rating: (42 ratings)The infection has spread. They are coming. |
| The Dragon Diamond [modern versions], by Kenneth Pedersen Average member rating: (4 ratings)PLOT Your name is Bash, a famous warrior, ordered by the evil Queen Drana to obtain the fabled Dragon Diamond from the Forest of Fear. The queens chauffeur Leon drives you to the outskirts of the forest in a... |
| Dual Transform, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (109 ratings)This game takes place in a single room — but not always the same one. The room contains just one item, but again, there's more to it than that. Experiment and enjoy. |
| Eat Me, by Chandler Groover C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (98 ratings)In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts. |
| The Ebb and Flow of the Tide, by Peter Nepstad Average member rating: (15 ratings)You have done a horrible thing, so horrible that burial will be denied you, either in soil or sea, neither can there be any hell for you. You wait for some hours, knowing this. Then your friends come for... |
| Ecdysis, by Peter Nepstad Average member rating: (80 ratings)You wake, a pounding headache loud in your inner ear, the back of your head itching and tingling, your mouth full of cotton. The pain drives away your dreams, weird visions of alien landscapes... Ecdysis is... |
| The Empty Chamber: A Celia Swift Mystery, by Tom Sykes Average member rating: (13 ratings)A game of observation, conversation, and deduction, set inside a run-down terrace flat in post-war Essex. |
| Endless, Nameless, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (53 ratings)The first time I ever saw someone play a text adventure was in fifth grade. One of the sixth-graders didn't go to outdoor ed, and therefore spent the week in my fifth-grade classroom, playing Scott Adams's... |
| The Endling Archive, by Kazuki Mishima Average member rating: (30 ratings)Browse the Endling Archive to uncover the purpose of its creation. |
| The Enigma of the Old Manor House, by Daniel M. Stelzer Average member rating: (9 ratings)Everyone's heard stories about the old mansion on the hill. Decades ago, they say, old Doctor Black lived up there all alone. Until something happened—nobody knows what—and he vanished without a trace. The... |
| Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman Average member rating: (27 ratings) |
| Etiolated Light, by Lassiter W. Average member rating: (12 ratings)A marriage contract, an isolated island, a house that seems to gnash its teeth in waiting. You have saved your family - but at what cost? |
| An Evening at the Ransom Woodingdean Museum House, by Ryan Veeder Average member rating: (24 ratings)Karen Chambers gives tours in a restored Victorian home. |
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(15 ratings)| Exhibition, by Ian Finley C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (27 ratings)"The Hartman Gallery extends their invitation to an exhibition of Anatoly Domokov's "American Paintings." Who draws the line between art and life? HTML enhanced." [--blurb from Competition '99] |
| Fate, by Victor Gijsbers Average member rating: (50 ratings)You are nine months pregnant, and the contractions have already begun. Trapped in a castle with more enemies than friends, and Queen in name but not in influence, you fear for the future of your child. But... |
| Fine-Tuned, by Dennis Jerz Average member rating: (23 ratings)"Can Troy, the handsome daredevil autoist, live up to his "sterling" reputation? What secret threatens the career of the talented singer, Miss Melody Sweet? With the help of the mechanical genius Aloysius... |
| Fingertips: What's That Blue Thing Doing Here?, by Ruth Alfasso Average member rating: (8 ratings)Each step of this one-move game takes you into an entirely different, very short, story. Often, there's a blue thing. What's it doing here? |
| Firebird, by Bonnie Montgomery Average member rating: (32 ratings)"Firebird is based on the Old Russian folk tales that inspired the Stravinsky piece of the same name. You are Prince Ivan, and have been charged by your father, the tsar, to find the Firebird that has been... |
| First Draft of the Revolution, by Emily Short, Liza Daly and inkle Average member rating: (55 ratings)It is dangerous to deceive a husband of magic-using rank... Juliette has been banished for the summer to a village above Grenoble: a few Alpine houses, a deep lake, blue sky, and no society. Now she writes... |
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(3 ratings)| Floatpoint, by Emily Short Average member rating: (98 ratings)It is night on this side of the planet. Settled areas are lit: a jagged crescent in the tropics, lining the inland sea. The bright splatter along the top of the curve is Tanhua, as bright from space as New... |
| Fragile Shells, by Stephen Granade Average member rating: (51 ratings)You don't know how long you've been hammering against the station's wall, but you stop as soon as you realize what you've been doing. |
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(8 ratings)| Galatea, by Emily Short Average member rating: (335 ratings)Emily Short's description: A conversation with a work of art. "47. Galatea. White Thasos marble. Non-commissioned work by the late Pygmalion of Cyprus. (The artist has since committed suicide.) Originally... |
