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If you're looking for a specific kind of IF, you can create a poll to ask other people for recommendations.
"I'm interested in works where you have one city or state or country (or city-state) per room. David Welbourn noted that this may apply to a significant sub-area of a work, too, and in this case I'd like to allow Greg Boettcher's Nothing..."
by Andrew Schultz - 8 votes for 7 games, last vote on October 3, 2023; created on September 2, 2023"I played two entries in the Single Choice jam that made very visible references to root beer. Then I realized not many other games did that I could think of. I had one of my own. But given I like root beer much better than Coke or Pepsi,..."
by Andrew Schultz - 3 votes for 3 games, last vote on September 4, 2023; created on September 2, 2023"I'm trying to look away from a noble or ignoble death or, say, Ragnarok, just a "*this is the end (no really)* effect."
by Tabitha / alyshkalia - 7 votes for 6 games, last vote on March 7, 2024; created on August 27, 2023"IF games for two players"
by Kastel - 29 votes for 22 games, last vote on March 15, 2024; created on August 24, 2023by Denk - 16 votes for 13 games, last vote on March 11, 2024; created on August 13, 2023"Any game which has been practically unavailable for a long time for most players but is now again available to play, though there might be differences from the original version."
by Andrew Schultz - 5 votes for 5 games, last vote on January 3, 2024; created on July 30, 2023"I'm looking for--well, anything that does this. Not "you are missing 4 of 5 pieces of the magic sword," but more, it could either be something funny to notice if you really think about it, or it could be something more obviously..."
by Andrew Schultz - 19 votes for 15 games, last vote on December 31, 2023; created on July 30, 2023"The meaning of "deliberately" can be a bit broad, but I'm wondering about cases where an action clearly marked risky or fatal helps you see something or progress, and you would not have otherwise. I'm not thinking so much about where,..."
by David Welbourn - 8 votes for 7 games, last vote on October 16, 2023; created on July 23, 2023"One really cool thing about interactive fiction games is that they don't need to conform to normal physics. Sometimes, a game will let you take an abstract quality from something, as if it was its own object, and use it on something else..."
by Cerfeuil - 38 votes for 24 games, last vote on January 18, 2024; created on June 20, 2023"Games that feature carnivals, fairgrounds, amusement parks, circuses, etc. Of any kind!"
by Malasana - 5 votes for 5 games, last vote on July 6, 2023; created on June 1, 2023"Sunny, light-hearted games that are ideal to play during the warm summer months."
by Marco Innocenti - 31 votes for 21 games, last vote on April 15, 2024; created on May 17, 2023"Vote for parser games (in all of history) that had incredible Wow moments, twists, or whatever made you think for ages or left you seriously amazed. As an example “that moment” in Spider and Web. Please avoid being spoilery as I would..."
by Cygnus - 16 votes for 9 games, last vote on July 22, 2023; created on March 31, 2023"so… you know how savior fair is long and awesome, but also, like, complicated? and.. cruel, as the ratings out it? I think the first thing that goot me INTO IF was anchor head. kinda that difficulty. recently played d’arkun and that was..."
by deathbytroggles - 7 votes for 7 games, last vote on May 20, 2023; created on March 30, 2023"So I'm not looking for games from the well-known companies like Infocom, Tellarium, Legend, etc. Looking to compile a list of: 1. Games that used to be commercial but no longer (e.g. Once and Future, The Shadow and the Cathedral, 1893)..."
by Cygnus - 37 votes for 22 games, last vote on February 27, 2024; created on March 28, 2023"There seems to be a LOT of games where you just.. explore hidden secrets in mansions, or similar. some of them have a plot, some of 'em don't, but i'm lookin' for stuff like D'Arkun, the Manor at Whitby.. Or any games with just..."
by Cygnus - 18 votes for 9 games, last vote on October 16, 2023; created on March 28, 2023"Lookin' for stuff like Colortura, What Heart Heard of Ghost Guessed, Delightful Wallpaper, etc. Just... anything that has a very unconventional and scrumptious mechanic system. Thanky!"
by Denk - 14 votes for 11 games, last vote on November 4, 2023; created on March 19, 2023"Any game where "recipe puzzles" are a big part of the game, whether it is alchemy, potion brewing, cooking etc. I came to think of this as I am currently playing "According to Cain" and realized the puzzles reminded me a lot of the..."
by Dawn Sueoka - 27 votes for 17 games, last vote on February 27, 2024; created on March 19, 2023"I’m reading and really enjoying The Weird and the Eerie, by critic Mark Fisher. In this book, Fisher explores the sense of something’s being simultaneously unsettling and fascinating. “Weird” and “eerie,” according to Fisher, are the..." by pieartsy - 22 votes for 17 games, last vote on April 18, 2024; created on March 16, 2023"Games with PCs that have mental disabilities aside from depression or anxiety - PTSD, OCD, ADHD, Bipolar, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, dyslexia, etc - that significantly impact them/the story. The PC does not need an official realistic..."
by autumnc - 33 votes for 18 games, last vote on February 28, 2024; created on March 5, 2023"What are some games that either include computer programming as a game mechanic, elements that simulate computer programming, or include some sort of command-line or terminal interface? This could include parser games, choice-based..."