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Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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Cypher
Decypher an alien language.
lemon juice
Interactive Fiction
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Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Strategy
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Idyll
a cosy internet island
Demi
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Library of Babble
Deep within the computer, a library grows
Demi
Interactive Fiction
GIF
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SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Adventure
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Little Antifa Novel
A playable leaflet about a Fascist march and our counter-demonstration
Mauro Vanetti
Visual Novel
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GIF
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WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Now its heroes wait to die.
cain
Interactive Fiction
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Turn Out the Lights
A short game about coming home again.
bijan
Adventure
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Siren for Hire
How a superheroine earns a living wage
Maddy Myers
Visual Novel
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GIF
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Accuse [C64]
a native implementation of the classic IF little game
Marco Giorgini
Adventure
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Sands of Time: A Quest Through the West
Text-based RPG
jackthompson2002
Adventure
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Open Wrestling
A pro wrestling management simulation game. In development.
OpenWrestling
Simulation
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The Ceramic Uncertainty
A text-based "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" about a mysterious plant.
falpal
Adventure
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The Monster Inside
A film noir style audio-visual novella.
x70x
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ZOZ
An open world deckbuilder adventure game for ZZT.
WiL
Card Game
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The Tree That Touched The Moon
agat
Interactive Fiction
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a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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goodbye
say goodbye before you go
barrels
Interactive Fiction
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Assessment
Bee Braun
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Apollo
A super-hard classic style text-based sci-fi game!
Pip
Survival
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Nesterin Trail [C64]
fantasy graphic text adventure for C64
Marco Giorgini
Interactive Fiction
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Who Will...
A party game about dividing an inheritance.
BlauwPrint
GIF
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Five Minutes a Day
Every day, for the rest of your life.
Andrea Pignataro
Adventure
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A Happy New Year
Mood-game about being alone on New Year's Eve.
Fabian Denter
Interactive Fiction
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5e Arena
A pit-fighting game for the famous 5th edition fantasy tabletop RPG.
Sayeth
Role Playing
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Fairy Tales of Innocent Children
Chase your shooting star. [Visual Novel, 5 mins]
Bruised Banana
Visual Novel
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Alicio en la Kurioza Kongreso
Ĉu vi memoras vian unuan kongreson? Alicio neniam forgesos la sian.
Ariel Bonkorpa
Role Playing
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Ni hao! - Pinyin Typer
Learn to type in Chinese
calpoop
Educational
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GIF
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Ruby Arena
A Roguelike text adventure game. Battle and earn your way through the Arena!
GumpNerd
Role Playing
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The Lotus Garden
A narrative game following the Flowers from Blaseball
Creepy Ellie
Interactive Fiction
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clicky clicks dungeon of hand drawn computer graphics
Explore the dolphins artwork in the dungeon/coffee shop
chip-fork
Interactive Fiction
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Hybrid
NightBlade
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Serum Run
A dogsled Oregon Trail-like originally made in 48 hours.
Avery Hiebert
Adventure
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Widemare
A voice and text driven horror experience.
Andrea Pignataro
Visual Novel
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Fable Maker
Create your own branching narratives and play them too!
CDcruz
Visual Novel
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