| Gestures Towards Divinity, by Charm Cochran C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (14 ratings)Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was a British painter, infamous for his use of brutal imagery and distortions of the human face and body. Well-known for both his violent subject matter and cutting wit, he is... |
| Glass, by Emily Short Average member rating: (106 ratings)The Prince sits awkwardly on the couch, holding his glass slipper and trying to keep it from crushing. Lucinda and Theodora have the ends of the same couch, and they are taking turns seeing who can bend... |
| Going Down, by Hanon Ondricek Average member rating: (12 ratings)Journey to another world. Return if you can. A Grand Guignol entry to Ectcomp 2017. |
| Goldilocks is a FOX!, by J. J. Guest Average member rating: (10 ratings)Staggering back from yet another wild student party, blonde bombshell Goldilocks decides to take a shortcut through the enchanted forest. All she really wants is a nice hot bowl of porridge and somewhere to... |
| Gotomomi, by Arno von Borries Average member rating: (18 ratings)Gotomomi central station is a place where many dreams and hopes meet. It draws in scores with its many possibilities. To most, it becomes a nightmare. Fortunately, I just needed to change trains there. |
| Gourmet, by Aaron A. Reed and Chad Barb Average member rating: (55 ratings)Missing employees, wily crustaceans, malfunctioning kitchen equipment and a terminal food shortage, all on the night the most important culinary critic in the world has chosen to review your debut... |
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(25 ratings)| Harmonia, by Liza Daly Average member rating: (72 ratings)Fuller, A. (b. 1966, d.?) 12 chapters, edited by E. Merchant. 091 Manuscripts—096 Illustrated—098 Prohibited works, forgeries, and hoaxes Signed permission from the Dean required for viewing. No exceptions. |
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(10 ratings)| Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (84 ratings)A far-future story of discovery. |
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(9 ratings)| The Horrible Pyramid, by Ryan Veeder Average member rating: (31 ratings)Something weird is going on in this pyramid. |
| The House at the End of Rosewood Street, by Michael Thomét Average member rating: (14 ratings)The manor house at the end of Rosewood Street has been vacant for as long as you remember, but a notice in the local newspaper reports that the historic house has been sold. How will this newcomer affect the... |
| Hunger Daemon, by Sean M. Shore Average member rating: (65 ratings)It's not the end of the world, and you're to blame. Better get on that. But man, it sure would be nice to get a bite to eat first. |
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(122 ratings)The Hunting Lodge, by Hulk Handsome
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(11 ratings)| Ill Wind, by Marshal Tenner Winter C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings)Your friend and fellow private dick, Jack Sullivan, has telegrammed you saying he's onto something big while investigating the Lanzetti murder and desperately needs your help. So here you are, two days... |
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(17 ratings)| Indigo, by Emily Short Average member rating: (54 ratings)"Years ago, a witch placed you in this tower and arranged for your upkeep, paying certain villagers well to keep you supplied with the most basic necessities, and no more. Your years in the tower have... |
| Inpatient: A Psychiatric Story, by Alana Zablocki C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings)Inpatient is a simulation of a mental health crisis and the patient experience of psychiatric hospitalization. It is an interactive novel of over 160,000 words that takes you through a 72 hour hospital stay.... |
| Insight, by Jon Ingold Average member rating: (27 ratings) |
| Invasion, by Cat Manning Average member rating: (26 ratings)The end of the world, and there's something after you. A short horror Twine about sacrifice, survival, and relative humanity. Le Grand Guignol entry in ECTOCOMP 2015. |
| Invisible Parties, by Sam Kabo Ashwell (as Psychopup) C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (20 ratings)You are a walker of the ways between the worlds. It is not an arrangement conducive to straightforward relationships. The Three Rebeccas have created a tangle, a temporary artifice woven from parts of many... |
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(17 ratings)| Jigsaw, by Graham Nelson Average member rating: (84 ratings)New Year's Eve, 1999, a quarter to midnight and where else to be but Century Park! Fireworks cascade across the sky, your stomach rumbles uneasily, music and lasers howl across the parkland... Not exactly... |
| Keepsake, by Savaric Average member rating: (26 ratings)The planning was easy. Committing the murder was easy. But getting away with it? That's another thing. Keepsake is a short, surreal story about vengeance and its consequences. |
| A Killer Headache, by Mike Ciul Average member rating: (21 ratings)The apocalypse is over. The human race lost. You're hungry. And you have a hell of a headache. Discretionary warning: This game is violent, scatological, and eschatological. |
