Artistic Games - an IFDB Poll

I'm interested in games that take the fiction of IF to new levels. These are not straightforward, plot driven games. Think instead of games that play like poetry, or games that focus on a character's revelation.

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	Photopia, by Adam Cadre 18 votes "created a new paradigm in the modern IF community" [+]"created a new paradigm in the modern IF community" --Dominic Delabruere... "Unusual, Intriguing Story" [+]"Unusual, Intriguing Story" () --sunny and mild... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Matt Kimmel... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --ensoul... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Kake... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Dave Chapeskie... (No comment) [+](No comment) --pylar_escapist... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Grey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Simon Christiansen... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --katz... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Charles Wickersham... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Pinstripe... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --amciek... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... Vote for this game

	Galatea, by Emily Short 17 votes "created a new standard for characterization in IF" [+]"created a new standard for characterization in IF" --Dominic Delabruere... "mindblowingly different" [+]"mindblowingly different" () --stadtgorilla... "This is the game that really got me interested in IF." [+]"This is the game that really got me interested in IF." --Sam Jackson... "Beautiful, emotional experience." [+]"Beautiful, emotional experience." () --Katrisa... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --VK... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --mrsambarlow... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --anj tuesday... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Michael R. Bacon... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Simon Christiansen... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) --TEZlPEZ... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DustyCypress... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Dawn Sueoka... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... Vote for this game

	Rameses, by Stephen Bond 13 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --redlimit... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Kake... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --VK... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --anj tuesday... (No comment) [+](No comment) --SleepyEmp... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Simon Christiansen... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Mark Jones... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Cheryl L... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --bluevelvetwings... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... Vote for this game

	The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin 10 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --ensoul... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --zer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --mrsambarlow... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Dave Chapeskie... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Dawn Sueoka... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Malasana... Vote for this game

	Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre 8 votes "mind-blowing..." [+]"mind-blowing...: Talk about "West of house", heck..." () --Mark V.... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Kake... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --zer... (No comment) [+](No comment) --aaronius... (No comment) [+](No comment) --pylar_escapist... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Grey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Artran... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... Vote for this game

	Aisle, by Sam Barlow 7 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --madducks... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) --redlimit... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Greg Frost... Vote for this game

	De Baron, by Victor Gijsbers 7 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --Kake... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Boegheim... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Simon Christiansen... "Warning:..." [+]"Warning: Extremely unpleasant. Not for the fainthearted." () --Pinstripe... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Petrichor... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game

	The Moonlit Tower, by Yoon Ha Lee 6 votes "Immersive, Haunting, Poetic, and Atmospheric" [+]"Immersive, Haunting, Poetic, and Atmospheric" ( - Full review) --AmberShards... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Wendymoon... "Very evocative,..." [+]"Very evocative, very poetic." ( - Full review) --Molly... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Greg Frost... Vote for this game

	Exhibition, by Ian Finley 5 votes "Fantastic, unique format." [+]"Fantastic, unique format." () --Katrisa... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Artran... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... Vote for this game

	Trinity, by Brian Moriarty 4 votes "Infocom's finest hour." [+]"Infocom's finest hour.: The first If with literary aspirations." () --Puddin Tame... "Story and..." [+]"Story and atmosphere depend strongly on the imagistic presentation of detail." --Gemma Bristow... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Mark V.... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Pinstripe... Vote for this game

	For a Change, by Dan Schmidt 4 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --mrsambarlow... "Creates its world..." [+]"Creates its world by reimagining the language used to describe that world." --Gemma Bristow... (No comment) [+](No comment) --JasonMel... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Cheryl L... Vote for this game

	So Far, by Andrew Plotkin 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) () --JasonMel... "Immediately comes..." [+]"Immediately comes to mind in a poll looking for games that 'play like poetry'. Recurrent themes including that of 'so close yet so far' deeply integrated in various aspects of the game, multiple possible interpretations, beautiful descriptive prose: poetry." () --Cheryl L... (No comment) [+](No comment) --strivenword... Vote for this game

	A Fire Darkly: Chapter 1, by Louis Rakovich 2 votes "Beautiful writing" [+]"Beautiful writing" ( - Full review) --SLane... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Hawkmoth... Vote for this game

	Deadline Enchanter, by Alan DeNiro 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Kake... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game

	Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --redlimit... Vote for this game

	Once, by Chris Klimas 2 votes "a poetic glimpse into a blurry past" [+]"a poetic glimpse into a blurry past: This is something of a manifesto for poetry in interactive fiction and is an inspiration to me as an IF author." ( - Full review) --Dominic Delabruere... "I wish my dreams were like this game" [+]"I wish my dreams were like this game" () --MWS... Vote for this game

	Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --pylar_escapist... "This is an..." [+]"This is an excellent work of literary horror in its own right, its masterful use of craft when it comes to suspenseful and descriptive writing turning it into a kind of poetry worthy of Lovecraft." ( - Full review) --Jim Kaplan... Vote for this game

	Six Stories, by Neil K. Guy 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... Vote for this game

	Mindwheel, by Robert Pinsky, William Mataga, Steve Hales 2 votes "Not the best in its class, but an important historical precedent." [+]"Not the best in its class, but an important historical precedent." () --Mark V.... (No comment) [+](No comment) --mrsambarlow... Vote for this game

	Glass, by Emily Short 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Artran... Vote for this game

	The Absence of Miriam Lane, by Abigail Corfman 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Greg Frost... Vote for this game

	A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Steve Meretzky 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ghalev... Vote for this game

	1981, by Anonymous 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	Tapestry, by Daniel Ravipinto 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	Out, by Viktor Sobol 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Greg Frost... Vote for this game

	Christminster, by Gareth Rees 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --pylar_escapist... Vote for this game

	Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman 1 vote "Hilarious and Quirky" [+]"Hilarious and Quirky: If you don't understand an artist's brain, you probably still won't after playing this game, but you certainly will have a lot of fun browsing through one!!" () --sunny and mild... Vote for this game

	Sand-dancer, by Aaron Reed and Alexei Othenin-Girard 1 vote "Completing the..." [+]"Completing the game requires the PC to acquire certain traits." --verityvirtue... Vote for this game

	A Night Guest, by Valentine Kopteltsev 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --sylvania... Vote for this game

	Photograph: A Portrait of Reflection, by Steve Evans 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	9:05, by Adam Cadre 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --[delete this account]... Vote for this game

	On Optimism, by Tim Lane 1 vote "emotional prose, symbolic content" [+]"emotional prose, symbolic content: This game makes good use of imagery to develop its theme. It's a romance, not only in the sense of being a love story, but also in the older and broader sense of Romantic literature." () --strivenword... Vote for this game

	Elvish for Goodbye, by David Gürçay-Morris 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Greg Frost... Vote for this game

	rendition, by nespresso 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --sylvania... Vote for this game

	Por la necedad humana, by El Clérigo Urbatain 1 vote "A Castilian language literary work" [+]"A Castilian language literary work: Interactivity within the story focuses on observation and character revelation. The PC may choose to follow NPCs around and/or examine the environment in depth. However, the PC cannot change the events." () --IFforL2... Vote for this game

	Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --strivenword... Vote for this game

	What Fuwa Bansaku Found, by Chandler Groover 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Greg Frost... Vote for this game

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