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Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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Social Democracy: An Alternate History
You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
Autumn Chen
Interactive Fiction
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Dominion of Darkness
Story-driven simulator of the Dark Lord/Lady. Use your armies, cunning and magic to conquer Free Peoples.
Adeptus7
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Adventure
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GIF
Vast Trivia Of The Void
What would an omniscient creature do with all that knowledge? Well, host a trivia game, of course!
Whales And Games 🐳
Puzzle
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Social Democracy: Petrograd 1917
A revolutionary alternate history.
Autumn Chen
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.
cain
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
Who Stole My Bone?
Help Spudz the dog find his precious bone in this short, silly game!
Kryptic Kitty
Interactive Fiction
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if not us
$7
an IF anthology about five heroes who die
ub4q
Interactive Fiction
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A Crown of Velvet Thorns
Prince Leonidas wears devotion like a sin and bleeds like a saint. But not for his kingdom. He does it all for you.
Anonymous Soul
Interactive Fiction
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The Archivist and the Revolution
The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.
Autumn Chen
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
Galactic Foodtruck Simulator 2999 (GFS2999)
The galaxy hungers. You own a foodtruck. Feed everyone.
WiL
Simulation
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'The Attendant'
Flight 155’s landing gear has jammed and it's stuck in limbo, burning fuel ahead of an emergency landing.
andrewmck
Interactive Fiction
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The Salt Keep
$4.99
A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror
Small Gray Games
Adventure
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Family Dinner
It only takes one night to change everything.
pansandpots
Interactive Fiction
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Pageant
An interactive story about a girl who joins a beauty pageant to improve her college applications.
Autumn Chen
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
The Painting
Those we love are never truly gone.
Tymedust Games
Visual Novel
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New Year's Eve, 2019
Social anxiety simulator/dating sim
Autumn Chen
Interactive Fiction
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stay with me
(you're not alone)
steff
Puzzle
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reunion
find your ex at the end of the world
caeth
Play in browser
GIF
ZOZ
An open world deckbuilder adventure game for ZZT.
WiL
Card Game
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Your Phone Dies in 20 Seconds
You have 20 seconds to determine your fate.
Crimson Arcade
Interactive Fiction
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Escape from Kettuloch
Escape the dungeon before you fully transform into a fox!
SnepShark
Interactive Fiction
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10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
$2
In bundle
A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.
Elliot Herriman
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
connection established
late night chat with creep that invaded your pc
heartpunch!
Visual Novel
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Rose garden sentiments
You talk to a pretty prince in a rose garden
teletuu
Visual Novel
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What Girls Do in the Dark
A short slumber party text adventure ♡
olivebranche
Interactive Fiction
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RPG-ish
A micro-RPG made for Twiny Jam, where you needed to make a Twine game using 300 words or less.
Scared Square Games
Role Playing
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GIF
Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Puzzle
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Immortal's Pet
An immortal adopts a human as a pet.
Spider Lily
Visual Novel
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GIF
Type 'n Jump
A text-based platformer, made for Ludum Dare 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres
The Jucas
Platformer
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Pick & Poke
Narrative roguelike with tokens
Twotinydice
Interactive Fiction
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venial sin
when a burden becomes too much
nadia nova
Visual Novel
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GIF
Please Tell Me I Love You
A short conversation about a relationship
AMoodyBun
Visual Novel
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eurydice exhumed
orpheus descends into the underworld
sweetfish
Interactive Fiction
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Combat Felines
Join the Clan.
Dumb Luck
Interactive Fiction
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Blood & Play: Consultation
POV: Your Vampire BFF Asks You Some Questions
tofurocks
Visual Novel
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