| The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (77 ratings)January 14th Dear friend. My sojourn in parts foreign is at an ende. I am at lodgings in Southwark not far from the bridge at Stoney Street, come dine with me two days hence to ring in the newe year. I have... |
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(23 ratings)Last Ride of the Night, by Mordechai Shinefield
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(2 ratings)Light into Darkness, by Christina Nordlander
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(9 ratings)| Lime Ergot, by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight) Average member rating: (82 ratings)Now everyone is gone. (Well, almost everyone.) Entry in ECTOCOMP 2014. |
| A Long Drink, by Spankminister (as Owen Parks) Average member rating: (7 ratings)The first time I'd met Val was the day before yesterday, on my way out of the hospital. I'd been in a numb stupor for hours. There's no good way to take that kind of news. She'd asked me out for a drink. I... |
| Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon Average member rating: (71 ratings) |
| Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Average member rating: (492 ratings)Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe Grunk just forget. -- IFComp 2007 blurb |
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(13 ratings)| Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (42 ratings) |
| Lydia's Heart, by Jim Aikin Average member rating: (32 ratings)"Lydia's Heart" is a large, complex game with a serious tone and seven or eight NPCs you can converse with. The genre is low-key horror: There's almost no actual blood, but there are several ways to die in a... |
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(38 ratings)Maiden of the Moonlight, by Brian P. Dean
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(12 ratings)| The Mary Jane of Tomorrow, by Emily Short Average member rating: (21 ratings)You, Mary Jane Minsky, have a few things to clear up with your best friend Jenny Yoshida. When your robotic birthday gift doesn't go over as planned, you may need to reset your expectations, for her and... |
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(15 ratings)| Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis, by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard Average member rating: (33 ratings)Stiffy Makane, or rather his ancestor Mentula Macanus, is here subjected to an increasingly-unlikely series of crudely sexual romps through the ancient world. It's sort of like the Satyricon, except not... |
| Metamorphoses, by Emily Short Average member rating: (130 ratings)You wake to stillness. The hammering, banging, and shouting that kept you awake half the night are gone. The air is cold, and something smells burnt. Your master's experiments must be finished, but with what... |
| Mindful, by Ian Michael Waddell Average member rating: (8 ratings)My kitchen is my sanctuary.. Mindful is a game in which you create your own cooking blog. It is an entry in ECTOCOMP 2019 in the La Petite Mort category (under 4 hours creation time.) |
| Mirror and Queen, by Chandler Groover Average member rating: (31 ratings)Your mirror never lies. A puzzleless reflection. Fifteen to forty minutes. |
| The Missing Ring, by Felicity Drake Average member rating: (22 ratings)Sadie Goldberg-Lawson is celebrating Christmas with her whole dysfunctional family at her Gran's house in Vermont. When Gran's heirloom diamond ring goes missing, can Sadie solve the mystery of the missing... |
| Moon-Shaped, by Jason Ermer Average member rating: (37 ratings)In this game partly inspired by Little Red Riding Hood, you play as Rosalind Wechsler, a girl on the cusp of her 13th birthday. What begins as a trip to Grandmother's house in the woods leads to disturbing... |
| More, by Jason Dyer (as Erin Canterbury) Average member rating: (12 ratings) |
| Muggle Studies, by M. Flourish Klink Average member rating: (19 ratings)You play as Alice Armstrong, the new Professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland, even though you've never heard of "muggles" before and never knew magic was real... |
| The Museum, by Andreas Jörgensen Average member rating: (4 ratings)After a long, boring day, you decide to take a well-deserved, relaxing trip to the museum, but going there might get you more than you bargained for. Made for TIGsource's Commonplace Book Competition 2008. |
| Mustard, Music, and Murder, by Christopher Huang Average member rating: (3 ratings)"Daniel Hopkins, investment broker, has been murdered. The police are on their way, and meanwhile you are locked in with the other suspects.... "Can you piece together the clues, apply a little logic, and... |
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(25 ratings)| my father's long, long legs, by michael lutz Average member rating: (143 ratings)A weird tale. Some parts make use of sound, so this game is best played with headphones. One ending. |
| Mystery House Possessed, by Emily Short C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (11 ratings)This intricate all-text reworking draws on the Gothic, as well as Clue, to simulate seven characters working to outwit the killer in their midst. |
