ycia's Played Games

9:05, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (535 ratings) The phone rings. Oh, no — how long have you been asleep? Sure, it was a tough night, but... This is bad. This is very bad. The phone rings.

The Act of Misdirection, by Callico Harrison 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...

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....

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]

Augmented Fourth, by Brian Uri! Average member rating: (65 ratings) WANTED: Amateur musicians to serve the Royal Court. Must provide own instrument and be inured to copious constructive criticism. Impress your friends! Meet the King! Apply in person at the Castle, located on...

Being Andrew Plotkin, by J. Robinson Wheeler Average member rating: (58 ratings) "Zarf? you think to yourself. Could it be? The one and only Zarf? Xyzzy Award winner? IF Competition winner? The mighty Inscruitable One? Gosh. What it must be like to be Zarf... You begin to crawl forward,...

Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!, by Steph Cherrywell Average member rating: (72 ratings) You are Bonnie Noodleman, Ordinary Well-Adjusted Teen-Ager, on an ordinary well-adjusted drive up Make-Out Mountain--until some gooey monstrosity from beyond the stars guzzles your boyfriend's brains clean...

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.

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...

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 Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (175 ratings) The Dreamhold is interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next. The Dreamhold is designed for people who have never...

Eat Me, by Chandler Groover Average member rating: (98 ratings) In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts.

For a Change, by Dan Schmidt Average member rating: (115 ratings) "The sun has gone. It must be brought. You have a rock." [--blurb from Competition '99]

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...

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...

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...

Lime Ergot, by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight) Average member rating: (82 ratings) Now everyone is gone. (Well, almost everyone.) Entry in ECTOCOMP 2014.

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

Midnight. Swordfight., by Chandler Groover Average member rating: (79 ratings) A fool receives a challenge from a countess. Violence. Sex. Profanity. Sausage.

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."

Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (413 ratings) "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (166 ratings)

Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (310 ratings) A vacation in our lovely country! See the ethnic charms of the countryside, the historic grandeur of the capital city. Taste our traditional cuisine; smell the flowers of the Old Tree. And all without...

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