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Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Longing
A dark fantasy novel.
Nim
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Canvas Colors: In The Moving City
Travel along with Maggie and Vale inside a moving city in Canvas Colors!
UnfinishedCircl
Visual Novel
GIF
Messages From the Universe Graveyard
Experimental social game. Leave messages for other players in a dead world.
Kanderwund
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
In Auctorem Credimus
"And they lived happily ever after" might be the biggest cliffhanger of all
Franzinyte
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Our Winding Road
Former heroes try to save their relationship.
Nim
Visual Novel
Upon A Darkening Flood
A horror tale of the Revolution on culture, heritage, and the anxieties elicited by a strange library.
Rastagong
Visual Novel
Lunarrota
Climb the Mountain. Kill the Goddess.
Luis S.
Role Playing
ClassicZoo
ZZT/Super ZZT world player and editor
asie
Dream Team
A Millennial Dream Simulator
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Visual Novel
Who Kidnapped Mother Goose? (TALP)
Mother Goose has been kidnapped and it's up to you to rescue her.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Cargo Breach
While serving aboard a steam ship during The Great War, something goes wrong and it's up to you to work out what.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Carpathian Vampire (TALP)
A vampire has been killing children in a village in the Carpathian Mountains. The villagers have hired you to kill it.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Alvion's Imperator
Multiple choice textual-narrative game in a medieval fantasy world.
LightFromVoid
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Are You A Better General Than Agamemnon?
How well would you do if you were leading the Trojan War? A ten year text game in ten decisions (per year).
PyrrhaIphis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
An Appealing Story
A branching story about someone's life (yours) slipping out of control pretty quickly.
Mickehh/Nader
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Two Words
Take the first step...
Skruffye
Adventure
Afterlife
An oldschool point and click adventure; made in PowerPoint!
Logham
Adventure
Colors
A colorful experience where you have to find the seven colored crystal balls
Kimi
Visual Novel
Alchemist's Gold
It's rumoured that an alchemist in the forest has been turning base metals into gold. You set out to steal some of it.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Re:Discover a Life: Halloween
Will our stock up college student come any closer to enjoying his life? Find out in Re:Discover a Life: Halloween.
Crimson Blood Games
Visual Novel
GIF
ARES - Automated Relay System
Awaiting command...
ChXris
Puzzle
Play in browser
Captain Cutter's Treasure
Captain Cutter once had three of his crew hide a treasure nearby. Now, he wants it back.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
You're My Poison
Sometimes poison is the only way to treat a virus.
StephenW313
Visual Novel
Search for the Lost Ark
The Ark of the Covenant has been hidden in the local forest. You must find it and return it to your church.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tránsito
Una Ficción Interactiva Liminar
n2n
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Purpose
Choose Your Own Adventure inspired by Telltale's The Walking Dead
Christopher
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Dark Void
A submission to The Summer Incremental Game Jam 2021, made in two weeks!
SebastianH2000
Play in browser
Beneath
A twine ghost story for Scream Jam 2022+1.
iot-games
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Sun Gem
A game about stealing a gem in order to save the world
ch0ccyra1n
Adventure
Transliminal Space
Quality-based narrative choose 'em up in space
Robert from High Tower Games
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Submarine Sabotage
You are serving aboard a top-secret submarine, when a saboteur gasses the crew. Can you survive and save the sub?
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Acid Rain
You stopped on a dark country road to have a sleep. When you wake, it's raining heavily and you've got a flat battery.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Steal 10 Treasures to Win This Game
Want a quick castle crawl? Find all 10 treasures and victory is yours.
spaceflounder
Adventure
Play in browser
SSiS
roguelike textbased RPG game
Hubert Nafalski
Role Playing
Wizard of bOz
Small Text Adventure where you fight as a wizard through the different layers of earth to save humanity.
Peanut Studios
Adventure
Play in browser
Igor's Quest
Help Igor find the body parts for Frankenstein's monster.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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