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(57 ratings)| Napier's Cache, by Vivienne Dunstan Average member rating: (13 ratings)Scotland, 1594: You're used to strange requests in your role as servant to John Napier. He's not just famous as a mathematician, but is also known for his occult skills and knowledge, still valued in these... |
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(24 ratings)| Night House, by Bitter Karella Average member rating: (18 ratings)It looks different in the dark. You're eight years old. You wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, but you soon realize that not everything is as it seems in the house tonight. Where has... |
| Night of Nights, by Grim Average member rating: (3 ratings)Survive a monstrous masquerade in Night of Nights, navigating a perverse carnival where suffering is a prize and maladies are sought out as novelties. Choose an exquisitely crafted mask! Woo a mysterious... |
| The Northnorth Passage., by Caleb Wilson (as Snowball Ice) Average member rating: (25 ratings)Oh no, the old family curse has flared up! This is a short story about limits to action. |
| not knowing when the dawn will come, i open every door, by Patrick Fox Average member rating: (6 ratings)A man goes home to a small town in Quebec to investigate rumours about a haunted house next door to his childhood home. |
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(28 ratings)| One Eye Open, by Caelyn Sandel (as Colin Sandel) and Carolyn VanEseltine Average member rating: (46 ratings)Had you known the bloody history of Corona Labs, you would never have signed up as a test subject. But now, plunged into that history, surrounded by the damned and the dying, you must find the truth. Perhaps... |
| One Night Stand, by Giannis G. Georgiou Average member rating: (12 ratings)After a night of vodka and vague acquaintances, Sandy wakes up in an unknown bedroom, unable to remember the name of the man sleeping next to her. Too proud to leave without a proper goodbye, she will get... |
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(7 ratings)| The Periwink, by Jedediah Berry Average member rating: (23 ratings)It's your last day as her ladyship's groundskeeper—but you still have a little work left to do. A Petite Mort entry for ECTOCOMP 2016. |
| Photopia, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (558 ratings)"Will you read me a story?" "Read you a story? What fun would that be? I've got a better idea: let's tell a story together." |
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(107 ratings)| The Plant, by Michael J. Roberts Average member rating: (34 ratings)You're on a business trip with your boss, driving down a deserted highway in the middle of nowhere, when the car breaks down. You set off on foot seeking help, but you soon find yourself in the middle of a... |
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(8 ratings)| Primer, by Christina Nordlander Average member rating: (6 ratings)Pulling the trigger. Winnable. Made in three hours for ECTOCOMP 2017. Content warning: violence against a family member. |
| The Primrose Path, by Nolan Bonvouloir Average member rating: (36 ratings)You've been having a series of nightmares about Leo, standing at the edge of a cliff. No matter what you do, a bell rings and Leo disappears over the edge . . . |
| Psychomanteum, by Hanon Ondricek Average member rating: (19 ratings)Every year your friend hosts a Halloween party where guests are expected to complete three dares. This is the third. A Grand Guignol entry for ECTOCOMP 2016. |
| Pumpkin Pie for your soul, by Nils Fagerburg Average member rating: (6 ratings)Bake a pumpkin pie for the spooky ghost, or forfeit your soul! An ECTOCOMP 2019 parser game. |
| Pytho's Mask, by Emily Short Average member rating: (68 ratings)On the Night of the Comet, the usual astrological bonds do not hold, and the order of the universe is threatened. It is a time made for rebels and usurpers, and all who would claim the kingdom for... |
| Rameses, by Stephen Bond Average member rating: (125 ratings) |
| The Rats in the Bulkheads, by Bruno Dias Average member rating: (4 ratings)All you have to do is make it inside and fire thrusters to adjust the derelict's course. Content warning: This game contains written depictions of disturbing material, including gore and suicide. |
| Red Door Yellow Door, by Charm Cochran Average member rating: (12 ratings)Guide your sister through a game of visualization, adventure, and danger, and perhaps discover truths about each other along the way. This was originally intended for SeedComp!, but winded up being a bigger... |
| Reference and Representation: An Approach to First-Order Semantics, by Ryan Veeder Average member rating: (34 ratings)Violence is the answer to this one. |
| Repeat the Ending, by Drew Cook Average member rating: (22 ratings)Explore an all-new "critical edition" of a 1996 Inform 5 game about mental illness, magic, and the second law of thermodynamics. When D, a psychiatrically disabled chaos wizard, learns that an estranged... |
