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Oldest freetagged Text based (11,391 results)

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The things you take with you, and those you leave behind.
Interactive Fiction
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A save file hacking text adventure
Puzzle
An interactive fiction made during the TAG Jam in May 2014. About sacrifices and regrets.
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A short twine game about walking your dog.
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A small party never ends well! But it depends on you!!!
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Text Adventure Game inspired by Cask of Amontillado
Adventure
Nice gets you nowhere.
Role Playing
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Christmas short pick your path story
Interactive Fiction
Interactive story game based on a crash landing on a strange planet.
Interactive Fiction
fuck the masses // total control
Experience a glimpse in the life of a transgender person.
Simulation
A closer look at living life when your gender is assigned.
Interactive Fiction
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A prequel for Nocturnal
Adventure
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Play as an operating system, trying your best to please your operator.
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295 words about faulty keyboards and absent mouse pads.
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Short text adventure
Adventure
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A short text adventure about waking from cryosleep on a mission of interstellar travel.
Adventure
You are the head writer for the third game in the wildly popular ShatterGate™ franchise.
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Story game based upon Teenlife in the 1980's Suburban USA
A story about dating, growing up, and our relationships to our past and future selves.
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At ech.OS we preserve your legacy for years to come
Simulation
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An exploration adventure in less than 300 words.
Adventure
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A cyberpunk racing game written in TWINE
Adventure
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A micro-RPG made for Twiny Jam, where you needed to make a Twine game using 300 words or less.
Role Playing
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You have tumbled down a great, dark staircase.
Adventure
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A choose your own adventure game featuring a college kid who just wants to party
Adventure
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A maiden leads a unicorn hunt.
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Can love bloom in a hot tub?
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You've heard of it. You've feared it. Now face the terror yourself!!
Adventure
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Entry for Twiny Jam '15.
Interactive Fiction
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Welcome to the World's Unluckiest Casino!
Simulation
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When I hit 300, I stopped writing. The game knew it was done.
Puzzle
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Text based MDOS Window Blackjack
Strategy
A short tale about discovery
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Short textadventure about dark rituals
Adventure
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