| Restless, by Emily Short Average member rating: (4 ratings)You've been haunting old Mrs Fagles for decades. Now she's sold the house, and the new owner's moved in. Sylvie's broke, bad at plumbing, and anxious about everything. And with a living, breathing, fretting... |
| Ritus Sacri, by quackoquack Average member rating: (11 ratings)On the desk in front of you: a Latin dictionary, a blank sheet of lined paper, and the photocopied passage you need to translate for class tomorrow. You always leave things too late. |
| Robin & Orchid, by Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim Average member rating: (64 ratings)High school journalists spend the night in a church, investigating reports of a ghost. |
| Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (73 ratings)Congratulations, convict 76954! You have been selected for scientific experimentation! You will be matter-transmitted to exotic non-Treaty worlds - where opportunities abound to take in fantastic sights and... |
| Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short Average member rating: (131 ratings)The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne, carriage rides in the Tuileries, having your name whispered behind... |
| Sentencing Mr Liddell, by Anonymous Average member rating: (15 ratings)"The time has come", the Teacher says, "to talk of many sins: of wives and mums and unloved sons (of where it all begins), and why it's really all your fault, and whether no-one wins." |
| Sequitur, by Nigel Jayne (as Tin Foil Jenny) C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (5 ratings)The only person who can explain what happened in a long-forgotten house with four dead people inside is comatose and clinging to her life in hospital. Detective Stephen Cochone of the New Orleans Police... |
| Shelter from the Storm, by Eric Eve Average member rating: (23 ratings)It is set in October 1940. Jack is a newly-commissioned sapper officer on his way to his first posting somewhere on Salisbury Plain (in southern England) when his car breaks down. The weather is starting to... |
| Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (166 ratings) |
| Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto Average member rating: (215 ratings)In the beginning was the Word, and it was hungry. ... |
| Snowed In, by Jason Self Average member rating: (1 rating)You're trapped in a snowstorm while visiting the forest during your vacation to a small rural town. This is the worst snowstorm in more than 40 years. If only you had listened to the news. Well, it's too... |
| The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (98 ratings)A new, experimental game that has no puzzles but uses only words that change your focus on things, thereby adapting the story. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] |
| Starry Seeksorrow, by Caleb Wilson (as Ayla Rose) Average member rating: (18 ratings)An entry in ShuffleComp: Disc 2. Inspired by "The Violet Hour" by Dolls Come to Life. |
| The Statue Got Me High, by Ryan Veeder Average member rating: (29 ratings)Your job is to make sure John's party is successful. It won't be, though. Written for the Apollo 18+20 tribute album project. |
| The Storm, by Stephane F. Average member rating: (6 ratings)At home, safe and warm. Everywhere : the night. Outside, the storm. « The Storm » is the english version of « La Tempête » released for the French comp 2018. Translation by Stéphane F. and Jack Welch. |
| Sub Rosa, by Joey Jones, Melvin Rangasamy Average member rating: (42 ratings)A puzzle game about secrets in the Age of Lead. You've spent seventeen years preparing for an infiltration. Stealing the Confessor's secrets is only the beginning: it will all be for nothing if you leave a... |
| Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (120 ratings)A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but broad exploration game.) |
| The Surprising Case of Brian Timmons, by Marshal Tenner Winter C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (24 ratings)You listen to the old broad on the other end of the phone as she finishes her plight. "Brian has gone insane. I've had to have him committed.", she tells you. You haven't seen Brian Timmons in several years... |
| Taghairm, by Chandler Groover Average member rating: (26 ratings)"Perhaps the most horrible of all recorded magical spells." Cruelty. Violence. Sounds. Headphones recommended. |
| Take Over the World, by Marie L. Vibbert Average member rating: (12 ratings)Guess it's time to take over the world. Somebody has to. You live in East Cleveland, Ohio, so your options are limited, but urban-chic. Find the right evil lair, recruit a mad scientist, and foil the East... |
| Tally Ho, by Kreg Segall Average member rating: (21 ratings)Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and... |
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(13 ratings)| Tethered, by Linus Åkesson Average member rating: (31 ratings)"I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man."... |
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(89 ratings)| A Thing of Wretchedness, by AKheon Average member rating: (10 ratings)A lonely farmstead... A troubling situation... No easy answers. ... |
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(10 ratings)| Three-Card Trick, by Chandler Groover C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (64 ratings)You're going to perform a three-card trick or your name isn't Morgan the Magnificent. |
| Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me, by Mike Sousa and Jon Ingold Average member rating: (34 ratings)Dr. Taylor's looking worried. Dr. Kurner's looking exhausted. Zak is grinning with glee. Today is the big day, and you're about to try out the crowning experiment of your life, and in AtlantisLab's chequered... |
| To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest Average member rating: (112 ratings)Professor Pettibone, eminent Victorian balloonist, has a problem. He can't get it up. His balloon that is. If he can't reach an altitude of 20,000 feet, and soon, both he and his mysterious travelling... |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover Average member rating: (109 ratings)A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog. |
| The Train To Abaddon, by Marshal Tenner Winter Average member rating: (6 ratings)A very short steampunk adventure! Try to unlock all 7 achievements! |
| Transparent, by Hanon Ondricek C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (20 ratings)There is a house. There is a room in the house. There is a door in the room. The door is locked. Some people are in the room. Some people are transparent. An eerie exploration of an abandoned historic house.... |
| Trials of the Thief-Taker, by Joey Jones C. W. Gray 's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings)In London, 1729, before they had police, they had you: thief-takers, hunting criminals for cash! Fire a flintlock and sip gin in the age of powdered wigs. Will you grow rich catching smugglers and... |
| Tribute: Return to the City of Secrets, by Kenneth Pedersen Average member rating: (2 ratings)This is a tribute game to the game "City of Secrets" by Emily Short. It is recommended to play "City of Secrets" first, since this game is a nostalgic trip back to the city, and therefore there will be... |
| Ugly Chapter, by Sam Kabo Ashwell Average member rating: (12 ratings)In this short story, you play as Leti, a rich woman and a patron of the arts, who travels from Hawaii to Mars, as told by an angry and bitter male poet who knew her. What you did in the most ugly chapter of... |
| the uncle who works for nintendo, by michael lutz Average member rating: (107 ratings)You are 11 years old. You are sleeping over at your best friend's house. You and your friend like videogames. Your friend has a lot of cool games. And, believe it or not, an uncle who works for Nintendo. And... |
| Undertow, by Stephen Granade Average member rating: (8 ratings)Go sailing on a yacht with three friends, and a corpse.... |
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(17 ratings)| Varicella, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (131 ratings)You are Primo Varicella, Palace Minister at the Palazzo del Piemonte. This title is unlikely to impress anyone. Piedmont is the laughingstock of the Carolingian League, and the Palace Ministry has devolved... |
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(17 ratings)| Violet, by Jeremy Freese Average member rating: (383 ratings)Calm down. All you have to do is write a thousand words and everything will be fine. And you have all day, except it's already noon. [blurb from IF Comp 2008] |
| Walker & Silhouette, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (51 ratings)Team up with a dashing detective and an iconoclastic flapper to solve absurd and unfathomable crimes in this interactive story - where you control the action just by typing or clicking highlighted words in... |
| The Weapon, by Sean Barrett Average member rating: (35 ratings) |
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(10 ratings)| Weird City Interloper, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (54 ratings)An interactive tale of strange conspiracy. Pull up your hood, lower your gaze and enter the city of Zendon. If you can gather enough information, you may just be able to change the course of history. (Weird... |
| When He Died, by O Bluefoot Average member rating: (7 ratings)he author's first text adventure. Completed for Ectocomp 2019. You are a forensic photographer. Someone has died. Pay close attention to the world around you. Inspired by the song "When He Died", by Neil... |
| Where There's a Will, by Dan Shiovitz Average member rating: (1 rating)In this game loosely based on Sierra's Mystery House, you play as Norman, a potential heir to your late Uncle Oscar's estate. You have one day to find a diamond necklace hidden in his "Mystery House" to... |
| The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson Average member rating: (129 ratings)You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are not a wizard sniffer (if such a thing even exists). As far as you can... |
| Yesterday, You Saved the World, by Astrid Dalmady Average member rating: (17 ratings)Today you are only Lucy Newman, eighth grader, C student, nobody. But yesterday, you were cosmic. Yesterday, you were a magical girl. Yesterday, you saved the world. |
| You are Standing at a Crossroads, by Astrid Dalmady Average member rating: (29 ratings)You are Standing at a Crossroads is a short Twine story about being lost, being changed, and being stagnant. |
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